Wireless communication print server

1. A wireless communication print server for relaying a print request received through wireless communications to a printer, said wireless communication print server comprising:

a retention unit that retains parameters for establishing wireless communications;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the setting of said wireless communication parameters registered in the retention unit is in the initial state;

a rejection unit that ignores said print request corresponding to said wireless communication parameters in the initial state if the setting of said wireless communication parameters is in the initial state; and

a change unit that receives a change instruction for the setting of said wireless communication parameters and changes the setting of said wireless communication parameters from the initial state based on the change instruction,

wherein the initial state of the wireless communication parameters is either one of a factory shipment setting or a default setting, and the wireless communication parameters in the initial state are sufficient to cause the wireless communication print server to wirelessly communicate with other devices if it were not for the rejection unit.

2. A wireless communication print server according to claim 1 , wherein

said retention unit retains a predetermined rejection flag that indicates whether or not the setting of said parameter is in the initial state, and

said determination unit determines based on said rejection flag,

said wireless communication print server further comprising:

a release unit that changes said rejection flag to a value indicating printing-availability when the setting of said parameter is changed from the initial state.

3. A wireless communication print server according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a protocol interpretation unit that interprets based on a protocol the print request received through wireless communications; and

a single driver that receives and sends the print request from a plurality of said protocol interpretation units to the printer,

wherein said rejection unit is included in said driver.

4. A wireless communication print server according to claim 1 , wherein

said rejection unit sends back a notification irrespective of the actual operational state of said printer to indicate that said printer is unavailable.

5. The wireless communication print server according to claim 1 , wherein

the wireless communication parameters comprise an ESSID, a mode of the wireless communications, a channel of the wireless communications, and an encryption key for the wireless communications.

6. A method of controlling a wireless communication print server for relaying a print request received through wireless communications to a printer, wherein

said wireless communication print server comprises a retention unit that retains parameters for establishing wireless communications,

said method comprising:

a determination step of determining whether or not the setting of said wireless communication parameters registered in the retention unit is in the initial state;

a rejection step of ignoring said print request corresponding to said wireless communication parameters in the initial state if the setting of said wireless communication parameters is in the initial state; and

a change step of receiving a change instruction for the setting of said wireless communication parameters and changing the setting of said wireless communication parameters from the initial state based on the change instruction,

wherein the initial state of the wireless communication parameters is either one of a factory shipment setting or a default setting, and the wireless communication parameters in the initial state are sufficient to cause the wireless communication print server to wirelessly communicate with other devices if it were not for the rejection step.

7. A method according to claim 6 , wherein

said retention unit retains a predetermined rejection flag that indicates whether or not the setting of said parameter is in the initial state, and

said determination step determines based on said rejection flag,

said method further comprising:

a release step of changing said rejection flag to a value indicating printing-availability when the setting of said parameter is changed from the initial state.

8. A method according to claim 6 , wherein

said wireless communication print server further comprises:

a protocol interpretation unit that interprets based on a protocol the print request received through wireless communications; and

a single driver that receives and sends the print request from a plurality of said protocol interpretation units to the printer,

wherein said rejection step is performed by said driver.

9. A method according to claim 6 , wherein

said rejection step sends back a notification irrespective of the actual operational state of said printer to indicate that said printer is unavailable.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the wireless communication parameters comprise an ESSID, a mode of the wireless communications, a channel of the wireless communications, and an encryption key for the wireless communications.

11. A recording medium that records a computer program for controlling a wireless communication print server for relaying a print request received through wireless communications to a printer, wherein

said wireless communication print server comprises a retention unit that retains parameters for establishing wireless communications,

said program comprising:

a determination program code for determining whether or not the setting of said wireless communication parameters is in the initial state;

a rejection program code for ignoring said print request corresponding to the wireless communication parameters in the initial state if the setting of said wireless communication parameters is in the initial state; and

a change program code for receiving a change instruction for the setting of said wireless communication parameters and changing the setting of said the wireless communication parameters from the initial state based on the change instruction,

wherein the initial state of the wireless communication parameters is either one of a factory shipment setting or a default setting, and the wireless communication parameters in the initial state are sufficient to cause the wireless communication print server to wirelessly communicate with other devices if it were not for the rejection program code.

12. A recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein

said retention unit retains a predetermined rejection flag that indicates whether or not the setting of said parameter is in the initial state, and

said determination program code determines based on said rejection flag, said recording medium comprising:

a release program code that changes said rejection flag to a value indicating printing-availability when the setting of said parameter is changed from the initial state.

13. A recording medium according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a protocol interpretation program code that interprets based on a protocol the print request received through wireless communications; and

a single driver that receives and sends the print request from a plurality of said protocol interpretation units to the printer,

wherein said rejection program code is included in said driver.

14. A recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein

said rejection program code sends back a notification irrespective of the actual operational state of said printer to indicate that said printer is unavailable.

15. The recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein

the wireless communication parameters include an ESSID, a mode of the wireless communications, a channel of the wireless communications, and an encryption key for the wireless communications.