JP2003162396A5

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Publication number: JP2003162396A5
Application number: JP2001359569A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2001-11-26
Publication date: 2005-07-07

Claims

Input means for inputting data in which information is described and designation data for designating layout information indicating a layout when the information is output;
Storage means for storing a plurality of layout information indicating a layout when information is output;
Selection means for selecting at least one layout information from a plurality of layout information stored in the storage means based on the designation data input from the input means;
Generating means for determining the layout of information described in the data input from the input means according to the layout information selected by the selection means, and generating bitmap data;
Output means for outputting the bitmap data generated by the generating means;
An image output system comprising:

An information processing apparatus connected to the image output apparatus,
An input means for inputting data in which information is described, and designation data for specifying layout information indicating a layout when the information described in the data is output;
Storage means for storing a plurality of layout information indicating a layout when information is output;
Selection means for selecting one of a plurality of layout information stored in the storage means based on the designation data input from the input means;
Generating means for generating image data for outputting information described in the data input from the input means according to the layout information selected by the selection means, in a layout indicated by the layout information;
Transmitting means for transmitting the image data generated by the generating means to the image output device;
An information processing apparatus comprising: outputting the image data to the image output apparatus.

A management table for managing a plurality of layout information stored in the storage device;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection unit searches the management table based on the designation data and selects layout information corresponding to the designation data.

The image output apparatus, an information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, characterized in that a display unit for displaying the image forming apparatus or the image data forming the image data on any recording medium .

The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4 , wherein the data is described using a structured description language.

It said specified data, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that it is described using a structured description language.

The layout information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that it is described using a structured description language.

First document data described to be output in a first layout; input means for inputting a print instruction for the first document data;
Storage means for storing at least one layout information for outputting the first document data input from the input means in a second layout different from the first layout;
Based on the print instruction input from the input unit, the layout information is read from the storage unit, and the first document data is output in a second layout according to the read layout information. Layout conversion means for converting the first document data into the second document data;
Output means for outputting second document data generated by conversion by the layout conversion means;
An image output system comprising:

An information processing apparatus connected to the image output apparatus,
Document data described to be output in the first layout; input means for inputting print instruction information of the document data;
Storage means for storing at least one layout information for outputting the document data input from the input means in a second layout different from the first layout;
Based on the print instruction information input from the input unit, one piece of the layout information is read from the storage unit, and the document data is output to the image output device in a second layout according to the read layout information. A transmission means for transmitting
An information processing apparatus comprising:

The image output apparatus is either an image forming unit that forms image data created based on the document data and the second layout on an arbitrary recording medium, or a display unit that displays the image data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 .

The document data, the information processing apparatus according to claim 9 or claim 1 0, characterized in that is described using a structured description language.

The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 11 , wherein the layout information is described using a structured description language.

The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 12 , wherein the print instruction information is described using a structured description language.

Inputting content data and designation data designating which layout information is used when overlaying the content data;
Selecting layout information corresponding to the designated data from storage means storing a plurality of layout information used when overlaying the content data;
Overlaying the content data according to the selected layout information;
Generating bitmap data from the overlaid content data;
Outputting the bitmap data;
An image output method comprising:

An image output method for causing an image output device to output an image related to content data,
Inputting content data and designation data designating which layout information is used when overlaying the content data;
Selecting layout information corresponding to the designated data from storage means for storing a plurality of layout information used when overlaying the content data;
Overlaying the content data according to the selected layout information;
Transmitting the overlaid content data to the image output device;
With
An image output method comprising causing the image output device to output the content data with a layout selected by the designated data.

Inputting first document data described to be output in a first layout, and print instruction information of the first document data;
In order to output the first document data input from the input unit in a second layout different from the first layout, from a storage unit that stores at least one layout information, based on the print instruction information, Reading one of the layout information from the storage means;
Converting the first document data into second document data according to a second layout in accordance with the read layout information;
Outputting the converted second document data;
An image output method comprising:

An image output method executed in an information processing apparatus connected to an image output apparatus,
Inputting document data described to be output in the first layout, and print instruction information of the document data;
In order to output the document data input from the input unit in a second layout different from the first layout, at least one of the plurality of layout information is selected based on the print instruction information input from the input unit. Reading one layout information,
Transmitting the document data in a second layout to the image output device in accordance with the read layout information;
An image output method comprising:

An image output program for causing a computer to execute each of the steps described in any one of claims 15 to 17 .