JP2004001483A - Printer and printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer capable of easily producing a printed matter of an image recorded by an image recording apparatus and other images or characters synthesized by itself. <P>SOLUTION: A data obtaining part 7 obtains any one of synthesizing data from a frame card in the case the identifiers of the all files are identifiers representing attributes of the synthesizing data, and it obtains image data from a memory card in the case the identifiers of the all files are identifiers representing attributes of the image data. A control unit 3 retrieves a parameter corresponding to the identifier of the synthesizing data obtained from the frame card in a ROM so as to produce printing data by synthesizing the image data obtained from the memory card with the synthesizing data, using the parameter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printer and a printing method, and more particularly to a printer and a printing method for combining and printing an image.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of digital cameras, printers capable of transmitting images directly from a digital camera through a cable or reading data recorded on a recording medium to print an image captured by the digital camera have been developed. . Such a printer can print an image taken by a digital camera in the same way as a photograph developed from a photosensitive film.
[0003]
In addition, since an image captured by a digital camera is recorded as electronic data, the image is processed using an image processing application on a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) and printed using a printer, thereby saving space on the paper. A New Year's card or calendar in which images are laid out together with documents and illustrations, a photo sticker with a frame, or the like can be created.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the conventional printer, a user of a digital camera who does not own a PC or a user of a digital camera who is not accustomed to handling a personal computer laid out an image taken together with other images and characters by a simple operation of the printer alone. There was a problem that printed matter could not be created.
[0005]
Further, since an image captured using an image processing application on a PC is processed, there is a problem that it takes time and time to create a printed matter in which an image captured along with other images and characters is laid out.
[0006]
The present invention has been created to solve the above-described problems, and provides a printer and a printing method for creating a single printed matter in which an image recorded by an image recording device such as a digital camera is laid out together with other images and characters. The purpose is to provide.
[0007]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer and a printing method that can easily create a printed matter in which an image recorded by an image recording device such as a digital camera is laid out together with other images and characters.
[0008]
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a printer and a printing method for creating a printed matter in which an image recorded by an image recording device such as a digital camera is laid out together with other images and characters in a short time.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The printer of the present invention includes a synthesizing file obtaining unit, a storing unit, a parameter searching unit, an image data obtaining unit, a synthesizing unit, and a printing unit. The synthesizing file obtaining means is a first recording device in which a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image and printing the image and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is recorded. Obtain one of the compositing files from the medium. The storage unit stores the data for synthesis obtained from the first recording medium. The parameter search means searches a predetermined table for a parameter corresponding to the identification data obtained from the first recording medium. The image data acquisition means acquires at least one image data from a second recording medium on which arbitrary image data is recorded. The combining unit combines the image data obtained from the second recording medium and the combining data of the storage unit using the parameters to generate print data. The printing unit prints an image on a print medium such as paper based on print data. According to this printer, since a parameter for synthesizing the data for synthesis and the image data to generate the print data is searched from the predetermined table by the identification data, the image recorded by the image recording device together with other images and characters is obtained. The printed matter to be laid out can be created by the printer alone. Further, such a printed matter can be easily created in a short time.
[0010]
Another printer of the present invention includes a determination unit, a data acquisition unit, a storage unit, a parameter search unit, a combination unit, and a printing unit. A first recording medium in which a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image and printing the same and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is recorded; or All the identification data is obtained from the second recording medium on which the image file having the arbitrary image data and the identification data representing the attribute of the image data is recorded. When all the identification data are the identification data representing the attributes of the data for combination, the data acquisition means acquires any one of the data for combination from the first recording medium, and all the identification data sets the attribute of the image data. If the identification data is representative data, at least one image data is obtained from the second recording medium. The parameter search means searches a predetermined table for a parameter corresponding to the identification data of the data for synthesis obtained from the first recording medium. The combining unit combines the image data obtained from the second recording medium and the combining data of the storage unit using the parameters to generate print data. The printing unit prints an image on a print medium such as paper based on print data. According to this printer, the first recording medium and the second recording medium are identified by the identification data, and a parameter for synthesizing the combining data and the image data to generate the print data is searched from the predetermined table by the identification data. Therefore, a printed matter laying out the image recorded by the image recording device together with other images and characters can be easily created by the printer alone.
[0011]
The printer of the present invention further includes display means for displaying printing conditions corresponding to the identification data of the synthesizing file obtained from the first recording medium, so that the user can check other images and characters while checking the display of the printing conditions. At the same time, a printed matter laying out an image recorded by the image recording apparatus can be easily created by the printer alone. That is, the print paper size and print paper type required for output can be easily determined.
[0012]
According to the printing method of the present invention, a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image for printing and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is obtained, and the The corresponding parameter is retrieved from a predetermined table. Image data is acquired, print data is generated by synthesizing the image data and the synthesizing data using the parameters, and the image is printed on paper based on the print data. For this reason, a printed matter on which the image recorded by the image recording device is laid out together with other images and characters can be easily created in a short time.
[0013]
According to the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention, a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image for printing and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is obtained. A procedure for searching for a parameter corresponding to the identification data from a predetermined table; a procedure for obtaining image data; a procedure for generating print data by synthesizing image data and synthesizing data using the parameters; Printing an image on paper based on the data. Therefore, a parameter for synthesizing the synthesizing data and the image data to generate the print data is searched from the predetermined table by the identification data, so that the image recorded by the image recording apparatus is laid out together with other images and characters. Printed matter can be easily created using a printer in a short time.
[0014]
According to the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention, since a procedure for displaying the printing condition corresponding to the identification data is further included, the user records the image with the image recording device together with other images and characters while checking the display of the printing condition. It is possible to easily create a printed matter laying out the created image with the printer alone. That is, the print paper size and print paper type required for output can be easily determined.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, examples showing embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printer 1 selectively obtains and stores a synthesizing file from a frame card in which various synthesizing files are stored in a recording medium such as a memory card, and stores the image file recorded by a digital camera. For selectively acquiring and storing image data from the image data, and synthesizing the data for synthesis with the image data to create a printed matter in which the image is synthesized.
[0016]
The frame card is a PCMCIA standard memory card in which a plurality of synthesizing files including synthesizing data and identification data are recorded. The image represented by the data for synthesis is, for example, a decorative frame of a photographic image, a document or illustration of a New Year's card or a Christmas card in which the photographic image is laid out on a postcard, or an image in which dates of a calendar in which the photographic image is laid out on A4 paper are arranged. And so on. The identification data includes an identifier indicating a type of data included in the synthesizing file, and a frame number of each synthesizing data. Some identifiers are determined in advance for each type of data for synthesis created on the assumption that printing is performed at a predetermined layout, print size, and resolution. For example, the identifier of the synthesizing data for creating a postcard-sized sticker in which the same photographic image is fitted in a decorative frame of 16 frames is set to "frm.", And a New Year's card is attached below the photographic image to create a New Year's postcard. The identifier of the synthesizing data for creating the A4 calendar by attaching the date of the calendar below the photographic image is "cld." Or the like.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 1, the printer 1 shown in FIG. 2 includes a printing unit 2, a control unit 3, a display unit 4, an operation unit 5, a guide unit 6, a data acquisition unit 7, a storage unit 8, Is provided. The printing unit 2, the control unit 3, the display unit 4, the operation unit 5, the guide unit 6, the data acquisition unit 7, and the storage unit 8 are provided in a box-shaped housing 9 shown in FIG.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 9 includes a display unit 4 and an operation unit 5 on the upper surface, and has a data acquisition unit 7, a power switch 91, a warning lamp 92 for notifying that the ink or paper has run out, and a guide unit 6 on the front surface. The printing unit 2 includes a printing unit 2, a control unit 3, and a storage unit 8 (not shown). A paper supply port 93 and a paper discharge port 94 are formed on the upper surface and the lower front surface of the housing 9, respectively. A paper tray 95 and a paper discharge tray 96 are detachably locked at the paper supply port 93 and the paper discharge port 94, respectively.
[0019]
The data acquisition unit 7 serving as data acquisition means is provided above the front surface of the housing 9, and includes a card slot 71 and a reader (not shown) that reads out a synthesizing file and image data recorded on a recording medium and transmits them to the control unit 3. Have. In the card slot 71, a recording medium such as a PCMCIA standard memory card or a compact flash card generally used for digital cameras can be inserted together with an adapter as a recording medium.
[0020]
The control unit 3 as a discriminating unit and a synthesizing unit has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (read only memory) in which a control program is recorded. The ROM stores a table storing predetermined identifiers and parameters corresponding to the respective identifiers. In the ROM, for example, a table as shown in FIG. 9 is recorded in association with the identifiers “frm.”, “Msg.”, And “cld.” In the above example. This table stores parameters such as an allocation position of image data, a print paper size, a print paper type, and print quality for each identifier. These parameters are used not only for generating print data but also for displaying printing conditions on the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 4. These parameters represent, for example, the position and size of the image data to be allocated on the paper surface in absolute coordinates, or a reference code indicating the size of the printing paper. The CPU refers to these parameters at the time of the synthesis processing, so that image processing such as enlargement / reduction is performed on the image data, and the image data that has been subjected to the image processing is synthesized with the data for synthesis. The CPU acquires all the identification data from the recording medium via the data acquisition unit 7, searches the table stored in the ROM for a parameter corresponding to the identification data, and uses this parameter to generate the synthesis data and the image. The printing unit 2 combines the data to generate print data that can be interpreted and executed by the printing unit 2 and stores the generated print data in the storage unit 8. Further, upon receiving a print request from the operation unit 5, the CPU controls the printing unit 2 based on the print data.
[0021]
The storage unit 8 as a storage unit includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) for storing the composition file and image data acquired by the data acquisition unit 7, the print data generated by the control unit 3, and the like.
[0022]
The operation unit 5 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 9 and has various keys on a key panel 50 as shown in FIG.
The print start key 501 is provided at the forefront of the key panel 50, that is, on the side near the data acquisition unit 7, has the most prominent appearance among all keys, and has an operation surface made of a transparent material and inside the operation surface. Are provided with an LED (Light Emitted Diode) not shown. This LED is controlled to blink in a state where printing can be started. When the print start key 501 is pressed, a print request is transmitted to the CPU.
[0023]
The all print key 502 and the index key 503 are provided at the forefront of the key panel 50 alongside the print start key 501, and among all the keys, the next larger, rounded rectangular shape with the rounded corners after the print start key 501 is formed. The operation surface is made of a transparent material, and an LED (not shown) is provided inside each operation surface.
The range designation key 505 and the one-frame key 504 are provided side by side in the back of the all-print key 502 and the index key 503, have an elliptical shape slightly smaller than those, and the operation surface is made of a transparent material. An LED is provided inside the operation surface.
[0024]
The all print key 502, the index key 503, the range designation key 505, and the one-frame key 504 are keys that can select any one of them, and the LED of the selected key emits light.
The upper key 506 and the lower key 507 are vertically arranged in the back of the one-frame key 504, that is, on the side closer to the display unit 4, and each have a line-symmetric triangular shape.
[0025]
The right key 509 and the left key 508 are provided adjacent to the up key 506 and the down key 507 and beside the print start key 501, and each have a line-symmetric triangular shape. The right key 509 and the left key 508 change details of printing conditions in each section of the display unit 4.
The frame key 510 and the filter key 511 are provided behind the print start key 501 and before the right key 509 and the left key 508, and are the smallest of all the keys.
[0026]
The stop key 512 is provided behind the print start key 501, and has a shape slightly larger than the frame key 510 and the filter key 511. When the stop key 512 is pressed, the data stored in the RAM is erased, the printing of the document being printed is stopped, and the document being printed is discharged from the paper discharge port 94 leaving a blank space.
[0027]
The display unit 4 as a display unit is provided on the upper surface of the housing 9 adjacent to the back of the operation unit 5. The display unit 4 has a segment type liquid crystal panel, and displays printing conditions such as a printing paper size and a printing paper type corresponding to the identifier. The liquid crystal panel includes a selection section 401 and a paper type section 402, a paper size section 403, a layout section 404, a photo size section 405, a photo selection section 406, a number section 407, an image quality section 408, and an automatic adjustment section for displaying details of printing conditions. It is divided into sections 409. FIG. 3 shows a state in which all the segments of the liquid crystal panel are turned on.
[0028]
The selection section 401 is a section for displaying a triangle selectively pointing to a section by the up key 506 and the down key 507, and activating the section. In the active section, the display can be switched by the right key 509 and the left key 508.
[0029]
The paper type section 402 is a section in which options are switched to plain paper, photo print paper, and super fine paper.
The paper size section 403 is a section in which the display of options is switched between a postcard, a photo card, and A4.
[0030]
The layout section 404 is a section in which the display of options is switched to the entire surface, the upper row, the lower row, 2 divisions, 4 divisions, an index, a cutting guide, and the like. When "with cutting guide" is selected, the image can be printed with a register mark.
The photo size section 405 is a section in which the display of options is switched to 4L, 2L, 4 × 6, L, E and a card. The display of the photo size section 405 is determined by setting the paper size and the layout.
[0031]
The photo selection section 406 is a section for displaying an identification code of image data recorded on the recording medium and a number from 0 to 199 as the total number of image files and compositing files recorded on the recording medium.
The number section 407 is a section for displaying a number from 0 to 199 as the frame number or the number of prints of the data for synthesis recorded on the frame card.
[0032]
The image quality section 408 is a section in which options are switched between high image quality, high speed, and ultra high image quality.
The automatic adjustment section 409 is a section in which the display of options is switched without the automatic photo fine. When the auto photo fine is selected, the image data is automatically adjusted in image quality and printed.
[0033]
The printing unit 2 includes a transport roller driven by a motor, a driven roller that contacts the transport roller and transports the paper by friction, a carriage equipped with an ink tank and an inkjet head, a step motor, and a transport of the paper. It has a carriage rail provided in a direction perpendicular to the direction, and is controlled by the CPU. The printing unit 2 conveys the sheet from the sheet supply port 93 to the sheet discharge port 94 by rotating the conveying roller and the driven roller, and performs printing on the conveyed sheet by a known inkjet method. More specifically, a carriage driven by a step motor reciprocates on a carriage rail at a position facing the paper, and performs printing by ejecting ink in an ink tank from an inkjet head onto the paper transported by the transport rollers. In addition, it is also possible to use a laser system, a dot impact system, or the like for the printing unit 2.
[0034]
The guide portion 6 is provided below the front surface of the housing 9 as shown in FIG. The guide unit 6 has a speaker 61 driven by the control unit 3 and outputs audio data read from the ROM as audio.
[0035]
Hereinafter, the operation of the printer 1 will be described for each of the operation modes of the index print, the frame setting, and the composite print.
When the power switch 91 is turned on, the control program starts up, and the guide section 6 emits a voice saying "Please insert a card."
[0036]
(1) Index print
When an index key 503 is pressed after a memory card on which an image file is recorded by a digital camera is inserted into the card slot 71, the index key 503 lights up. In the display unit 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the default settings of the control program include photo print paper in the paper type section 402, postcard in the paper size section 403, index in the layout section 404, and high-speed and photo in the image quality section 408. The total number of image files recorded on the memory card is displayed in the selection section 406, and 1 is displayed as the number of prints in the number section 407.
[0037]
When the blinking print start key 501 is pressed, the thumbnail image data recorded in all the image files is read out, and 20 images are arranged in four rows and five columns on a postcard-size sheet with a photo number index. Print as Since the thumbnail image data is read and printed, the printing speed is very high.
[0038]
In the index print, it is possible to print the index of the data for synthesis recorded on the frame card by attaching the frame number to the image for synthesis by the same operation as the above-mentioned operation. The user can easily know what combination data is recorded on the frame card by printing the index of the combination data.
[0039]
(2) Frame setting
When the frame key 510 is depressed, the guide unit 6 emits a voice saying "Please insert a frame card." When a memory card or a frame card on which a photograph is recorded is inserted into the card slot 71, the CPU sequentially checks the identifiers of all the image files or the synthesizing files recorded therein. The CPU determines from the identifier whether the inserted memory card is a memory card on which image data is recorded or a frame card on which a synthesizing file is recorded. If the identifier indicates an image file such as "jpg.", It is determined that the image data is recorded on the memory card, all the print keys 502 are lit, and all the image data are printed one by one. Transition to mode. If all of the identifiers indicate a synthesizing file such as "frm.", It is determined that the frame card is inserted into the card slot 71, and the type of the synthesizing file is single or plural depending on the identifier. Determine if there is.
[0040]
(1) When the type of image data is single
If there is a single identifier, the CPU displays the printing condition corresponding to the identifier on the display unit 4 by referring to the table in the ROM. For example, if the identifier is “msg.”, The display unit 4 records the postcard in the paper size section 403, the upper section in the layout section 404, the card in the photo size section 405, and the memory card in the photo selection section 406. “0” is displayed in the total number and number of synthesis files section 407. At this time, the number section 407 is active. In this state, by operating the right key 509 or the left key 508 in the number section 407 as shown in FIG. 5, the frame number of the data for combination to be combined with the image data can be designated. When the one-frame key 504 is pressed, the frame number is determined, and the combining data corresponding to the determined frame number is stored in the RAM together with the identifier of the combining data. If the number of the number section is 0 when the one-frame key 504 is pressed, the operation is invalidated without determining the frame.
[0041]
Thereafter, the operation mode is shifted to the operation mode of the composite print, and the guide unit 6 emits a voice prompting to insert a memory card on which image data is recorded, such as "Please insert a card on which a photo is recorded."
[0042]
(2) When there are multiple types of synthesis data
If the identifier is not unique, the printing condition is not displayed on the display unit 4, the total number of image files recorded on the frame card is displayed in the photo selection section 406, and 0 indicating that the frame number has not been selected is 0. Displayed in section 407. At this time, the number section 407 is active. In this state, the right key 509 or the left key 508 can be operated in the number section 407 to specify the frame number of the data for combination to be combined with the image data. When the frame number is specified, the printing condition corresponding to the identifier is displayed on the display unit 4 by referring to the ROM table using the identifier corresponding to the specified frame number. When the one-frame key 504 is pressed, the frame number is determined, and the combining data corresponding to the determined frame number is stored in the RAM together with the identifier of the combining data. If the number of the number section is 0 when the one-frame key 504 is pressed, the operation is invalidated without determining the frame number.
[0043]
Thereafter, the operation mode is shifted to the operation mode of the composite print, and the guide unit 6 emits a voice prompting to insert a memory card on which image data is recorded, such as "Please insert a card on which a photo is recorded."
[0044]
(3) Synthetic print
When a memory card on which image data is recorded is inserted into the card slot 71, image data to be synthesized and printed from image data recorded on the memory card can be selected.
At this time, the print start key 501 blinks, the photo selection section 406 becomes active, and the right key 509 or the left key 508 is operated to select the photo number of the image to be printed out of the images printed in the index in the photo selection section 406. Can be specified. When the blinking print start key 501 is pressed, the photograph number is determined, and the image data corresponding to the photograph number and the combining data are combined using a parameter determined by the identifier of the combining data stored in the RAM. , Print data is generated in the RAM.
[0045]
When printing is started by the printing unit 2 based on the print data generated in the RAM, if the identifier stored in the RAM is “msg.”, The character and the illustration 101 are combined with the image 100 recorded by the digital camera. Then, the printed matter as shown in FIG. When the identifier stored in the RAM is “frm.”, And when the type of the determined combining data is a decorative frame of a 16-part photographic image, the decorative frame 201 is combined with the photograph 200 recorded by the digital camera. Thus, a printed matter of 16 frames as shown in FIG. 8 is completed.
The operation of the printer 1 has been described above.
[0046]
According to the printer of the present embodiment, parameters for printing and printing conditions corresponding to predetermined data for synthesis are automatically set for image data recorded by a digital camera, and characters, illustrations, decorative frames, and the like are synthesized. Printed matter can be easily created by the printer alone.
Further, since the printing conditions corresponding to the data for combination are displayed on the display unit, the user can easily know the printing paper size and the type of printing paper required for output.
[0047]
Further, it is possible to execute a process of synthesizing another image with the image data recorded by the digital camera in a short time to create a desired printed matter.
Further, since various processing can be performed on the image without processing the image on the PC, the user can broaden the use of the digital camera.
In the above embodiment, an example in which an image is synthesized and printed by the printer alone has been described. However, it is also possible to connect the printer to a PC and acquire image data from the PC. When connecting to a PC in this way, an input / output interface for receiving data from the PC constitutes a data acquisition unit.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an operation unit and a display unit according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an operation unit and a display unit according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an operation unit and a display unit according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an operation unit and a display unit according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a printed matter created by a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a printed matter created by a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a table storing parameters in a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (6)

Any one of the first recording media on which a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image for printing and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is recorded A synthesizing file obtaining means for obtaining a synthesizing file;
Storage means for storing synthesis data obtained from the first recording medium;
Parameter search means for searching a predetermined table for a parameter corresponding to the identification data obtained from the first recording medium;
Image data acquisition means for acquiring at least one image data from a second recording medium on which arbitrary image data is recorded;
Combining means for combining the image data obtained from the second recording medium and the data for combination stored in the storage means to generate print data by using the parameters;
Printing means for printing an image on a print medium based on the print data,
A printer comprising: A first recording medium on which a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image for printing and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data is recorded, or an arbitrary image Determining means for obtaining all identification data from a second recording medium on which an image file having data and identification data representing an attribute of the image data is recorded;
When the all identification data is identification information indicating an attribute of the data for synthesis, any one of the data for synthesis is obtained from the first recording medium, and the identification data for all the data is an attribute of the image data. Data acquisition means for acquiring at least one image data from the second recording medium if the identification data represents the identification data;
Storage means for storing data for synthesis obtained from the first recording medium and image data obtained from the second recording medium;
Parameter search means for searching a predetermined table for a parameter corresponding to the identification data of the data for synthesis obtained from the first recording medium;
Combining means for combining the image data obtained from the second recording medium and the combining data stored in the storage means using the parameters to generate print data;
Printing means for printing an image on a print medium based on the print data,
A printer comprising: 3. The printer according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured to display printing conditions corresponding to the identification data of the composition file acquired from the first recording medium. Obtaining a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing and printing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data;
Retrieving a parameter corresponding to the identification data from a predetermined table;
Obtaining image data;
Generating print data by synthesizing the image data and the synthesizing data using the parameters,
Printing an image on a print medium based on the print data,
A printing method comprising: A procedure for obtaining a synthesizing file having synthesizing data for synthesizing and printing a predetermined image with an arbitrary image and identification data indicating an attribute of the synthesizing data;
Searching a parameter corresponding to the identification data from a predetermined table;
Steps for acquiring image data,
A procedure for generating print data by synthesizing the image data and the synthesizing data using the parameters,
A step of printing an image on a print medium based on the print data,
Computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the program is recorded. 6. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, further comprising a step of displaying a printing condition corresponding to the acquired identification data of the composition file.

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