JP5938930B2 - Print control apparatus and print control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control apparatus and a print control program.

  Conventionally, when printing document data composed of a plurality of pages, various additional information (eg, document data name, document data storage location, creation date / time, print date / time, etc.) is stored in the header area and footer area of each page. Is known (for example, Patent Document 1). On the other hand, a technique for printing N sheets (N is an integer of 2 or more) of originals on a single recording sheet, so-called Nin1 printing is also known (for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-265273 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-168617

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a printing result when 4in1 printing is performed on one sheet of recording paper P ′ by the conventional printing control from four documents P1 to P4. In FIG. 7, numerals 1 to 4 described in the documents P1 to P4 and the recording paper P ′ indicate the page numbers of the documents P1 to P4, and the underbar side is the lower side of each document P1 to P4. It shows that. In this example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the header areas HA1 to HA4 provided on the upper side of the respective documents P1 to P4 include “2012.1. 20 "is printed. On the other hand, the page numbers of the documents P1 to P4 are printed as footer information FD1 to FD4 in the footer areas FA1 to FA4 provided below the documents P1 to P4. When 4-in-1 printing according to the prior art is performed on the recording paper P ′ from these originals P1 to P4, as shown in FIG. 7B, the header areas HA1 to HA4 of the originals P1 to P4 on the recording paper P ′. The header information HD1 to HD4 and the footer information FD1 to FD4 are all printed in areas corresponding to the footer areas FA1 to FA4, respectively.

  As described above, according to the conventional Nin1 printing, the header information and the footer information are printed in duplicate by the number of originals printed on one recording sheet. In many cases, header information and footer information printed on a plurality of pages of a document are the same character string as in “2012.1.20”. Accordingly, the same information is printed twice, so that the appearance as a printed matter is deteriorated, and the consumption of the recording material such as ink and toner increases because the information is printed redundantly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a print control apparatus and a print control program that suppress printing of duplicate information in Nin1 printing.

  In order to achieve this object, the printing control apparatus of the present invention includes a control unit that causes a printing unit to perform printing on a recording medium, and the control unit arranges additional information in a predetermined area. Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to possible documents, and when the document data for a plurality of pages of the document is acquired by the document data acquisition means, based on the acquired document data The commonality determining means for determining whether the additional information included in the predetermined area of the document for each page is common to each other, and the additional information included in the predetermined area of the original for each page is determined by the commonality determining means. If it is determined that the documents for the plurality of pages are common to each other, the data corresponding to the common additional information is deleted from the acquired document data. Delete data and Nin1 print data for laying out and printing a document of N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) on one page of the recording medium. Print data generation means for generating the original data.

  The present invention can be realized in various modes such as a printing apparatus including a printing control apparatus, a printing control system, a printing control method, and a recording medium for recording a printing control program.

According to claim 1, the printing control device 3 described, if the original data for a plurality of pages of the document has been acquired, based on the acquired document data, common to each other physician in a predetermined area in the document for each page It is determined whether additional information is included . Here, if it is determined that the additional information included in the predetermined area of the original of each page is common to the documents of a plurality of pages, data corresponding to the additional information common to the acquired original data is obtained. Is deleted. Then, print data for Nin1 printing is generated from the original data from which the data corresponding to the common additional information is deleted. Therefore, in Nin1 printing, it can suppress that the additional information which is mutually common is printed redundantly (effect (A)) .
In addition to the effect (A), when the total number of pages of the document is greater than 1, the print control apparatus according to claim 1 is configured to display each page for each page of the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed. The commonality of the additional information included in the predetermined area of the original can be determined. Further, when the total number of pages of the original is greater than 1 and the last page of the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed includes the original for one page, the original is included in a predetermined area of the original for the one page. Whether additional information is common can be determined from the additional information and additional information that has already been determined to be common to each other and stored in the storage unit.

According to the printing control apparatus of the second aspect, in addition to the effect (A) , the following effect is achieved. A number that increases by 1 with an increase in the number of pages and a common number for each page of an original regardless of the increase in the number of pages at positions that are considered to be the same within a predetermined area in the original of continuous pages. If a pair with a number is included, it can be determined that the document data of successive pages includes a pair of the page number of the document and the total number of pages of the document as additional information common to each other.

According to the printing control apparatus of the third aspect, in addition to the effect (A) , the following effect can be obtained. When it is specified that the document is a bookbinding document, print data for Nin1 printing is generated from the acquired document data without deleting data corresponding to the additional information. Since the bookbinding manuscript may intentionally be added with additional information that is mutually common, it is possible to prevent such intentions from being disobeyed.

According to the printing control apparatus of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by any one of the first to third aspects , the following effect is produced. Data corresponding to the information (information corresponding to the deleted additional information) is added to the print data so that information corresponding to the deleted additional information is printed on the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed. The Therefore, since information corresponding to the deleted additional information is printed on the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed, it is possible to prevent the additional information from being transmitted to the user even if the additional information is deleted.

According to the printing control apparatus of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the fourth aspect , the following effect is produced. The information corresponding to the additional information deleted by the deleting unit is the same size as the print size of the deleted additional information on the original, or the original on the original when the original is laid out for Nin1 printing. Data corresponding to the information is added to the print data so that the print size is larger than the print size of the additional information. In Nin1 printing, each document is normally reduced and laid out, so that additional information is also reduced and printed at a reduction ratio corresponding to the number N of layouts. Therefore, the visibility of the printed additional information is reduced. On the other hand, according to the print control apparatus of the third aspect, it is possible to print without reducing the information corresponding to the deleted additional information. Therefore, the information can be provided to the user with good visibility.

According to the printing control apparatus of the sixth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by the fourth or fifth aspect , the following effect is produced. When it is determined that each page of the document includes the page number of the document as additional information common to each page, the page number data of the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed corresponds to the deleted additional information. It is added to the print data as data corresponding to the information. Therefore, the page number printed as additional information on each original can be reflected and printed as the page number of each recording medium on which Nin1 printing has been performed. Further, since the page number of the recording medium is printed, the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed can be easily handled in units of pages of the recording medium.

According to the printing control apparatus of the seventh aspect, in addition to the effect produced by any one of the fourth to sixth aspects , the following effect is produced. When it is determined that the original of each page includes the total number of pages of the original as additional information common to each other, the data of the value obtained by rounding up the decimal point in the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of pages by N is deleted. The data is added to the print data as data corresponding to the information corresponding to the additional information. That is, data of the total number of pages of the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed is added to the print data. Therefore, the total number of pages printed as additional information on each original can be reflected and reflected as the total number of pages of each recording medium on which Nin1 printing has been performed. Further, since the total number of pages of the recording medium is printed, a series of recording media on which Nin1 printing has been performed can be easily handled together.

According to the printing control apparatus of the eighth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by any one of the second to seventh aspects, the following effect is produced. When the total number of pages of the document is larger than 1, the commonality of additional information included in a predetermined area in the document of each page can be determined for each page of the recording medium on which Nin1 printing is performed.

According to the printing control apparatus of the ninth aspect, in addition to the effect produced by any one of the first to eighth aspects, the following effect is produced. In the case where a number that increases by 1 as the number of pages is included in positions that are considered to be the same in a predetermined area in a document of consecutive pages, the document data of consecutive pages are common to each other. It can be determined that the additional information includes the page number of the document.

By executing the print control program according to claim 10 in the control unit of the control device, the same effect as the print control device according to claim 1 is obtained.

By causing the control unit of the control device to execute the print control program according to the eleventh aspect, the same effects as those of the print control device according to the second aspect can be obtained.
By causing the control device to execute the print control program according to the twelfth aspect, the same effect as the print control device according to the third aspect can be obtained.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the MFP. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a printing result when 4in1 printing is performed on a recording sheet by printing control by a control unit of an MFP. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a printing result when 4in1 printing is performed on a recording sheet by printing control by a control unit of an MFP. 6 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing. It is a flowchart which shows the commonality determination process of additional information. 10 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing according to the second embodiment. It is a figure explaining the printing result at the time of performing 4-in-1 printing on a recording paper by the conventional printing control.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a multifunction peripheral device (hereinafter referred to as “MFP”) 1. The MFP 1 is a multifunction machine having a plurality of functions such as a copy function, a fax function, a print function, and a scan function.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 100 mounted on the MFP 1 corresponds to an example of a print control apparatus, and the control program 11a of the MFP 1 corresponds to an example of a print control program. In the present embodiment, when the MFP 1 performs Nin1 printing in which N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) of originals are laid out and printed on a single recording paper (recording medium), The configuration is such that common header information or footer information is not printed redundantly.

  The MFP 1 includes a CPU 10, a flash memory 11, a RAM 12, an operation key 15, an LCD 16, a touch panel 17, a scanner 18, a printer 19, an NCU 20, a modem 21, a USB interface (hereinafter referred to as “USB_I / F”) 22, and a memory card interface. (Hereinafter referred to as “memory card I / F”) 23 is mainly provided. The CPU 10, flash memory 11, and RAM 12 are connected to each other via a bus line 24. The units 15 to 24 are connected to each other via the input / output port 25. In the present embodiment, the control unit 100 includes a CPU 10, a flash memory 11, a RAM 12, a bus line 24, and an input / output port 25.

  The CPU 10 controls each function of the MFP 1 according to fixed values and programs stored in the flash memory 11, data stored in the RAM 12, or various signals transmitted / received via the NCU 20, and input / output Controls each part connected to the port 25. The flash memory 11 is a non-volatile memory, and stores a control program 11a for controlling the operation of the MFP 1 and the like. Each process shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 to be described later is executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with the control program 11a.

  The RAM 12 is a rewritable volatile memory that temporarily stores information necessary for the processing of the CPU 10. The RAM 12 is provided with an additional information memory 12a. The additional information memory 12a is an area for storing data related to header information or footer information common to a maximum of N pages of a document laid out on one recording sheet when performing Nin1 printing.

  The operation key 15 is a mechanical key and accepts input of various setting values and instructions from the user. The LCD 16 is a liquid crystal display device. The touch panel 17 is provided so as to overlap the LCD 16 and accepts input of various setting values and instructions from the user. The scanner 18 is a device that reads an original and outputs image data of the read original to the CPU 10. The printer 19 is a device that prints an image on recording paper. The NCU 20 is a device that controls a telephone line. The modem 21 modulates the transmission signal during facsimile transmission and demodulates the received modulation signal during facsimile reception.

  The USB_I / F 22 is a device for connecting other devices via a USB cable so that they can communicate with each other, and is configured by a known device. For example, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) installed with a driver program for driving the printer 19 and the scanner 18 of the MFP 1 can be connected to the USB_I / F 22 via a USB cable. The memory card I / F 23 is an interface to which a nonvolatile memory card 23a is attached, and controls writing or reading of data with respect to the memory card 23a.

  Next, print control for Nin1 printing executed by the control unit 100 of the MFP 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining a printing result when 4in1 (when N = 4) printing is performed on the recording paper P ′ by the printing control by the control unit 100. 2 and 3, each numeral written in the documents P1 to P4 and the recording paper P ′ indicates the page number of each document, and indicates that the underbar side is the lower side of the document.

  More specifically, FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram showing four pages of documents P1 to P4 laid out on one recording sheet P ′, and FIG. 2B is a diagram of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a printing result when the originals P1 to P4 are printed in 4 in 1 on one recording paper P ′ by the printing control by the control unit 100.

  In this example, it is assumed that the sizes of the originals P1 to P4 and the size of the recording paper P ′ are the same, and the lengths in the vertical direction (long side direction) are all L. The header areas HA1 to HA4 of the originals P1 to P4 and the header area HA ′ of the recording paper P ′ are all 0.15 L from the upper side of the originals P1 to P4 or the recording paper P ′. The footer areas FA1 to FA4 and the footer area FA 'are all 0.15 L from the lower side of the originals P1 to P4 or the recording paper P'.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2A, “2012.1.20” that is the date and time of creation of the document is printed as header information HD1 to HD4 in the header areas HA1 to HA4 of the documents P1 to P4. On the other hand, in the footer areas FA1 to FA4 of the respective documents P1 to P4, as the footer information FD1 to FD4, the page number (X) of each document P1 to P4 and the total number of pages of the document to be printed in 4in1. Information paired with (T) is printed in the format of “X / T”. In this example, since the documents P1 to P4 are the first to fourth pages, respectively, the page numbers (X) for the documents P1 to P4 are “1” to “4”, respectively. On the other hand, in this example, the total number of pages (T) is “10”. That is, the document to be printed in 4in1 is a 10-page document composed of a 4-page document P1 to P4 and a 6-page document (not shown).

  Although details will be described later, the MFP 1 (more specifically, the control unit 100) of the present embodiment performs headers of N pages of originals (for example, originals P1 to P4) printed on Nin1 on one recording paper P ′. When the information or footer information is common to each other, the common information is configured not to be printed on the recording paper P ′.

  For example, the header information HA1 to HA4 of the same character string (2012.1.2) printed on each original P1 to P4 is recorded by only one representative character string as shown in FIG. Printed as header information HD ′ in the header area HA ′ of the paper P ′. Thus, since the header information HA1 to HA4 of the same character string in P1 to P4 of each document is not printed redundantly on the recording paper P ′, it looks good as a printed matter. In addition, by using one representative character string as the header information HD ′ and avoiding the printing of overlapping character strings, consumption of recording materials such as ink and toner can be suppressed.

  The MFP 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to handle page numbers (X) that are different for each document as information (header information or footer information) that is common to each other. Therefore, the page number (X) printed as one of the footer information FD1 to FD4 on each of the originals P1 to P4 is not printed in the footer area FA ′ of the recording paper P ′. Instead, the footer area FA ′ The page number (X ′) of the recording paper P ′ is printed as the footer information FD ′. In the example shown in FIG. 2B, the page number (X ′) of the recording paper P ′ is “1” because the 4th-to-1 printing is performed in which the first to fourth page originals P1 to P4 are laid out.

  In this way, the page number (X) of each document is handled as common information, and one representative information (in this example, the page number (X ′) of the recording paper P ′) is printed as the footer information FD ′. In this case, the consumption of the recording material such as ink and toner can be suppressed. Further, since the page number (X ′) of the recording paper P ′ is printed in the footer area FA ′ of the recording paper P ′, the recording paper P ′ on which the Nin1 printing has been performed is performed on a page basis of the recording paper P ′. Easy to handle.

  Further, in the footer areas FA1 to FA4 of the documents P1 to P4, the total number of pages (T) of the document to be printed in 4in1 is printed as one of the footer information FD1 to FD4. The MFP 1 does not print the total number of pages (T) in the footer area FA ′ of the recording paper P ′, but instead uses the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ when 4in1 printing is performed. Print. The example shown in FIG. 2B is a case where 4 in 1 printing is performed from a 10-page document, and therefore the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ is “3”.

  Note that the relationship between the total number of pages (T) of the original and the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ when performing Nin1 printing is T ′ = Ceil (T / N). However, Ceil (α) is a minimum integer equal to or larger than α, and in particular, when α is a positive value, it is an integer value obtained by rounding up the fractional part of α. Therefore, the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ can be calculated as a value obtained by rounding up the decimals in the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of pages (T) of the original by the number of layouts (N) in Nin1 printing.

  In this way, the total number of pages (T) printed as footer information on each original is not printed redundantly, but one piece of representative information (in this example, the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′). ) Is printed as the footer information FD ′. In this case as well, consumption of recording materials such as ink and toner can be suppressed. In addition, since the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ is printed in the footer area FA ′ of the recording paper P ′, a series of recording papers P ′ (in this example, two sheets of Nin1 printing) The recording sheets P ′) can be easily handled together. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, in the footer area FA ′ of the recording paper P ′, the pair of the page number (X ′) and the total number of pages (T ′) of the recording paper P ′ is the original. Since it is printed in the format “T ′ / X ′”, which is the same format as the originals P1 to P4, the user does not feel uncomfortable.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, since the sizes of the originals P1 to P4 and the size of the recording paper P ′ are the same, the originals P1 to P4 are reduced from the original size and laid out on the recording paper P ′. With such reduction, the header information HD1 to HD4 and the footer information FD1 to FD4 are also reduced. Therefore, when the header information HD1 to HD4 and the footer information FD1 to FD4 of each of the originals P1 to P4 are printed on the recording paper P ′ as in the past (see FIG. 7B), the header information HD1. -Visibility of HD4 and footer information FD1-FD4 is lowered.

  On the other hand, the MFP 1 of the present embodiment converts the header information HD ′ based on the header information HD1 to HD4 and the footer information FD ′ based on the footer information FD1 to FD4 into the header area HA ′ and the recording paper P ′. It is configured to print in the footer area FA ′. Since the header area HA ′ and the footer area FA ′ are the same size (area having a width of 0.15 L) as the header areas HA1 to HA4 and the footer areas FA1 to FA4, the header information HD ′ and the footer information FD ′ are changed to the header information. It is possible to print in the same size as HD1 to HD4 and footer information FD1 to FD4. Therefore, the header information HD ′ and the footer information FD can be visually recognized by the user with good visibility.

  FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram showing a printing result when a document having a total number of pages of 1 page is printed in 4in1. When the total number of pages of a document is one page, there is no information common to each other (header information and footer information), and information is not duplicated and printed. Therefore, when the total number of pages of the document is one page, the MFP 1 of the present embodiment uses the header area HA1 and the footer area FA1 of the document to be printed on the recording paper P ′ as in the conventional Nin1 printing. The header information HD1 and the footer information FD1 are printed in the corresponding areas.

  On the other hand, FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram illustrating a printing result of the recording paper P ′ of the last page when a document having a total number of 5 pages is printed in 4in1. When a document having a total number of 5 pages is printed in 4 in 1, as shown in FIG. 3B, the last page (second page) is recorded on the recording paper P ′ of the last page (second page). Only the original is printed. In the MFP 1 of this embodiment, when the total number of pages of the original is larger than 1 and the last page of the recording paper P ′ on which Nin1 printing is performed includes the original for one page (first page) ) On the recording paper P ′ of the last page to be printed on the recording paper P ′ of the last page based on the comparison between the information (header information and footer information) common to each other on the recording paper P ′. It is configured to determine whether the information is common with the header information and footer information of other documents.

  In this determination, if it is determined that the header information and footer information of one page of the document printed on the recording paper P ′ of the last page is common to the header information and footer information of other documents, the first page Like the recording paper P ′ (see FIG. 2B), one representative header information HA ′ is printed in the header area HA ′, and one representative footer information FA ′ is printed in the footer area FA ′. Printed on. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording mode of the header information and the footer information from being different between the recording paper P ′ of the last page and the recording paper P ′ of other pages, and the appearance as a printed matter is not impaired.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing executed by the control unit 100 (more specifically, the CPU 10) of the MFP 1. In this print control process, when an instruction to acquire document data of a document to be printed is input to the MFP 1 based on the operation of the operation key 15 or the touch panel 17, or the document data of a document to be printed is input to the MFP 1. Is started when received by the fax function. As an instruction to acquire original data of an original to be printed, for example, an instruction to scan an original in a copy function, or an instruction to print original data (image data) stored in the memory card 23a or the flash memory 11 by a print function Etc. Here, it is assumed that the print control process is started based on the input of a document scan instruction in the copy function.

  First, in step S401 (hereinafter, step is omitted), if Nin1 is set (S401: Yes) and the bookbinding mode is not set in S402 (S402: No), the CPU 10 shifts the processing to S403.

  The Nin1 setting is a setting for executing Nin1 printing, and is stored in an area (not shown) of the flash memory 12 as one of print settings that can be changed as appropriate by the user. The Nin1 setting includes information on the number of assignments (N) and a layout setting that defines the arrangement of each document. The bookbinding mode is a mode for performing bookbinding printing in which 2in1 printed recording paper is folded in two and bound. The bookbinding mode is also stored in an area (not shown) of the flash memory 12 as one of print settings that can be appropriately changed by the user.

  In S403, the CPU 10 sets the variable X and the variable X ′ to zero and clears the additional information memory 12a (S403). The variable X indicates the page number of the document to be processed. Hereinafter, the document data of the Xth page document may be referred to as the Xth page document data. A variable X ′ indicates a page number of a recording sheet on which printing is performed. After the process of S403, the CPU 10 adds 1 to the variable X (S404).

  Next, the CPU 10 acquires document data for the X page (S405). Specifically, in S <b> 405, the CPU 10 causes the scanner 18 to scan the X-page document, and acquires the X-page document data as scan data (image data). In step S405, the CPU 10 performs character recognition of the document data.

  Next, when the CPU 10 determines that the current value of X is a number divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: Yes), the CPU 10 executes a commonness determination process for additional information ( S407). The additional information commonality determination process (S407) is a process for determining whether or not the header information and footer information of each document are information common to each other for a maximum of N pages of the document laid out on one recording sheet. It is. The details of the additional information commonality determination process (S407) will be described later with reference to FIG. Hereinafter, the header information and the footer information are collectively referred to as “additional information”.

  If the CPU 10 determines in S406 that the current X value is not divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: No), if there is a document for the next page (S418: Yes), the CPU 10 Shifts the processing to S404. On the other hand, when there is no document on the next page and the variable X is larger than 1 (S418: No, S419: Yes), the CPU 10 executes a common information determination process for additional information (S407). That is, when the number of documents laid out on one recording sheet is N pages or less, but the number of pages of the documents is 2 or more, the CPU 10 executes additional information commonality determination processing (S407).

  When the CPU 10 determines that there is common additional information in the additional information commonality determination process (S407) (S408: Yes), the CPU 10 determines that there is a maximum of N pages determined to have the common additional information. With respect to the document data, each document data is divided into an additional information area and other areas (S409). In the present embodiment, the “additional information area” is a header area and a footer area. In the present embodiment, when the size in the long side direction (vertical direction) is L, the CPU 10 has an area (header area) having a width of 0.15 L in the long side direction from the scan start end side of the document data, and the document. An area (footer area) having a width of 0.15 L in the long side direction from the end of scanning of data is recognized as an additional information area. Through the process of S409, data of an area where the additional information area is trimmed (deleted) and data of the additional information area are obtained from each document data. Hereinafter, the area where the additional information area is trimmed is referred to as a “main area”.

  If the CPU 10 determines that the page number of the document is included in the common additional information (S410: Yes), the CPU 10 adds 1 to the variable X '(S411). Although details will be described later, whether or not the page number of the document is included in the common additional information is determined in the common information determination process (S407) of the additional information. By the processing of S411, the value of the variable X ′ is set to the page number of the recording sheet on which Nin1 printing will be performed.

  Next, the CPU 10 changes the page number of the document stored in the additional information memory 12a to the value of the variable X '(S412), and the process proceeds to S413. Through the processing in S413, the page number of the original stored in the additional information memory 12a is changed to the page number of the recording sheet on which Nin1 printing will be performed.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 10 determines that the page number of the document is not included in the common additional information (S410: No), the CPU 10 skips the processing of S411 and S412 and shifts the processing to S413.

  When the CPU 10 determines that the total number of pages of the document is included in the common additional information (S413: Yes), the CPU 10 determines the total number of pages (T) of the document stored in the additional information memory 12a. Change to Ceil (T / N) (S414), and the process proceeds to S415. Although details will be described later, whether or not the total number of pages of the document is included in the common additional information is determined in the common information determination process (S407) of the additional information. By the process of S414, the total number of pages of the original document stored in the additional information memory 12a is changed to the total number of pages of the recording paper on which Nin1 printing is performed.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines that the common additional information does not include the total number of pages of the document (S413: No), the CPU 10 skips the process of S414 and shifts the process to S415.

  In S415, the CPU 10 decomposes the original data in S409, the main area data (maximum number N) obtained from each original data, and a set of additional information areas (in this embodiment, a header area and a footer area). The print data for Nin1 printing is generated (S415). When generating the print data for Nin1 printing, the data of the main area obtained from the document data is resized according to the size of the recording paper and the number of allocation (N), and according to the page number of the corresponding document. Are laid out according to the layout setting. The data in the additional information area is also resized according to the size of the original and the size of the recording paper. For example, when the size of the document and the size of the recording paper are the same, the data in the additional information area that is decomposed from the document data is used as it is. In this case, the common additional information is printed in the same size as the additional information on the document (see FIG. 2B). When the size of the recording paper is larger than the size of the original, the data in the additional information area decomposed from the original data may be enlarged at an enlargement ratio of (recording paper size / original size). Thereby, the common additional information can be printed larger than the additional information on the document. In conventional Nin1 printing, additional information in the header area and footer area is usually reduced and printed. However, according to the present embodiment, common additional information is printed at the same magnification regardless of the allocation number (N). Alternatively, since the image can be enlarged and printed on the recording paper, the additional information can be provided to the user with good visibility.

  Note that the common additional information is a print size equal to the print size of the additional information on the document, or the print size of the additional information on each document when each document is laid out for Nin1 printing. In view of visibility, it is preferable to process the data in the additional information area so that the data is printed on the recording paper with an enlarged print size.

  Next, the CPU 10 causes the printer 19 to execute printing using the print data for Nin1 printing generated in S415 (S416). If there is no document on the next page after the process of S416 (S417: No), the CPU 10 ends this process. On the other hand, if there is a document of the next page (S417: Yes), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S404.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines that there is no common additional information in S408 (S408: No), the CPU 10 moves the process to S420, and normally print data from the document data for the maximum N pages to be processed. The process which produces | generates is performed (S420). Next, the CPU 10 executes printing using the print data generated in S420 (S416). Therefore, when there is no common additional information, the additional information (header information and footer information) of each document is printed on the recording paper as in the conventional Nin1 printing (see FIG. 7B). The additional information is not transmitted to the user.

  In S406, when the CPU 10 determines that the current value of X is not divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: No), there is no document on the next page and the variable X is set. When it is 1 or less (S418: No, S419: No), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S420. Therefore, when the total number of pages of a document is one page, a document including additional information (header information and footer information) is resized and printed according to the size of the recording sheet and the number of layouts (N). . Thereby, the printing result shown in FIG. 3A is obtained.

  If Nin1 is not set in S401 (S401: No), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S420, causes the scanner 18 to scan the document, and scan data (image data) for one page on one recording sheet. ). In S402, when the bookbinding mode is selected (S402: No), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S420, scans the document with the scanner 18, and starts from the scan data (image data) for two pages. 2-in-1 printing is executed. However, in the bookbinding mode, the additional information of each document is printed on the recording paper regardless of whether the additional information is common.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the above-described additional information commonality determination process (S407). First, if document data for which commonality is determined in this processing (hereinafter referred to as “processing target document data”) is for one page (S501: Yes), the CPU 10 determines the processing target document data and additional information. Comparison with the contents (character string data and coordinate data) of the memory 12a is executed (S502). Since this processing is executed when the total number of pages of the original is 2 or more, when the CPU 10 executes the processing of S502, the total number of pages of the original is larger than 1 and Nin1 printing is performed. This corresponds to the case where the last page of the recording sheet on which the recording is performed includes a document for one page. Therefore, in such a case, as a comparison target for determining the presence / absence of additional information that is common to each other, additional information that is determined to be common to N pages of the Nin1 printed document on the recording paper of the previous page. Data is used.

  On the other hand, if the document data to be processed is not for one page (S501: No), the CPU 10 compares each document data to be processed (maximum number N) (S510). That is, when a document of two pages or more is printed on one recording sheet, the document data (more specifically, additional information data) of each document printed on one recording sheet is compared. Based on this, the presence / absence of additional information common to each other is determined.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 10 performs the comparison in S502 and S510 based on the result of character recognition. In the present embodiment, the CPU 10 compares each additional information area (header area and footer area).

  When the CPU 10 determines that there is a character string of the same size at the almost common coordinates in the additional information area based on the comparison performed in S502 or S510 (S503: Yes), the CPU 10 Character strings of the same size located at the coordinates are recognized as common additional information, and it is determined that common additional information exists (S504). In the present embodiment, the CPU 10 processes coordinates that fall within a predetermined range in consideration of conveyance deviation at the time of scanning as “substantially common coordinates”.

  Next, for each document data, the CPU 10 stores the character string data in the additional information area in the additional information memory 12a in association with the coordinate data (S505). In S505, the CPU 10 clears the additional information memory 12a and then stores each data. That is, the additional information memory 12a stores additional information data for up to N pages of originals printed on one recording sheet.

  After the process of S505 is executed, when the CPU 10 determines that there is a number that increases by 1 with an increase in the number of pages of the document at almost common coordinates based on the contents of the additional information memory 12a (S506: Yes), the CPU 10 determines that the target number (a number that increases by 1 as the number of pages of the document increases by 1) is the page number of the document (S507).

  After the processing of S507 is executed, if there is a number that is commonly described in each page of the document within a predetermined range from the coordinates where the page number of the document is based on the contents of the additional information memory 12a, the CPU 10 When the determination is made (S508: Yes), the CPU 10 determines that the common number (a number described in common regardless of the number of pages of the document) is the total number of pages of the document (S507). This process ends.

  In S506, when the CPU 10 determines that there is no number that increases by 1 as the number of pages of the document increases in almost common coordinates (S506: No), the CPU 10 determines that the page number of the document is additional information. And the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines in S508 that there is no number that is commonly described within a predetermined range from the coordinates of the page number of the document (S508: No), the CPU 10 Recognizing that the number of pages does not exist as additional information, the present process is terminated.

  When the CPU 10 determines that there is no character string of the same size at the almost common coordinates in the additional information area based on the comparison performed in S502 or S510 (S503: No), the CPU 10 It is determined that there is no information (S504), and this process is terminated.

  According to the MFP 1 (more specifically, the control unit 100) of the present embodiment, when Nin1 printing is performed from a plurality of pages of originals, additional information (header information or footer) that is common to the plurality of pages of originals. If there is (information), the additional information common to each other is trimmed (deleted), so that the additional information can be prevented from being printed on the recording paper. For this reason, the same character string is not printed twice, so that the appearance as a printed matter can be improved. Further, by avoiding printing of redundant additional information, consumption of recording materials such as ink and toner can be suppressed accordingly.

  While the redundant additional information is deleted, the information corresponding to the deleted additional information is printed in the additional information area (header area or footer area) of the recording paper, so that the additional information is transmitted to the user. It can be prevented from disappearing.

  In the bookbinding mode, the conventional Nin1 printing is performed without performing the Nin1 printing of the present invention. When printing in the bookbinding mode, additional information that is intentionally common to each other (for example, chapter titles attached to each chapter) may be printed on each document. Can be prevented.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment described above, Nin1 printing is performed while acquiring document data page by page, but in this embodiment, Nin1 printing is performed after all document data is acquired. Note that in the second embodiment, the same portions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing according to the second embodiment. The print control process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is also a process executed by the control unit 100 (more specifically, the CPU 10) of the MFP 1, and starts based on the same start condition as that in the first embodiment described above. In the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, it is assumed that the print control process is started based on the input of a document scan instruction in the copy function.

  First, the CPU 10 causes the scanner 18 to scan all documents, and acquires scan data (image data) for all pages from the scanner 18 as document data (S601). In step S601, the CPU 10 acquires the total number of pages of document data. In step S601, the CPU 10 performs character recognition of each document data.

  After the processing of S601, the CPU 10 sets Nin1 and is in the bookbinding mode (S401: Yes, S402: No), sets the variable X and the variable X ′ to zero and sets the additional information memory 12a. Clear (S403) and add 1 to variable X (S404). After the process of S404, the CPU 10 selects the X-th page document data as a processing measure (S602).

  Next, when the CPU 10 determines that the current X value is divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: Yes), or there is no document on the next page and the variable X is When it is larger than 1 (S418: No, S419: Yes), the CPU 10 executes a common information determination process for additional information (S407). On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines in S406 that the current X value is not divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: No), if there is a document for the next page (S418: Yes), The CPU 10 shifts the process to S404.

  When the CPU 10 determines that there is common additional information after executing the additional information commonality determination process (S407) (S408: Yes), the document for up to N pages determined to have the common additional information. Regarding the data, each document data is divided into an additional information area and a main area (S409).

  If the CPU 10 determines that the common additional information includes the page number of the document after the processing of S409 (S410: Yes), the CPU 10 adds 1 to the variable X ′ (S411) and stores it in the additional information memory 12a. The stored page number of the document is changed to the value of the variable X ′ (S412), and the process proceeds to S413. On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines in S410 that the page number of the document is not included in the common additional information (S410: No), the process proceeds to S413.

  If the CPU 10 determines in S413 that the common additional information includes the total number of pages of the document (S413: Yes), the CPU 10 determines the total number of pages (T) of the document stored in the additional information memory 12a. , Ceil (total number of pages of document data / N) (S603), and the process proceeds to S415. On the other hand, if the CPU 10 determines in S413 that the total number of pages of the document is not included in the common additional information (S413: No), the process proceeds to S415.

  In S415, the CPU 10 decomposes the original data in S409, the main area data (maximum number N) obtained from each original data, and a set of additional information areas (in this embodiment, a header area and a footer area). The print data for Nin1 printing is generated (S415).

  Next, the CPU 10 causes the printer 19 to perform printing using the print data for Nin1 printing generated in S415 (S416), and if there is no document on the next page (S417: No), this process ends. On the other hand, if there is a document of the next page (S417: Yes), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S404.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 10 determines that there is no additional additional information in S <b> 408 (S <b> 408: No), the CPU 10 executes a process of normally generating print data from the maximum N pages of document data to be processed. (S420), the process proceeds to S416.

  In S406, when the CPU 10 determines that the current X value is not divisible by the set allocation number (N) (S406: No), there is no document on the next page and the variable X is 1. When it is below (S418: No, S419: No), CPU10 transfers a process to S420. In addition, when it is not Nin1 setting (S401: No) or when it is in the bookbinding mode (S402: No), the CPU 10 shifts the process to S420.

  According to the MFP 1 (more specifically, the control unit 100) of the second embodiment, when Nin1 printing is performed after all original data has been acquired, the total number of pages of the original data is used and the total number of pages of the recording paper. You can get a number.

  In the above embodiment, the control unit 100 of the MFP 1 is an example of a print control apparatus. The control program 11a is an example of a print control program. The CPU 10 is an example of a control unit. The printer 19 is an example of a printing unit. The RAM 12 is an example of a storage unit. The CPU 10 that executes S405 and S601 is an example of a document data acquisition unit. CPU10 which performs S407 is an example of a commonality determination means. The CPU 10 that executes S409 is an example of a deletion unit. The CPU 10 that executes S414 is an example of a print data generation unit. The CPU 10 that executes S414 is an example of an adding unit. The CPU 10 that executes S601 is an example of a total page number acquisition unit. The CPU 10 that executes S505 is an example of a storage control unit. The CPU 10 that executes S402 is an example of a specifying unit.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Can be inferred. For example, the numerical values given in the above embodiment are examples, and other numerical values can be adopted as appropriate.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control program 11a mounted on the MFP 1 has been described as an example of the print control program. However, a printer driver mounted on the PC and driving the MFP 1 can also be an example of the print control program. Further, the control unit 100 of the MFP 1 has been described as an example of the print control apparatus. However, the control unit of the printer specialized for the print function is taken as an example of the print control apparatus, and together with the print instruction in the Nin1 setting, the original data (for example, When receiving scan data), the same processing as in the above embodiment may be executed.

  In the above embodiment, the additional information area is the header area and the footer area. However, left and right margin areas, a predetermined area in the main area, and the like may be used as the additional information area.

  In the above embodiment, since the document data processed in the print control process of FIGS. 4 and 6 is scan data (image data), the determination of whether or not the additional information of each document is common to each other is character recognition. However, if the document data is text data, it may be performed based on text data instead of character recognition. When the document data is text data, the commonality of the additional information may be determined based on text format header information or footer information included in the text data.

  In the above embodiment, the size of the additional information area (header area and footer area) is determined based on the ratio to the size L in the long side direction. However, the ratio is not limited to 0.15, and an appropriate value is used. Can be adopted. The ratios applied as the sizes of the header area and the footer area may be different values. The size of the additional information area may be a direct numerical value (for example, 2 cm, 1 inch, etc.) instead of the ratio to the size L in the long side direction. Further, the size of the additional information area may be configured as appropriate by the user. Further, when the document data is text data, the size of the header or footer included in the text data may be adopted.

  In the above embodiment, when it is determined in the additional information commonness determination process (S407) that there is additional information that is common to each other, the additional information area is trimmed from all document data to be determined. (Delete). Instead of this, only one piece of original data (for example, original data of a document printed as the first page on a recording sheet printed in Nin1) among the original data to be determined is left as additional information, and the other originals. For data, the additional information area may be trimmed.

  In the above embodiment, when it is determined in the additional information commonness determination process (S407) that there is additional information that is common to each other, the additional information area is trimmed (deleted) from each document data. However, when the document data is text data, the text data of the additional information determined to be common to each other may be deleted from the document data.

  In the above embodiment, when it is determined in the additional information commonness determination process (S407) that there is additional information that is common to each other, all the additional information that is common to each other is deleted from each document data. However, of these, the predetermined additional information may be left without being deleted.

  In the above embodiment, the character string is different for each original, but the page number of the original is exemplified as the additional information determined as the additional information common to each other. However, the reception time of the image data received by facsimile is also the character for each original. This is an example of additional information that is determined as additional information that is different in column but common to each other. The reception time of facsimile reception may be printed on each recording sheet as additional information representing the reception time of the first page.

  In the above embodiment, the document page number is determined as additional information common to each other. However, the page number of the document may not be determined as additional information common to each other. In the above embodiment, the information is printed in the format of “X / T” as information in which the page number (X) of each document and the total number of pages (T) of the document to be Nin1 printed are paired. The information is exemplified, but other formats such as “page X of T” may be used.

  In the above embodiment, for each recording sheet on which Nin1 printing is performed, based on the comparison of the document data of each document printed on one recording sheet, the presence / absence of additional information common to each other is determined. The additional information of the original document (for example, the first page) is stored in the RAM 12, and the additional information of the original document on the representative page is compared with the additional information of the original document on the other pages to determine the commonality of the additional information. It is good also as a structure.

  In the above embodiment, the document data processed in the print control process of FIG. 4 has been described as scan data. However, image data obtained by facsimile reception or image data stored in the memory card 23a or the flash memory 11 is converted to document data. As applicable.

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A printing control apparatus including a control unit that causes a printing unit to execute printing on a recording medium,
The controller is
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
The additional information the document data for the document for a plurality of pages is when it is acquired by the document data acquiring unit, which based on the acquired the document data, common to each other physician in the predetermined area of the document for each page Commonality determination means for determining whether or not is included ,
Storage control means for storing data of the additional information common to each other in the storage unit when the commonality determination means determines that the common additional information is included in a predetermined area of the document of each page When,
When it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes additional information common to each other in a predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to additional information common to each other;
N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) the document data a Nin1 print data for printing to print the document laid on the recording medium of one page of the data is deleted by the deletion means and a print data generating means for generating from
The commonality determining means includes
If the total number of pages of the original is larger than 1, it is determined whether the common information is included in a predetermined area of the original of each page for each page of the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed. Further, when the total number of pages of the original is larger than 1 and the original for one page is included in the last page of the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed, A print control apparatus that determines whether the additional information included in the predetermined area and the additional information for which data is stored in the storage unit are common to each other . A printing control apparatus including a control unit that causes a printing unit to execute printing on a recording medium,
The controller is
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
When the document data for a plurality of pages of the document is acquired by the document data acquisition unit, based on the acquired document data, at positions that are regarded as the same in the predetermined area of the document of consecutive pages. The consecutive pages include a pair of a number that increases by 1 as the number of pages increases and a number that is commonly described in the original of each page regardless of the increase in the number of pages. the document data, as the additional information to be shared with each other, a common determination unit determines that includes a pair of a total number of pages of the page number and the document of the document,
If it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes the additional information common to the predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to the additional information common to each other;
Print data for Nin1 printing, in which the original for N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) is laid out and printed on one page of the recording medium, the original data from which the data has been deleted by the deletion unit characterized in that it comprises a print data generating means for generating from print controller. A printing control apparatus including a control unit that causes a printing unit to execute printing on a recording medium,
The controller is
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
When the document data for the plurality of pages of the document is acquired by the document data acquisition unit, the additional information common to the predetermined area of the document of each page is included based on the acquired document data. Commonality determination means for determining whether or not
When it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes additional information common to each other in a predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to additional information common to each other;
Print data for Nin1 printing, in which the original for N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) is laid out and printed on one page of the recording medium, the original data from which the data has been deleted by the deletion unit Print data generation means generated from
And a specifying means for the document to identify whether the document to be bound,
The print data generation means includes
When the specifying unit specifies that the document is a bookbinding document, the printing for Nin1 printing is performed from the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit without performing deletion by the deleting unit. A printing control apparatus , characterized by generating data. The print data generation means includes
An adding unit for adding data corresponding to the information to the print data so that information corresponding to the additional information deleted by the deleting unit is printed on the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed; The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The adding means includes
The information corresponding to the additional information deleted by the deleting means is the same size as the print size of the deleted additional information on the original, or the original when the original is laid out for Nin1 printing. in print size of an enlarged than the print size of the additional information on the to be printed on the recording medium, the data corresponding to the information, characterized in that added to the print data, according to claim 4, wherein Print control device. The adding means includes
Corresponding to the information corresponding to the additional information deleted by the deleting unit when the commonality determining unit determines that the original of each page includes the page number of the original as the additional information common to each other as data, the data of the page number of the recording medium in which the Nin1 printing is performed, characterized in that added to the print data, the print control apparatus according to claim 4 or 5. The adding means includes
When the document of each page includes the total number of pages of the document as the additional information common to each other, the commonality determination unit determines that the information corresponds to the additional information deleted by the deletion unit. as the corresponding data, the data value obtained by rounding up the decimal point in the quotient of the total number of pages is divided by N, characterized in that it added to the print data, printing of any one of claims 4 to 6 Control device. The commonality determining means includes
When the total number of pages is greater than 1 of the document, the each page of the recording medium which Nin1 printing is performed, determining whether either of the additional information common to each other in the predetermined area of the document for each page wherein the print control device according to any one of claims 2 to 7. The commonality determining means includes
A position is regarded as identical to each other in consecutive within the predetermined area of the page of the document, if it contains a number that increases by one with an increase in the number of pages, the document data of the page where the consecutive, the as additional information common to each other, and judging to include the page number of the document, the print control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. A printing control program executed by a control unit of a control device that causes a printing unit to perform printing on a recording medium,
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
The additional information the document data for the document for a plurality of pages is when it is acquired by the document data acquiring unit, which based on the acquired the document data, common to each other physician in the predetermined area of the document for each page Commonality determination means for determining whether or not is included ,
Storage control means for storing data of the additional information common to each other in the storage unit when the commonality determination means determines that the common additional information is included in a predetermined area of the document of each page When,
When it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes additional information common to each other in a predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to additional information common to each other;
N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) the print data for Nin1 printing for printing the document on the recording medium of one page is generated from the document data to which the data is deleted by the deletion means The print data generation means, causing the control unit to function ,
The commonality determining means includes
If the total number of pages of the original is greater than 1, it is determined whether the additional information included in the predetermined area of the original of each page is common to each page of the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed. Further, when the total number of pages of the original is larger than 1 and the last page of the recording medium on which the Nin1 printing is performed includes the original for one page, the original of the original for the one page A print control program for determining whether or not the additional information included in a predetermined area is common to the additional information for which data is stored in the storage unit . A printing control program executed by a control unit of a control device that causes a printing unit to perform printing on a recording medium,
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
When the document data for a plurality of pages of the document is acquired by the document data acquisition unit, based on the acquired document data, at positions that are regarded as the same in the predetermined area of the document of consecutive pages. The consecutive pages include a pair of a number that increases by 1 as the number of pages increases and a number that is commonly described in the original of each page regardless of the increase in the number of pages. the document data, as the additional information to be shared with each other, a common determination unit determines that includes a pair of a total number of pages of the page number and the document of the document,
When it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes additional information common to each other in a predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to additional information common to each other;
Print data for Nin1 printing, in which the original for N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) is laid out and printed on one page of the recording medium, the original data from which the data has been deleted by the deletion unit A print control program for causing the control unit to function as print data generation means generated from the print data. A printing control program executed by a control unit of a control device that causes a printing unit to perform printing on a recording medium,
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data in units of pages corresponding to a document in which additional information can be arranged in a predetermined area;
When the document data for the plurality of pages of the document is acquired by the document data acquisition unit, the additional information common to the predetermined area of the document of each page is included based on the acquired document data. Commonality determination means for determining whether or not
If it is determined by the commonality determination means that the plurality of pages of the document includes the additional information common to the predetermined area of the document of each page, from the acquired document data, Deleting means for deleting data corresponding to the additional information common to each other;
Print data for Nin1 printing for printing the original of N pages (N is an integer of 2 or more) on the recording medium of one page is generated from the original data from which the data has been deleted by the deleting unit. Print data generation means;
As the specifying means for specifying whether or not the document is a bookbinding document, the control unit is caused to function,
The print data generation means includes
When the specifying unit specifies that the document is a bookbinding document, the printing for Nin1 printing is performed from the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit without performing deletion by the deleting unit. A print control program characterized by generating data .

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