| US 7,580,943 B2 | ||
| Information processing apparatus and information processing method | ||
| Masayuki Sakura, Kawasaki (Japan); and Yasuhiro Kozuka, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/472,866. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-189937 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0005561 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—102 [707/10; 358/1.13; 358/1.14] | 11 Claims |
| 6. An information processing method implemented in an information processing apparatus including a memory and a processor,
which utilizes a hot folder control unit configured to control a hot folder which acts as a storage area to store document
data and of which adds a plurality of print attributes associated with the hot folder to the document data when the document
data is stored in the hot folder, the method comprising:
via a setting unit, setting changeability information indicating whether each of the plurality of the print attributes is
allowed to be changed when the document data is stored in the hot folder;
via a storage unit, storing the plurality of print attributes and the changeability information set in association with the
hot folder;
via a displaying unit, obtaining the plurality of print attributes and the set changeability information, and displaying a
resetting screen to accept a change of the print attribute set to be changeable, when the document data is stored in the hot
folder;
via a generating unit, generating a job ticket in which the plurality of print attributes and changeability information are
described in a structured language; and via central control unit, controlling the hot folder control unit so as to display
the resetting screen in accordance with the changeability information described in the job ticket when the document data is
stored in the hot folder.
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