JP2003305915A - Print control method and print control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate book making by eliminating trial and error of a user for reordering the print page at the time of printing for making a booklet and eliminating positional shift of print page between the sheets when the booklet is finished. <P>SOLUTION: The print control system has a function for reordering the print page such that a booklet is made in the order of page, a function for varying the reduction rate or the marginal length of the print page of each sheet based on the semi-circumference at a bending part, and a function for printing a mark indicative of the bending direction or the overlaying order on each sheet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print control method having a bookbinding printing function for creating and binding booklets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a two-page spread booklet is created by a printer, for example, two pages on each side are printed on both sides, the printed pages are printed by trial and error so that the pages are ordered after binding. After rearranging and printing, the printed sheets were folded and overlapped as shown in FIG. 15, and cut at the cutting position in order to make the length of the booklet uniform.

[0003]

However, in the conventional print control method as described above, it is necessary for the user to perform an operation of changing the page order by trial and error so that the page order at the time of bookbinding is obtained. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, when the printing papers are folded and overlapped with each other, the printing positions of the inner and outer papers are displaced from each other, and it is not possible to create a good-looking paper. In addition, it is necessary to determine, for each sheet, which of the printed sheets is folded during bookbinding and in which order the sheets are stacked.

[0004]

The present invention adopts the following method in order to solve the above problems. That is, the print control method according to the first aspect of the present invention includes the bookbinding printing function that replaces the print pages based on the number of pages to be printed and the number of sheets forming the booklet so that the page order is obtained when the booklet is bound.

In the print control method of the second invention, in the first invention, there is provided a bookbinding printing function for correcting the printing position of the superposed papers based on the semicircle of the bent portion.

In the print control method of the third invention, in the first invention, there is provided a bookbinding printing function for printing a mark indicating a folding direction for each sheet.

In the print control method of the fourth invention, in the second invention, the print position of the superposed papers is corrected by correcting the reduction ratio of the print page.

According to the print control method of the fifth invention, in the second invention, the print position of the sheets to be superposed is corrected by correcting the length of the margin at the substantially central portion of the booklet.

In the print control method of the sixth invention, in the third invention, there is provided a bookbinding printing function for printing a different mark as a mark for each booklet.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals. When creating a booklet,
Either single-sided printing or double-sided printing may be used, or two-fold printing, four-fold printing, and even-numbered folding are possible. However, in the following description of the embodiments, for simplification of the description. The most common example is to print two pages on each side and fold the long side in half to create a booklet. Further, for convenience, a sheet in which sheets are folded and stacked is referred to as a “booklet”, and a sheet in which booklets are stacked and bound is referred to as a “booklet”.

<< First Embodiment >> As shown in FIG. 2, the print control method of the first embodiment is such that when the user folds the print paper in two by marking it on one side, It has a function of making it easy to understand which side is folded.

(Configuration) FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a print control system according to the print control method of the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the print control system of the first embodiment is
An application 1 for creating and printing a document or the like, a graphic device interface 2 for converting the created document or the like from a format that does not depend on an output device (for example, a printer that is a printing device) to a dependent format (hereinafter referred to as "GD
I ”), a spooler 3 that manages a plurality of job requests requested by the application 1 and executes them one by one, and a print processor 3 that changes a print job as necessary under the control of the spooler.
a, a printer graphic driver 4 that generates print data depending on the output device, and a printer 5 that has a function of printing the print data created by the printer graphic driver, and are connected as shown in FIG.

(Operation) The print control method of the first embodiment having the above-described configuration operates as follows. This operation will be described according to the flowchart of the printing operation shown in FIG.
First, the spooler 3 uses the data such as the document created by the application 1 under Windows, which is one of the general-purpose OSs.
(R) ("Windows (R)" is a registered trademark of Microsoft in the United States) Enhanced metafile format that is a print intermediate file; Enhanced Metafile Fo
Spooling is performed with rmat (hereinafter referred to as "EMF") (step S1).

Next, the spooler 3 is the print processor 3
The following processing is performed by a (step S2). That is, the print processor 3a detects the page break information from the EMF file, acquires the number of pages, and returns the EMF file in which the order of the pages is changed to a booklet based on the acquired number of pages to the GDI2. In the case of making a printed document consisting of four pages into a booklet like the example shown in FIG. 2 in which both sides are printed on one sheet and folded in two,
The front left page is replaced by 4, the front right page is replaced by 1, the back left page is replaced by 2, and the back right page is replaced by 3.

The GDI 2 converts the EMF file delivered from the print processor 3a into a print data format which can be processed by the printer graphic driver 4 and delivers it to the printer graphic driver 4 (step S3).

The printer graphic driver 4 is a GD
The print data received from I2 is converted into a printable format. At this time, a mark is added at a predetermined position on one side of the print paper (step S4). The mark may be attached to either the mountain fold side or the valley fold side, but when the mark is attached to the mountain fold side as shown in FIG. When one page and one page are processed, the printer graphic driver 4 performs a process of adding mark data. The mark data addition process is not performed when the remaining two pages on the back side are processed or when the pages 2 and 3 are processed.

When two sheets are superposed on each other, the mark data is printed by the printer graphic driver 4 when the 8th page on the next front side is processed or the 8th and 5th pages are processed. When processing the remaining 6 pages on the back side, or 6 and 7
No mark data addition processing is performed when the page is processed. That is, when the mark side is mountain-folded as shown in FIG. 2, mark data is added when processing 4 * n pages {n = 1, 2, 3 ... , 2 + 4 * n {n = 0, 1, 2, 3, ...} Add mark data when processing pages.

The mark to be added may be a character or an image, and a graphic command is generated according to the processing capability of the printer, or the mark raster data prepared in advance in the printer graphic driver 4 is used for the print data. It is good to superimpose them in a logical sum. Further, the position of the mark is not limited to the central portion, and may be anywhere as long as it can be easily recognized by the user.

The new print data created as described above is sent to the printer 5 via the GDI 2 and desired printing is performed.

Since the bookbinding printing is performed as described above, the user can see the mark as shown in FIG. 2 (a) and make a mountain fold on the page side having the mark, and as shown in FIG. 2 (b). As shown, you can easily make a booklet by folding the side of the page without the mark.

(Effects of the First Embodiment) As described above, the print control method of the first embodiment prints a mark indicating which side the printing paper is to be folded in the case of bookbinding printing. The user can easily create a booklet.

<< Second Embodiment >> The print control method of the second embodiment is performed by adding different marks for each booklet to a predetermined position of the printing paper as shown in FIG. This makes it possible to easily determine whether to make a mountain fold or a valley fold, and to easily determine what number booklet the printed paper is to be.

(Structure) The structure of the print control system of the second embodiment is the same as the system structure described in the print control method of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof will be omitted.

(Operation) The operation of the print control method of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the example of the booklet of FIG. 4, the operation flowcharts of FIGS. 5, 6, and 8 and the explanatory diagram of the page rearrangement process of FIG. Explain.

First, the spooler 3 is the application 1
The data such as the document created in step S10 is spooled as an EMF file (step S11). Next, the spooler 3 causes the print processor 3a to perform the following processing (step S
12). That is, the print processor 3a detects the page break information from the EMF file, acquires the number of pages, and returns the EMF file in which the order of the pages is changed into a booklet based on the acquired number of pages to the GDI2.

For example, when double-sided printing is performed on three sheets of paper as shown in FIG.
If {front side left page, front side right page, back side left page, back side right page}, the first page is {p4, p1, p2, p
3}, the second sheet is replaced with {p8, p5, p6, p7}, and the third sheet is replaced with {p12, p9, p10, p11}. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), when two booklets are created and stacked, the first page is {p8, p
1, p2, p7}, the second sheet is {p6, p3, p4, p
5}, the third sheet is {p16, p9, p10, p13},
The fourth sheet is {p14, p11, p12, p13}, the fifth sheet
The order of the sheets is {p24, p17, p18, p23}, and the order of the sixth sheet is {p22, p19, p20, p21}.

The general operation of the above page permutation processing will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. 6 and the explanatory view of FIG. In the description of this operation, in order to simplify the description, an example will be described in which the long side is folded in half by double-sided printing to create a booklet. First, as the initialization process, the number M of sheets to be printed is calculated by the number of printed pages / 4, and the decimal point is rounded up. Then, the number of sheets forming a booklet is set as a fixed value N, the variable P of the current number of processed sheets is set to an initial value "1", the variable X that counts up each booklet as the number of booklets, and the number of sheets to be processed. It counts up every time and the number of sheets that make up the booklet is N
The variable Z that is reset to 1 "is set to the initial value" 1 "(step S21).

Next, variables A = 4 * N * X and B = 4 * N *
(X-1) is updated every N times the number of sheets forming the booklet is processed (step S22).

Next, the variable C = 2 * (Z-
1) is updated (step S23).

Next, the P-th sheet {front side left page, front side right page, back side left page, back side right page} is {(A-C),
(B + 1 + C), (B + 2 + C), (AC-1)} (step S24).

Next, the processed number variable P and the variable Z are counted up (step S25).

Next, whether the steps S23 and S24 are repeated N times, which is the number of sheets forming the booklet, is performed by comparing the variable Z with the constant N (step S26). If the number of sheets forming the booklet has not been repeated N times, that is, if Z ≦ N, the process returns to step S23 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

When the number of sheets forming the booklet is repeated N times, that is, when Z> N, the variable X is incremented and the variable Z is initialized to 1 (step S2).
7).

Next, it is determined whether or not the processing has been performed M times or more for the number of sheets (step S28). If the processing has not been performed M times or more for the number of sheets, that is, if P≤M, the process returns to step S22. The process of is repeated. On the other hand, when the processing is performed M times or more for the number of sheets, that is, when P> M, the entire processing for page replacement has been completed, so this processing ends.

By the above procedure, when the number N of booklets shown in FIG. 7A is one, when the number N of booklets shown in FIG. 7B is two, and when shown in FIG. 7C. Number of booklets N
As in the case of three pages, each variable is calculated for each processing page P, and {front side left page, front side right page, back side left page,
Back side right page} is {(A-C), (B + 1 + C), (B
+ 2 + C), (A-C-1)}.

(Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 5 again) The print processor 3a performs the above page replacement process E
Return the MF file to GDI2. The GDI 2 converts the EMF file transferred from the print processor 3a into a print data format that can be processed by the printer graphic driver 4 and transfers it to the printer graphic driver 4 (step S13).

The printer graphic driver 4
Converts the print data received from the GDI 2 into a printable format. At this time, a different mark for each booklet is added to a predetermined position on one side of the printing paper by a method described later (step S14). Then, the created new print data is sent to the printer 5 via the GDI 2 and desired printing is performed.

Here, the detailed processing of step S14 when a mark different for each booklet is added to one side of the printing paper as in the example of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, first, in the case of double-sided printing and folding in two, the number M of sheets to be printed is calculated by the number of printed pages / 4, and the decimal point is rounded up. Then, set the number X of booklets currently being processed to the initial value "
1 ", the number p of pages currently processed is an initial value" 0 ", the number P of sheets currently processed is an initial value" 1 ", and a fixed value N
Set the number of sheets that make up the booklet, and count up for each number of sheets to be processed, and "1" for every N sheets that make up the booklet.
The variable Z to be reset to is set to the initial value "1" (step S31).

Next, the current page number p is counted up. In this case, it is after being initialized to p = 0, so "1"
(Step S32).

Next, it is determined whether or not the current page number p is the 4 * N * X-2 * (Z-1) page which is the front left page (step S33). This page is the top page of each sheet, and is the same as the above-mentioned A-C of FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C.
It corresponds to a page. When the number N of sheets constituting the booklet is 1, P = 1, X = 1, and Z = 1, so 4 * N * X-2 *
Since (Z-1) = 4, the process proceeds to step S34 described later only when p = 4, and step S3 described later except for p = 4.
Go to 6.

When p = 4, mark data in which, for example, a variable X marks indicating the number of booklets currently being processed are arranged is added to the print data as mark data (step S34).

On the other hand, if p = 4 is not satisfied, then it is determined whether the final page of each sheet is 4 * N * X-2 * (Z-1) -1 (step S35). The last page of this sheet is A-C- in FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (b), and 7 (c).
It corresponds to one page. In this example, N = 1, X = 1, Z = 1
Therefore, 4 * N * X-2 * (Z-1) -1 = 3. Therefore, if p = 3, the process proceeds to the next step S36, and for other pages, the process returns to step S32.

Next, when p = 3 and the last page of the sheet, the print data processing for one sheet is completed, so the variable P of the number of sheets currently processed is incremented and Count up Z (step S36).

Then, it is determined whether or not the above processing is performed N times, which is the number of sheets forming the booklet, with Z> N (step S37). If the booklet has not been performed N times, which is the number of sheets constituting the booklet, that is, if Z ≦ N, step S
The process returns to 32 and the subsequent processes are repeated. On the other hand, when the booklet is made N times, which is the number of booklets, that is, Z> N, the number X of booklets currently being processed is incremented and the variable Z is set to the initial value "1" (step S3
8).

Then, it is judged whether or not all the sheets have been processed, P> M
Are compared (step S39). That is, it is determined whether the number P of sheets currently processed has reached the number M of sheets to be printed, and if the number P of sheets is not the number M of sheets, that is, if P ≦ M, the process returns to step S32 and thereafter. Repeat the process. On the other hand, when the number of sheets P becomes the number of sheets M, that is, when P> M, the processing for all pages has been completed, so this processing is ended.

Even if the number of sheets forming the booklet is plural, N
= 2, 3, ... By the same process as above, different marks can be added to each booklet. In this case, the same mark is provided at a predetermined position on each sheet forming the booklet.

Here, as the mark, as in the case of the print control method of the first embodiment, a graphic command is generated according to the processing capacity of the printer, or mark raster data prepared in advance in the printer graphic driver 4 is used. It is preferable to superimpose it on the print data by using. Also, the position of the mark is not in the central part,
It may be anywhere as long as it is easily understood by the user.

As described above, in the print control method of the second embodiment, different mark data can be added to each booklet, and the number of marks to be attached to the booklet can be changed in the booklet arrangement order as in the example shown in FIG. Since it can be added, it serves as a mark for the order in which the book is bound and the direction in which the book is folded, which makes the book binding very easy.

(Effects of the Second Embodiment) As described above, the printing control method of the second embodiment has a plurality of booklets in addition to the effects of the printing control method of the first embodiment. It is possible to easily identify the number of the booklet of the printed sheet when the sheet is created and bound.

<Third Embodiment> As shown in FIG. 10, in the print control method of the third embodiment, the print data to be allocated to the print paper is closer to the center of the print paper as the inner paper of the booklet is printed. By gradually reducing the size and increasing the margin on the short side of the printing paper, the deviation of the printed page of the booklet created is corrected.

(Structure) FIG. 9 shows the structure of a print control system according to the print control method of the third embodiment. As shown in the figure, the print control system of the third embodiment is
In the configuration of the print control system of the first embodiment, the table thickness is associated with each type of paper to be printed, and the table thickness is the paper thickness t, which is the paper thickness, and the long side, which is the long side of the paper. The configuration is such that a storage unit 6 for storing the length W and the like is added. For example, as the paper A, the A4 thick paper has a thickness of X1 mm and the long side length W is W1 mm, and as the paper B, the A4 thin paper has a paper thickness of X2 mm and the long side W is W2 mm. And each part is mutually connected as shown in the same figure.

(Operation) With the above configuration, the print control method of the third embodiment operates as follows. This operation is shown in Figure 1.
A description will be given according to the operation flowchart shown in FIG. First,
The spooler 3 spools the print data created by the application 1 as an EMF file, which is a print intermediate file in Windows (R) (step S5).
1). Next, the spooler 3 causes the print processor 3a to perform the following processing (step 52). First, the print processor 3a detects page break information from the EMF file and acquires the number of pages (step 52-1).

Next, the reduction ratio η (hereinafter referred to as “reduction ratio η”) at which the outermost paper is to be reduced with reference to the innermost paper in order to correct the deviation of the printed pages when folded and stacked.
Say. In addition, the reduction rate of each sheet is referred to as "reduction rate η (n)" separately from the overall reduction rate η. ) Is calculated by the following procedure (step 52-2).

First, since the number M of sheets to be printed is double-sided printing and folded in half, it is calculated by the number of printed pages / 4, and the decimal point is rounded up. Then, from the storage unit 6, the sheet thickness t and the long side length W corresponding to the sheet type
To get. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, when the semicircle of the folded portion of the sheet is R, the radius r of the semicircle R is r.
Is the sheet thickness t * the number of sheets M to be printed, the semicircle R of the folded portion is

Calculated as a semicircle R = 2 * π * r / 2, and the reduction ratio η is calculated as follows: reduction ratio η = (W / 2-semicircular R * coefficient k) / (W /
2) Calculate as * 100.

This reduction rate η is obtained by forming a semicircle having a radius of the sheet thickness at the fold of the inner sheet and stacking the outer sheets so as to wrap this semicircle, and the length of the semicircle of the folded portion is It is for correcting the amount that does not reach the edge of the inner sheet. Here, the coefficient k used in the calculation of the reduction rate η
Is a coefficient for correcting the semicircle formed in the fold of the booklet, which is not a new circle. Since this coefficient k varies depending on the material of the paper used, the coefficient k may be obtained in advance by experiments for each paper type and stored in the storage unit 6 for each paper type.

Next, the print processor 3a changes the order of the pages so as to form a booklet (step S52).
-3). For example, double-sided printed paper as shown in FIG.
In the case of folding three sheets and stacking three sheets, it is necessary to rearrange the page order of X = 1 in FIG. 7C described in the second embodiment. Left page, front right page, back left page, back right page}
Is {p12, p1, p2, p11}, and the second sheet is {p1
0, p3, p4, p9}, the third sheet is {p8, p5, p
6, p7} in this order.

The print processor 3a executes step 52-
After changing the page order in 3, reduce ratio η for each paper
The EMF file added with (n) is returned to GDI2 (step 52-4). The reduction rate η (n) is calculated such that the reduction rate η is gradually reduced for each sheet based on the overall reduction rate η calculated as described above, and the reduction rate η is obtained at the number of outermost sheets. . In GDI2, the print processor 3a
The EMF file passed from the printer graphic driver 4 is converted into a print data format that can be processed by the printer graphic driver 4 and passed to the printer graphic driver 4 (step S53).

The printer graphic driver 4 is a GD
The GDI 2 is requested to reduce the print data received from I2 by centering the paper at the reduction ratio η (n) designated by the print processor 3a to be printed (step S5).
4). At this time, the left and right pages are respectively reduced, and when the page is on the left side, the page is moved to the right side, and when the page to be printed is on the right side, it is moved to the left side, and the GDI2 is requested to center the page. Good. Then, new print data created by the GDI 2 based on the requested print data is sent to the printer 5 and desired printing is performed.

In the description of the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the outer side of the paper is used as a reference to reduce the entire printed page toward the inner side of the sheet. However, when the number of sheets is small and the reduction ratio is also small, the entire printed page is reduced. Instead of the above, only the long side direction may be reduced. Further, in the description of the present embodiment, an example in which the inner paper is reduced with the outer paper as a reference has been described, but the print page of the outer paper may be enlarged and corrected with the inner paper as a reference.

(Effects of Third Embodiment) As described in detail above, according to the print control method of the third embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, it is possible to surely correct the deviation of the printed page of each sheet of the booklet caused by the semicircle R when the booklet is folded and overlapped, and thus it is possible to create a booklet that the user is satisfied with.

<< Fourth Embodiment >> According to the print control method of the third embodiment, when the booklet is created, the margins are added to the central portions of the print sheets that are on the outer side, thereby correcting the print misalignment of the created booklet. To do.

(Structure) Since the structure of the print control system of the fourth embodiment is the same as the system structure described in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the description thereof will be omitted for simplification. Omit it.

(Operation) With the system configuration shown in FIG. 9, the print control method of the third embodiment operates as follows. This operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of the printing operation shown in FIG. First, the spooler 3 uses the print data created by the application 1 under Windows (R).
Spooling is performed with the EMF file that is the print intermediate file (step S61). Next, the spooler 3 causes the print processor 3a to perform the following processing (step S6).
2). First, the print processor 3a detects page break information from the EMF file and acquires the number of pages (step S62-1).

Next, the sheet thickness t and the long side length W corresponding to the sheet type are acquired from the storage unit 6, and the total margin ε is calculated from the acquired number of pages by the following procedure (step S62- 2). First, since double-sided printing is performed and half-folding is performed, the number M of sheets to be printed is calculated by the number of printed pages / 4 and rounded down to the decimal point.

Here, assuming that the semicircle of the folded portion of the sheet is R as shown in FIG. 12, the radius r of the semicircle R is the sheet thickness t * the number M of sheets to be printed, so The semicircle R of the folded portion, which is the difference in the length of the inner paper, is

Since the semicircle R = 2 * π * r / 2, the half of the circumference is used as a margin to correct the printing position by bending. That is, multiply by a coefficient K for correcting that the bent portion does not become a new circle,

[0068] Overall margin ε = Semicircle R / 2 = K * π * r / 2 Calculate as

Here, as described in the third embodiment, the coefficient K changes depending on the material of the paper used, so the coefficient K is set in advance by experiment for each paper type and stored in the storage unit 6. It may be stored for each type.

Next, as in the print control method of the third embodiment, the order of pages is changed so as to form a booklet (step S62-3), and an EMF file with a margin ε (n) for each sheet is added. Return to GDI (step S62-
4). The margin ε (n) for each sheet is calculated so that the margin of the outermost sheet is ε calculated as described above, and the margin is gradually reduced for each sheet, and the margin ε = 0 for the innermost sheet. is there.

The GDI 2 converts the EMF file delivered from the print processor 3a into a print data format that can be processed by the printer graphic driver 4 and delivers it to the printer graphic driver 4 (step S63).

The printer graphic driver 4 is a GD
The print data received from I2 is provided with a margin ε (n) / 2 designated by the print processor 3a.
2 is requested (step S64). That is, when the printed page is on the left side, a margin ε (n) / 2 is provided on the right side, and when the printed page is on the right side, the margin ε (n) / 2 is set on the left side.
(N) / 2 is provided. Then, the new print data created by the GDI 2 is sent to the printer 5 and desired printing is performed.

In the description of the present embodiment, an example in which the innermost sheet has no margin is described. However, a margin α is provided in advance on the inner side and the margin ε obtained as described above is distributed according to the number of sheets ε.
As the margin obtained by adding α to (n), the margin may be made longer for the outer paper. Further, in the description of the present embodiment, the example in which the margin of the inner sheet is calculated with the margin of the outer sheet as the reference has been described, but the margin of the outer sheet is calculated and corrected with the margin of the inner sheet as the reference. Good.

(Effect of Fourth Embodiment) As described in detail above, in the print control method of the fourth embodiment, the correction is performed so that the outer paper is provided with a margin in the central portion of the print paper. Therefore, a very easy-to-read booklet can be created, and a good-looking booklet that can satisfy the user can be created.

<< Other Modifications >> In addition to the above-described embodiment, the same operation and effect of the present invention can be obtained as an embodiment of the following modification. That is,

(1) In the description of the embodiment, the example in which the sheet is folded in half is shown. However, even when the sheet is folded in four or in an even number of more than four, the page order is set so that the page order is set when the book is bound. Can be replaced, and the misalignment of the printed page can be corrected by the reduction rate or the margin for each sheet.

(2) In the description of the embodiment, the example in which the long side is folded has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where the short side is folded to form a booklet.

(3) In the description of the embodiment, an example of paper on paper has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a card-shaped one that can be folded.

(4) In the description of the third and fourth embodiments, an example in which one booklet is made has been described. However, when making a plurality of booklets and stacking them into a book, the third or the third embodiment is used. By stacking the booklets in which the respective sheets have been corrected by the print control method of the fourth embodiment, it is possible to create a good-looking booklet even in a booklet having a large number of pages.

(5) In the description of the embodiment, the control system for controlling the printer has been described as performing page replacement and printing position correction, but these processes can also be performed in the printer. Further, conversely, the same operation and effect can be obtained even when the above-mentioned processing of a plurality of printers is performed by one control system by time-division processing.

(6) Further, for facilitating bookbinding, a function for printing or displaying a print page table that forms paper in order from the outer or inner paper, for example, the table shown in FIG. 7 is provided as a bookbinding printing function. May be. Alternatively, in order to facilitate bookbinding, the order of sheets to be stacked (see FIG.
A function for printing a symbol or a number indicating a variable corresponding to the variable P) at a predetermined position on each sheet may be provided as a bookbinding printing function, separately from the print page.

[0082]

As described in detail above, the printing control method of the present invention has the following effects. That is, the function to change the printed pages so that they are in the page order when a booklet is made with a booklet, the function to change the reduction ratio or the margin length of the printed page of each sheet based on the semicircle of the folded portion, or the mark indicating the folding direction. Since it has a function to print each page, it is not necessary to rearrange the order of pages when printing a booklet, and there is no misalignment of the print page position for each sheet when the booklet is completed, making bookbinding easy. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a print control system according to first and second exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 2 is an example of a booklet created by the print control method of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the print control method according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an example of a booklet recreated by the print control method of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a print control method according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of page order rearrangement processing of the print control method according to the second exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of page order rearrangement processing of the print control method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of mark addition processing of the print control method according to the second exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a print control system according to third and fourth exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 10 is an example of a booklet created by the print control method of the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of a printing method according to a third exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a semicircle R of a bent portion.

FIG. 13 is an example of a booklet created by the print control method of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an operation flowchart of a printing method according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a displacement amount when bent.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 application 2 Graphic device interface 3 spooler 3a Print processor 4 Printer graphic driver 5 printers 6 memory

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A printing control method comprising a bookbinding printing function for replacing printed pages based on the number of pages to be printed and the number of sheets forming the booklet so that the page order is set when the booklet is bound. . 2. The printing control method according to claim 1, further comprising a bookbinding printing function for correcting the printing position of the superposed papers based on the semicircle of the bent portion. 3. The printing control method according to claim 1, further comprising a bookbinding printing function of printing a mark indicating a folding direction for each sheet. 4. The print control method according to claim 2, wherein the print position of the overlapping sheets is corrected by correcting the reduction ratio of the print page. 5. The printing control method according to claim 2, wherein the printing position of the superposed papers is corrected by correcting the length of the margin at the substantially central portion of the booklet. 6. The printing control method according to claim 3, further comprising a bookbinding printing function for printing a different mark for each booklet as the mark. 7. A print control system, characterized by causing a print processor to execute the print control method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer system to perform the method of any of claims 1-6.