JP2002248815A - Print controller, data processing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sustain total throughput by performing development of a plurality of jobs simultaneously without generating a bottle neck even for a job of slow analysis and development and printing out the first page more quickly even for a job of small number of pages. SOLUTION: At the time of reading out a bit map image stored on a hard disc 112 while analyzing through a control program stored in an ROM 106 and transferring the bit map image to a printer engine 110, a CPU 105 controls start of transferring the developed and stored bit map data to the printer engine 110 based on a different print start request for the printer engine 110 specified by a user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing system capable of receiving a plurality of jobs inputted by communicating with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium, storing the plurality of received jobs, and processing the print jobs. The present invention relates to a control device, a data processing method, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a printing apparatus which analyzes data and develops a bitmap image, a memory for storing the developed bitmap image is expensive. It was common to print on paper.

In recent years, printing apparatuses having a high-speed engine connected to a network have appeared. In such a printing apparatus, image storage media such as a memory and a hard disk may be inexpensive, and it is possible to store bitmaps for many jobs. It has become a premise.

[0004]

In such a printing apparatus, a plurality of jobs can be analyzed and developed at the same time, but only one job can be performed in the printing process itself. Then, printing is started after that, and a device is devised so as to prevent a job whose analysis processing or expansion processing is slowly opened from becoming a bottleneck.

However, even if there is no other job, or a job whose analysis and development processing is faster than the printing processing, the printing processing is started after all the development processing is completed. It is definitely slower than sequential printing.

Particularly, depending on the host driver, a job of one page may be sent a plurality of times in order to output a plurality of pages, so that the overall throughput is rather deteriorated. was there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to read out a bitmap image stored by analysis and transfer the bitmap image to a printing mechanism. Based on different printing start requests to the printing mechanism to be executed, by controlling the transfer start of the bitmap image stored after being expanded to the printing mechanism, the expansion processing of a plurality of jobs is performed at the same time, and the analysis and expansion are slow. Highly convenient print control apparatus and data processing method that do not cause a bottleneck even if there is a job, and can print out the first page faster even for a job with a small number of pages and maintain the overall throughput And to provide a storage medium.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication medium (a network 101 shown in FIG. 1).
A print control device capable of receiving a plurality of jobs input by communicating with a data processing device via a computer, comprising: an analyzing unit (corresponding to the interpreter 202 shown in FIG. 2) for analyzing the job; Based on the analysis result of the job, a developing unit (renderer 203 shown in FIG. 2) that develops the print mechanism into a printable bitmap image, and a storage unit (FIG. 1) that stores the bitmap image developed by the developing unit. (Corresponds to the hard disk 12 shown)
A designation unit (corresponding to the panel 111 shown in FIG. 1) for designating a different print start mode for the printing mechanism based on the development status by the development unit; and the development based on the print start mode designated by the designation unit. Control means (corresponding to the printing mechanism 206 shown in FIG. 2) for controlling the start of transfer of the bitmap image developed by the means and stored in the storage means to the printing mechanism.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detecting means (corresponding to the interpreter 202 shown in FIG. 2) for detecting an analysis state of each job analyzed by the analyzing means, and the bit developed by the developing means. It has notification means (corresponding to the renderer 203 shown in FIG. 2) for notifying the development status of the map image.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the detecting means detects the end of the analysis of the last page by the analyzing means and notifies the control means of the end.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the notifying means notifies the control means of an end after the end of the page generation by the developing means is determined.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the print start mode designated by the designation means, the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism every time the development of the page is completed by the development means. A developing sequential printing mode for printing, a developing completion printing mode for transferring the developed bitmap image to the printing mechanism for printing every time developing of all pages by the developing means is completed, and after analyzing the last page by the analyzing means, Alternatively, it is any of the expansion completion prospective print modes in which the bitmap image expanded after the page generation end determination by the expansion unit is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed.

[0013] A sixth invention according to the present invention is a data processing method in a print control apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of jobs inputted by communicating with a data processing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium. Analysis step for analysis (Fig. 3
Step S2), a developing step (Step S22 shown in FIG. 4) of developing a printable bitmap image based on the analysis result of the job by the analyzing step, and a developing step. An accumulation step of accumulating the bitmap image in the accumulation unit (step S23 shown in FIG. 4), and a designation step (not shown) of designating a different print start mode for the printing mechanism based on the development status in the development step.
And a control step for controlling the start of transfer of the bitmap image developed in the developing step and stored in the storage means to the printing mechanism based on the print start mode specified in the specifying step (see FIG. 8). Shown in steps S62 to S70).

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detecting step (step S7 shown in FIG. 3) for detecting an analysis state of each job analyzed by the analyzing step, and the bitmap image developed by the developing step. Notification step for notifying the deployment status of the server (step S25 shown in FIG. 3)
And

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the detecting step, the end of the analysis of the last page by the analysis means is detected, and an end notification is sent to the control step.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the notifying step, after the end of the page generation by the expanding step is determined, an end notification is sent to the control means.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the print start mode designated by the designation step, the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism every time the page development in the development step is completed. A development sequential printing mode for printing (step S62 shown in FIG. 8), and a development completion printing mode for transferring the developed bitmap image to the printing mechanism for printing every time development of all pages in the development step is completed (FIG. 8) Step S68),
Expected end-of-expansion print mode in which the bitmap image developed after the analysis of the last page in the analysis step or after the end of page generation in the development step is determined is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed (step S66 shown in FIG. 8). Is one of

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an analysis step for analyzing a job in a print control apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of jobs inputted by communicating with a data processing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium (FIG. 3), and based on the analysis result of the job by the analysis step,
A developing step of developing the print mechanism into a printable bitmap image (step S22 shown in FIG. 4), and a storing step of storing the bitmap image developed by the developing step in a storage unit (step S22 shown in FIG. 4).
23), a designation step (not shown) for designating a different print start mode for the printing mechanism based on the development status in the development step, and development based on the print start mode specified in the designation step. A computer-readable program for executing a control step (steps S62 to S70 shown in FIG. 8) for controlling the start of transfer of the bitmap image stored in the storage unit to the printing mechanism. Is recorded.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detecting step (step S7 shown in FIG. 3) for detecting the analysis status of each job analyzed by the analyzing step, and the bitmap image developed by the developing step. Notification step for notifying the deployment status of the server (step S5 shown in FIG. 3)
And

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the detecting step, the end of analysis of the last page by the analysis means is detected, and an end notification is sent to the control step.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the notification step, after the end of the page generation in the developing step is determined, the control unit is notified of the end.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the print start mode designated by the designation step, the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism each time the page development in the development step is completed. A development sequential printing mode for printing (step S62 shown in FIG. 8), and a development completion printing mode for transferring the developed bitmap image to the printing mechanism for printing every time development of all pages in the development step is completed (FIG. 8) Step S68),
Expected end-of-expansion print mode in which the bitmap image developed after the analysis of the last page in the analysis step or after the end of page generation in the development step is determined is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed (step S66 shown in FIG. 8). Is one of

[0023]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus to which a printing control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a network such as Ethernet (registered trademark), which can communicate with an arbitrary number of host computers (not shown) by a predetermined protocol. A panel 111 has a display and keys, and is configured to be able to set the state of the printer engine 110 and the printing environment.

Reference numeral 104 denotes an input / output interface which receives a job from the network 101 and
To display messages and keystrokes. Numeral 105 denotes a CPU for controlling, which reads a control program from an external storage device such as a ROM 106 or a hard disk 112, which will be described later, into a RAM 107, analyzes a received job, develops a bit map, and outputs and detects bit map data to a printer engine 110. Printer engine 110
Various kinds of control such as notifying the host of the status through the network 101 are performed.

The ROM 106 stores a control program for the CPU 105 and various data such as character fonts. The RAM 107 is configured so that its capacity can be expanded by an option RAM, and a part of the RAM 107 is configured as an NVRAM so that internal information can be stored and managed in a nonvolatile manner. Further, the RAM 107 functions as a work memory that temporarily stores various data such as a display list and a bitmap image in which drawing objects are stored in band units.

An engine device driver 109 controls the transfer of a bitmap page to the printer engine 110. Reference numeral 112 denotes a hard disk, which secures an area for storing a plurality of received jobs and stores and manages external characters and form information. These components are connected to the system bus 108 on the controller 103.

The printer engine 110 feeds paper as a recording medium and actually performs printing. The printer engine 110 may execute an electrophotographic process or may execute an inkjet process. A printing apparatus 102 includes a printer engine 110 and a controller 103.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a job processing configuration in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a job management unit.
It is received from a host computer or the like connected to the network 101. An interpreter 202 interprets input data and generates a page. 203 is a renderer, RA
A page bitmap image development process is performed on the development area secured in M107.

Reference numeral 204 denotes a storage mechanism writing side which writes a bitmap image to the hard disk 112. 2
Reference numeral 05 denotes a storage mechanism reading side, and the hard disk 112
Read the bitmap image from. A printing mechanism 206 prints a bitmap image on paper.

In the printing control apparatus configured as described above, the controller 103 receives the input data transmitted from the information processing apparatus such as a host computer via the network 101 by the input / output interface 104, and receives the received one data. The job management unit 201 processes according to the procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the first data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to an example of the processing procedure of the interpreter 202 shown in FIG. In addition, S1 to S7 indicate each step.

First, when the job management unit 201 receiving data via the network 101 is input, the RAM 10
7, buffering and reading the input data (step S1), and further interpreting to generate a page (step S2).

Then, it is determined whether or not processing of all input data has been completed (step S3). If it is determined that processing of all input data has not been completed, step S3 is performed.
Then, if it is determined whether or not it is determined that page generation is not to be performed for some reason, for example, all subsequent data is for font download or the like, and it is determined that page generation is not determined, for example, page generation is performed. If there is a possibility of performing, the process returns to step S1.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that page generation is not to be performed, page generation is not performed anymore, that is, the last page detection event is notified to the job management unit 201 (step S5). It returns to step S1.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the processing of all the input data has been completed, it is definitely determined that the page generation is not to be performed anymore, so that the last page detection event is notified to the job management unit 201. (Step S6), a termination notification is issued to the job (Step S7), and the process is terminated.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the second data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the processing procedure of the renderer 203 shown in FIG. In addition, S21 to S25 indicate each step.

First, when a page generated by the interpreter 202 is received (step S21), a bitmap is developed and stored in the RAM 107 (step S22), and the developed bitmap is transferred to the storage mechanism writing side unit 204 (step S23). .

Next, it is determined whether or not all page processing has been completed (step S24). If it is determined that all page processing has not been completed, the process returns to step S21 and is repeated until the processing is completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S24 that the processing for all pages has been completed, the job management unit 201 is notified of the completion (step S25), and the processing is terminated.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the third data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the processing procedure of the storage mechanism writing side unit 204 shown in FIG. In addition, S31 to S34 indicate each step.

First, when a page generated by the renderer 203 is received (step S31), a bitmap is written to the hard disk 112 (step S32).

Next, it is determined whether or not all page processing has been completed (step S33). The process returns to step S31 and repeats the same step processing until it is determined that all page processing has been completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S33 that the processing of all pages has been completed, the job management unit 20
1 is notified of the end (step S34), and the process ends.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the fourth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the processing procedure of the storage mechanism reading side unit 205 shown in FIG. In addition, S41 to S45 indicate each step.

First, when it is started, it waits for a start event from the job management unit 201 (step S41). When it receives the last page detection event, it reads out a bitmap image for one page from the hard disk 112 (step S42) and converts the bitmap. It is passed to the printing mechanism 206 (step S43).

Then, it is determined whether or not all page processing has been completed (step S44), and the process returns to step S42 and repeats the same step processing until it is determined that all page processing has been completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S44 that the processing of all pages has been completed, the job management unit 201
Is notified (step S45), and the process ends.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the fifth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the processing procedure of the printing mechanism 206 shown in FIG. In addition, S51 to S55 indicate each step.

First, when the printing mechanism 206 is started, it waits for a start event from the job management unit 201 (step S51). When the last page detection event is received, a bitmap image for one page is received from the storage mechanism reading side unit 205 (step S52), and the printer engine 110 is activated to print the bitmap image (step S53).

Then, it is determined whether or not all page processing has been completed (step S54). The process returns to step S52 and repeats the same processing steps until it is determined that all page processing has been completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S54 that the processing of all pages has been completed, the job management unit 201
Is notified (step S55), and the process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the sixth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the processing procedure of the job management unit 201 shown in FIG.

First, when the processing of the job management section 201 is started, the interpreter 202, the renderer 203, the storage mechanism writing side section 204, the storage mechanism reading side section 205,
Activate each printing mechanism 206 (step S6)
1). At the time of submitting a job, an instruction is given as to whether to perform sequential printing, printing after completion of development, or expected printing of completion of development.
It is received by the panel 111 or another method, and it is determined whether or not the expansion sequential printing is instructed (step S62). If it is determined that the expansion sequential printing is instructed, the storage mechanism reading side unit 205 and the printing A final page detection event is issued to the mechanism 206 (step S6).
3) Wait for a notification instruction from each mechanism (step S6)
4).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S62 that the printing after the completion of the development and the expected printing of the completion of the development have been instructed, the process waits for a notification instruction from each mechanism in step S64.

Then, it is determined whether or not the notification has been received and the notification is the end notification (step S65). It is determined whether or not the event is a detection event (step S66), and if it is not the expansion end prospective printing nor the last page detection event, the process returns to step S64 without doing anything.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S66 that the printing is the end-of-expansion printing and the last page detection event, the storage mechanism reading side unit 205 and the printing mechanism 20
A start event is issued for No. 6 (step S67), and the process returns to step S64.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S65 that the notification is a termination notification, that is, if the received notification is a termination notification, it is further determined whether the notification is printing after rendering completion and a termination notification from the renderer 203. It is determined whether or not printing and rendering have been completed after the completion of development (step S68).
If it is determined that the notification is the end notification from step S3, a start event is issued to the storage mechanism reading side unit 205 and the printing mechanism 206 (step S69), and the process returns to step S64.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S68 that printing is not completed after the completion of the development and other than the end notification from the renderer 203, it is further determined based on the end notification whether all processes have been completed (step S70). If it is determined that the process has been completed, the process is terminated. If it is determined that the process is not the other process, the process returns to step S64 and the same process steps are repeated.

By performing such processing, if the user instructs sequential printing of a job, print processing is performed each time the job is developed in page units. When all pages have been expanded, the printing process starts, and if you specify the expected expansion end printing, the printing process starts when the interpretation of the last page is completed or it is determined that no more pages can be created. You.

Normally, if the printing is set to the expansion end expected printing, the printing process is not started until the number of all pages is determined, so that other jobs are not affected, and the first page is expanded. After completion, printing can be started earlier than printing, and since there is almost no need to wait for page development in the middle of the printing process, output at the maximum speed of the engine can be expected.

If the user wants to print the first page quickly, he or she can instruct the sequential printing, and the analysis of the last page is completed early, but it takes extra time to develop. In this case, the merit of the expansion completion expected printing disappears, but it is extremely rare. In such a case, by giving the printing instruction after the completion of the expansion, the influence on other users can be eliminated.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, by designating the expected end-of-development printing, the printing is started when the analysis processing of the last page is completed, and the analysis processing of the job is extremely stopped in the middle. Even if it takes a long time, other jobs are not affected and printing can be started earlier than printing after completion of development, so that even jobs with a small number of pages can maintain throughput like sequential printing it can.

Hereinafter, the configuration of a data processing program that can be read by a printing system to which the print control apparatus according to the present invention can be applied will be described with reference to a memory map shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by a printing system to which the print control apparatus according to the present invention can be applied.

Although not shown, information for managing a group of programs stored in the storage medium, for example, version information, a creator, etc., is also stored, and information dependent on the OS or the like on the program reading side, for example, a program is stored. An icon or the like for identification display may also be stored.

Further, data dependent on various programs is also managed in the directory. Also, a program for installing various programs on a computer, and a program for decompressing a program to be installed when the program to be installed is compressed, may be stored in some cases.

The functions shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 in this embodiment may be performed by a host computer by a program installed from the outside. In that case, CD-ROM, flash memory, FD
The present invention can be applied to a case in which a group of information including a program is supplied to an output device from a storage medium such as the above or from an external storage medium via a network.

As described above, the storage medium storing the program codes of the software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the system or the apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MP) of the system or the apparatus is supplied.
It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved when U) reads and executes the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, C
D-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, etc. can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also an OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) And the like perform part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, The CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing is also included.

In the above embodiment, the printing apparatus 102
Has described the data processing based on the print request designation by the controller 103,
It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied even when is a print server on a network. At this time, a plurality of printers managed by the print server may exist.

According to the above-described embodiment, even if the job analysis process takes a very long time in the middle, other jobs are not affected, and even if the job has a small number of pages, throughput such as sequential development printing can be reduced. A printing device that can be maintained can be provided.

[0077]

As described above, the first embodiment according to the present invention is described.
According to the fifteenth aspect, in a print control apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of jobs inputted by communicating with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium, When reading and transferring to the printing mechanism, by controlling the transfer start of the bitmap image that has been expanded and stored to the printing mechanism based on a different printing start request for the printing mechanism specified by the user, Job development processing is performed at the same time, so that there is no bottleneck even if there are jobs with slow analysis and development, and printout of the first page is performed earlier even for jobs with a small number of pages, maintaining the overall throughput. This makes it possible to freely construct a highly convenient print processing environment in which the printing can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus to which a print control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a job processing configuration in a print control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a third data processing procedure in the print control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a fourth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a fifth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a sixth data processing procedure in the print control apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by a printing system to which a print control device according to the present invention can be applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 network 102 printing device 103 controller 104 input / output interface 105 CPU 106 ROM 107 RAM 108 bus 109 engine device driver 110 printer engine 111 panel 112 hard disk 201 job management unit 202 interpreter 203 renderer 204 storage mechanism writing side unit 205 storage mechanism reading side unit 206 printing mechanism

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A print control apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of jobs input by communicating with a data processing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium, wherein the print control apparatus includes: an analysis unit configured to analyze a job; Developing means for developing a bitmap image printable by the printing mechanism based on the analysis result of the above, storing means for storing the bitmap image developed by the developing means, and the printing mechanism based on the developing situation by the developing means A designating means for designating a different printing start mode for the printer, and transferring the bitmap image developed by the developing means and stored in the storage means to the printing mechanism based on the printing start mode designated by the designating means. A printing control device comprising: control means for controlling start-up. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect an analysis state of each job analyzed by the analyzing unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify a developing state of the bitmap image developed by the developing unit. The print control device according to claim 1. 3. The print control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit detects the end of the analysis of the last page by the analysis unit and notifies the control unit of the end. 4. The print control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notifying unit notifies the control unit of the end of the page generation after the end of the page generation by the expanding unit is determined. 5. A print start mode designated by the designation means is a development sequential printing mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed each time the development of the page by the development means is completed. A development completion print mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed every time development of all pages is completed by the development means, after the last page is analyzed by the analysis means, or a page is generated by the development means 5. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print control apparatus is in any one of a development end expectation print mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed after the completion is determined. 6. A data processing method in a print control device capable of receiving a plurality of jobs input by communicating with a data processing device via a predetermined communication medium, comprising: an analyzing step of analyzing a job; A developing step of developing a bitmap image printable by a printing mechanism based on the analysis result of the job by the step; a storing step of storing the bitmap image developed by the developing step in a storage unit; A designation step of designating a different print start mode for the printing mechanism based on a development state; and a bitmap image developed by the development step and stored in the storage unit based on the print start mode specified by the specification step. Controlling the start of transfer to the printing mechanism. Data processing method characterized by comprising the flop, the. 7. A detecting step of detecting an analysis state of each job analyzed by the analysis step, and a notifying step of notifying a development state of the bitmap image developed by the development step. 7. The data processing method according to claim 6, wherein: 8. The data processing method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step detects completion of analysis of the last page by said analysis means and notifies the control step of completion. 9. The data processing method according to claim 7, wherein in the notifying step, after the end of the page generation in the expanding step is determined, the control unit is notified of the end. 10. A print start mode designated by the designation step is a development sequential printing mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed each time the development of the page in the development step is completed. A development completion print mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed every time the development of all the pages is completed by the development step, after the last page is analyzed by the analysis step, or a page is generated by the development step The data processing method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the data processing method is any one of a development completion expected print mode in which a developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed after the completion is determined. 11. An analysis step of analyzing a job by a print control apparatus capable of receiving a plurality of jobs input by communicating with a data processing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium; and analyzing the job by the analysis step. A developing step of developing a bitmap image printable by a printing mechanism based on the result; a storing step of storing the bitmap image developed by the developing step in a storage unit; and the printing based on a developing state by the developing step. A designation step of designating a different print start mode for the mechanism; and a bitmap image developed by the development step and stored in the storage unit based on the print start mode specified by the specification step. And a control step for controlling the transfer start. Recorded computer-readable storage medium grams. 12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a detecting step of detecting an analysis state of each job analyzed by the analysis step; and a notifying step of notifying a development state of the bitmap image developed by the development step. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein 13. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein said detecting step detects completion of analysis of the last page by said analysis means and notifies the control step of completion. 14. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein in the notifying step, after the end of the page generation in the expanding step is determined, the control unit is notified of the end. 15. A print start mode designated by the designation step is a development sequential printing mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed each time the development of the page in the development step is completed. A development completion print mode in which the developed bitmap image is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed every time the development of all pages is completed by the development step, after the last page is analyzed by the analysis step, or a page is generated by the development step 2. A print mode in which the bitmap image developed after the completion of the completion is determined is transferred to the printing mechanism and printed.
4. The storage medium according to any one of 4.