Information processing apparatus, information processing server and print setting display method

1. An information processing apparatus having a printer driver, comprising:

a storage part that stores tab information that contains information of a plurality of tabs and main image information corresponding to each tab, the plurality of tabs including a first setting tab and a second setting tab, the main image information including a first image and a second image that correspond to and set as respective main images of the first setting tab and the second setting tab, respectively;

a display part that displays on a screen the first image, the second image, the first setting tab and the second setting tab, both of the first and second images being displayed on the first setting tab and the second setting tab, the first and second setting tabs being layered and one of the setting tabs, which are selected by a user, the selected one of the first and second setting tabs being shown on a top layer and the other of the setting tabs being shown on a lower layer;

a control part that determines

the first image as the main image and the second image as a sub image when the first setting tab is selected by the user, and

the second image as the main image and the first image as the sub image when the second setting tab is selected by the user, and

a display switching part that

switches the top layer from the first setting tab to the second setting tab when the second setting tab is selected on the screen where the first setting tab is on the top layer, wherein the second image is displayed as the main image based on the tab information and the first image is displayed as the sub image in the second setting tab,

switches the top layer from the second setting tab to the first setting tab when the first setting tab is selected on the screen where the second setting tab is on the top layer, wherein the first image is displayed as the main image based on the tab information and the second image is displayed as the sub image in the first setting tab.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the main image is displayed bigger than the sub image on the screen.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first image is an image that relates to apparatus information and the first setting tab is an item that relates to apparatus settings,

the second image is an image that relates to print settings and the second setting tab is an item that relates to the print settings.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

display priorities are assigned to all of the setting tabs, being ranked from low to high, and

one tab that is assigned with a higher priority is displayed prior to another tab that is assigned with a lower priority.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

one of the setting tabs that was displayed at the most lately is displayed first than the other tabs.

6. A display method, comprising:

storing in a storage part tab information that contains information of a plurality of tabs and main image information corresponding to each tab, the plurality of tabs including a first setting tab and a second setting tab, the main image information including a first image and a second image that correspond to and set as respective main images of the first setting tab and the second setting tab, respectively,

displaying by a display part the first image, the second image, the first setting tab and the second setting tab, both of the first and second images being displayed on the first setting tab and the second setting tab, the first and second setting tabs being layered and one of the setting tabs, which is selected by a user, the selected one of the first and second setting tabs being shown on a top layer and the other of the setting tabs being shown on a lower layer,

receiving a selection made by the user, and

selecting the first image as the main image when the first setting tab is selected by the user on the screen where the second setting tab is on the top layer, and the second image as the main image when the second setting tab is selected by the user where the first setting tab is on the top layer,

switching the top layer from the first setting tab to the second setting tab when the second setting tab is selected on the screen where the first setting tab is on the top layer, wherein the second image is displayed as the main image based on the tab information and the first image is displayed as the sub image in the second setting tab, and

switching the top layer from the second setting tab to the first setting tab when the first setting tab is selected on the screen where the second setting tab is on the top layer, wherein the first image is displayed as the main image based on the tab information and the second image is displayed as the sub image in the first setting tab.

7. The display method by the printer drive of claim 6 , wherein

the main image is displayed bigger than the sub image on the screen.

8. The display method by the printer drive of claim 6 , wherein

the first image is an image that relates to apparatus information and the first setting item is an item that relates to apparatus settings,

the second image is an image that relates to print settings and the second setting item is an item that relates to the print settings.

9. The display method by the printer drive of claim 6 , wherein

display priorities are assigned to all of the tabs, and

one of the setting tabs that is assigned with a higher priority is displayed prior to the other setting tab that is assigned with a lower priority.

10. The display method by the printer drive of claim 6 , further comprising:

displaying first one of the setting tabs that was displayed at the most lately than the other tabs.