JP4968417B1 - Print data conversion apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

When printing data for a reference printer having a different printing origin position for each paper size and orientation is printed by another printer, the printing origin position is corrected correctly.
A correction reference value DB111 registers a correction amount for matching the print origin position of an output destination printer 160 with the print origin position of a reference printer for each combination of a printer driver name and a paper size and orientation. Has been. The UI unit 109 searches the correction reference value DB 111 for a correction amount corresponding to the combination of the specified paper size and orientation and the printer driver of the output destination printer specified in the print data, and stores the correction value. This is reflected in part 110. The print data is converted into intermediate data by the analysis unit 102 and further converted into output data represented by GDI or the like at the output unit 103. In the conversion of the output unit 103, the position of each drawing element is corrected by the correction amount stored in the correction value storage unit 110 by the origin correction unit 108.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a print data conversion apparatus and program.

  For example, in a conventional enterprise core system, a host computer such as a mainframe generates print data described in a manufacturer's original print data description language, and processes the print data with a dedicated printing device corresponding to the language. There may be. In response to such a situation, in recent years, print data in such a unique print data description language has been converted to a general digital printer or multifunction peripheral (copy machine) used in another printing apparatus that is not a dedicated printing apparatus, such as an office. There is a need to print even with a multi-function device having a plurality of functions such as a printer, a printer, and a scanner. In order to meet these needs, conversion that converts print data written in a print data description language unique to the core system into a standard print data description language such as PostScript (registered trademark) or EMF (enhanced metafile) You need a server, but that is not enough. This is because the printing origin position, which is the origin that defines the position coordinates of each pixel on the paper, varies depending on the model of the printing apparatus.

  When printing data created for printing on a certain printing device is printed on a different type of printing device with a different printing origin position, the print origin looks printed on the original printing device due to the deviation of the printing origin position. It will be different from the case. For example, in the case of print data to be printed on paper with pre-printed ruled lines, problems such as misalignment of the printing origin position may cause characters to be printed to overlap the ruled lines or protrude from the column. There is.

  To deal with such a problem, Patent Document 1 discloses a print start position (print origin position) for each printer when print data created in accordance with the reference printer is printed by another printer. Techniques for absorbing differences in printing capabilities are described. In this technology, based on the printing capabilities of the reference printer (when the print data is created) acquired from each printer driver and the printer (print destination printer of the print data), the driver management control unit shifts the print start position ( Correction information) is calculated. Based on the correction information, the printing start position of the printer is matched with the printing start position of the reference printer, and printing is executed.

JP 2010-003216 A

  Some printers have different print origin positions for each paper size and orientation. When printing data created for such a printer is printed by a printer of another model, correct correction cannot be performed simply by considering the difference in the print origin position for each model.

  The present invention makes it possible to correctly correct the position of the print origin even when print data created for a printer having a different print origin position for each paper size and orientation is printed by another printer of a different model. The purpose is to.

  In the invention according to claim 1, for each combination of the paper size and orientation with respect to the model of the printing apparatus, the printing origin position when printing on the paper of the size and the orientation is performed by the printing apparatus of the model. A correction amount storage means for storing a correction amount of the print origin position for making the print origin position coincide with the print origin position when printing in the size and the orientation in the reference printing apparatus; A specifying unit that receives the first print data created in the first print data description language for the reference printing apparatus together with the designation information of the print output destination and identifies the model of the printing apparatus that performs the print output from the designation information. And a correction amount corresponding to the model specified by the specifying unit and the size and orientation of the specified sheet is acquired from the correction amount storage unit, and the second amount is calculated based on the acquired correction amount. A correction amount setting means for setting a correction amount of the print origin position in the print data, and a second print data description language in which the first print data is expressed in the second print data description language of the printer of the model specified by the specifying means. Conversion means for converting the print data into a print data, wherein the print origin position in the second print data is corrected based on the correction amount set by the correction amount setting means; A print data conversion apparatus is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the correction amount setting unit accepts an input of adjustment according to individual differences of printing apparatuses that perform the print output, with respect to the correction amount common to the models acquired from the correction amount storage unit. The adjustment receiving means and the correction amount after adjustment by the adjustment received by the adjustment receiving means, or the difference between the correction amount and the correction amount common to the model is used as individual correction information specific to the printing apparatus that performs the print output. Individual correction information storage means for storing, and individual individual correction information corresponding to a printing apparatus that performs the print output specified from the designation information is acquired from the individual correction information storage means, and the printing is performed from the acquired individual correction information. An adjustment unit that obtains a correction amount unique to the apparatus and sets the obtained correction amount as a correction amount of a print origin position in the second print data is provided. A print data conversion apparatus.

  The invention according to claim 3 further includes an adjustment amount storage unit that stores an adjustment amount specific to the logical printer with respect to a correction amount common to a model stored in the correction amount storage unit for each logical printer, and the designation information Is information for designating an output destination logical printer, and the correction amount setting means obtains an adjustment amount corresponding to the logical printer specified from the designation information from the adjustment amount storage means, and the correction amount setting means The print data conversion apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the print origin position in the second print data is corrected by an amount obtained by adding the obtained adjustment amount to the set correction amount.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing method in which the computer performs printing on the paper of the size and the orientation in the printing device of the model for each combination of the size and orientation of the paper with respect to the model of the printing device. A correction amount storage means for storing a correction amount of a print origin position for making the origin position coincide with a print origin position when the reference printing apparatus performs printing of the size and the orientation. The first print data created in the first print data description language for the reference printing apparatus as the kimono is received together with the designation information of the print output destination, and the model of the printing apparatus that performs the print output is specified from the designation information. A correction amount corresponding to the specifying means, the model specified by the specifying means, and the size and orientation of the specified paper is acquired from the correction amount storage means, and based on the acquired correction amount A correction amount setting means for setting a correction amount of a print origin position in the second print data, and the first print data is expressed in a second print data description language of the printing device of the model specified by the specifying means. Conversion means for converting the print data into the second print data, wherein the print origin position in the second print data is corrected based on the correction amount set by the correction amount setting means. It is a program for functioning as means.

  According to the first or fourth aspect of the present invention, even when print data that has been created for a printer having a different print origin position for each paper size and orientation is printed by another printer of a different model, Correct the position of the origin.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when there is an individual difference in the position of the printing origin between printers of the same model, the position of the printing origin can be corrected by reflecting the individual difference.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the position of the printing origin can be adjusted according to the logical printer by designating the logical printer as the output destination.

It is a figure which shows the example of the system configuration | structure of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data content of correction | amendment reference value DB. It is a figure for demonstrating a printable area | region and a printing origin. It is a figure for demonstrating correction | amendment of the position of a printing origin. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI screen of the print data conversion apparatus. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the process sequence of UI part. It is a figure showing an example of adjustment amount information for each logical printer

  As shown in FIG. 1, a print data conversion apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention uses a communication protocol such as TCP / IP via a network such as a local area network, and a host computer 150 and a printer 160. Communicate with.

  The host computer 150 is a computer such as a mainframe, for example, and sends print data to the print data conversion apparatus 100 to request print processing. Here, the host computer 150 prints print data representing the image content to be printed in a dedicated page description language (hereinafter referred to as “PDL”; PDL is an abbreviation of Page Description Language) corresponding to a specific reference printer. Has a data creation function. The reference printer is a printer developed as a dedicated printing device for a main frame, for example, and corresponds to the above-described dedicated PDL. When this print data creation function of the host computer 150 is used, the print origin position, which is the origin that defines the position coordinates of each pixel on the paper, and the printable range (“printable area” on the paper surface). Is called one that matches the performance and specifications of the reference printer.

  On the other hand, the printer 160 connected to the print data conversion apparatus 100 is a printer of a different model from such a reference printer, and does not support the dedicated PDL of the host computer 150.

  In the present embodiment, print data of a dedicated PDL that uses a reference printer created by the host computer 150 as an assumed output destination is sent to some other printers 160 (for example, a new digital multifunction peripheral having a higher speed and higher functionality than the reference printer). Think about printing. For example, such a situation occurs when an old standard printer developed exclusively for a mainframe is removed and replaced with a newer printer (for example, a digital multifunction peripheral) that is not dedicated to the mainframe. Although only one printer 160 is shown in FIG. 1, the print data conversion apparatus 100 may be connected to a plurality of printers 160 via a network, and the models of each of the plurality of printers 160 are different. May be different.

  The print data conversion apparatus 100 spools print data of a dedicated PDL created by the print data creation function of the host computer 150 and can be interpreted by the printer 160 (for example, PostScript (registered trademark) or PDF (Portable Document Format)). To the printer 160 after being converted into the above data. The print data conversion apparatus 100 is configured using, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. In the illustrated example, the PDL conversion function provided by the print data conversion apparatus 100 is implemented as conversion software that operates on a Windows (registered trademark) operating system (OS).

  The receiving unit 101 of the print data conversion apparatus 100 communicates with the host computer 150, sequentially receives the received print data, and sequentially passes the received data to the analyzing unit 102. The analysis unit 102 analyzes the description content of the received print data by PDL and converts it into an intermediate code. The intermediate code is intermediate data between the PDL and the bitmap image. For example, the intermediate code is obtained by decomposing the image object represented by the PDL into smaller units (for example, lines in which the same pixel values are continuous in the scanning line direction). It is.

  The output unit 103 reads the intermediate code generated by the analysis unit 102 in units of pages, adds necessary control information (such as environmental information such as a paper feed tray instruction) as print job data, and then exchanges with the printer driver. Is converted into a graphic language for the user (for example, GDI: Graphics Device Interface), and the converted data is passed to a print component provided by the OS. These components include a Windows® spooler 104, a printer driver 105, and a port / language monitor 106. The passed data is spooled in the Windows (registered trademark) spooler 104 and converted into PDL data for the printer 160 by the printer driver 105 (if the printer 160 can handle the graphic language data output from the output unit 103). Conversion is not required), and the converted PDL data is output to the printer 160 via the port / language monitor 106. Since the Windows (registered trademark) spooler 104, the printer driver 105, and the port / language monitor 106 may be general ones included in a Windows (registered trademark) OS, further description is omitted.

  Here, the output unit 103 acquires the origin coordinate correction value output from the origin correction unit 108 and corrects the origin code of the intermediate code when converting the intermediate code into output data of a graphic language such as GDI. Perform conversion.

  This correction of the origin coordinates is for correcting the difference in the print origin position between the reference printer that is the assumed output destination of the print data of the dedicated PDL and the printer 160 that is the actual output destination.

  When a plurality of printers 160 that are output destination candidates are connected to the print data conversion apparatus 100, the print origin position may differ depending on the model of the printer 160. Accordingly, the correction of the origin coordinates is performed for each model of the output destination printer 160.

  Also, some printers have different print origin relative positions with respect to the origin of the paper (for example, the top left corner vertex) for each combination of paper size and orientation. For example, when the orientation is portrait (portrait orientation) in A4 size, the print origin position is 7 mm to the right and 5 mm below from the top left corner of the paper, whereas in the A4 landscape (landscape orientation), the print origin position Is a point 5 mm to the right and 4 mm below from the top left corner. For example, while the reference printer is this type of printer, the actual output destination printer 160 has a constant relative position between the paper origin and the print origin regardless of the paper size and orientation (both may match. In other words, it is necessary to perform origin correction in consideration of the paper size and orientation. Of course, not only the reference printer but also the printer 160 also needs to consider the paper size and orientation in the origin correction even when the printing origin position changes according to the paper size and orientation.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, for each combination of the printer model, the paper size, and the orientation, the correction amount of the print origin position corresponding to the combination is registered in the correction reference value DB 111, and the corresponding correction is performed from the DB 111. Read the amount and use it.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of correction information registered in the correction reference value DB 111. The correction information corresponding to the printer driver having the name “A” (printer driver name) is shown here. The printer driver name corresponds to the model of the printer 160. For example, in the same manufacturer's printer, the same printer driver may be used for multiple types of printers. Here, the print origin positions of the multiple types of printers corresponding to the same printer driver are the same. Therefore, it is assumed that the correction amount (the movement amount of the printing origin) for matching with the reference printer is the same.

  In the example of FIG. 2, for this printer driver “A”, for each combination of paper size (A4, B4, etc.) and orientation (portrait or landscape), the same appearance as the print result of the reference printer is obtained. The moving amount (correction) of the printing origin position is shown. The amount of movement is set for each of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. The sign of each numerical value is positive for rightward correction in the horizontal direction and positive for downward correction in the vertical direction. This will be further described with reference to the specific examples of FIGS.

  For example, it is assumed that the printer 160 shown in FIG. 1 is an apparatus having a non-printable area 202 with a circumference of 4 mm on A4 portrait paper 200 as shown in FIG. A portion of the entire sheet 200 excluding the surrounding non-printable area 202 is a printable area 204 of the printer 160. In this example, the vertex O1 at the upper left corner of the printable area 204 is the printing origin of the printer 160. That is, the position of the printing origin O1 of the printer 160 is a position of 4 mm to the right and 4 mm to the bottom when viewed from the origin of the paper 200 (the apex of the upper left corner).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the reference printer has a non-printable area 206 having a width of 5 mm on the upper and lower sides of the outer periphery and a width of 7 mm on the left and right sides, respectively. In this case, the printing origin O2 of the reference printer for the A4 portrait paper is 7 mm to the right and 5 mm below from the paper origin. The printable area 208 of the reference printer is included in the printable area 204 of the printer 160.

  Therefore, for the A4 portrait paper, to make the print result of the printer 160 the same as the print result of the reference printer (that is, to make the image printed at the same position on the paper), FIG. Thus, it is necessary to move (correct) the printing origin O1 of the printer 160 by 3 mm to the right and 1 mm to the bottom. In this case, the movement amount of the printing origin is +3 mm in the horizontal direction and +1 mm in the vertical direction.

  Data as shown in FIG. 2 is registered in the correction reference value DB 111 for each printer driver installed in the print data conversion apparatus 100.

  A user who operates the print data conversion apparatus 100 inputs an instruction via a UI (user interface) unit 109. The UI unit 109 displays a UI screen as illustrated in FIG. 5 on the screen of the display device connected to the device 100. This UI screen includes a paper size designation field 301 and a paper direction (orientation) designation field 302. Each of these fields 301 and 302 is a drop-down list, and when a downward triangle button is pressed by a mouse operation or the like, a list of paper sizes (A4, B4, etc.) and paper orientations (portrait, landscape) that can be selected. Is displayed to extend downward from that column. From the list, the user selects the size and orientation of the paper that he wants to use for the current printing. The selected paper size and paper direction information is notified to the printer 160 as setting information for the converted print data.

  In the UI screen of FIG. 5, columns 303 and 304 are input columns for the movement amounts of the printing origin of the printer 160 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, respectively. The user can change the values in these fields 303 and 304 by manual input. In addition, when a reflection button 305 described later is pressed, a movement amount for adjusting to the printing origin position of the reference printer is set in each of the fields 303 and 304.

  In the UI screen of FIG. 5, a reflection button 305 is a button for reflecting the movement amount (correction amount) of the print origin for obtaining the same print result as that of the reference printer in the printer 160 in the columns 303 and 304. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the UI unit 109 waits for the user to press the reflection button 305 by operating the mouse or the like (S10). When the reflection button 305 is pressed (the determination result in S10 is YES), information specifying the output destination printer is extracted from the print data to be printed this time received from the host computer 150, and the output destination is based on the information. A printer driver corresponding to the printer is specified, and the name (printer driver name) of the printer driver itself is acquired from the printer driver (S12). For example, when the printer 160 is designated as the output destination and the printer driver that controls the printer 160 is the printer driver 105 in FIG. 1, the UI unit 109 receives information on the name of the printer driver 105 from the printer driver 105. receive. Next, the UI unit 109 determines whether correction information corresponding to the acquired printer driver name exists in the correction reference value DB 111 (S14).

  When the determination result in S14 is Yes (“exists”), the UI unit 109 selects the paper selected in the fields 301 and 302 from the correction information corresponding to the printer driver name in the correction reference value DB 111. The amount of vertical and horizontal movement corresponding to the combination of size and orientation is acquired (S16). Then, the acquired vertical movement amount and horizontal movement amount are temporarily stored as the values in the columns 303 and 304 of the UI unit 109 (S18 and S20). As a result, the values acquired in S16 are displayed in the columns 303 and 304 of the UI screen.

  For example, when the printer driver name corresponding to the output destination printer is “A” and the paper size and orientation specified by the user are A4 and portrait, the correction of the printer driver name “A” illustrated in FIG. 2 is performed. The horizontal movement amount “+3.0” mm and the vertical movement amount “+1.0” mm are read from the information, and these values are displayed in the columns 303 and 304.

  Then, the UI unit 109 waits for the OK button 306 or the apply button 307 to be pressed by a mouse operation or the like (S22 and S24). The movement amount is overwritten in the correction value storage unit 110 (S26). The correction value storage unit 110 is a storage unit that stores the current correction value used by the origin correction unit 108 to correct the print origin position of the print data. In S26, the vertical and horizontal corrections stored in the correction value storage unit 110 are stored. The values (vertical movement amount and horizontal movement amount) are rewritten to the values acquired in S16. As a result, the origin correction unit 108 is in a state where the printing origin of the designated output destination printer 160 can be matched with the printing origin of the reference printer.

  When print data described in the dedicated PDL for the reference printer is output from the host computer 150 (with output destination printer designation information attached), it is received by the receiving unit 101 of the print data conversion apparatus 100. The data is received and converted by the analysis unit 102 into, for example, an intermediate code for each page. The output unit 103 converts the intermediate code for each page into output data in a graphic language such as GDI. Here, at the time of this conversion, the origin correction unit 108 acquires the current vertical and horizontal correction values (vertical and horizontal movement amounts) from the correction value storage unit 110 and passes them to the output unit 103. The output unit 103 converts the intermediate code into graphic language output data while correcting the position of the printing origin in accordance with the received vertical and horizontal correction values. The specific process for correcting the printing origin may be the same as that disclosed in Patent Document 1. For example, the position of each drawing element in the intermediate code may be corrected by correcting the vertical and horizontal correction values acquired from the origin correction unit 108 (for example, adding a correction value to the position).

  In the above example, the correction amount (movement amount) of the printing origin corresponding to the combination of the model of the printer 160 represented by the printer driver name and the paper size and orientation is obtained. That is, in the above example, it is assumed that if the models are the same, the correction amount of the print origin for matching the print result to the reference printer is also the same. However, in reality, there are individual differences between printers of the same model. For example, if the individual difference of the printing origin is within the tolerance range (variation of the allowable range for the model), if you want to accurately reproduce the printing result of the reference printer with another printer, the latter There may be a case where individual differences in the print origin position within the same printer model become a problem.

  Accordingly, after the reflection button 305 is pressed, the movement amount of the print origin corresponding to the model of the output destination printer (corresponding to the printer driver name) is set in the columns 303 and 304 (S18 and S20), and then the user selects each of these columns. The values set in 303 and 304 may be changed (adjusted). For example, the printing origin correction is performed with the movement amount common to the models set by pressing the reflection button 305 and the test printing is performed on the output destination printer, and the user sees the result of the test printing and the columns 303 and 304 in the UI screen. For example, change the number inside. For example, if a “+” (plus) button or a “−” (minus) button displayed to the right of these fields 303 and 304 is pressed by a mouse operation or the like, the values set in these fields are determined in advance. Increase or decrease by the amount of change. When the OK button 306 or the apply button 307 is pressed after such adjustment by user operation, the adjusted movement amount displayed in the columns 303 and 304 of the UI screen is overwritten in the correction value storage unit 110. Is done.

  Further, the correction amount of the print origin adjusted by manual input in this manner is stored in the print data conversion apparatus 100 in association with the individual identification information of the output destination printer (identification information for identifying the printer itself, not the model). However, it may be reused. In this case, the combination of the individual identification information of the output destination printer and the vertical and horizontal movement amounts set in the columns 303 and 304 is stored. In the future, when the print data designated as the output destination of the printer arrives from the host computer 150, the user designated in the movement amount data stored in association with the individual identification information of the printer. If there is one corresponding to the paper size and orientation, the movement amount unique to the printer may be preferentially used instead of the movement amount common to the models. For example, when the reflection button 305 is pressed, the movement amount unique to the printer is set in the columns 303 and 304. It should be noted that not the vertical and horizontal movement amounts themselves set in the columns 303 and 304, but the movement amounts and the movement amounts common to the models stored in the correction reference value DB 111 (depending on the paper size and orientation). You may save the difference. In this case, the UI unit 109 adds the movement amount common to the models stored in the correction reference value DB 111 and the difference value associated with the individual identification information of the output destination printer, so that the current printing is performed. The amount of movement of the print origin may be calculated.

  Some printers connected to the print data conversion apparatus 100 have a function of changing the setting of the print origin position. By changing the position of the printing origin, this type of printer functions as a plurality of separate printers having different printing origin positions even though it is physically one printer. Therefore, as a modification of the above-described embodiment, one physical printer (that is, the printer itself as an apparatus) may be divided into a plurality of logical printers for each frequently used print origin setting value. In this case, individual logical printers corresponding to one physical printer have different amounts of change from the default print origin position ("adjustment amount" shown in FIG. 7).

  The printer driver 105 stores information on the adjustment amount of the position of the print origin as exemplified in FIG. 7 in association with each logical printer. The adjustment amount to be stored is adjusted according to the set position of the print origin corresponding to the logical printer by adjusting the common movement amount (see FIG. 2) for the physical printer model (corresponding to the printer driver) corresponding to the logical printer. It is a value to do. In other words, the movement amount common to the models is the movement amount for adjusting the printing origin position to the reference printer when the printing origin position is set to the default position. Corresponds to the changed state. The amount of change from the default position of the printing origin position that identifies the logical printer is the adjustment amount in FIG.

  Although illustration is omitted, the printer driver 105 has information indicating which physical printer each logical printer corresponds to, and information indicating which printer driver each physical printer corresponds to. .

  A logical printer is designated as an output destination for the print data input from the host computer 150 to the print data conversion apparatus 100. The UI unit 109 of the print data conversion apparatus 100 specifies a physical printer and a printer driver corresponding to the logical printer designated for the print data, and acquires a printer driver name from the specified printer driver. Then, the movement amount of the printing origin position corresponding to the combination of the printer driver name and the paper size and orientation selected by the user in the UI screen fields 301 and 302 is searched from the correction reference value DB 111, and the UI is searched. Set in the fields 303 and 304 of the screen. When the OK button 306 or the apply button 307 is pressed, the movement amount is overwritten on the correction value storage unit 110 so that the origin correction unit 108 can use the movement amount. Thus, the output data output from the output unit 103 is corrected by the amount of movement of the print origin position common to all models.

  The print data conversion apparatus 100 passes the information specifying the logical printer designated as the print data output destination to the specified printer driver 105. The printer driver 105 refers to the adjustment amount information of the print origin position of the logical printer indicated by the information, and specifies the adjustment amount corresponding to the combination of the paper size and orientation. The print origin position of the output data of the output unit 103 is adjusted according to the specified adjustment amount. Specifically, the position information of the drawing element represented by the output data (which is corrected by the movement amount of the printing origin position common to all models) is further changed by the adjustment amount.

  The print data conversion apparatus 100 exemplified above is realized, for example, by causing a general-purpose computer to execute a program representing the processing of the functional modules possessed by each apparatus. Here, the computer includes, as hardware, a microprocessor such as a CPU, a memory (primary storage) such as a random access memory (RAM) and a read only memory (ROM), an HDD controller that controls an HDD (hard disk drive), Various I / O (input / output) interfaces, network interfaces that perform control for connection to a network such as a local area network, and the like have a circuit configuration connected via a bus, for example. Also, portable non-volatile recording of various standards such as a disk drive and a flash memory for reading and / or writing to a portable disk recording medium such as a CD or a DVD via the I / O interface, for example. A memory reader / writer for reading from and / or writing to a medium may be connected. A program in which the processing contents of each functional module exemplified above are described is stored in a fixed storage device such as a hard disk drive via a recording medium such as a CD or DVD, or via a communication means such as a network, and stored in a computer. Installed. The program stored in the fixed storage device is read into the RAM and executed by a microprocessor such as a CPU, thereby realizing the functional module group exemplified above.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Print data converter 101 Receiving part 102 Analyzing part 103 Output part 104 Spooler 105 Printer driver 106 Language monitor 108 Origin correction part 109 UI part 110 Correction value storage part 150 Host computer 160 Printer .

Claims (4)

For each combination of paper size and orientation with respect to the printing device model, the printing origin position when printing on the paper with the size and the orientation is performed by the printing device of the model. And a correction amount storage means for storing a correction amount of the printing origin position for matching the printing origin position when performing printing in the orientation,
The first print data created in the first print data description language for the reference printing device as the one to be printed by the reference printing device is received together with the designation information of the print output destination, and the print output is performed from the designation information. A specifying means for specifying the model of the printing device;
A correction amount corresponding to the model specified by the specifying unit and the size and orientation of the specified paper is acquired from the correction amount storage unit, and based on the acquired correction amount, the print origin in the second print data Correction amount setting means for setting a position correction amount;
Conversion means for converting the first print data into second print data expressed in a second print data description language of a printing apparatus of a model specified by the specifying means, the correction amount setting means Conversion means for correcting the print origin position in the second print data based on the correction amount set by
A print data conversion apparatus comprising: The correction amount setting means includes
An adjustment accepting unit that accepts an input of adjustment according to individual differences of the printing apparatuses that perform the print output with respect to the correction amount common to the models acquired from the correction amount storage unit;
Individual correction information for storing the correction amount after adjustment by the adjustment received by the adjustment receiving unit or the difference between the correction amount and the correction amount common to the model as individual correction information unique to the printing apparatus that performs the print output Storage means;
Obtaining individual individual correction information corresponding to a printing apparatus that performs the printing output specified from the designation information from the individual correction information storage unit, and obtaining a correction amount specific to the printing apparatus from the obtained individual correction information, Adjusting means for setting the calculated correction amount as a correction amount of the print origin position in the second print data;
The print data conversion apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: An adjustment amount storage unit that stores an adjustment amount unique to the logical printer with respect to a correction amount common to a model stored in the correction amount storage unit for each logical printer;
The designation information is information for designating an output destination logical printer,
The correction amount setting means obtains an adjustment amount corresponding to the logical printer specified from the designation information from the adjustment amount storage means, and an amount obtained by adding the adjustment amount obtained to the correction amount set by the correction amount setting means Only correcting the print origin position in the second print data,
The print data conversion apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that Computer
For each combination of paper size and orientation with respect to the printing device model, the printing origin position when printing on the paper with the size and the orientation is performed by the printing device of the model. And a correction amount storage means for storing the correction amount of the print origin position for matching the print origin position when performing printing in the orientation,
The first print data created in the first print data description language for the reference printing device as the one to be printed by the reference printing device is received together with the designation information of the print output destination, and the printing is performed from the designation information. Identification means for identifying the model of the printing device,
A correction amount corresponding to the model specified by the specifying unit and the size and orientation of the specified paper is acquired from the correction amount storage unit, and based on the acquired correction amount, the print origin in the second print data Correction amount setting means for setting a position correction amount;
Conversion means for converting the first print data into second print data expressed in a second print data description language of a printing apparatus of a model specified by the specifying means, the correction amount setting means Conversion means for correcting the print origin position in the second print data based on the correction amount set by
Program to function as.