Information processing apparatus, and print control method

Abstract

To reduce the workload involved in rearranging and printing a Web page in a desired layout, style sheets for realizing desired print layouts are saved in association with the URLs of Web pages, and when subsequently printing a Web page having the same domain name or a similar URL, a print layout to which a saved style sheet has been applied is presented as a candidate, and applied when printing the Web page.

1 . An information processing apparatus for printing a Web page constituted by a plurality of parts, comprising:
 a selecting unit, configured to select a part to be printed from parts constituting a Web page targeted for printing;   a creating unit, configured to create a style sheet for printing on which the part selected by the selecting unit has been rearranged;   a storage unit, configured to store the style sheet in association with an address of the print target Web page;   an extracting unit, configured to, in a case where a Web page newly targeted for printing is displayed, extract a style sheet to be used for the new Web page from one or more style sheets stored by the storage unit, based on an address of the new Web page; and   a generating unit, configured to generate a print page based on the style sheet extracted by the extracting unit and the new Web page.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the extracting unit extracts a style sheet associated with an address of which at least a portion indicating a server matches the address of the new Web page.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a display unit, configured to display the print page generated by the generating unit,   wherein the storage unit further stores a frequency with which printing has been performed using the style sheet, in association with the style sheet and the address of the print target Web page, and   the display unit, in a case where a plurality of style sheets are extracted by the extracting unit, displays a plurality of print pages generated from the plurality of style sheets and the new Web page, in order of the usage frequency.   
     
     
         4 . A method of an information processing apparatus for printing a Web page constituted by a plurality of parts, said method comprising:
 a selecting step of selecting a part to be printed from parts constituting a Web page targeted for printing;   a creating step of creating a style sheet for printing on which the part selected in the selecting step has been rearranged;   a storage step of storing the style sheet in association with an address of the print target Web page;   an extracting step of, in a case where a Web page newly targeted for printing is displayed, extracting a style sheet to be used for the new Web page from one or more style sheets stored in the storage step, based on an address of the new Web page; and   a generating step of generating a print page based on the style sheet extracted in the extracting step and the new Web page.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein in the extracting step a style sheet is extracted which is associated with an address of which at least a portion indicating a server matches the address of the new Web page.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a display step of displaying the print page generated in the generating step,   wherein in the storage step a frequency is further stored with which printing has been performed using the style sheet, in association with the style sheet and the address of the print target Web page, and   the display step of, in a case where a plurality of style sheets are extracted in the extracting step, displaying a plurality of print pages generated from the plurality of style sheets and the new Web page, in order of the usage frequency.   
     
     
         7 . A computer readable medium storing a program thereon, a computer performs by executing the program a method of an information processing apparatus for printing a Web page constituted by a plurality of parts, said method comprising:
 a selecting step of selecting a part to be printed from parts constituting a Web page targeted for printing;   a creating step of creating a style sheet for printing on which the part selected in the selecting step has been rearranged;   a storage step of storing the style sheet in association with an address of the print target Web page;   an extracting step of, in a case where a Web page newly targeted for printing is displayed, extracting a style sheet to be used for the new Web page from one or more style sheets stored in the storage step, based on an address of the new Web page; and   a generating step of generating a print page based on the style sheet extracted in the extracting step and the new Web page.   
     
     
         8 . The medium according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein in the extracting step a style sheet is extracted which is associated with an address of which at least a portion indicating a server matches the address of the new Web page.   
     
     
         9 . The medium according to  claim 7 , wherein said method further comprising:
 a display step of displaying the print page generated in the generating step, and   wherein in the storage step a frequency is further stored with which printing has been performed using the style sheet, in association with the style sheet and the address of the print target Web page, and   the display step of, in a case where a plurality of style sheets are extracted in the extracting step, displaying a plurality of print pages generated from the plurality of style sheets and the new Web page, in order of the usage frequency.