JP2017021690A - Image formation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means for facilitating printing function setting unique to a printer.SOLUTION: An image formation system performs printing in a printer by transmitting printing data from a host terminal. The host terminal includes: a first printing setting information addition unit which adds the first printing setting information to the printing data; a printing function holding unit which holds a printing function in the printer; a second printing setting information creation unit which creates the second printing setting information of the printing function on the basis of a request received from the printer; and a transmission unit which transmits the printing data and the second printing setting information to the printer. The printer includes: a reception unit which receives the printing data and the second printing setting information; and a printing unit which performs printing setting on the basis of the first printing setting information added to the printing data and the second printing setting information, and prints the printing data on the basis of the printing setting.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system capable of setting functions for enabling many functions of a printing apparatus even when a small-function printer driver included in an operating system is used.

  A conventional image forming system uses a unique printer driver in order to select and execute many functions of a printing apparatus (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-141822 A

However, in the conventional technology, for example, only a “AirPrint (registered trademark) driver supporting only the functions of a standard printing device” prepared by the operating system can be used in a terminal equipped with an iOS. Other printer drivers cannot be used. For this reason, there is a problem that it may be difficult to set a printing function unique to the printing apparatus.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily perform printing function settings specific to a printing apparatus.

  Therefore, the present invention is an image forming system that transmits print data from a host terminal and performs printing by a printing apparatus, and the host terminal adds first print setting information to the print data. An adding unit; a printing function holding unit that holds a printing function of the printing apparatus; a second printing setting information creation unit that creates second printing setting information of the printing function based on a request received from the printing apparatus; A transmission unit that transmits the print data and the second print setting information to the printing device, and the printing device receives the print data and the second print setting information, and the print A print unit configured to perform print settings based on the first print setting information added to the data and the second print setting information, and to print the print data based on the print settings. And features.

  According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to easily perform the printing function setting specific to the printing apparatus.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment. Flowchart showing the flow of print data generation processing in the embodiment Flowchart showing the flow of print processing in the embodiment Flowchart showing the flow of print setting addition determination processing in the embodiment Flowchart showing the flow of print setting selection processing in the embodiment Illustration of the standard print setting screen in the embodiment Illustration of the unique function setting screen in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the data structure of the printing function information in an Example Explanatory drawing of the data structure of the print setting command in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the data structure of the print setting command in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the detailed setting screen in the embodiment

  Embodiments of an image forming system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming system in the embodiment.
In FIG. 1, an image forming system 1 includes a host PC (Personal Computer) 100 and a printing apparatus 120 that are communicably connected via a wired or wireless communication line. The image forming system 1 transmits print data from the host PC 100 and performs printing by the printing apparatus 120.

  A host PC 100 as a host terminal includes a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage unit such as a memory, and an operating system (hereinafter referred to as “OS”) that is a basic control program (software) stored in the storage unit. )), The entire operation is controlled by the control unit. Further, the host PC 100 has a display unit for displaying various information and an operation unit for accepting user input operations. Further, the host PC 100 includes a communication control unit 117 including a transmission unit and a reception unit that transmit and receive information to and from the printing apparatus 120.

The host PC 100 includes an application 101, a printer driver 102, and a unique function setting tool 110. The application 101, the printer driver 102, and the unique function setting tool 110 are software executed by the control unit of the host PC 100.
The application 101 is application software such as document creation software or spreadsheet software. The application 101 creates print data according to a user instruction.

The printer driver 102 includes a data receiving unit 103, a standard printing function setting unit 104, and a standard printing function information adding unit 105.
The data receiving unit 103 receives and holds print data created by the application 101.
The standard print function setting unit 104 operates when a print setting change operation by the user is accepted. The standard print function setting unit 104 accepts user operations and changes print settings.

The standard print function information adding unit 105 as a standard print setting information adding unit (first print setting information adding unit) prints as standard print setting information (first print setting information) set by the standard print function setting unit 104. The setting is converted into data and added to the print data held in the data receiving unit 103.
The printer driver 102 transmits print data to which the standard print setting information is added to the printing apparatus 120 via the communication control unit 117.

  The unique function setting tool 110 is software that operates on the host PC 100 separately from the application 101 and the printer driver 102. The unique function setting tool 110 is used to set functions that the printing apparatus 120 has, which cannot be set by the printer driver 102.

The unique function setting tool 110 includes a detailed print setting addition determination unit 111, a print function setting unit 112, a print setting information database 113, a print setting preset storage database 114, a print function information creation unit 115, and print setting command information. And a database 116.
The detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 determines whether to add detailed print settings as detailed print setting information (second print setting information).

The print function setting unit 112 acquires print function information from the print setting information database 113 when the detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 determines to add a detailed print setting. The print function setting unit 112 displays a function list based on the acquired print function information, and allows the user to select print settings.
The print function setting unit 112 displays the preset name when the preset information exists in the print setting preset storage database 114. Furthermore, when storing the print settings as preset information, the print function setting unit 112 stores the print settings in the print setting preset storage database 114 as preset information.

The print setting information database 113 serving as a print function holding unit is a database that stores print function information. This printing function information is setting information related to the printing function of the printing apparatus 120, and includes setting item names, setting values, default setting values, setting priorities (orders), and setting commands.
The print setting preset storage database 114 is a database that stores preset information for each user. The preset information is a combination of setting information set in advance by the print function information creating unit 115 and the like, for example, a combination of setting information when printing a document, a combination of setting information when printing a photo, and the like.

The print function information creation unit 115 as a detailed print setting information creation unit (second print setting information creation unit) print settings corresponding to the functions set by the print function setting unit 112 based on the request received from the printing apparatus 120. Command information is acquired from the print setting command information database 116 and edited, and the created detailed print setting information is transmitted as print setting information to the printing apparatus 120 via the communication control unit 117.
The print setting command information database 116 is a database that stores print setting command information for each function.

  The printing apparatus 120 is, for example, a printer, and includes a data reception unit 121, a detailed print setting addition determination unit 122, a printing unit 123, a detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124, and a detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125. Have. In addition, the printing apparatus 120 includes an operation panel including an operation unit that receives a user operation and a display unit that displays an operation screen. Furthermore, the printing apparatus 120 includes a control unit such as a CPU and a storage unit such as a memory, and the overall operation is controlled by the control unit based on a control program (software) stored in the storage unit. Further, the printing apparatus 120 includes a communication control unit 126 including a transmission unit and a reception unit that transmit and receive information to and from the host PC 100.

The data receiving unit 121 receives and holds print data transmitted from the host PC 100 via the communication control unit 126.
The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 as a determination unit determines whether or not the detailed setting information is necessary based on the print setting addition necessity information (detailed print setting information addition necessity information) in the detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125. In addition, the print data held in the data receiving unit 121 is suspended.

The detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 transmits a request for requesting the detailed print setting information to the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100 based on the determination result of the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 via the communication control unit 126. Is. Further, the detailed print setting information is received from the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100 via the communication control unit 126.
The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 holds the print data in the data reception unit 121, and when the detailed print setting information is sent from the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124, the detailed print setting addition unit 122 receives the detailed print setting information and converts it into print data. Append. The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 sends the print data to which the detailed print setting information is added to the printing unit 123.

The printing unit 123 performs printing based on the print data sent from the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 and outputs a print result 130. The printing unit 123 performs print settings based on the standard print setting information and the detailed print setting information added to the print data, and prints the print data based on the print settings.
The detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125 is a database that stores print setting addition necessity information (detailed print setting information addition necessity information) that is information as to whether or not to request detailed print setting information from the host PC 100. .

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
First, the print data generation process performed by the host PC will be described with reference to FIG. 1 in accordance with the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the print data generation process in the embodiment of FIG. This print data generation process is a process for setting the functions of a standard printing apparatus prepared by the OS of the host PC 100 and generating print data. Note that the printer driver 102 of the host PC 100 attached to the OS cannot select or set various printing functions that the printing apparatus 120 has uniquely.

S 101: The printer driver 102 of the host PC 100 receives print data from the application 101 by the data receiving unit 103. The data receiving unit 103 holds the received print data.
S102: The standard print function setting unit 104 of the printer driver 102 accepts an operation for setting a standard print function on the standard print setting screen.

The standard printing function setting unit 104 is a function of a printer driver that supports the functions of the standard printing apparatus 120 attached to the OS, and accepts settings for only general printing functions defined by the OS specifications. The standard print setting screen is, for example, the standard print setting screen 60 shown in FIG. 6, and includes a paper size (Paper Size), a paper feed tray specification (Feed from), a copy number specification (Copyies), a double-sided print specification (Two-Sided), and the like. The general print function can be set.
The standard print function setting unit 104 shifts the process to S103 when the number of copies is set, and shifts the process to S104 when the double-sided print is set, and prints (“standard print setting screen 60 shown in FIG. 6“ When “Print” 61) is designated, the process proceeds to S105.

S103: The standard print function information adding unit 105 adds a copy number designation command indicating the set copy number designation to the print setting information, and the process proceeds to S102.
S104: The standard printing function information adding unit 105 adds a duplex printing command indicating the set duplex printing designation to the printing setting information, and the process proceeds to S102.
S105: The printer driver 102 adds the print setting information set to the print data held by the data receiving unit 103, transmits the print data with the print setting information added to the printing apparatus 120, and ends this processing. .

Next, the printing process performed by the printing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 1 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the printing process in the embodiment of FIG.
S201: The data receiving unit 121 of the printing apparatus 120 receives the print data transmitted from the host PC 100 and temporarily holds it.
S202: The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 displays print setting addition necessity information stored in the detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125, that is, information on whether to request detailed print setting information from the host PC 100. get.

S203: The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 performs print setting information addition determination based on the acquired print setting addition necessity information, and in the case of a setting in which no detailed print setting is added, the process proceeds to S208, and the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 proceeds to S208. If the print setting is added, the process proceeds to S204.
S204: If the acquired print setting addition necessity information is a setting for adding a detailed print setting, the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 sends a print setting request command to the host PC 100 so as to transmit the detailed print setting information. Send.

The print setting addition necessity information stored in the detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125 “adds the detailed print setting using the menu function of the control panel (operation panel) installed in the printing apparatus 120. "Or" Do not add "can be set. This setting can also be set from the unique function setting tool 110.
Here, the print setting addition determination process performed by the host PC 100 that has received the print setting request command will be described with reference to FIG. 1 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the print setting addition determination process in the embodiment of FIG. While explaining.

  S301: Upon receiving a print setting request command, the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100 selects a setting execution selection screen that allows the detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 to select whether or not to perform detailed print settings on the host PC 100. Display a dialog on the display. This setting execution selection screen is, for example, a selection dialog 50 shown in FIG. 11, and has options of “perform detailed settings” 51, “print without performing detailed settings” 52, and “cancel printing” 53. ing.

S302: The detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 performs setting addition determination, and when “perform detailed setting” (add) is selected in the selection dialog, the process proceeds to S303 to add the detailed setting, and “print” If "Cancel" (print cancel) is selected, the process proceeds to S304 to cancel printing. If "Print without detailed settings" (not added) is selected, printing is performed without adding detailed settings. For this purpose, the process proceeds to S305.
The detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 accepts the selection operation of the above-mentioned option, but performs processing for performing timeout processing when a selection time is not displayed (no selection) after the selection dialog is displayed. The process proceeds to S306.

  S303: When “perform detailed setting” (add) is selected, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 closes the selection dialog, and the print function setting unit 112 displays the unique function setting dialog (for example, the unique function shown in FIG. 7). The function setting dialog 70) is displayed on the display unit, print setting selection processing is performed, and this processing ends. Details of the print setting selection process will be described later.

  In this embodiment, the print setting selection process is performed when “perform detailed setting” (add) is selected on the setting execution selection screen, but the print setting request is displayed without displaying the setting execution selection screen. Upon receiving the command, the unique function setting tool 110 may directly display the unique function setting dialog (for example, the unique function setting dialog 70 shown in FIG. 7) on the display unit and perform the print setting selection process.

S304: When “cancel printing” (print cancel) is selected, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 closes the selection dialog and sends a message not to print to the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 of the printing apparatus 120. Notify and end this process. Note that the processing of the printing apparatus 120 that has received notification that printing is not performed will be described later.
S305: When “print without performing detailed setting” (not added) is selected, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 closes the selection dialog and sets the print setting in the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 of the printing apparatus 120. A message not to be added is notified, and this processing is terminated. The processing of the printing apparatus 120 that has received the notification that the print setting is not added will be described later.

S306: The detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 determines whether or not the elapsed time after displaying the selection dialog has passed a timeout time (for example, 30 seconds). If it is determined that it has passed, a timeout process is started. In this time-out process, the process proceeds to S305, and the same process as when “print without detailed settings” (not added) is selected is performed.
The detailed print setting addition determination unit 111 ends this process when the time-out process ends.

Next, the print setting selection process performed by the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the print setting selection process in the embodiment of FIG. . This print setting selection process is a process performed in S303 described above.
The unique function setting tool 110 can select and set functions unique to the printing apparatus 120 that cannot be selected and set by the printer driver 102 that supports standard functions attached to the OS. Examples of functions unique to the printing apparatus 120 include, for example, a “special color specification function”, an “automatic tray switching function”, and an “extremely fine line correction function”.

S 401: The print function setting unit 112 of the unique function setting tool 110 acquires print function information that can be set from the print setting information database 113.
The print function information includes a setting item name, a setting value, a default setting value, a setting priority (order), and a setting command. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the print function information is described in PostScript (registered trademark) language, 901 is a setting item name, 902 is a setting priority (order), 903 is a default setting value, 904 is a setting command A, Reference numeral 904 denotes a setting command B. Note that these pieces of information can also be described in an XML language or the like according to the environment and language used.

Next, the print function setting unit 112 stores initial values of settable functions in the set value storage area of the storage unit.
Here, the initial value is a collection of information on default setting values (903 shown in FIG. 8) of the print function information. Specifically, the setting item name and setting value (default setting value) are stored.

  S402: If the preset information is registered in the print setting preset storage database 114, the print function setting unit 112 acquires the preset information. The print function setting unit 112 registers the acquired preset information as a preset name (preset name displayed in “Presets” 71 shown in FIG. 7) in the unique function setting dialog.

S403: The print function setting unit 112 displays a print setting dialog on the display unit based on the print function information acquired from the print setting information database 113 and the acquired preset information. This print setting dialog is, for example, the print setting dialog 70 shown in FIG. 7 and shows a state in which the user has designated the preset name “abc”.
S404 to S406: The user changes the print function setting in the print setting dialog so that a desired print result is obtained. The print function setting unit 112 receives an operation for changing the print function setting by the user in the print setting dialog.

When the print function setting unit 112 receives an operation for changing the print function setting (original function A (for example, the unique function 72 shown in FIG. 7) or unique function B (for example, the unique function 73 shown in FIG. 7)), the change is made. The setting value storage area of the storage unit is changed based on the set information. (S405, S406)
When the print function setting unit 112 accepts an operation for instructing printing (pressing “Print” 74 shown in FIG. 7), the process proceeds to S <b> 407.

S407: The print function setting unit 112 determines whether or not an operation for saving the changed setting information as preset information has been received. If it is determined that the operation has been received, the process proceeds to S408. Migrate to An operation for instructing to save the changed setting information as preset information can be instructed by “Presets” 71 shown in FIG.
S408: Upon receiving an operation for saving the changed setting information as preset information, the printing function setting unit 112 assigns a name to the setting information and saves the setting information in the print setting preset saving database 114 as preset information.

S409: The printing function information creation unit 115 creates setting command information to be transmitted to the printing apparatus 120 based on the setting information stored in the setting value storage area of the storage unit.
Therefore, the print function information creation unit 115 first extracts setting information stored in the setting value storage area of the storage unit. This setting information includes a setting item name and a setting value.
Next, the print function information creation unit 115 acquires a print setting command from the print setting command information database 116 based on the setting item name and the setting value included in the setting information, and saves it in the output command storage area of the storage unit. To do. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, setting priority (order) information 91 is also acquired and stored in the output command storage area of the storage unit.

S410: When all the print setting commands corresponding to the setting information are stored in the output command storage area of the storage unit, the print function information creating unit 115 sends the print setting commands based on the stored setting priority (order) information. Sort in output order.
The reason why the print setting commands are sorted in the output order is that the print result may change depending on the order of the set print setting commands. For example, in the description method of PostScript, setting is made so that print setting commands are output in order of setting priority (order) information in ascending order (priority is high).

When the print function information creation unit 115 sorts the print setting commands in the order of output, the print function information creation unit 115 deletes the setting priority (order) information stored in the output command storage area as shown in FIG.
S411: The print function information creation unit 115 transmits the created print setting command as print setting information to the printing apparatus 120, and ends this process.

Returning to the description of the processing performed by the printing apparatus 120 in FIG.
S205: The detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 of the printing apparatus 120 determines a notification from the host PC 100. If the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 determines that the notification that the print setting is not added has been received, the process proceeds to S208. If the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 determines that the notification that the print setting is added is received, the process proceeds to S206. If it is determined that a notification that printing is not performed has been received, the process proceeds to S209.

When the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 receives a notification that the print setting is not added, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 cancels the hold of the print data without adding the detailed print setting, and print data Is transmitted to the printing unit 123.
S206: The detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 receives print setting information from the host PC 100 upon receiving a notification to add print settings.
S207: The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 inserts a print setting command into a predetermined position in the print data held by the data receiving unit 121 based on the print setting information received by the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124, Merge. The detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 releases the hold of the print data and transmits the print data to the print unit 123.

S208: The printing unit 123 performs the printing process according to the print setting of the printing apparatus 120 and the setting of the transmitted print data, and ends this process.
S209: Upon receiving a notification that the detailed print setting information acquisition unit 124 does not perform printing, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 discards the print data held in the data reception unit 121 without performing printing. This process ends.

  In this embodiment, when the standard print function information adding unit 105 of the host PC 100 adds the standard print setting information to the print data and transmits it to the printing apparatus 120 and receives a print setting request from the printing apparatus 120, the print function information creating unit 115 creates detailed print setting information of the print function held in the print function database 113 and transmits it to the printing apparatus 120. When the printing apparatus 120 that has already received the print data receives the detailed print setting information, the printing unit 123 performs print settings based on the standard print setting information and the detailed print setting information added to the print data, and the printing is performed. Print the print data based on the settings.

As a result, even if the printer driver 102 is a standard printer driver attached to the OS, it is easy to make print settings for printing functions unique to the printing apparatus 120 that are effective only for print data to be printed from the host PC 100. To be able to do that.
In this embodiment, print setting addition necessity information, which is information indicating whether or not detailed print setting information is requested from the host PC 100, is stored in the detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database 125. Print setting addition necessity information may be included in the print data generated by the printer driver 102 of the PC 100 by the unique function setting tool 110 or the like. In this case, the detailed print setting addition determination unit 122 of the printing apparatus 120 performs the print setting information addition determination in S203 of FIG. 3 based on the print setting addition necessity information included in the print data.

In addition, when a plurality of print data is accumulated in the data receiving unit 121 of the printing apparatus 120, transmission of the print setting request command to the host PC 100 may be delayed. If transmission of the print setting request command is delayed, the correspondence between the unique function setting dialog displayed on the host PC 100 and the print data may be lost.
For this reason, the print setting request command may include a file name to be printed by print data and a thumbnail image of the print data, and the file name and thumbnail image may be displayed by the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100.

  Alternatively, the unique function setting tool 110 of the host PC 100 monitors print data generated and output from the printer driver 102. When the print data is output from the printer driver 102, a selection dialog as a setting execution selection screen is displayed on the display unit. Display and hold user selection input. Thereafter, when a print setting request command is received from the printing apparatus 120, processing may be performed in accordance with the user's selection input held in accordance with the print setting request command. At this time, the print setting request command includes identification information for identifying the print data output from the printer driver 102, and the selection information of the user is selected so that the stored user selection input information also includes the identification information. Assume that an input is associated with a print setting request command.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the host PC adds the standard print setting information to the print data and transmits it to the printing apparatus and receives a print setting request from the printing apparatus, the host PC performs detailed print settings for the print function. Information is created and transmitted to the printing device, and the printing device performs print settings based on the standard print setting information and detailed print setting information added to the print data, so that printing function settings specific to the printing device can be set. The effect that it can carry out easily is acquired.
In this embodiment, the printing apparatus has been described as a printer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a multifunction apparatus (MFP) or the like may be used as long as it has a printing function.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the device equipped with the OS has been described as the host PC. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a mobile phone equipped with the OS. In the various OSs that will be released in the future, even if the printer driver that can be used for printing has only the standard function settings installed in the OS, the various function settings that the printing device has are reflected. Print settings are possible.

1 Image forming system 100 Host PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Application 102 Printer driver 103, 121 Data receiving part 104 Standard printing function setting part 105 Standard printing function information addition part 110 Original function setting tool 111, 122 Detailed printing setting addition determination part 112 Printing function setting part 113 Printing setting information database 114 Printing Setting preset storage database 115 Print function information creation unit 116 Print setting command information database 117, 126 Communication control unit 120 Printing device 123 Printing unit 124 Detailed print setting information acquisition unit 125 Detailed print setting addition processing execution determination database

Claims (7)

An image forming system that transmits print data from a host terminal and performs printing by a printing apparatus,
The host terminal is
A first print setting information adding unit for adding first print setting information to the print data;
A printing function holding unit that holds a printing function of the printing apparatus;
A second print setting information creating unit that creates second print setting information of the print function based on a request received from the printing apparatus;
A transmission unit for transmitting the print data and the second print setting information to the printing apparatus;
Have
The printing apparatus includes:
A receiving unit for receiving the print data and the second print setting information;
A print unit configured to perform print settings based on the first print setting information and the second print setting information added to the print data, and to print the print data based on the print settings;
An image forming system comprising: The image forming system according to claim 1,
The first print setting information is standard print setting information;
The first print setting information adding unit is a standard print setting information adding unit,
The second print setting information is detailed print setting information,
The image forming system, wherein the second print setting information creation unit is a detailed print setting information creation unit. The image forming system according to claim 2.
The host terminal is
A preset information holding unit that holds the detailed print setting information created by the detailed print setting information creation unit for each user as preset information;
The detailed print setting information creating unit creates the detailed print setting information based on the preset information held in the preset information holding unit. The image forming system according to claim 2 or 3,
The printing apparatus includes:
An image forming system, comprising: a detailed print setting information acquisition unit that notifies the host terminal of a request to create the detailed print setting information and acquires the detailed print setting information from the host terminal. The image forming system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The printing apparatus includes:
An image forming system, comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not to notify the host terminal of a request to create the detailed print setting information. The image forming system according to claim 5.
The image forming system, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the notification is necessary based on detailed print setting information addition necessity information stored in the printing apparatus. The image forming system according to claim 5.
The image forming system, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the notification is necessary based on detailed print setting information addition necessity information added to the print data.

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