| US 7,580,139 B2 | ||
| Information processing apparatus, information processing method, printing system, job processing method, storage medium, and program for printing data input to a folder | ||
| Yoshitaka Oba, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/199,989. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-235554 (JP), filed on Aug. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0033952 A1, Feb. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.1 [715/251; 715/276] | 8 Claims |
| 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set a print configuration to a folder in accordance with a user instruction;
a detection unit configured to detect an operation of inputting a file into the folder;
a management unit configured to manage the file, when the operation is detected by said detection unit;
a determination unit configured to determine whether each of a plurality of files managed by said management unit has a predetermined
type and is inputted into the folder in a predetermined order defined by the predetermined type;
a generation unit configured to, in a case where said determination unit determines that each of the managed files has the
predetermined type and is inputted into the folder in the predetermined order, merge the managed files in the predetermined
order to generate print data to be outputted to a print device for printing according to the print configuration; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated print data to the print device.
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