JP6771972B2 - Information processing equipment, programs and control methods - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a message on a print setting screen.

Conventionally, there has been a technique of displaying a warning on the printer body. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying a warning on a display panel of a printer main body when the paper size specified by the user and the paper size fed are different.

JP-A-11-314444

In the technique of Patent Document 1, since the warning is displayed on the printer main body, the user needs to move to the place where the printer main body is located and check the warning. Therefore, in this specification, a configuration in which information for displaying a message is acquired from a printer and the message is displayed on the print setting screen is examined.

In such a configuration, for example, even if the acquired message indicates that there is a problem in printing, there may be a case where there is no problem depending on the print settings set on the print setting screen. It confuses the user to display the message indicating that there is a problem with printing obtained in the case where there is no problem.

On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide a highly convenient print setting screen by displaying a message in consideration of whether or not a problem actually occurs during printing.

The information processing device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is an information processing device that displays a print setting screen.
The first acquisition means for acquiring multiple types of error information from the printing device,
A second acquisition means for acquiring the print settings currently set on the print setting screen, and
A determining means for determining whether or not the plurality of types of error information acquired by the first acquisition means include error information that interferes with printing with the print settings acquired by the second acquisition means.
As a display means,
When the determination means determines that there is error information that interferes with printing, the error information that interferes with printing is displayed in a predetermined area of the print setting screen.
When the determination means determines that there is no error information that interferes with printing, information indicating that printing is possible is displayed together with a predetermined icon in the predetermined area of the print setting screen.
Further, it is characterized by having a control means for additionally displaying error information that does not interfere with printing among the acquired plurality of types of error information when the user performs an operation on the predetermined icon. And.

In the present invention, it is possible to provide a highly convenient print setting screen by displaying a message in consideration of whether or not a problem actually occurs during printing.

Computer system hardware and software block block diagram Configuration diagram of the network where the client, printer, and printer are connected Diagram showing an example of the print setting screen Diagram showing an example of a printer panel Processing to change the printer status message Judgment processing of whether to change the printer status message Diagram showing an example of printer status Diagram showing a list of printer status IDs The figure which showed an example (cassette information) of the attribute information of a printer The figure which showed an example (toner information) of the attribute information of a printer Change judgment processing to warning message Change judgment processing to a warning message with threshold change processing added Diagram showing an example of displaying a tooltip on the print setting screen Printer status message change processing with icon change processing Tooltip display processing when changing the printer status message

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a system using a computer, which is an example of an information processing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) 101 controls the entire computer 100 according to a program stored in the Read Only Memory (ROM) 1021 of the main storage device 102, the Random Access Memory (RAM) 1022, or the auxiliary storage device 105. In addition, when the CPU 101 executes the process based on the program stored in the auxiliary storage device 105, the process of each step of the flowchart described later is realized.

The RAM 1022 is also used as a work area when the CPU 101 performs each process. Various programs such as an application (application) 1051, a device application 1052, a printer driver 1053, and an operating system (OS) 1054 are stored in the auxiliary storage device 105. An input device such as a pointing device 1032 represented by a keyboard 1031 or a mouse / touch panel is connected to the computer 100 through an input interface (I / F) 103. It accepts operations from users to programs through these input devices. An output device such as a monitor 1041 is connected to the output I / F 104, and a UI is displayed on the monitor according to the instructions of the program. The communication I / F 106 is connected to the network 1061 and can communicate with an external device of the computer 100, for example, the computer 202 and the printer 201 of FIG. The modules are connected by a system bus 107, and data can be exchanged between the modules. In addition, the applications 1051 to 1054 including the processing of the present invention can be added to the auxiliary storage device 105 via a CD-ROM or a USB memory (not shown). Further, it can be added to the auxiliary storage device 105 via the network 1061. It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied regardless of the configuration of the device as long as the functions of the present invention are executed unless otherwise specified. It may be a single device, a system composed of a plurality of devices, or a system in which a connection is made and processing is performed via a local network.

FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of the environment of the network 1061 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Computers 100/202 that create documents and images to be printed are connected to a single network or multiple networks. Further, the printer 201 may be connected to a single unit or a plurality of networks. Networks include small to large networks such as Personal Area Network (PAN) and LAN, and these devices are connected to all networks. A server or printer such as a cloud may be connected via the Internet.

In this embodiment, the printer driver 1053 will be particularly taken up and described. These software modules are loaded from the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 and executed by the CPU 101. The application 1051 is a general application such as a word processor and a browser. A UI is displayed on the monitor 1041, and a user's print request is received by an input device such as a pointing device 1032 or a keyboard 1031. In response to the user's print request, the application 1051 issues a print request to the printing system (not shown). The printing system is a subsystem of OS 1054. The printing system is located between the application 1051 and the printer driver 1053, and executes common processing in the printing processing. As a specific execution process, a printer to be printed is selected and a conversion to Page Description Language (PDL) using the selected printer driver 1053 is performed. The printer driver 1053 is a module that is in charge of processing that depends on the printer of the print output destination. The printer driver 1053 acquires device configuration information, information set by the user, etc. from the printer 201, and obtains initial setting data defined in the printer 201, customized information later, information acquired from the printer, and the like. , Generates information that can be set on the print setting screen of the printer driver 1053. Based on this information, the printer driver 1053 and the external application enumerate the setting items and display the UI. The printer driver 1053 receives standard document data including setting information generally interpretable by the printer from the application 1051 via the printing system, converts it into a PDL that can be interpreted by the printer 201, and is a subsystem of the OS 1054. The printing process is performed by transmitting to the printer 201 via the system spooler.

Here, first, the outline of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is an example showing a print setting screen which is the UI of the printer driver 1053, and settings necessary for printing such as the document size setting 302 are performed on the main print setting screen. Further, in this embodiment, by providing a message display unit 301 for displaying the status of the printer 201 on the print setting screen, a function for confirming whether or not the printer 201 can print is provided to the user. Further, FIG. 4 is an example of a screen displayed on the panel of the printer 201, and the message 404 on the panel displayed here is a message to be displayed by the message display unit 301 described above. Normally, the message corresponding to "out of paper" may be displayed as it is on the message display unit 301 on the print setting screen simply according to the display of the message 404 on the panel of FIG. 4, but in this example, FIG. 4 A message different from the message 404 on the panel of is displayed. First, the message corresponding to "out of paper", which is the message 404 on the panel of FIG. 4, indicates that the B5 paper has run out as displayed in the information 402 of the cassette 2 on the panel. However, since A4 paper is specified in the document size setting 302 on the print setting screen of FIG. 3, the information on the B5 paper does not directly need to be out of paper for the user who is trying to print. It can be said that. In this embodiment, if the information acquired from the printer 201 is a message that is not necessary for printing with the print settings of the current print setting screen as described above, the received information is displayed as it is in the message display of the print setting screen. Instead of displaying it in the unit 301, it is converted into information necessary for the user in actual operation and displayed. Specifically, as shown in the information 401 of the cassette 1 on the panel, the A4 paper specified by the user via the print setting screen can be used without any problem, so it is not "out of paper" and there is no problem. Display a "ready" message indicating that.

From here, the process of changing the message on the print setting screen of the printer driver 1053 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The flow in this embodiment shall be executed on the printer driver 1053 unless otherwise specified. At this time, the printer driver 1053 is loaded from the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 and executed by the CPU 101 in response to a user's request or a request from another system.

First, in S501, the printer driver 1053 acquires status information from the printer 201. The status information is acquired in the form of the printer status ID 701 of FIG. 7 as an example. Any ID in the list of FIG. 8 is set in the status ID 701. In the example of FIG. 7, since the printer status ID 701 is "0003" and "0007", it means that "out of paper" and "no toner / ink" have been acquired. When a plurality of types of errors have occurred, they are acquired as a list in this way, and the one with the highest priority is the target message displayed on the message display unit 301 of the print setting screen. In this way, in S501, at least one status is acquired from the printer for display on the print setting screen.

In S502, the attribute information of the printer is acquired from the printer 201. The printer attribute information here refers to consumables information such as paper and toner, and optional information such as a finisher attached to the printer. In this embodiment, as the attribute information of the printer, the cassette information of FIG. 9 and the toner information of FIG. 10 will be described as examples in the following description.

Note that S501 and S502 may refer to cache information acquired at a timing other than this flow. In addition, the information acquisition itself may be performed all at once. S501 and S502 acquire printer attribute information and printer status information including status information for displaying a message on the print setting screen.

S503 determines whether to change the acquired message, for example, to change "out of paper" to "ready". Details of this process will be described later.

In S504, it is determined from the determination result in S503 whether or not the message needs to be changed, and if it is necessary to change, the message is changed in S505.

In S506, a message is displayed / updated on the message display unit 301 of the print setting screen.

By performing the above processing, the message acquired from the printer 201 is displayed and changed.

In the present application, the wording displayed on the message display unit 301 is simply described as "message", but the message displayed when a problem occurs in the printer other than "ready" in FIG. 8 is particularly "warning". Message. " The message including the warning message is basically the status of the status information obtained from the printer.

Next, a process of determining whether or not to change the message will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in S601, it is determined whether or not the message to be displayed is a warning message to be changed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not at least one status (message) that can be specified from the printer status information includes a warning message to be excluded from the display target of the print setting screen according to S605 described later. This is a judgment as to whether or not the information may be resolved depending on the setting of the print setting screen. In this embodiment, "paper out" or "toner / ink remaining amount: low", "toner / ink" in FIG. "No ink" is the warning message to be changed. This information will be explained by referring to the fixed list information set in advance on the driver side, but later settings and judgment conditions may be dynamically added in the form of additional functions such as add-ins. Absent. In addition to paper and toner, information on other print settings that can be printed by alternative means may of course be used.

In S602, when a plurality of warning messages correspond as warning messages to be changed, the one with the highest priority among the unprocessed warning messages is set as the determination target. In this embodiment, the processing is basically performed in order from the top on the assumption that the information is arranged in the order of priority, but if the priority information is added as additional information, the processing is performed in the order according to the priority information. Is also good. Here, it is assumed that, for example, two warnings of "no toner / ink" and "out of paper" have occurred, and "out of paper" has a high priority and "out of paper" is acquired.

In S603, the attribute information related to the warning message to be changed is acquired. For example, when the change target is "out of paper", the cassette information of the printer of FIG. 9 is acquired from the attribute information acquired in S502 of FIG.

In S604, the print setting currently set on the print setting screen is acquired. Specifically, the settings related to the warning message to be changed, such as the original size setting 302 and the output paper size setting 303, are acquired from the settings shown in FIG.

In S605, the printer driver 1053 determines whether or not the warning message to be changed is a warning message to be excluded from the display target. For example, when the change target is "out of paper", it is determined from the current print settings in FIG. 3 whether or not the remaining amount of "A4 paper" as output paper remains. Here, from the information of the paper size 901 and the remaining amount of paper 903 of the cassette 1 of FIG. 9, it can be seen that the A4 paper to be printed remains, so that there is no problem with the current print settings. If it is not determined in the determination of this S605 that the warning message is excluded from the display target, the process is exited as it is. In that case, "out of paper" is displayed on the message display unit 301 of the print setting screen. In this way, in S605, whether or not to exclude the status (message) to be judged from the acquired status from the display target on the print setting screen based on the printer status information and the current print setting set on the print setting screen. Is judged.

In S606, since it is determined that the warning message does not interfere with printing, the corresponding warning message is excluded from the display target. For example, "out of paper" is excluded.

Next, the process proceeds to S607, and it is determined whether or not the warning message to be changed remains. Here, if no warning remains, the process ends, but in this example, the warning message of "toner / no ink" still remains, so the process shifts to S602 again and "no toner / ink" is determined. set to target.

After that, the processes of S601 to S605 (S606 if necessary) are performed again for "no toner / ink". If the warning is not resolved by the determination in S605, the warning message to be determined at that time is displayed on the message display unit 301 of the print setting screen. Specifically, if it is determined that "no toner / ink" is not a warning message to be excluded in the determination of S605, "no toner / ink" is displayed on the message display unit 301. That is, in this example, instead of the highest priority "out of paper" warning message acquired from the printer 201, "no toner / ink", which is a problem for the user, is displayed.

As a supplement, the case where "no toner / no ink" is the warning message to be changed will be described with respect to the determination of S605. At this time, looking at FIG. 10, the yellow toner remaining amount information 1002 is "0", and it can be seen that the remaining amount is zero. However, since black toner remains from the black toner remaining amount information 1001 and it can be seen that printing is possible in monochrome printing, even if the color mode setting 305 on the print setting screen of FIG. 3 is the monochrome print setting, it is currently present. It is judged that there is no problem with the print settings of. In addition, looking at the toner remaining amount information 1003 in FIG. 10, magenta toner remains, so there is no problem even if the color mode setting 305 is not monochrome but two-color printing of black and magenta. It becomes a judgment.

By performing the above processing, it is possible to display the status by determining whether to change the message. Specifically, the printer driver 1053 can display a message on the print setting screen in S506 based on the result of the determination by S605.

In the first embodiment, the message display unit 301 of the print setting screen is changed for the problem that occurred in the printer 201, but there is a case where printing cannot be performed even if the warning is not generated in the printer 201. .. For example, if "A4" paper is loaded in all the cassettes of the printer 201 and the paper is contained in all the cassettes, the printer 201 does not give a warning of running out of paper, but the printer driver 1053 gives "A3". When printing on paper is requested, printing cannot be executed and an error occurs.

In this embodiment, it is determined whether printing is possible from the attribute information of the printer acquired from the printer 201 at the time of printing setting, and if there is a problem in printing, the message display unit 301 is changed to a warning message. Perform the processing to be performed. The specific processing procedure will be described with reference to FIG. This flow is executed together with the message change determination process of S503 of FIG. 5, or is executed by replacing the message change determination process of S503. The flow in this embodiment shall be executed on the printer driver 1053 unless otherwise specified. At this time, the printer driver 1053 is loaded from the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 and executed by the CPU 101 in response to a user's request or a request from another system.

First, in S1101, among the settings set on the print setting screen, information such as paper setting and color setting is acquired. In this embodiment, in order to specify which paper is printed with what color toner at the time of printing, information on the paper and information related to the color setting are acquired. In particular, paper-related items shall include not only those that directly specify the paper size and paper type, but also those that indirectly specify the paper. For example, for the "Mixed paper" setting that prints by combining "A4" and "A3" paper, and the "Insert paper" and "Banner page" that specify different paper from the text, the combination and insertion target Paper is also considered as a target. At this time, if the specified size of the paper and the size actually fed are different, the paper actually fed is the determination target. To give a specific example, when making A4 size printed matter by folding A3 size paper that is one step larger in the setting such as bookbinding printing of A4 paper, A3 that is actually fed instead of the set A4 size The size of is treated as a judgment target. In addition, when the cassette is directly specified, the information such as the designated cassette is also the target of acquisition because the paper is indirectly specified.

In S1102, the cassette information of FIG. 9 and the toner information of FIG. 10 are acquired as the attribute information of the printer as in the other embodiment.

In S1103, it is determined whether or not there is a warning message to be added to the display target of the print setting screen based on the information acquired in S1101 and S1102. For example, if the paper required for printing is not set in the cassette, or if the remaining amount of paper or toner required for printing is zero, printing fails. In this case, since it is better to display a warning message of "out of paper" or "no toner / ink", it is determined that there is a warning message to be added to the display target.

Finally, in S1104, a warning message to be displayed on the message display unit 301 is registered. Here, for example, when there is no paper, the ID of "0003" corresponding to "out of paper" in FIG. 8 may be stored in the storage area of the printer driver 1053 loaded in the RAM 1022, or a message may be stored without using the ID. If you want to specify, you may store the phrase "There is no A3 paper" in the storage area of the printer driver 1053 directly loaded in RAM 1022.

By performing the above processing, the printer driver 1053 displays the warning message added to the display target on the print setting screen when it is determined by S1103 that there is a message to be added to the display target on the print setting screen.

This flow may be called every time a setting is made on the print setting screen, is called at regular intervals, or is called in conjunction with pressing a button such as "Apply", or is the final confirmation process of the print setting screen. It may be called at any time such as.

When a special paper type such as thick paper is specified, the actual remaining amount of paper differs from the actual remaining amount by a simple method of measuring the remaining amount by measuring the thickness and weight of the paper. Here, consider a case where a cassette having a small capacity of about 50 sheets is used and a warning of "remaining amount of paper: low" is given with 20% or less of the remaining cassette. At this time, if it is normal paper, a warning message will be displayed with "10 sheets remaining", but if it is thick paper with 4 times the normal basis weight, the number of sheets may be only about 1/4, for example. Therefore, the warning will not be issued until "2 to 3 cards remain". In normal printing, it is not uncommon for the number of pages to exceed 2 to 3, so in the case of thick paper, it is better to issue a warning when the percentage is a little higher.

In this embodiment, the process of changing to the warning message including the basis weight of the paper will be described with reference to FIG. The flow in this embodiment shall be executed on the printer driver 1053 unless otherwise specified. At this time, the printer driver 1053 is loaded from the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 and executed by the CPU 101 in response to a user's request or a request from another system.

In this flow, in addition to the information acquisition of S1102 in FIG. 11, the processes of S1201 and S1202 are added, and the process of S1103 is replaced with S1203 to perform the process of adding the condition of basis weight to the change determination to the warning message.

In S1201, the basis weight of the paper to be printed is acquired. If only the label of the paper type "stationery" can be obtained as the paper type 902 of the cassette 1 as shown in FIG. 9, the basis weight is obtained by referring to the paper type and basis weight information table held in the printer driver 1053. To get.

In S1202, the table in which the threshold value of the warning determination is defined is acquired. Specifically, we will acquire a table that enumerates information that a warning will be issued at the remaining percentage of the basis weight. If a calculation formula is used instead of a specific table, the calculation formula is acquired.

In S1203, it is determined whether the remaining amount of the cassette causes a problem or is not below the threshold value based on the acquired information, and if it is determined that a problem occurs, the process proceeds to S1104 and the warning message is changed. ..

By performing the above processing, the change processing to the warning message in consideration of the threshold value is performed.

By performing the process of the first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the display of unnecessary warnings according to the setting status of the print setting screen when there is no problem in printing. However, it was not possible to distinguish whether there was really no problem if the warning message was simply overwritten and only "Ready" was displayed, or whether the warning message was only suppressed according to the settings.

Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, when the warning message is suppressed, the printer status icon 1301 is changed to an icon with an information icon or the like. Further, by displaying the tooltip 1302 in response to a mouse event or the like in that state, detailed information is displayed.

First, the process of changing the status icon 1301 will be described with reference to FIG. The flow in this embodiment shall be executed on the printer driver 1053 unless otherwise specified. At this time, the printer driver 1053 is loaded from the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 and executed by the CPU 101 in response to a user's request or a request from another system.

This process changes to an icon in S1401 at the same timing as the message change process in S505 of the change process of the message display unit 301 in FIG. As a result, an icon indicating that the warning message has been excluded from the display target of the print setting screen is displayed on the print setting screen. In S1401, in addition to changing the icon, registration of event processing for the icon itself and related controls is also performed if necessary.

The process of displaying the tooltip will be described with reference to FIG.

First, S1501 accepts a tooltip display event. In this embodiment, a mouseover event for the printer status icon 1301 or the message display unit 301 is received, and the process is started. The process may be started by an event such as a tap operation or a long press as long as it is a device compatible with the touch panel, or when the information is updated by the automatic acquisition of information performed by OS 1054 or the like. It also includes events that occur at pre-scheduled timings, such as "when the printer driver 1053 is started" and "at regular intervals", without depending on user operations.

In S1502, it is determined whether or not the warning message is excluded by the processing of S606, and if the message is changed by the exclusion, the process proceeds to S1503 to display the tooltip, and if the message is not changed. Skips the process.

In S1503, the information related to the warning message being changed is acquired. In the example of the tooltip 1302 of FIG. 13, information related to "out of paper" of the printer 201 that internally suppresses the warning is acquired. Specifically, the information that the B5 paper of the cassette 2 is out is acquired. Here, since the information is related to the remaining amount of paper, the attribute information of the printer in FIG. 9 is referred to, and the remaining amount of paper in cassette 2 is 905 to zero, and the remaining amount of paper in cassette 2 is 904. Obtain information that the paper with zero remaining amount is "B5" paper. Of course, in S501 for acquiring the printer status of FIG. 5, the information that the "B5" paper of the "cassette 2" is "out of paper" may be acquired as the related information of the printer status ID 701.

In S1504, the display wording is created based on the information acquired in S1503, and the tooltip 1302 is displayed. This will display a tooltip containing information related to the warning message excluded from the display.

In S1505, the end of the print setting screen is determined, and if it ends, this process also ends.

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The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiment to a system or device via a network or storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or device reads and executes the program. It can also be realized by the processing to be performed. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

Claims (13)

An information processing apparatus for displaying a print setting screen,
The first acquisition means for acquiring multiple types of error information from the printing device,
A second acquisition means for acquiring the print settings currently set on the print setting screen, and
A determining means for determining whether or not the plurality of types of error information acquired by the first acquisition means include error information that interferes with printing with the print settings acquired by the second acquisition means.
As a display means,
When the determination means determines that there is error information that interferes with printing, the error information that interferes with printing is displayed in a predetermined area of the print setting screen.
When the determination means determines that there is no error information that interferes with printing, information indicating that printing is possible is displayed together with a predetermined icon in the predetermined area of the print setting screen.
Further, it is characterized by having a control means for additionally displaying error information that does not interfere with printing among the acquired plurality of types of error information when the user performs an operation on the predetermined icon. Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is an operation for hovering the mouse over the predetermined icon. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is a tap operation for the predetermined icon. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is a long press operation for the predetermined icon. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the information indicating that printing is possible is a message that preparation is OK. The plurality of types of error information include information indicating that consumables are out of stock.
When the currently set print setting is a setting that does not use the out-of-stock consumables, the determination means determines that the information indicating the out-of-consumables is error information that does not interfere with printing. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. It is a control method of the information processing device that displays the print setting screen.
The first acquisition process for acquiring multiple types of error information from the printing device,
A second acquisition process for acquiring the print settings currently set on the print setting screen, and
A determination step of determining whether or not the plurality of types of error information acquired in the first acquisition step include error information that interferes with printing with the print settings acquired in the second acquisition step.
As a display means,
When it is determined in the determination step that there is error information that interferes with printing, the error information that interferes with printing is displayed in a predetermined area of the print setting screen.
When it is determined in the determination step that there is no error information that interferes with printing, information indicating that printing is possible is displayed together with a predetermined icon in the predetermined area of the print setting screen.
Further, it is characterized by having a control step of additionally displaying error information that does not interfere with printing among the acquired plurality of types of error information when the user performs an operation on the predetermined icon. Control method of the information processing device. The control method for an information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is an operation for hovering the mouse over the predetermined icon. The control method for an information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is a tap operation for the predetermined icon. The control method for an information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the operation for the predetermined icon is a long press operation for the predetermined icon. The control method for an information processing device according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the information indicating that printing is possible is a message that preparation is OK. The plurality of types of error information include information indicating that consumables are out of stock.
When the currently set print setting is a setting that does not use the out-of-stock consumables, in the determination step, it is determined that the information indicating the out-of-consumables is error information that does not interfere with printing. The control method of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled. A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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