JP2012058905A - Printing control apparatus, printing control method, program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of increasing operability for the user by enabling selection of a kind of printing after selecting an image to be printed from a print history.SOLUTION: A printing control apparatus comprises: storage means that stores in a storage device image data outputted to a printer as print history information in which a background image is coupled with an additional image to be added to the background image; display means that displays on a display unit a list of the print history information as a plurality of images 106 from which a user is to select an image to be printed, and displays on the display unit selection screens 101 to 103 for allowing the user to select a kind of printing for an image 107 to be printed selected from the plurality of images 106; and changing means that changes a screen displayed on the display unit through the display means to an operation screen according to a kind of printing selected through the selection screens 101 to 103 by operating an execution button 104.

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control apparatus, a print control method, a program, and a storage medium that perform different types of printing such as extra printing and diversion printing with reference to a print image such as a photographed image.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a print control apparatus that performs the same extra printing as a print image with reference to a print image such as a photographed image has been proposed (Patent Document 1).

  In order to perform reprint printing, for example, the user first selects a desired image from the print history screen (UI) displayed on the display unit, specifies the number of copies, and then prints the selected image. Print only the number of copies.

  In addition, a print control apparatus has been proposed that refers to a print image such as a captured image and performs diversion printing by replacing only a part of print content (Patent Document 2).

  In order to perform diversion printing, for example, the user first selects a desired image from the print history screen (UI) displayed on the display unit, and then makes necessary changes to the history of the selected image. After printing.

JP 2003-098590 A JP 2007-208440 A

  By the way, if the above-described extra printing and diverted printing can be selected and performed by a single printing control apparatus, there is an advantage in terms of development and operation costs due to management of printing history and common printing processing. In this case, first, the user selects between reprint printing and diversion printing on the selection screen (UI) displayed on the display unit.

  If extra print is selected, as described above, a desired image is selected from the print history screen displayed on the display unit, the number of prints is designated, and then the number of print copies for which the selected image is designated. Just print.

  On the other hand, if diverted printing is selected, a desired image is selected from the print history screen (UI) displayed on the display unit, and then, after making necessary changes to the history of the selected image, printing is performed. To do.

  However, in such an operation procedure, after selecting reprint printing on the selection screen displayed on the display unit, when selecting a desired image from the print history screen, it is decided to perform diversion printing. The user needs to select a desired image twice from the print history screen.

  That is, after selecting reprinting on the selection screen displayed on the display unit and selecting a desired image from the print history screen, the selected image is discarded and the diversion printing is performed again on the selection screen displayed on the display unit. After selection, it is necessary to select the same image from the print history screen. Such a change in the type of printing is considered to occur frequently, and the user is forced to perform troublesome operations.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a mechanism that can improve the user's operability by selecting a print type after selecting an image to be printed from a print history.

  In order to achieve the above object, a print control apparatus according to the present invention is based on the print history information, storage means for storing print history information related to print settings of an image output for printing on a printer in a storage device, and Selection means for selecting a method of using the print history when printing is performed, and the storage means includes information for specifying a background image and an additional image printed together with the background image. The printing history information is stored in the storage device.

  According to the present invention, since the type of printing is selected after selecting the image to be printed from the print history, the print history is again selected when the type of printing is changed after selecting the image to be printed from the print history. This eliminates the need to select the same image from. Thereby, a user's operativity can be improved.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a system configuration example including a print control apparatus that is an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of image data printed on a sheet by a printer. It is a figure which shows an example of the printing history information preserve | saved at the printing history memory | storage device. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an operation example of the print control apparatus. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print start screen displayed on the display unit in step S501 of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a print history display area when a group-specific display tab is selected on the print start screen of FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a print history display area when a background-limited check box is checked on the print start screen of FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a background selection screen displayed on the display unit in step S503 of FIG. 4 when a new print button is clicked on the print start screen of FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print editing screen displayed on a display unit in step S505 in FIG. 4. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state when a text that is an item of a locked state is selected on the print editing screen of FIG. 9. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a process of recording print history information in a print history storage device in step S506 of FIG. 4 when the print start button is clicked on the print editing screen of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reprint setting screen displayed on the display unit in step S504 of FIG. 4 when the reprint print button is selected on the print start screen of FIG. 5 and the execution button is clicked.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a system configuration example including a print control apparatus which is an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a print control apparatus 201 of the present embodiment is connected to a network 209 such as the Internet, and a printer 202 and a card reader 206 are connected to the print control apparatus 201 so as to communicate with each other.

  The print control apparatus 201 includes a personal computer or the like, and includes a print history storage device 203, an image data storage device 204, and a clip art data storage device 205.

  The image data storage device 204 stores image data captured by the digital camera 208 or the like. Specifically, when the memory card 207 storing the image data is connected to the print control apparatus 201 via the card reader 206, the print control apparatus 201 reads the image data stored in the memory card 207, and the image data Save in the storage device 204. The image data storage device 204 is a storage device that stores image data as a file, and the image data is identified by a file name (path) in the image data storage device 204.

  The clip art data storage device 205 stores a clip art data file acquired by the print control apparatus 201 via the network 209. The clip art data storage device 205 stores clip art data as a file, and the clip art data is identified by a file name (path) in the clip art data storage device 205.

  The print history storage device 203 stores print history information related to print settings when image data is output to the printer 202 under the control of the print control device 201. The print history information includes information for specifying a background image and an additional image to be described later printed together with the background image.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of image data printed on a sheet by the printer 202. In the image data, text 302, text 303, and clip art 304 are superimposed on the background image 301 and output. In this example, the background image includes two texts and one clip art, but the number of text and clip art for one background image is not limited. The text 302, the text 303, and the clip art 304 correspond to an example of the additional image of the present invention.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of print history information stored in the print history storage device 203. Each time the print control apparatus 201 outputs image data to the printer 202, one set of print history information is recorded in the print history storage device 203. One set of print history information includes a history number record 401, an initial print date / time record 402, a background image record 403, a text record 404, a clip art record 405, and a diversion source print number record 406.

  The history number record 401 and the initial printing date / time record 402 are automatically created when printing is executed by the printer 202, and store the serial number of the printing history and the printing date / time, respectively.

  The background image record 403 is used when the background image attribute of the image data output from the printer 202, for example, a path of the background image data in the image data storage device 204 or a part of the image data is cut out and used as the background image. Is stored. The background image record 403 also stores a lock attribute that indicates whether or not to allow the background image to be changed when the printer 202 reprints using this print history.

  The text record 404 stores text attributes included in the image data output by the printer 202, such as text character string information, font information, font size information, and information indicating an area for displaying text. Further, the text record 404 also stores a lock attribute indicating whether or not to permit changing the attribute of the corresponding text when the printer 202 performs reprinting using the print history. The image data output by the printer 202 can include a plurality of texts. In this case, the text record 404 includes a plurality of text attributes. When the image data output by the printer 202 does not include text, the print history information is not stored in the text record 404.

  The clip art record 405 stores clip art attributes included in the image data output by the printer 202, for example, information indicating a path in the clip art data storage device 205 of clip art and an area for displaying the clip art. . In addition, the clip art record 405 also stores a lock attribute indicating whether or not to permit changing the attribute of the corresponding clip art when reprinting with the printer 202 using the print history.

  The image data output by the printer 202 can include a plurality of clip arts. In this case, the clip art record 405 includes attributes of a plurality of clip arts. If the image data output by the printer 202 does not include clip art, the print history information is not stored in the clip art record 405.

  The diversion source print number record 406 stores the value of the history number record 401 of the print image that has been diverted only when the printer 202 uses the print image for printing. When printing is performed by the printer 202 without using a print image, print history information is not stored in the diversion source print number record 406.

  Next, an operation example of the print control apparatus 201 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Each process in FIG. 4 is executed by the CPU after the program stored in the ROM, HDD, or the like of the print control apparatus 201 is loaded into the RAM.

  In step S501, the CPU performs display control for displaying a print start screen on a display unit such as an LCD display, and the process proceeds to step S502.

  In this print start screen, after selecting an image to be printed (print image), new printing, selecting a print image, editing and reprinting (reuse printing), selecting a print image and then printing additional prints are performed. The type can be selected. Details of the print start screen will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  In step S502, the CPU proceeds to step S503 if new printing is selected in step S501, and proceeds to step S505 if reprinting (reuse printing) is selected after editing the print image. On the other hand, the CPU proceeds to step S504 when printing is selected after selecting the print image in step S501.

  In step S503, the CPU proceeds to step S505 when a background image is selected after a background selection screen for selecting a background image to be used for new printing is displayed on the display unit. Details of the background selection screen will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In step S505, the CPU displays a print editing screen on the display unit based on the background image selected in step S503 or the print image selected in step S502, and the process proceeds to step S506.

  On this print editing screen, processing such as changing or adding a background image, text, or clip art can be performed. When the user operates the print start button or the like on the print editing screen to instruct execution of printing, the CPU proceeds to step S506. Details of the print editing screen will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  In step S504, the CPU displays a reprint setting screen on the display unit. When the user performs a predetermined setting operation on the reprint setting screen and then operates the print start button or the like to instruct execution of printing, step S507 is performed. Proceed to the printing process. The extra print setting screen will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In step S506, the CPU records the print history information in the print history storage device 203, and proceeds to the printing process in step S507. The print history information recording process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  In step S507, the CPU issues a print instruction to the printer 202 in accordance with the print contents determined by the process contents so far, and ends the process.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print start screen displayed on the display unit in step S501 of FIG.

  In FIG. 5, the print start screen displays a selection screen for the user to select one of the new print button 101, the extra print button 102, and the diverted print button 103.

  Then, after the user selects any button on the selection screen and clicks the execution button 104, the operation screen is changed according to the type of printing selected. If the cancel button 105 is clicked, the process is terminated without printing.

  Note that “new print” in step S 501 of FIG. 4 is a new print button 101, “print image is edited and reprinted” is diverted print button 103, “print image is selected and reprinted” is reprinted Each corresponds to the print button 102.

  In addition, a print history display area 106 is displayed on the print start screen, and previous print images are displayed in a list in a reduced image (thumbnail) format in the print history display area 106. The thumbnail selected in the print history display area 106 is displayed together with detailed information in the print history preview area 107.

  Further, as the display format of the print history display area 106, by selecting one of the time order display tab 108 and the group-specific display tab 109, the print time order display and the diverted print image are used as the original print image. You can switch to one of the tree views that are displayed as children of. In FIG. 5, since the time order display tab 108 is selected, print images are displayed in a list in the print history display area 106 arranged in time order.

  In addition, a background limited check box 110 and a clip art limited check box 111 are displayed on the print start screen. By checking one of the boxes, only the print image using the same background image as the selected print image or the print using the same clip art as the selected print image is displayed in the print history display area 106. It can be limited to images only.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the print history display area 106 when the group display tab 109 is selected on the print start screen of FIG.

  When the group-by-group display tab 109 is selected on the print start screen in FIG. 5, the print history display area 106 displays the diverted print image as a tree as a child of the diversion source print image, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, an image obtained by selecting the print image 601 and performing diversion printing is the print image 602, and the print image 602 is displayed as a child of the print image 601 in the tree.

  Similarly, a print image 603 printed by diverting the same print image 601 is also displayed as a child of the print image 601 in the tree. Since the print image 604 is not printed using the print image 601, the print image 604 is displayed in a parallel position on the tree without a parent-child relationship with the print image 601.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the print history display area 106 when the background limitation check box 110 is checked on the print start screen of FIG.

  In FIG. 7, since the background limitation check box 110 is checked with the print image 701 selected, the same background image is set for the displayed print images 702 and 703. Even the print image displayed in the print history display area 106 of the print start screen in FIG. 5 is not displayed for a background image that is different from the print image 701.

  FIG. 7 illustrates the case where the background limited check box 110 is checked, but when the clip art limited check box 111 is checked, the same clip art used in the selected print image is used. Only the printed images are displayed.

  Here, after the user selects an image to be printed in the print history display area 106, the user selects any of the new print button 101, the extra print button 102, and the diverted print button 103, and clicks the execute button 104. To do. As a result, the print start screen is changed to an operation screen corresponding to the type of printing.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a background selection screen displayed on the display unit in step S503 of FIG. 4 when the user clicks the new print button 101 after selecting an image to be printed in the print history display area 106. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 8, an image list display area 801, a selection button 802, and a cancel button 803 are displayed on the background selection screen. In the image list display area 801, a file list stored in the image data storage device 204 is displayed. Here, after selecting an arbitrary file from the image list display area 801, when the selection button 802 is clicked, the selected image is used in the subsequent processing, and when the cancel button 803 is clicked, the print start screen of FIG. 5 is displayed. Return.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a print editing screen displayed on the display unit in step S505 of FIG. When the diverted print button 103 is selected and the execution button 104 is clicked, or when the new print button 101 is clicked and an arbitrary image is selected on the background selection screen of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an edit area 910, a text attribute edit area 920, a clip art attribute edit area 930, a background image edit area 940, a print start button 950, and a cancel button 960 are displayed on the print edit screen.

  The editing area 910 displays a print image preview and controls for editing. A background image 911 is displayed in the background of the editing area 910, and a lock icon 912 indicating whether the background image can be changed is displayed in the upper right of the background image 911. A lock icon 912 switches between a locked state and an unlocked state each time it is clicked, and indicates which state is currently in effect.

  In the editing area 910, text 916, 917 and clip art 914 added to the background image 911 are displayed. Lock icons 915, 918, and 913 for switching between the locked state and the unlocked state are displayed on the upper right of the texts 916 and 917 and the clip art 914, respectively. As with the lock icon 912, the lock icons 915, 918, and 913 can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state by clicking.

  A rectangle is displayed around the text 916, 917 and the clip art 914, and the size of the text display area and the size of the clip art can be changed by dragging the size changing knob on the rectangle. However, since the size changing knob is not displayed for the locked state, the size of the text display area and the size of the clip art cannot be changed.

  In the text attribute editing area 920, a new text addition button 921 is displayed. When a new text addition button 921 is clicked, text having a predetermined character string can be newly added to the editing area 910. A text editing area 922, a font type setting area 923, a font size setting area 924, and a text deletion button 925 in the text attribute editing area 920 are for making changes to the text currently selected in the editing area 910. It is.

  FIG. 9 shows an example when the text 917 is selected. In the text editing area 922, the character string of the selected text 917 is displayed, and the character string of the text 917 can be changed by the user inputting the character string using a keyboard or the like. The font type setting area 923 and the font size setting area 924 can display and change the type and size of the font used when the selected text 917 is printed by the printer 202. The text 917 can be deleted by clicking the text delete button 925.

  In the clip art attribute editing area 930, a new clip art addition button 931 is displayed. When a new clip art addition button 931 is clicked, a dialog for selecting a file stored in the clip art data storage device 205 is displayed. When a file is selected, the clip art of the selected file is added to the editing area 910. A clip art data name display area 932, a clip art change button 933, and a clip art delete button 934 in the clip art attribute edit area 930 are used to change the clip art selected in the edit area 910 at that time. Is.

  FIG. 9 shows an example when the clip art 914 is selected. When the clip art change button 933 is clicked, a dialog for selecting a file stored in the clip art data storage device 205 is displayed. When a file is selected, the clip art is replaced with the clip art 914 and displayed. In the clip art data name display area 932, the file name of the clip art selected at that time in the clip art data storage device 205 is displayed. The clip art 914 can also be deleted by clicking the clip art delete button 934.

  In the background image editing area 940, a background image data name display area 941 and a background image data change button 942 are displayed. When the background image data change button 942 is clicked, a background selection screen similar to that shown in FIG. 8 for selecting a file in the image data storage device 204 is displayed. When a file is selected, the background image in the editing area 910 is the selected file. Replaced with image data.

  In the background image data name display area 941, the file name in the image data storage device 204 of the background image selected at that time is displayed. When the aspect ratio of the background image is different from the aspect ratio of the print area, trimming is automatically performed so that the background image is displayed without a margin in the entire print area.

  When the print start button 950 is clicked, the contents of the editing area 910 are output to the printer 202, and then the printing settings are recorded in the print history storage device 203 as print history information. When the cancel button 960 is clicked, the process ends without performing the process on the print editing screen, and the screen returns to the print start screen of FIG. 5 or the background selection screen of FIG. Note that the process of recording the settings at the time of printing as print history information in the print history storage device 203 will be described later with reference to FIG. 11 as in step S506 of FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state when a text 916 that is an item of the lock state is selected on the print editing screen of FIG.

  Compared to FIG. 9, in the text attribute editing area 1020, the control for editing is in an invalid state where editing cannot be performed. For example, the text editing area 922 in FIG. 9 is displayed as the text display area 1022 in FIG. Similarly, the font type setting area 923 is displayed as a font type display area 1023, and the font size setting area 924 is displayed as a font size display area 1024 so that it cannot be changed. Also, the text delete button 925 in FIG. 9 is not displayed in FIG.

  In FIG. 10, the display of the locked state in the text attribute editing area is taken as an example. Similarly, in the clip art attribute editing area and the background image editing area, each of them is determined depending on whether it is locked or unlocked. The display contents of the area are switched.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the process of recording the print history information in the print history storage device 203 in step S506 of FIG. 4 when the print start button 950 is clicked on the print editing screen of FIG. .

  In step S1101, the CPU acquires information of the background image set on the print editing screen in FIG. 9, and the process proceeds to step S1102. Specifically, when the file name of the background image and the aspect ratio of the print area and the background image are different, the CPU automatically acquires the trimming area information because the trimming is automatically performed. . The CPU also acquires information on whether the background image is locked.

  In step S1102, the CPU creates a new recording area in the print history storage device 203, records the background image information acquired in step S1101, and proceeds to step S1103.

  In step S1103, the CPU determines whether or not the text exists in the print editing screen in order to record the print history of the text. If the text does not exist, the CPU proceeds to step S1107, and if present, step S1104. Proceed to

  In step S1104, the CPU acquires information of the first text, and proceeds to step S1105. Specifically, the CPU acquires the text string, font type, font size, and circumscribed rectangular area size. The CPU also acquires information about whether the text is locked.

  In step S1105, the CPU records the text information acquired in step S1104 in the recording area created in the print history storage device 203 in step S1102, and proceeds to step S1106.

  In step S1106, the CPU confirms whether or not the processing in steps S1104 and S1105 has been performed on all the texts in the print editing screen. Then, the CPU returns to step S1104 when the processes of steps S1104 and S1105 are not performed on all the texts in the print editing screen, and returns to step S1107 when the processes are performed. Proceed to

  In step S1107, the CPU checks whether or not the clip art exists in the print editing screen in order to record the print history of the clip art. If the clip art is present in the print editing screen, the CPU proceeds to step S1108. If not, the CPU ends the process.

  In step S1108, the CPU acquires information about the first clip art, and proceeds to step S1109. Specifically, the CPU obtains the size of the rectangular area of the clip art file name. The CPU also acquires information about whether the clip art is locked.

  In step S1109, the CPU records the clip art information acquired in step S1108 in the recording area of the print history storage device 203 created in step S1102, and proceeds to step S1110.

  In step S1110, the CPU confirms whether or not the processing in steps S1108 and S1109 has been performed on all the clip arts in the print editing screen. Then, the CPU returns to step S1108 if the processing of step S1108 and step S1109 has not been performed for all the clip arts in the print editing screen, and ends the processing if it has been performed.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reprint setting screen displayed on the display unit in step S504 of FIG. 4 when the reprint print button 102 is selected on the print start screen of FIG. 5 and the execution button 104 is clicked. .

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, a print preview area 1201, a reprint number setting area 1202, a print execution button 1203, and a cancel button 1204 are displayed on the reprint additional setting screen.

  In the print preview area 1201, a print image selected by the user on the print start screen in FIG. 5 is displayed. When a necessary number of copies is set in the reprint number setting area 1202 and a print execution button 1203 is clicked, the print image displayed in the print preview area 1201 and information on the number of sheets set in the reprint number setting area 1202 are output to the printer 202. .

  In this embodiment, when printing by the printer 202 is executed on the extra print setting screen, printing history information is not recorded in the printing history storage device 203. If a cancel button 1204 is clicked, the extra print setting screen ends and the screen returns to the print start screen of FIG.

  As described above, in this embodiment, after selecting an image to be printed in the print history display area 106 of the print start screen, any one of the new print button 101, the extra print button 102, and the diverted print button 103 is pressed. select. Then, after selecting any button, clicking the execution button 104 switches the print start screen to an operation screen corresponding to the type of printing.

  This eliminates the need to select the same image from the print history display area 106 again when the type of printing is changed after selecting the image to be printed from the print history display area 106, and the operability of the user is improved. Can be increased.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to what was illustrated to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it can change suitably.

  In the above embodiment, in the case of diverted printing, any of the background image, text, and clip art can be changed. However, only the background image may be changeable, or only an additional image such as text or clip art may be changeable. Also, if text and clip art are included, let the user choose whether to change text or clip art or not, and only edit the selected screen when it is changed. May be displayed. Also, if there are types or groups of clip art, select the clip art type or group that you want to change or not, and then display the edit screen for changing only the selected art. Also good. If there are many additional images, the editing screen cannot be displayed for all of them, and thus the editing screen may be selectively displayed in this way.

  The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, or the like) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed. It can also be realized by executing software (program) acquired via a network or various storage media on a personal computer (CPU, processor).

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Claims (10)

Storage means for storing, in a storage device, print history information relating to print settings of an image output for printing by a printer;
A selection means for selecting a method of using the print history when performing printing based on the print history information,
The print control apparatus, wherein the storage unit stores print history information including information for specifying a background image and an additional image printed together with the background image in the storage device.   The selection means is an extra print that prints an image using a background image and an additional image specified by the print history information, or an image of any one of a background image and an additional image specified by the print history information The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein diverted printing to be performed by changing the printing can be selected. Display control means for displaying on the display means a selection screen for selecting an image to be printed;
The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes an image obtained by adding an additional image to a background image based on the print history information to be displayed on the selection screen.   The print control according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a screen for allowing a user to select whether to display only a list of images including the same background image. apparatus.   5. The display control unit according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a screen for allowing the user to select whether to display only a list of images including the same additional image. 6. Print control device.   6. The printing according to claim 3, wherein when the diversion printing is selected, the background image output together with the additional image can be changed without changing the additional image. Control device.   The print history information includes information on a plurality of additional images added to one image data. When the diverted printing is selected, an additional image to be changed among the plurality of additional images or 7. The print control apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for selecting an additional image that is not changed. A storage step for storing, in a storage device, print history information relating to print settings of an image output for printing by the printer;
A selection step for selecting a method of using the print history when performing printing based on the print history information,
The printing control method characterized in that the storing step stores print history information including information for specifying a background image and an additional image printed together with the background image in the storage device. A storage step for storing, in a storage device, print history information relating to print settings of an image output for printing by the printer;
A program for causing a computer to execute a selection step for selecting a method of using the print history when performing printing based on the print history information,
The storage step stores, in the storage device, print history information including information for specifying a background image and an additional image printed together with the background image. The program according to claim 9 is stored.
A computer-readable storage medium characterized by the above.

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