JP2012008703A - Information processor, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An information processing apparatus and the like capable of registering a shared one-click icon even for a user with general user authority who is a client in a point & print environment or the like.
A server as an information processing apparatus accepts registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users from a client used by a user with general user authority, and uses the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon. Register in the storage unit.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for registering a one-click icon.

  A method of creating and managing (editing / deleting) one-click icons for each user of an information processing apparatus such as a PC (personal computer) using a printer driver, and creating and managing (editing / deleting) them as shared one-click icons The method of doing is already known.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism for registering a one-click icon for the purpose of improving the convenience of a user in print settings.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a printing system that can select whether to share a one-click icon for the purpose of improving the convenience of use of the one-click icon or to use it only for yourself.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for storing one-click icon data in a point-and-print (point-and-print) environment.
This is a method of storing one-click icon information for realizing sharing of one-click icons registered from the UI in a point & print environment.

  The storage location of the one-click icon is determined depending on whether the shared one-click icon or the one-click icon is selected. In the case of a shared one-click icon, the server can take over the information by saving it in the registry. If you have a one-click icon, you can only see it by saving it to a local folder.

  There is a difference between the default one-click icon and the shared one-click icon. While the default one-click icon is added only once during installation and is only referenced thereafter, the shared one-click icon can be added at any time, not just during installation, after registration, and the added icon There is a difference that the contents can be changed or deleted.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a flow when registering a one-click icon.
An example of how to select a shared one-click icon or a one-click icon when saving a one-click icon on the printer driver UI It is.

  The registration of shared one-click icons can only be added by users with administrator privileges (since only administrator privileges can save information in the shared space of the registry). A publicly known technique is used to check whether the user has administrator authority or user authority.

  In the case of administrator authority, the user can select whether to register as a shared one-click icon or to register as a self-click icon.

  Conversely, if the user has authority, the options are grayed out so that only one-click icons can be selected.

If register as shared one-click icon is selected, the data is saved in the registry.
If you choose to register as your one-click icon, save the data to a file.
In this way, the shared one-click icon can be shared with other users in the point and print environment.

However, regarding the creation (addition) of the conventional shared one-click icon, only the server-side PC administrator (user with PC administrator authority) can perform, and a user with general user authority can share the one-click icon. There was a problem that could not be added.
In other words, the shared one-click icon is realized by storing it in a shared area of the registry where information is inherited by point and print. However, only users with administrator authority can store information in this shared area. Therefore, a user with general user authority cannot register a shared one-click icon.

  In the point & print environment, the client side PC is often used with general user authority. However, due to the above problems, it has been impossible to add a shared one-click icon from a client-side PC.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of registering a shared one-click icon even for a user with general user authority who is a client such as a point-and-print environment. It is to provide a program and a recording medium.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided means for receiving registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users from a client used by a user having a general user authority, and a predetermined storage unit using the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon And an information processing apparatus.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of sharing a one-click icon created on a user interface of a printer driver among a plurality of users in a point-and-print environment, and printing from a client used by a user having general user authority Means for receiving registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users at a predetermined timing including time, and means for registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit Is an information processing apparatus.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus accepts registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users from a client used by a user with general user authority, and shares the received one-click icon information. As a program for executing a process of registering in a predetermined storage unit.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus that allows a one-click icon created on a user interface of a printer driver to be shared by a plurality of users in a point-and-print environment is used when printing from a client used by a user with general user authority. Including a process of receiving registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users at a predetermined timing, and a process of registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit It is a program to do.

  An eleventh aspect of the invention is a recording medium in which the program according to any one of the sixth to tenth aspects is stored.

  According to the present invention, a user with general user authority who is a client such as a point & print environment can register a shared one-click icon.

It is a figure explaining the example of a method of registering a share one click icon from the user of general user authority using client PC and server PC as information processing apparatus which is embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining another method of registering a share one click icon from a user of general user authority. It is a figure explaining another method of registering a share one click icon from a user of general user authority. It is a figure explaining the flow at the time of registering a share one click icon from the client PC10 side. 6 shows an example of a screen on the client PC 10 that enables selection of “whether or not to register the setting contents as a shared one-click icon”. It is a figure explaining the method of sending the information of "whether setting content is registered as a shared one click icon" to the server PC20 side. It is an example of a print setting screen on the client PC that enables registration of a shared one-click icon without performing printing. It is a figure explaining the method of restrict | limiting registration and use of a shared one click icon by a user. It is a figure explaining the management table | surface which manages the user who enables registration and use of a share one click icon. It is a figure explaining the method of registering only the one click icon with many requests as a shared one click icon. It is a figure explaining the example of the preservation | save method of the one click icon data in the conventional point and print environment. It is a figure explaining the flow at the time of registering the conventional one click icon.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method for registering a shared one-click icon from a user with general user authority using a client PC (personal computer) 10 and a server PC 20 as information processing apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is. The client PC 10 and the server PC 20 are controlled by a CPU (central processing unit), and have known configurations such as a storage unit such as a ROM and a RAM, a communication unit, and an input / output unit.

Each user makes a setting desired to be registered from the client PC 10 and performs printing in the server side rendering setting. Then, the print setting information is passed to the server-side printer driver 21 (Devmode).
The server-side printer driver looks at the Devmode information and registers the setting in the registry 22 as a shared one-click icon.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining another method of registering a shared one-click icon from a user with general user authority.
By preparing the shared one-click icon registration application 13 and enabling registration using the application, the shared one-click icon can be registered from the client PC 10.
The shared one-click icon registration application 13 can access the registry 22 of the server PC 20 by holding the administrator authority user ID and password of the server PC 20.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining yet another method for registering a shared one-click icon from a user with general user authority.
An ID and a password for saving data are distributed to the server PC 20 (so that the registry 22 cannot be accessed for security), and the printer driver 11 on the client PC 10 registers its shared data when the one-click icon is registered. The shared one-click icon information is stored in 24 (storage area), and then the printer driver 21 on the server PC 20 refers to the data and stores the one-click icon information in the registry 22.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flow when registering a shared one-click icon from the client PC 10 side.
Register a shared one-click icon from a user with general user authority.

  Printing is performed on the client PC 10 with print settings. At this time, it is possible to select “whether or not to register the setting contents as a shared one-click icon” (S401, S402).

When “Register as shared one-click icon” is selected (S404 / Yes), the printer driver 21 on the server PC 20 side receives the one-click icon information from the print setting when the print setting is transferred to the server PC 20 side. It is created (S405) and stored in the registry 22 (shared part) (S406).
Since the one-click icon stored in the registry 22 (shared part) becomes a shared one-click icon, when the print setting is opened on the server PC 20 side or the client PC 10 side after registration, the one-click icon of the setting specified by the user is displayed. Appears in the UI.
Thereafter, printing is performed as usual (S407).

  On the other hand, if “Register as shared one-click icon” is not selected (S404 / No), only printing is performed as in the conventional printing system.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen on the client PC 10 that enables selection of “whether or not to register the setting contents as a shared one-click icon”.
A check box is prepared so that the user can select it when printing.
If you select "Register as a shared one-click icon on the server", prepare an edit box so that you can also specify the one-click icon name.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of sending information “whether or not to register the setting contents as a shared one-click icon” to the server PC 20 side.
It is possible to save information about whether to register as a shared one-click icon in Devmode.
The server PC 20 looks at the information at the time of printing, determines whether to register as a one-click icon, and if “register as a shared one-click icon” is selected, print information and one-click from Devmode The icon name is read and one-click icon information is created and registered in the registry 22.

FIG. 7 is an example of a print setting screen on the client PC 10 that enables a shared one-click icon to be registered without printing.
A “Register without printing” check box is prepared so that the user can select when printing.
The selected contents are stored in Devmode and passed to the server PC 20 side.
On the server PC 20 side, if this information exists, only one-click icon registration is performed without printing. Note that in order not to perform printing, command output need not be performed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method for restricting registration and use of a shared one-click icon by a user.
When the shared one-click icon information is sent from the client PC 10, the user name is also automatically acquired and sent in Devmode. (The user name can be obtained from the OS using the Windows (registered trademark) API.)
On the server PC 20 side, a Devmode user name is acquired, whether or not the user has the authority to register a one-click icon, and the one-click icon is registered only when the user has the authority. In this way, registration of the one-click icon can be restricted. A method for confirming and managing whether or not the user has one-click icon registration authority will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, restrictions on the use of the one-click icon can also be managed by using a management table for managing users who allow the server PC to register and use the shared one-click icon as shown in FIG.
For each user of a shared one-click icon, it is possible to specify who can use the one-click icon created by that person. A method for displaying a shared one-click icon on a UI by a user is already known.

  In Fig. 9, one-click icons created by Administrator users can be used by all users, one-click icons created by AAAA can be registered as shared one-click icons, and AAAA, BBBB, and CCCC can be used. Is defined.

  Note that such data is not only held on the server PC 20 side but also shared with the client PC 10 side so that it can be referred to on the client PC 10 side and there is no one-click icon registration authority, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to apply exclusion so that the “Register as a shared one-click icon on the server” check box is not displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a method of registering only one-click icons with many requests as shared one-click icons.
If the user can register the shared one-click icon as desired, the number of one-click icons becomes very large, and the printer driver UI may be unusable.
Therefore, there may be a mechanism for registering only one-click icons desired by a plurality of users.

On the server PC 20 side, when “register as a shared one-click icon” is set by the user and print setting information is sent, the server PC 20 does not register it as a one-click icon, but instead displays the table as shown in FIG. And save the information.
If the same type of print setting information is sent, it is added to the desired user column.
If a certain number of users or more make the same request, it is registered as a shared one-click icon.

In FIG. 10, there are many users who want to register a combination of Duplex.On and ColorMode.Black as a one-click icon. Therefore, it can be determined that it may be registered as a shared one-click icon.
On the other hand, CCCC is the only user who wants to register a combination of Nup.16in1; Watermark.On as a one-click icon. Therefore, it can be determined that this information is not registered as a shared one-click icon.
The server administrator may be able to freely determine the border that is not registered.

  The above-described embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the processing for realizing the functions of each device may be performed by causing each device to read and execute a program for realizing the functions of the client PC and the server PC. Further, the program is transmitted to another computer system by a transmission wave via a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a magneto-optical disk, or via a transmission medium such as the Internet or a telephone line. Also good. In addition, it is also within the scope of the present invention that the functions of each device are realized by other devices collectively or the functions are distributed by additional devices.

10 Client PC
11 Client-side printer driver 12 Client-side registry 13 Shared one-click icon registration application 20 Server PC
21 Server side printer driver 22 Server side registry 24 Data location

JP 2000-222159 A JP 2008-251046 A

Claims (11)

Means for accepting registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users from a client used by a user of general user authority;
An information processing apparatus comprising: means for registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit. An information processing apparatus capable of sharing a one-click icon created on a user interface of a printer driver with a plurality of users in a point-and-print environment,
Means for accepting registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users at a predetermined timing including printing from a client used by a user of general user authority;
An information processing apparatus comprising: means for registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit. Print with server-side rendering settings,
The printer driver receives the print setting information set in the client used by the user having the general user authority,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one-click icon information that can be shared by the plurality of users is included in the print setting information.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein registration and use of the shared one-click icon is restricted for each user.   5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only the shared one-click icon that is frequently requested for registration is registered. A process of accepting registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users from a client used by a user with a general user authority in the information processing apparatus;
And a process of registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit. An information processing device that allows one-click icons created on the user interface of a printer driver to be shared by multiple users in a point-and-print environment.
A process of accepting registration of one-click icon information that can be shared by a plurality of users at a predetermined timing including printing from a client used by a user of general user authority;
And a process of registering the received one-click icon information as a shared one-click icon in a predetermined storage unit. When printing with server-side rendering settings,
8. The process for receiving, with a printer driver, print setting information including one-click icon information that can be shared by the plurality of users set by a client used by a user having the general user authority. Program.   The program according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein a process for restricting registration and use of the shared one-click icon is executed for each user.   The program according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein a process of registering only the shared one-click icon that is frequently requested for registration is executed.   A recording medium storing the program according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

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