JP2002149365A - Document printing processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document printing processing system for easily setting a print condition by sequentially displaying a setting dialog at every setting item. SOLUTION: When a print request is given in an application and easy setting is selected in a personal computer, a UI processing module receives the dialog for print setting with respect to one setting item which a setting dialog generation display module generates and displays the dialog for print setting by the application. When a user sets the setting item, processings for preserving setting as history are sequentially performed. When the setting of all the setting items is completed, the print condition which is set is transferred to a graphic processing module. The print condition which is set from the graphic processing module and print data received from the application and is generated at the graphic processing module are transmitted to a printer and printing is performed. Thus, the print condition can simply and easily be set and operability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document print processing system, and more particularly, to a document print system in which the setting of printing conditions can be set easily and easily by displaying a setting dialog sequentially for each setting item. Regarding the processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printing process in a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation is performed by starting a document editing application on the computer to create a new document or opening and editing a stored document file. After that, the print processing function of the document editing application is activated to perform the print processing.

When a printing operation is performed, a document editing application executes an OS (Operating System) on a computer.
The printer driver is called by the intermediate module (GDI) under the control of (1), and the called printer driver creates print data (PDL) that can be interpreted by the controller of the printer that performs printing. The print data created by the printer driver is transmitted via a spooler to a network, serial / parallel, USB, or IE.
The data is transferred to the printer controller through a communication path such as EE1394. The printer controller interprets the received print data and creates a page image bitmap for each page in order to cause the printer to print.
Ask the printer to print.

[0004] Detailed settings relating to printing can be made by giving an instruction on a document editing application or by a user making settings through a user interface of a printer driver. The user interface of the printer driver is provided by a module called a UI driver in the printer driver.
Usually, an action button for displaying the user interface at the time of printing on the document editing application is prepared, and the action is started when the action button is clicked.

In printing, items to be set include:
Although there are a wide variety of paper sizes, resolutions, paper orientations, the number of copies, and the like, conventionally, a print setting dialog has a large number of setting items on one screen as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, for example. Alternatively, setting items can be set in a hierarchy.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional plotter driver, a wide variety of setting items are set in FIG. 10 and FIG.
As shown in the figure, since a large number of setting items are provided on one screen or are divided into layers, a large number of these items are provided on one screen, and items to be set from among the layers are set. Has to be found and set by the user, and there is a problem that the usability is poor.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a printer driver converts a print request from an application installed in a computer into a printer language used by a printer and transmits the print request, the printer driver determines the paper, paper direction, resolution, and the like. Setting items of various printing conditions are sequentially displayed on the display unit of the computer in a setting dialog for each setting item, and the printing conditions are set by selecting an item in the setting dialog. It is possible to provide a document print processing system that can easily and easily set print conditions by eliminating the complexity and incomprehensibility due to items being provided on one screen or being divided into layers, and having good usability. It is intended to be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a printer driver displays a document format selection dialog for selecting a format of a document for which a print request is to be made, and the printer driver is adapted to the document format selected in the document format selection dialog. Automatic setting of printing conditions makes it easier and easier to set printing conditions by simply specifying the document format without the user having to select the selection items for each document. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document print processing system that is more usable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the printer driver saves the printing conditions selected for each user, and reproduces the saved printing conditions at the time of the next and subsequent setting of the printing conditions, so that the user can set the unique printing conditions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document print processing system that reproduces the items as appropriate and responds finely to the setting item display dialog for each user, and further improves the usability.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the printer driver includes an O / O installed in a computer of a user who issues a print request.
By selecting the setting items of the printing conditions that can be set according to the authority level on S, and sequentially displaying the dialog of the selected setting items on the computer, the user's O
By not displaying items that cannot be set due to authority problems on S, unnecessary operations can be omitted, the setting item display dialog is made appropriate for the user, and more excellent usability is achieved. It is intended to provide a document print processing system.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the printer driver stores the setting result of the printing condition by the user as statistical data for each setting item, checks the setting frequency for each setting item, and sets the setting frequency in advance. When the specified frequency is exceeded, the printing condition of the setting item is automatically set based on the setting result, so that the setting history of the printing condition of the user in the past is stored and referred to, and the display according to the history is performed. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a document print processing system that eliminates the hassle of setting print conditions from a user and that is much more usable.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document print processing system, wherein a printer device and a computer are connected directly or via a network or a printer server, and the computer communicates with the printer device in data communication. A document print processing system having a printer driver suitable for an installed OS, and the printer driver converting a print request from an application installed in the computer into a printer language used by the printer device and transmitting the print request. In the printer driver, the setting items of various printing conditions, such as paper, paper direction, resolution, etc., are sequentially displayed on the display unit of the computer for each setting item, and the selection operation of the items in the setting dialog is performed. By setting the printing conditions, the above purpose can be achieved. Forms.

According to the above arrangement, the printer driver
When converting a print request from an application installed in a computer into the printer language used by the printer device and sending it, the setting items of various printing conditions such as paper, paper direction, resolution, etc. are sequentially set in the setting dialog for each setting item. Since it is displayed on the display unit of the computer and the printing condition is set by selecting an item in the setting dialog, a large number of setting items are provided on one screen or divided into layers as in the related art. Eliminate the difficulties,
Printing conditions can be set easily and easily, and usability can be improved.

In this case, for example, as described in claim 2, the printer driver displays a document format selection dialog for selecting a format of the document which is the target of the print request, and displays the document format selection dialog. The print conditions suitable for the document format selected in the above may be automatically set.

According to the above arrangement, the printer driver is
Displays the document format selection dialog for selecting the format of the document that is the target of the print request, and automatically sets the appropriate printing conditions for the document format selected in the document format selection dialog. The printing conditions can be set simply by specifying the document format without sequentially selecting the items, and the printing conditions can be set more easily and easily, and the usability is further improved. be able to.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 3, the printer driver saves the selected printing condition for each user, and reproduces the saved printing condition at the time of the next and subsequent printing condition setting. May also be.

According to the above arrangement, the printer driver
The print conditions selected for each user are saved, and when the print conditions are set next time, the stored print conditions are reproduced. Therefore, the user-specific setting items are appropriately reproduced, and the setting item display dialog is finely prepared for each user. It is possible to cope with the problem and to further improve the usability.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 4, the printer driver sets the print conditions that can be set according to the level of authority of the user making the print request on an OS installed in the computer. A setting item may be selected, and a dialog of the selected setting item may be sequentially displayed on the computer.

According to the above construction, the printer driver
According to the level of authority on the OS installed in the computer of the user making the print request, setting items of the printing conditions that can be set are selected, and a dialog of the selected setting items is sequentially displayed on the computer. By not displaying items that cannot be set due to the above permissions problems, unnecessary operations can be omitted, and the setting item display dialog can be made appropriate for the user, The usability can be further improved.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 5, the printer driver stores a setting result of the printing condition by the user as statistical data for each setting item, and checks a setting frequency for each setting item. When the setting frequency exceeds a predetermined frequency, a printing condition of the setting item may be automatically set based on the setting result.

According to the above arrangement, the printer driver
The setting result of the printing condition by the user is stored as statistical data for each setting item, the setting frequency is checked for each setting item, and when the setting frequency exceeds a predetermined frequency, the printing condition of the setting item is set. Since the automatic setting is performed based on the result, the setting history of the user's past printing conditions is stored and referred to, and the display according to the history is performed, so that the trouble of the printing condition setting from the user can be eliminated. , The usability can be further improved.

[0022]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the first embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a completed document print processing system 1. FIG.

In FIG. 1, a document print processing system 1
Means that the personal computer Pc and the printer Pr are serial / parallel (bidirectional), USB, IEEE139
4 or other dedicated or general-purpose I / F cables. The personal computer Pc and the printer P
r is not limited to one connected by a dedicated or general-purpose I / F cable, and may be, for example, a LAN (Local Ar
ea Network) or a printer server connected to the network.

In the personal computer Pc, an application 10 for making a print request such as document editing and a printer driver 20 are installed.
It has. The application 10 and the printer driver 20 operate on the installed OS, and the printer driver 20 includes a UI processing module 21, a graphic processing module 22, and a setting dialog creation / display module 23.

The UI processing module 21 manages the exchange of data between the application 10 and the graphics processing module 22 and the setting dialog creation / display module 23. Module 22
Pass to.

Setting dialog creation display module 23
Displays a print condition setting dialog for setting print conditions via the UI processing module 21 in the application 1.
0, and the print condition setting dialog of the application 10 is displayed.

The graphic processing module 22 receives print data from the application 10, creates data suitable for the printer Pr, and transmits the data to the printer Pr via the output port 30.

Setting dialog creation display module 23
Creates a printing condition setting dialog to be displayed on the application 10, passes the printing condition setting dialog via the UI processing module 21, and causes the application 10 to display the dialog.

The application 10 runs on an OS installed in the personal computer Pc and is capable of performing general-purpose and dedicated printing such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a paint system. It is provided with a print command to be performed and to request printing of the created document. The application 10 receives and displays from the UI module 21 of the printer driver 20 a printing condition setting dialog for setting various printing conditions such as selection of a printing direction described later and selection of a tray of the printer Pr in which paper is inserted. .

The output boat 30 is connected to the I / F cable connected to the printer Pr, exchanges signals with the printer Pr, and sends print data received from the graphic processing module 22 to the printer Pr. It transmits and receives a signal indicating the operation state of the printer Pr from the printer Pr.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The document print processing system 1 is characterized in that when a print request is made to the printer Pr, the print conditions can be set by changing the dialog.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the personal computer Pc generates a document by the application 10, or opens an existing document as it is, or edits the existing document, and issues a print request. Then, the UI processing module 21 displays a print dialogue, displays an inquiry as to whether or not to use a simple setting in which the printing conditions can be set in the transition of the dialogue, and checks whether the simple setting is selected. (Step S
101).

If the simple setting is not selected in step S101, a normal print dialog is received from the setting dialog creation / display module 23 and displayed on the application 10. The printer driver 20 sets the printing conditions by the user of the personal computer Pc based on the normal print dialog (Step S).
102), the set print conditions are passed to the graphic processing module 22,
The print data received from the application 10 and the print data created by the graphic processing module 22 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and the printer Pr executes printing (step S1).
07).

When the simple setting is selected in step S101, the UI processing module 21 sets the print setting for one setting item created by the setting dialog creation display module 23, for example, the print paper size setting item shown in FIG. And the application 10 displays the print setting dialog (step S10).
3) When the user sets the setting item (step S104), the setting is saved as a history (step S105), and it is checked whether the next setting item is present (step S106).

When there is a next setting item, the UI processing module 21 returns to step S103, and receives a next setting item, for example, a print setting dialog for a print paper orientation setting item shown in FIG. Similarly, it is displayed on the application 10 (step S104),
When the setting of the setting item is performed by the user (step S104), the setting is stored as a history (step S105), and it is checked whether the next setting item exists (step S106).

When there is a next setting item, the UI processing module 21 performs the same processing as described above (step S103).
To step S106), in step S106, when setting of all setting items is completed without the next setting item, the set printing conditions are passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions are And print data created by the graphic processing module 22 received from the application 10 and transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr.
r to execute printing (step S107).

As described above, in the document print processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the printer driver 20 converts a print request from the application 10 mounted on the personal computer PC into a printer language used by the printer Pr and transmits it. At this time, the setting items of various printing conditions, such as paper, paper direction, resolution, etc., are sequentially displayed on the display unit of the personal computer PC for each setting item, and the printing conditions are set by selecting an item in the setting dialog. Is set.

Therefore, it is possible to easily and easily set the printing conditions by eliminating the complicated and incomprehensible situation in which a large number of setting items are provided on one screen or divided into layers as in the related art. Can improve the usability.

In step S105, since the setting contents for the setting items are stored as a history for each user, the stored items are used to set the items to be set in the next and subsequent printing condition settings. The information may be automatically determined from the history and displayed as a dialog using the setting dialog creation display module 23 to allow the user to make settings.

In this way, the setting items unique to the user can be appropriately reproduced, and the setting item display dialog can be finely handled for each user, so that the usability can be further improved.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing a second embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram to which the second embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention is applied. 9 is a flowchart showing a print condition setting process performed by the document print processing system.

This embodiment is applied to a document print processing system similar to the document print processing system 1 of the first embodiment. In the description of the present embodiment, the first embodiment will be described. The description will be made using the reference numerals used in the embodiment as they are.

Document print processing system 1 of the present embodiment
Is to automatically select and display a dialog for setting items of printing conditions suitable for the document format according to the document format of the document to be printed, and set the printing conditions.

That is, in the personal computer Pc of the document print processing system 1, a document is created by the application 10, or an existing document is opened and the existing document is edited or the existing document is edited, and a print request is made. When the UI processing module 21 displays a dialog as to whether or not to select a setting item on the application 10 as shown in FIG. 5 (step S201), and selecting to select a setting item is selected, If the document format of the print document is clear, for example, if it is clear whether the print document is a DTP document, an image document, a CAD drawing document, or the like, the UI processing module 21 Is the setting dialog creation display module 23
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a document selection dialog is displayed to determine whether the print document is a DTP document, an image document, or a CAD drawing document. It is checked whether a document, an image document, or a CAD drawing document has been selected (steps S202 to S204).

When a DTP document is selected, the UI processing module 21 sets the setting dialog creation / display module 23
2 to select and receive only the dialog of the selected item for DTP (DTP item), display it on the application 10 (step S205), and perform the following print settings. When the setting of all the printing conditions is completed, the set printing conditions are passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions and the application from the graphic processing module 22 are received. The print data created by the graphic processing module 22 is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr,
Causes the printer Pr to execute printing.

When an image document is selected, the UI processing module 21 sets the setting dialog creation / display module 2
3 to select and receive only the dialog of the selected image item (image item), display it on the application 10 (step S206), and perform the processing shown in FIG. When the process shifts to the same process flow as described above and all the print conditions are set, the set print conditions are passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set print conditions and the application 10 are transmitted from the graphic processing module 22. The print data received and generated by the graphic processing module 22 is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and the printer Pr executes printing.

When the CAD document is selected, the UI processing module 21 sets the setting dialog creation / display module 23
The user selects and receives only the dialog of the selected CAD item (CAD item) from the list and displays it on the application 10 (step S207). In order to perform subsequent print settings, the processing flow shown in FIG. When the setting of all the printing conditions is completed, the set printing conditions are passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions and the application from the graphic processing module 22 are received. The print data created by the graphic processing module 22 is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr,
Causes the printer Pr to execute printing.

Also, a DTP document, an image document and a CA
If none of the D drawing documents is selected, the UI processing module 21 selects and receives all the dialogs from the setting dialog creation and display module 23 and causes the application 10 to display the dialogs (step S208). In order to perform the processing, the processing shifts to a processing flow similar to the processing flow shown in FIG. 2, and when the setting of all the printing conditions is completed, the set printing conditions are transferred to the graphic processing module 22 and the graphic processing module 2
2 to the set printing conditions and application 10
Is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and the printer Pr executes printing.

As described above, in the document print processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the printer driver 20 displays the document format selection dialog for selecting the format of the document that is the target of the print request, and The print conditions appropriate for the document format selected in the dialog are automatically set.

Therefore, the printing conditions can be set simply by designating the document format without the user successively selecting the selection items for each document, so that the printing conditions can be set more easily and easily. And the usability can be further improved.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams showing a third embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram to which the third embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention is applied. 9 is a flowchart showing a print condition setting process performed by the document print processing system.

This embodiment is applied to a document print processing system similar to the document print processing system 1 of the first embodiment. In the description of the present embodiment, the first embodiment will be described. The description will be made using the reference numerals used in the embodiment as they are.

Document print processing system 1 of the present embodiment
Is to select and designate an item to be set in advance, or to designate and newly select an item to be set, thereby displaying a dialog only for the selected item and setting print conditions.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the document print processing system 1 creates a document with the application 10 on the personal computer Pc, or
When an existing document is opened and the existing document is edited or the existing document is edited and a print request is made, the UI processing module 21 displays a dialog as to whether to select a setting item on the application 10. (Step S30
1) When a setting item is selected, the application 10 displays a dialog for inquiring whether or not to set the previously set item, and the setting of the previously set item is selected. Is checked (step S302).

In step S302, when the previously set item is set but not selected, the UI processing module 21 displays a setting item selection dialog for selecting a setting item as shown in FIG. When it is received from the module 23 and displayed on the application 10 and a setting item is selected (step S3).
03), the application 10 displays an inquiry as to whether or not to save the selected item, and checks whether saving of the selected item is selected (step S304).

If it is determined in step S304 that saving of the selected item is not selected, the UI processing module 21 proceeds to a processing flow similar to the processing flow shown in FIG. When the setting of the printing condition is completed, the set printing condition is passed to the graphic processing module 22 and the graphic processing module 22
, The print data received from the application 10 and the print data generated by the graphic processing module 22 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and the printer Pr executes printing.

When the saving of the selected item is selected in step S304, the UI processing module 21 saves the selected item (step S305), and then performs the print setting shown in FIG. When the process shifts to the same process flow as the process flow and all the print conditions are set,
The set print conditions are stored in the graphic processing module 22.
The print data received from the graphic processing module 22 and the set printing conditions received from the application 10 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr from the output port 30, and the printer Pr executes printing. In this case, the selected item may be stored in an associated diagram gate electrode in information specifying the user such as a user name.

In step S302, when the setting of the previously set item is selected, the UI processing module 21
Reads the setting item stored in the process of step S305 or the setting item stored in advance (step S306), and applies the same processing flow to the setting item as in the process shown in FIG. When the setting of all the printing conditions is completed, the set printing conditions are transferred to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions and the set printing conditions and the application 10 are received from the graphic processing module 22. Is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and causes the printer Pr to execute printing. In this case, the selected item is stored in association with information specifying the user such as a user name.

As described above, in the document print processing system 1 of the present embodiment, the printer driver 20 saves the print conditions selected for each user, and uses the saved print conditions at the time of the next and subsequent print condition settings. Has been reproduced.

Therefore, the setting items unique to the user can be appropriately reproduced, and the setting item display dialog can be handled in detail for each user, so that the usability can be further improved.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the document print processing to which the fourth embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention is applied. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a printing condition setting process by the processing system.

This embodiment is applied to a document print processing system similar to the document print processing system 1 of the first embodiment. In the description of this embodiment, the first embodiment will be described. The description will be made using the reference numerals used in the embodiment as they are.

Document print processing system 1 of the present embodiment
Is the OS (Oper) of the user of the personal computer Pc.
A dialog for setting items of printing conditions is automatically selected and displayed according to the authority on the (ating system), and the printing conditions are set.

Therefore, in the document print processing system 1, for a plurality of users who use the personal computer Pc, the authority of each user on the OS of the personal computer Pc is registered as, for example, advanced, intermediate, and elementary. .

In this state, the document print processing system 1
As shown in FIG. 9, a document is created by the application 10 on the personal computer Pc, or
When an existing document is opened and the existing document is edited or the existing document is edited and a print request is made, the UI processing module 21 displays a dialog as to whether to select a setting item on the application 10. (Step S40)
1) When selecting a setting item is selected, it is checked whether the authority of the user performing the printing on the OS is, for example, advanced, intermediate, or elementary (steps S402 to S404). ).

If the user who has made the print request is a user having advanced authority, the UI processing module 21
To select and receive only dialogs of items (advanced user items) that can be set by an advanced user from the setting dialog creation and display module 23 and display them on the application 10 (step S405), and to perform subsequent print settings When the processing shifts to the same processing flow as the processing flow shown in FIG. 2 and the setting of all the printing conditions is completed,
The set print conditions are stored in the graphic processing module 22.
The print data received from the graphic processing module 22 and the set printing conditions received from the application 10 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr from the output port 30, and the printer Pr executes printing.

If the user who has issued the print request is a user having intermediate authority, the UI processing module 21 uses the setting dialog creation / display module 23 to display a dialog of items (intermediate user items) which can be set by an advanced user. Select and receive only application 10
(Step S406), the process proceeds to a process flow similar to the process flow shown in FIG. 2 in order to perform subsequent print settings, and when all the print conditions have been set, the set print conditions are displayed. The data is passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions received from the graphic processing module 22 and the print data generated by the graphic processing module 22 received from the application 10 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr and printed by the printer Pr. Is executed.

If the user who has made the print request is a user having an elementary authority, the UI processing module 21 uses the setting dialog creation / display module 23 to display a dialog for items that can be set by an elementary user (items for elementary users). Select and receive only application 10
(Step S407), the process proceeds to a process flow similar to the process flow shown in FIG. 2 in order to perform the subsequent print settings, and when the setting of all the print conditions is completed, the set print conditions are displayed. The data is passed to the graphic processing module 22, and the set printing conditions received from the graphic processing module 22 and the print data generated by the graphic processing module 22 received from the application 10 are transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr and printed by the printer Pr. Is executed.

When the user who has issued the print request is not any of the advanced, intermediate, and lower classes, the UI processing module 21 selects and receives all the dialogs from the setting dialog creation / display module 23, and (Step S 408). In order to perform subsequent print settings, the process proceeds to a process flow similar to the process flow shown in FIG. 2, and when all the print conditions have been set, the set print conditions are displayed. Passed to the graphic processing module 22,
2 to the set printing conditions and application 10
Is transmitted from the output port 30 to the printer Pr, and the printer Pr executes printing.

As described above, in the document print processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the printer driver 20 sets the print conditions that can be set according to the level of authority on the OS installed in the computer of the user making the print request. Select a setting item,
The dialog of the selected setting item is sequentially displayed on the computer.

Accordingly, unnecessary items can be omitted by not displaying items that cannot be set due to a problem of authority on the user's OS, and unnecessary operations can be omitted.
The setting item display dialog can be made appropriate for the user, and the usability can be further improved.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0074]

According to the document print processing system of the present invention, when a printer driver converts a print request from an application installed in a computer into a printer language used by a printer, and transmits the print request,
The setting items of various printing conditions such as paper, paper direction, resolution, etc., are sequentially displayed on the display unit of the computer for each setting item, and the printing conditions are set by selecting the items in the setting dialog. It is possible to easily and easily set print conditions by eliminating complicated and incomprehensible problems caused by a large number of setting items being provided on one screen or being divided into layers as in the related art. Performance can be improved.

According to the document print processing system of the present invention, the printer driver displays the document format selection dialog for selecting the format of the document which is the target of the print request. Since the appropriate printing conditions are automatically set for the selected document format, the printing conditions can be set by simply specifying the document format without the user having to select the selection items for each document. Can be performed more easily and easily, and the usability can be further improved.

According to the document print processing system of the present invention, the printer driver saves the printing conditions selected for each user, and reproduces the saved printing conditions at the time of the next and subsequent setting of the printing conditions. Therefore, the user-specific setting items can be appropriately reproduced, and the setting item display dialog can be finely adapted for each user, so that the usability can be further improved.

According to the document print processing system of the fourth aspect of the invention, the printer driver sets the print condition which can be set according to the level of authority on the OS installed in the computer of the user making the print request. Is selected, and the dialog of the selected setting item is sequentially displayed on the computer. Therefore, an item that cannot be set due to a problem in authority of the user's OS is not displayed, and unnecessary operation is omitted. In addition, the setting item display dialog can be made appropriate for the user, and the usability can be further improved.

According to the document print processing system of the present invention, the printer driver stores the setting result of the printing condition by the user as statistical data for each setting item,
The setting frequency is checked for each setting item, and when the setting frequency exceeds a predetermined frequency, the printing condition of the setting item is automatically set based on the setting result. By displaying and referring to the history, and performing display in accordance with the history, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of setting print conditions from the user, and it is possible to further improve the usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a document print processing system to which a first embodiment of a document print processing system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing print condition setting processing by the document print processing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a print paper size setting dialog displayed in the print condition setting process of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a print paper orientation setting dialog displayed in the print condition setting process of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing print condition setting processing by the document print processing system to which the second embodiment of the document print processing system of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a print document format selection dialog displayed in the print condition setting process of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a print condition setting process by the document print processing system to which the third embodiment of the document print processing system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a setting item selection dialog displayed in the printing condition setting process of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a print condition setting process by the document print processing system to which the fourth embodiment of the document print processing system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a conventional dialog for basic setting of printing conditions.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of a resolution setting dialog opened in the basic setting dialog shown in FIG. 10;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document print processing system 10 Application 20 Printer driver 21 UI processing module 22 Graphic processing module 23 Setting dialog creation display module 30 Output port Pc Personal computer Pr Printer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A printer device and a computer are connected directly or via a network or a printer server. The computer performs data communication with the printer device and has a printer driver suitable for an installed OS. In a document print processing system in which the printer driver converts a print request from an application installed in the computer into a printer language used by the printer and transmits the print request, the printer driver performs various types of printing such as paper, paper orientation, and resolution. A document print processing system, wherein a setting dialog of a condition setting item is sequentially displayed on a display unit of a computer for each setting item, and the printing condition is set by selecting an item in the setting dialog. 2. The printer driver displays a document format selection dialog for selecting a format of a document which is a target of the print request, and sets an appropriate print condition for the document format selected in the document format selection dialog. 2. The document print processing system according to claim 1, wherein the document print processing system is set automatically. 3. The document according to claim 1, wherein the printer driver saves the selected printing condition for each user, and reproduces the saved printing condition at the time of setting the printing condition from the next time. Print processing system. 4. The printer driver selects the settable print condition setting items according to the level of authority of the user making the print request on the OS installed in the computer, and selects the settable print condition items. 2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the dialogues are sequentially displayed on the computer.
Document printing processing system as described. 5. The printer driver saves a setting result of the printing condition by the user as statistical data for each setting item, checks a setting frequency for each setting item, and sets the setting frequency to a predetermined frequency. 5. The document print processing system according to claim 1, wherein a print condition of the setting item is automatically set based on a result of the setting when the value exceeds the setting value.