US-12619386-B2 - Information processing device, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method

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Abstract

An information processing device includes at least one processor, the processor configured to: accept a user's specification of one item of setup information from among plural items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; in a case where there is preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accept necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and, upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, output print data to which the preferred setup information is applied.

Inventors

Koichiro Honda

Assignees

FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20230316
Priority Date: 20220905

Claims (14)

1 . An information processing device comprising: at least one processor, the processor configured to: accept a user's specification of one item of setup information from among a plurality of items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; determine whether the specified setup information and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are the same as setup information and a recording medium used in a previous printing; in a case where the setup information specified by the user and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are determined to be the same as the setup information and the recording medium used in the previous printing, output print data to which the setup information is applied, without accepting necessity or lack thereof to use preferred setup information; in a case where there is the preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accept necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, output print data to which the preferred setup information is applied.
2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in a case where there is a plurality of items of preferred setup information each having a higher preference than the specified setup information, accept necessity or lack thereof to use preferred setup information having a highest preference.
3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the preferred setup information having the highest preference is, among other items of setup information, setup information whose number of edits in the print setup item is largest.
4 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the preferred setup information having the highest preference is, among other items of setup information, setup information with a highest frequency of use.
5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in a case where use of the preferred setup information is not accepted, output print data to which the setup information specified by the user is applied.
6 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, in a case where use of the preferred setup information is not accepted, and there has been no actual printing to which the setup information is applied, accept necessity or lack thereof to restore unedited setup information corresponding to the setup information.
7 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 1 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
8 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 2 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
9 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 3 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
10 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 4 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
11 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 5 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
12 . An image forming apparatus comprising: the information processing device according to claim 6 ; and an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium based on print data output by the information processing device.
13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: accepting a user's specification of one item of setup information from among a plurality of items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; determining whether the specified setup information and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are the same as setup information and a recording medium used in a previous printing; in a case where the setup information specified by the user and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are determined to be the same as the setup information and the recording medium used in the previous printing, outputting print data to which the setup information is applied, without accepting necessity or lack thereof to use preferred setup information; in a case where there is the preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accepting necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, outputting print data to which the preferred setup information is applied.
14 . An information processing method for a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: accepting a user's specification of one item of setup information from among a plurality of items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; determining whether the specified setup information and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are the same as setup information and a recording medium used in a previous printing; in a case where the setup information specified by the user and the recording medium associated with the specified setup information are determined to be the same as the setup information and the recording medium used in the previous printing, outputting print data to which the setup information is applied, without accepting necessity or lack thereof to use preferred setup information; in a case where there is the preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accepting necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, outputting print data to which the preferred setup information is applied.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-140766 filed Sep. 5, 2022. BACKGROUND (i) Technical Field The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and an information processing method. (ii) Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2005-070877 discloses a data processing apparatus capable of outputting print data to a printer equipped with a detector configured to detect characteristics of a recording medium. The data processing apparatus includes: a first memory configured to store, for each recording medium or group, a print profile for properly outputting print data generated for each recording medium; a print data generator configured to generate optimal print data for each recording medium or for each group by selecting any of print profiles stored in the first memory; a second memory configured to store determination information for determining a type of characteristic information detected by the detector, obtained from the printer; a determination unit configured to determine a type of the recording medium based on characteristic information obtained from the printer and determination information stored in the second memory; a recording medium selector configured to select a type of recording medium; a use log memory configured to store a use log of the recording medium selected by the selector; and a profile management unit configured to optimize and manage a print profile to be selected by the print data generator upon group determination, from the use log of the recording medium selected by the selector, stored in the use log memory, and the type of the recording medium determined by the determination unit. SUMMARY Aspects of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to providing an information processing device, an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and an information processing method enabling printing using setup information having a higher preference than setup information specified by a user in the case where there is a large amount of setup information. Aspects of certain non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure address the above advantages and/or other advantages not described above. However, aspects of the non-limiting embodiments are not required to address the advantages described above, and aspects of the non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure may not address advantages described above. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including at least one processor, the processor configured to: accept a user's specification of one item of setup information from among a plurality of items of setup information associated with a recording medium and a print setup item; in a case where there is preferred setup information that is another item of setup information associated with a same recording medium as a recording medium associated with the specified setup information, and that has a higher preference than the specified setup information, accept necessity or lack thereof to use the preferred setup information; and, upon acceptance of use of the preferred setup information, output print data to which the preferred setup information is applied. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail based on the following figures, wherein: FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration of an information processing system including a user terminal according to a first exemplary embodiment; FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of the user terminal; FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of the user terminal; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a media file; FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing of the user terminal according to the first exemplary embodiment; FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of editing a media file by using an external device; and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of editing a media file on the user terminal. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the technology of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same or equivalent components and parts in the drawings. In addition, the dimensional ratios in the drawings are exaggerated for the convenience of explanation and may differ from the actual ratios. First Exemplary Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information processing system including an information processing device according to a first exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, an inf