JP2013247413A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in which: a large amount of storage capacity is required for performing generation of print data and generation of electronic data at the same time; and when generation of print data and generation of electronic data are sequentially performed in order to reduce storage capacity, data missing occurs and desired print result or desired electronic data cannot be obtained.SOLUTION: When an image processing apparatus receives data, it determines if the data is set to generate electronic data at the same time, and generates tag information and drawing information for electronic data and layout information for print data. The image processing apparatus generates electronic data from the drawing information and tag information, and generates print data from the drawing information and layout information and prints the generated print data. The image processing apparatus stores the electronic data in a RAM built therein.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system capable of performing electronic book generation simultaneously with printing.

  Recently, mobile terminals such as TabletPC are rapidly spreading. Along with this, electronic books suitable for browsing on tablet PCs have also become popular, and the printing industry needs to support both publication on paper media based on manuscripts and publication of electronic books. . In addition, it is desired that an ordinary user can construct an environment that can easily convert data from document data into an electronic book having excellent readability on a tablet PC. However, at present, in order to perform printing and electronic book generation, an image processing apparatus is required for output on a paper medium, and a dedicated conversion application is required for conversion to an electronic book. .

  One possible solution is the mounting of an electronic book function in a printing apparatus. As a similar technique, a technique for creating display data and print data from a document is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-373215 A

Patent Document 1 is a technique for creating browsing information based on input data, and generating print data from input data if a document displaying the information is a desired result.
In the case of Patent Document 1, two operations of creating browsing data and printing are necessary. In addition, it is not a technology that can obtain both paper output and electronic data for browsing. In Patent Document 1, it is necessary to store input data for each job until a print instruction is issued, and a large-capacity memory is required.

  As described above, it has been difficult to efficiently generate data in different formats, for example, print data and electronic book data in one operation.

  For example, the generation of print intermediate data in the printing apparatus is basically performed in units of pages. This is because a document to be printed is laid out in a fixed unit in units of pages. On the other hand, an electronic book becomes a tag unit. This is due to the fact that the size of the display screen can vary from device to device, and that flexible display changes, such as changing the character size, are one of the characteristics of electronic books. A tag is a tag in a markup language such as XML, for example, which indicates a unit of a drawing object such as a chapter, paragraph table, or word. The tag describes a style on display, and the layout information defined by a style sheet such as CSS is common in that respect. In this specification, the style sheet may be included in the tag information. As described above, the print intermediate data and the electronic book are different data, and it is difficult to share the memory necessary for generating both the print intermediate data and the electronic book, and it is necessary to acquire them separately. For this reason, it becomes difficult to deal with a compact machine having a small memory capacity.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system capable of efficiently performing both printing and electronic book generation while suppressing consumption of resources such as memory. And

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the following arrangement.

An image processing apparatus that prints document data received from an information processing apparatus, converts the document data into electronic data in a predetermined format, and outputs the electronic data.
When simultaneous generation to print and convert to electronic data is set as the print setting of the document data, drawing information used for object visualization based on the document data received from the information processing apparatus, Generating means for generating layout information indicating a position in a page and tag information indicating a document structure;
Electronic data generating means for generating and storing electronic data including tag information based on the drawing information and the tag information;
Printing means for converting the document data into print data based on the drawing information and the layout information and printing the print data;

According to the present invention, when printing a document, it is possible to simultaneously generate electronic data (such as an electronic book) excellent in viewability on a portable terminal or the like simultaneously with printing.
Also, an image processing apparatus with a small memory capacity can generate electronic data at the same time as printing by a processing procedure that takes into account the configuration of the image processing apparatus.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a printer. It is a software block diagram regarding this invention. It is a schematic description of each information to be analyzed. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of this whole system. FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a printer driver setting screen. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the information processing apparatus of the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow in the information processing apparatus of another Example (1). It is a figure which shows the processing flow in the image processing apparatus of another Example (2). It is a figure which shows the example of Layout information-izing of the information which cannot be expressed with electronic data. It is a figure which shows the example which produces | generates layout information from the tag which EPUB does not support.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a use environment of an image forming apparatus in the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, an image processing apparatus 200 is a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a plurality of functions such as copying and facsimile in addition to a print function, and is connected to an information processing apparatus 300 and a server 400 via a LAN 100. Forming a printing system. The image processing apparatus 200 realizes network printing that visualizes input document data by communicating with the information processing apparatus 300 and the server 400 using a predetermined protocol.

<Hardware Configuration of Image Processing Apparatus 200>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image processing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 2, the image processing apparatus 200 includes a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a network interface card (NIC) 204, an external input controller (PANELC) 205, various buttons or a touch panel (PANEL) 206. The image processing apparatus 200 further includes a display controller (DISPC) 207, a display (DISPLAY) 208, a printer unit (PRINTER) 209, and a scanner unit (SCANNER) 210.

  The CPU 201 generally controls each device connected to the system bus 211 and executes a firmware module stored in the ROM 202. Note that the firmware module includes at least two modules, and the firmware module can be updated for each module.

  Further, the CPU 201 executes processing shown in each flowchart described later based on a firmware module as a control program. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory and work area for the CPU 201.

  The panel ELC 205 controls an instruction input from the panel 206 installed in the MFP. The DISPC 207 controls drawing on the DISPLAY 208.

  The NIC 204 bidirectionally exchanges data with other MFPs and file servers (not shown) via the LAN 212. The PRINTER 209 forms an image on a recording sheet by an electrophotographic method. The SCANNER 210 reads an image printed on a recording sheet. An optional auto document feeder (not shown) is attached to the SCANNER 210, and a plurality of documents can be automatically read.

<Image processing device firmware>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a firmware module stored in the ROM 202 of the image processing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 1 and executed by the CPU 201. In FIG. 3, the firmware module of the image processing apparatus 200 includes a data input unit 301, a data analysis unit 302, an electronic data generation unit 307, an input data conversion unit 308, a print data generation unit 309, and an image data drawing unit 310. Yes. The data analysis unit 302 includes a data format analysis unit 303, a tag (tag) information analysis unit 304, a drawing code analysis unit 305, and a layout (layout) information analysis unit 306.

  The data input unit 301 is a data entrance in the image processing apparatus 200 for data output from the information processing apparatus 300. The data analysis unit 302 collects tag information, drawing information, and layout information necessary for subsequent electronic data generation and print data generation by analyzing the input data. The data analysis unit 302 includes a data format analysis unit 303 that determines a data format and an electronic data generation instruction, a tag information analysis unit 304 that collects tag information, a drawing code analysis unit 305 that collects drawing information, and collects layout information. A layout information analysis unit 306 is included.

  The electronic data analysis unit 307 generates display electronic data (hereinafter referred to as an electronic book) based on the tag information and the drawing information, and at the same time, is associated with each tag constituting the created electronic book based on the layout information. Generate tag layout information. The input data conversion unit 308 generates drawing information and layout information that can be interpreted by the print data generation unit 309 from the electronic data and the layout information. A print data generation unit 309 generates print data based on the drawing information and layout information. The image data drawing unit 310 generates image data by performing image development based on the print data created by the print data generation unit 309. The developed image data is output from the PRINTER 209 under control such as paper feed and print position adjustment.

  Here, the drawing information, layout information, and tag information will be described with reference to FIG. The drawing information is information necessary for imaging an object, such as a fill, color, font, and the like, and may include objects such as characters and graphics constituting the document. However, it does not include information on object placement. The layout information is information indicating the drawing position of the object in the page, and is basically referred to when creating print data. Tag information is information that is referred to when creating an electronic book, and indicates the structure of a document such as a chapter, paragraph, line, or word. A style sheet such as CSS is not a tag, but is common to tag information in that it is information defining a display style, and it can also be referred to as tag information including a style sheet.

<Printing procedure>
FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart for explaining the overall flow from driver setting to printing in the present embodiment. Processes S501 to S505 shown in this flowchart are executed by the printer driver installed on the information processing apparatus 300. Processes S510 to S515 are realized by the CPU 201 of the image processing apparatus 200 executing in accordance with the firmware module stored in the ROM 202.

  In step S <b> 501, print settings are performed by a printer driver installed on the information processing apparatus 300. As shown in FIG. 6, an output method (Output Method) 601 can be selected on a user interface screen 600 displayed by the printer driver. Options include, for example, printing, printing and electronic books (Print & EPUB). Although not shown in FIG. 6, it is possible to select only creation of an electronic book. In addition, the print settings include paper orientation, number of copies, page allocation, and the like. Also, finishing processing, paper feed tray, print quality, etc. can be set. The print settings specified by the user are saved and referred to in the next print processing.

  In step S <b> 502, an instruction to print target document data is issued from the printer driver installed on the information processing apparatus 300. This instruction is also accepted via the user interface of the printer driver. Note that the format of the document data to be processed in the present embodiment is not particularly limited. For example, there is data output by a DTP application. In this case, the input document data includes DTP composition information such as tag information and layout information, and is described in a style sheet such as XSLT. However, the document data may be in a format output by another document processing application such as OOXML. However, in general, tag information indicating a logical structure is necessary for creating an electronic book, and therefore data having such a structure is desirable.

  In step S <b> 503, the printer driver determines whether an electronic book generation is instructed in the printer driver installed on the information processing apparatus 300. For example, in the stored print settings, if an output including an electronic book is selected as the output method, it can be determined that generation of an electronic book is instructed. As a result of the determination, if an instruction to generate an electronic book has not been given, the process proceeds to S504 as in the case of a normal print instruction, and the printer driver uses the predetermined PDL (to be converted by the printer driver as the document data to be output. Page description language). If it is determined in step S503 that generation of an electronic book has been instructed, the process proceeds to step S505 without converting the printer driver into a PDL to be converted. In step S <b> 505, data prepared in the processing in the printer driver up to step S <b> 504 is transmitted to the target image processing apparatus 200. In other words, when the electronic book generation is instructed, the saved print setting data and the document data to be output are transmitted to the image processing apparatus 200. Even when PDL data is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 200, at least print setting data for determining the presence / absence of an instruction to generate an electronic book is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 200. When PDL data is transmitted, it is sufficient to determine whether or not there is an instruction to generate an electronic book, and it is not necessary to transmit the entire print setting data. If the print setting data is data described in XML or the like, for example, it is possible to transmit only a part and determine the contents. The processing of the printer driver installed in the information processing apparatus 300 in the processing from S501 to S505 is thus completed.

  In S510, data transmitted from the printer driver installed in the information processing apparatus 300 via the network 100 is received by the data input unit 301 through the NIC 204, and the process proceeds to S511. In step S511, the data format analysis unit 303 determines whether the received print setting data includes an electronic book generation instruction. If there is an instruction to generate an electronic book, the process proceeds to S512, and if there is no instruction to generate an electronic book, the process proceeds to S514. In S512, an electronic book is generated in the electronic data generation unit 307, image data is generated in the print data generation unit 309 and the image data drawing unit 310, and the process proceeds to S513. In step S513, the electronic book generated in step S512 is stored in the RAM 203 or the HDD prepared in the image processing apparatus 200, the removable memory, or the server 400 connected via a network, and the process proceeds to step S515. In S514, the print data generation unit 309 and the image data drawing unit 310 generate image data, and the process proceeds to S515. In step S515, an image is formed on a recording sheet by the PRINTER 209 based on the created image data. The processing executed by the CPU 201 of the image processing apparatus 200 in accordance with the firmware module stored in the ROM 202 in the processing from S510 to S515 is completed.

<Print processing procedure by image processing apparatus>
FIG. 7 is an example of a flowchart showing in detail the flow of the first embodiment in the processing of S511, S512, and S514 in FIG. The processing shown in this flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 of the image processing apparatus 200 executing according to the firmware module stored in the ROM 202.

  In step S <b> 511, it is determined whether the data format analysis unit 303 included in the data analysis unit 302 has been instructed to generate an electronic book. As a result of the determination, if the data is not instructed to generate an electronic book, the process proceeds to S702. If it is data for which an electronic book generation instruction has been given, the process proceeds to S704. In step S702, drawing information is collected by the drawing code analysis unit 305, layout information is collected by the layout information analysis unit 306, and the process proceeds to step S703. In step S <b> 703, the print data generation unit 309 generates print data based on the drawing information and layout information collected in step S <b> 702. The print data generated here is image data to be printed. In the case of branching to S <b> 702, the image processing apparatus 200 has received PDL data from the information processing apparatus 300. Therefore, drawing information and layout information collection and image data generation are not necessarily performed separately for each job, but may be performed for each PDL command included in the PDL data. Of course, the PDL data that can be handled is in a predetermined format.

  On the other hand, in step S704, the drawing code analysis unit 305 collects drawing information from the document data, the layout information analysis unit 306 collects layout information, the tag information analysis unit 304 collects tag information, and the process proceeds to steps S705 and S706. For example, text or an image that is the content of a document may be separately extracted as content information, but in this example, description will be made assuming that it is included in drawing information, for example. In step S <b> 705, print data is generated by the print data generation unit 309 based on the drawing information and layout information collected in step S <b> 704. In S706, the electronic book data generation unit 307 generates an electronic book based on the drawing information and tag information collected in S704. The processes in S705 and S706 are performed in parallel. The specific processing contents from S704 to S706 depend on the format of the document data to be processed. However, in any document, drawing information such as colors and fonts, layout information indicating a drawing position, and tag information indicating a document format can be extracted as long as it is document data. Note that the tag information can be generated or extracted from the metadata indicating the structure of the document when a structured document using metadata such as a tag is used as the document data to be processed. Through the processes from S704 to S706, the electronic book generation and the print data generation are generated in parallel.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the electronic book and the print data are generated from the input document data by the image processing apparatus in parallel processing. Although S501 to S505 in FIG. 5 are processing by the printer driver, they may be executed by an application program that provides a function of creating and printing document data.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 8 is an example of a flowchart showing in detail the flow of the second embodiment in the processing of S511, S512, and S514 in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment. Since other configurations and processes are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.
This embodiment is an embodiment of an image processing apparatus having a memory configuration smaller than that of the first embodiment. Since this embodiment is realized in a small memory, the print data generation and the electronic book generation are performed simultaneously without performing simultaneous generation. To do. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is realized by the CPU 201 of the image processing apparatus 200 executing according to the firmware module stored in the ROM 202.

  In step S <b> 801, the data format analysis unit 303 determines whether the data has been instructed to generate an electronic book. As a result of the determination, if the data is not instructed to generate an electronic book, the process proceeds to S802. If it is data for which an electronic book generation instruction has been given, the process advances to step S803. In step S802, drawing information is collected by the drawing code analysis unit 305, layout information is collected by the layout information analysis unit 306, and the process proceeds to step S807. In step S803, drawing information is collected by the drawing code analysis unit 305, layout information is collected by the layout information analysis unit 306, tag information is collected by the tag information analysis unit 304, and the process proceeds to step S804.

  The tag information and layout information of the input data are basically DTP composition information and are described in a style sheet such as XSLT. On the other hand, the format information of the electronic book is described in a style sheet such as CSS for display on the web. Therefore, the tag information collected in S803 is information that can be converted from a style sheet such as XSLT to a style sheet such as CSS. A part of the information included in the layout information is also included in the tag information, but for information that cannot be converted to CSS or the like, layout information for input to the print data generation unit 309 is prepared for later generation of print data. Is converted by the layout information analysis unit 306.

  For example, the input data 1001 shown in FIG. 10 is composed of XHTML and a style sheet, and the generated electronic book data (EPUB) 1002 is also composed of XHTML and a style sheet. However, the EPUB 1002 does not support all tags supported by the input data 1001. In the example of FIG. 10, the EPUB 1002 does not support the tags <aa> and <dd> supported by the input data 1001. Therefore, layout information 1003 is created from tags <aa> and <dd> that are not supported by EPUB 1002. An example of generating layout information from tags that are not supported by this EPUB is shown in FIG. In CSS2.0, since there is no concept of a page, information such as a page size indicated by a style sheet such as XSL-FO cannot be converted to CSS2.0. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 11, the tag 1101 indicating the page size information is converted into the layout information 1102 indicating the page size, which is synonymous with the tag 1101 and used when generating print data. The tab after conversion is rewritten into a tab indicating link information linked to the layout information after conversion. Since this tab is meaningless as electronic book data, it is ignored when browsing the electronic book, but in the processing of this embodiment, it is used to link the layout information with the tag information. For example, in the example of FIG. 11, layout information 1102 is generated from the <fo> tag 1101 included in the tag information of the input data, and the contents of the tag 1101 are rewritten as a link to the layout information 1102. The converted layout information may be a copy of the tag information itself before conversion, for example.

  In step S804, based on the drawing information and tag information collected in step S803, the electronic data generation unit 307 generates an electronic book, and the process advances to step S805. The electronic book generated in S804 is stored in the RAM 203 of the image processing apparatus 200 or the HDD 400, the removable memory prepared in the image processing apparatus 200, or the server 400 connected via the network, and the process proceeds to S806. In the example of FIG. 10, in S805, electronic book data 1002 and layout information 1003 are generated. As described above, the layout information 1003 is created based on a tag that is not supported by the electronic book, and is linked to the tag information included in the electronic book data 1002.

  In step S806, the electronic book data is first analyzed by the drawing code analysis unit 305 and the layout information analysis unit 306 to generate drawing information and layout information. As drawing information, information contained in an electronic book can be used. The layout information is created based on tag information included in the electronic book data. However, incompatible tags that are not supported by electronic books are rewritten as links to layout information. Therefore, the created layout information and the layout information 1003 linked to the tag that could not be converted to the tag information generated in S803 are combined in the input data conversion unit 308 to complete the layout information. In this way, drawing information and layout information to be input to the print data generation unit 309 are generated, and the process proceeds to S807. In step S807, the print data generation unit 309 generates print data based on the drawing information and layout information generated in step S806. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, layout information and drawing information are created from the EPUB 1002 (1004). Print data is generated from the layout information 1003 generated from the unsupported tag, the layout information generated from the EPUB 1002, and the drawing information (1004). Thereafter, the layout information 1003, the layout information, and the drawing information 1004 become unnecessary and are deleted.

Through the processes from S801 to S807, electronic book generation and print data generation are sequentially processed and generated in a small memory configuration. With this procedure, in this embodiment, the extra storage capacity required for creating print data is that required for storing tags that are not compatible with electronic books and layout information 1003 linked to the tags. Only. For this reason, it is possible to efficiently realize the electronic book and the printing only by the operation of changing the setting of the printer driver while saving the resource of the storage capacity necessary for both the electronic book and the printing.

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 9 is an example of a flowchart showing the flow of the third other embodiment. The processing shown in this flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 of the image processing apparatus 200 executing according to the firmware module stored in the ROM 202. The procedure of FIG. 9 switches between FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 in S903. S904 includes S704-S706 in FIG. 7, and S905 includes S803-S807 in FIG. S906 corresponds to S514.

  In S901, the image processing apparatus receives data in the data input unit 301, and the process proceeds to S902. In step S902, the data format analysis unit 303 determines whether the data has been instructed to generate an electronic book. As a result of the determination, if the data is not instructed to generate an electronic book, the process proceeds to S906. If it is data for which an electronic book generation instruction has been given, the process advances to step S903. In step S903, it is determined whether the electronic book generation process by the electronic data generation unit 307 and the print data generation process by the print data generation unit 309 can be performed simultaneously. The determination in S903 is performed by determining whether or not a certain amount of storage device capacity is available for data generation by checking the memory capacity and HDD capacity of the image processing apparatus. If it is determined that the processing can be performed simultaneously (parallel processing), the process proceeds to S904. If it is determined that the processing cannot be performed simultaneously, the process proceeds to S905. In S904, as shown in the first embodiment, in the data analysis unit 302, the electronic book generation unit 307, and the print data generation unit 309, generation of print data and generation of an electronic book are performed in parallel. In S905, as shown in the second embodiment, the data analysis unit 302, the electronic book generation unit 307, and the print data generation unit 309 sequentially generate an electronic book and print data. In step S906, the data analysis unit 302 and the print data generation unit 309 generate print data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, serial processing that can be processed with a smaller amount of resources according to the amount of resources that can be used for printing and electronic book generation, in particular, the amount of storage resources, and resource consumption Although the amount increases, it is possible to switch to parallel processing that can reduce the processing time.

<Other embodiments>
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, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed.

  According to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal can be used more easily.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

Claims (8)

An image processing apparatus that prints document data received from an information processing apparatus, converts the document data into electronic data in a predetermined format, and outputs the electronic data.
When simultaneous generation to print and convert to electronic data is set as the print setting of the document data, drawing information used for object visualization based on the document data received from the information processing apparatus, Generating means for generating layout information indicating a position in a page and tag information indicating a document structure;
Electronic data generating means for generating and storing electronic data including tag information based on the drawing information and the tag information;
An image processing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to convert the document data into print data based on the drawing information and the layout information and print the print data.   The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein generation of electronic data by the electronic data generation unit and printing by the printing unit are executed in parallel. The electronic data generation means converts a tag that is incompatible with the electronic data among the tags included in the tag information generated by the generation means into layout information having the same meaning as the tag, and Generating the electronic data including tag information linked to the layout information;
The printing unit generates layout information obtained by combining the layout information generated by the generating unit and the layout information linked to the tag included in the tag information included in the electronic data. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein print data is generated based on drawing information included in the electronic data.   It is determined whether the capacity of the storage resource of the image processing apparatus is a certain amount or more, and if it is a certain amount or more, generation of electronic data by the electronic data generation unit and printing by the printing unit are executed in parallel. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein electronic data is generated according to claim 3 if it is not a certain amount or more, and print data is generated and printed based on the electronic data. An information processing apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A setting unit capable of setting simultaneous generation for printing document data and converting it into electronic data as print settings for document data;
If the simultaneous generation is set by the setting means, the document data is transmitted to the image processing device, and if the simultaneous generation is not set, the document data is converted into a predetermined page description language and the image An information processing apparatus comprising: transmission means for transmitting to a processing apparatus.   A printing system comprising: the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 connected to the information processing apparatus according to claim 5. An image processing method by an image processing apparatus that prints document data received from an information processing apparatus, converts the document data into electronic data of a predetermined format, and outputs the electronic data.
When simultaneous generation to print and convert to electronic data is set as the print setting of the document data, drawing information used for object visualization based on the document data received from the information processing apparatus, A generation process for generating layout information indicating a position in a page and tag information indicating a document structure;
An electronic data generation step of generating and storing electronic data including tag information based on the drawing information and the tag information;
An image processing method comprising: a printing step of converting the document data into print data based on the drawing information and the layout information and printing the print data. A program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method for printing or converting document data received from an information processing apparatus into electronic data of a predetermined format and outputting the electronic data,
When simultaneous generation to print and convert to electronic data is set as the print setting of the document data, drawing information used for object visualization based on the document data received from the information processing apparatus, A generation process for generating layout information indicating a position in a page and tag information indicating a document structure;
An electronic data generation step of generating and storing electronic data including tag information based on the drawing information and the tag information;
A program for causing a computer to execute a printing step of converting the document data into print data based on the drawing information and the layout information and printing the print data.

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