JP2004180130A - Imposition device and imposition program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imposition device and an imposition program capable of suppressing print mistakes even if a page of a clearly wrong size is inputted. <P>SOLUTION: The device imposes at least one page frame on a paper, and arranges a single page on a layout in which a virtual page frame including the page frame is established. The device suspends a series of processing for generating a paper image and outputting it on a paper, if the page juts out of the virtual page frame. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an imposition apparatus for imposing pages on a sheet and outputting a sheet image representing the entire sheet, and an imposition program for causing the computer to operate as an imposition apparatus when executed in a computer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in the field of printing, DTP (Desk Top Publishing) that performs editing work using a computer has been widely applied. DTP realizes the philosophy of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). The operator edits characters and images while looking at the display screen and confirms the image of the printed matter. After that, images and the like can be printed and made with a printer or an image setter.
[0003]
In this DTP, software used when an operator edits characters and images is generally called DTP software. The DTP software generates data in a format called page description data that represents an image for each page based on characters and images edited by an operator. Since the page description data cannot be output by an output device such as a printer as it is, the page description data is converted into bitmap data (halftone image data) that can be output by the output device by a RIP (Raster Image Processor). In the output device, a printed matter is created based on the bitmap data.
[0004]
Here, for example, when creating a printed matter such as a booklet composed of a plurality of pages, a plurality of pages are imprinted on a large sheet of paper, and the sheet is folded to fit the finished size. Cutting and bookbinding are performed. Conventionally, in this imposition process, an operator has arranged the edited pages one page at a time on the paper. However, in recent years, if the paper size and the booklet page size are specified in advance, An imposition application that creates an imposition layout and automatically arranges a plurality of pages edited by an operator into the imposition layout is widely known (for example, see Patent Document 1). Here, a series of operations for imposing pages using this imposition application and binding a booklet composed of those pages will be described below.
[0005]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a series of processing for binding and printing a page edited by an operator in an imposition layout.
[0006]
First, the operator edits a page and designates the paper size of the paper on which the page is arranged and the page size at the time of bookbinding. The imposition application creates an imposition layout based on the paper size and page size.
[0007]
Step (A) in FIG. 1 shows page 1 edited by the operator, and step (B) shows a part (one page) of the imposition layout created by the imposition application. The layout 2 includes a page frame 4 indicating a page size at the time of bookbinding, and a bleed frame 3 including a bleed 5 as a cutting margin around the page frame 4. The size of page 1 shown in step (A) is larger than the page frame 4 of layout 2.
[0008]
After creating the imposition layout, the imposition application next aligns the center of page 1 with the center of layout 2 and places page 1 on layout 2.
[0009]
Step (C) shows an image when the center of the page 1 is arranged in accordance with the center of the layout 2. The image portion 6 included in the page 1 does not fit within the page frame 4 and protrudes to the bleed 5. In this state, an image in which page 1 and other pages are arranged in the imposition layout is printed on a sheet, and the sheet is folded and cut in accordance with the page frame 4 for bookbinding.
[0010]
When cutting a sheet, the sheet may be shifted to cut a large amount of sheets at once, and not all printed materials are cut exactly to the page frame. For this reason, when an image covering a spread page is arranged at the very end of the page frame, there is a possibility that a streak may enter the boundary surface of the page when the sheet is cut and bound. In order to prevent this, the bleed 5 which is a cutting margin is prepared outside the page frame 4 as in the layout 2 of FIG. 1, and the size of the edited page is as shown in the page 1. It is made slightly larger than the page frame 4 and is folded and cut in accordance with the page frame 4 after printing.
[0011]
Step (D) shows page 1 after bookbinding and page 7 bound as a spread page of page 1 at the time of bookbinding. In the image portion 6, the portion that has been on the bleed 5 is cut, and the page 1 has a size that fits the page frame 4. The image portion 6 of the page 1 and the image portion 8 of the page 7 are connected smoothly without any breaks in the image.
[0012]
As described above, the page edited by the operator is impositioned, printed, and bound.
[0013]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-216924
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, when the imposition process is automatically performed using the imposition application, when a page larger than the finished size is input, the page is handled as a page in which bleeding is considered.
[0015]
However, according to the conventional method, for example, even when a page with an apparently wrong size is input, such as when a page of A3 is input for an imposition layout with a finished size of A4, There is a risk that the page will be treated as a page in which bleed is considered and printing will continue. Normally, multiple pages are printed together. If a printing error such as the above occurs, a large amount of wasted paper is used, and it takes time and effort to check the images on the printed paper. There is a problem that it raises.
[0016]
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an imposition apparatus and an imposition program that can suppress printing mistakes.
[0017]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the imposition apparatus of the present invention, at least one page frame is imprinted on a sheet, and each page frame on the layout in which a virtual page frame including the page frame is set includes an image and / or a character page. A paper image generation unit that generates a paper image by imaging the entire paper on which pages are arranged, and
An output processing unit that outputs the paper image on the paper by giving the paper image generated by the paper image generation unit to the image output machine that outputs the image on the paper;
A processing interrupting unit that interrupts a series of processing that is executed by the paper image generating unit and the output processing unit to generate a paper image and output the paper image on the paper when the page arranged on the layout protrudes from the virtual page frame; It is provided with.
[0018]
The imposition apparatus according to the present invention uses a layout in which a virtual page frame including a page frame is set on a sheet, and if the page protrudes from the virtual page frame when the page is arranged on the page frame, the sheet image Is generated and output to the paper is interrupted. For example, if you set a frame of a size that has a margin of about the cutting margin to the desired page size as a virtual page frame, if a page with a size that is clearly wrong is entered, Since the printing process is interrupted, printing mistakes can be suppressed.
[0019]
In the imposition apparatus according to the present invention, it is preferable that the virtual page frame includes a cutting margin having a predetermined width surrounding the periphery of the page frame.
[0020]
In order to absorb an error caused by paper misalignment when the paper is cut, a cutting margin is usually provided outside the page frame. By setting the virtual page frame to include the bleed margin, it is possible to perform processing without erroneously recognizing a page having the bleed margin as an incorrect size page.
[0021]
Furthermore, the image arrangement program of the present invention is executed in a computer and is executed by the computer.
At least one page frame is imposed on the paper, and a page including images and / or characters is arranged in each page frame on the layout in which a virtual page frame including the page frame is set, and the page is arranged. A paper image generation unit that generates a paper image by converting the entire paper into an image,
An output processing unit that outputs the paper image on the paper by giving the paper image generated by the paper image generation unit to the image output machine that outputs the image on the paper;
A processing interrupting unit that interrupts a series of processing that is executed by the paper image generating unit and the output processing unit to generate a paper image and output the paper image on the paper when the page arranged on the layout protrudes from the virtual page frame; It is provided with.
[0022]
By executing the imposition program of the present invention in a computer, the computer can be operated as an imposition apparatus as described above.
[0023]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0024]
FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an image processing system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This image processing system includes a color scanner 10, a personal computer 20, and a color printer 30.
[0025]
The color scanner 10 reads the document image 11 and generates image data representing the document image 11. This image data is input to the personal computer 20.
[0026]
The personal computer 20 generates a paper image representing an image of the entire paper when a page edited on the basis of the original image 11 read by the color scanner 10 is arranged on the paper, and an image representing the paper image. The data is developed into image data for image output suitable for the color printer 20. The personal computer 20 has functions as a page generation device 60, an imposition device 70, an image development device 80, and a storage device 90 according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the operator edits the document image 11 and characters using the keyboard and mouse provided in the personal computer 20, the edited image and characters are sent to the page generation device 60. The page generation device 60 generates a page including images and characters edited by the operator. The imposition device 70 acquires a page from the page generation device 60 and generates a sheet image representing the entire sheet when imposing at least one page on the sheet. The generated paper image is sent to the storage device 90 and stored in the storage device 90. In this embodiment, the sheet image data representing the sheet image generated by the imposition device 70 is described by page description data and cannot be output by the color printer 30. The imposition device 70 sends the paper image data to the image development device 80, and the image development device 80 converts the paper image data described in the page description data into image data in a bitmap format that can be output by the color printer 30. After being developed, it is sent to the color printer 30.
[0027]
The color printer 30 generates the paper image 31 by outputting the paper image data sent from the image developing device 80 onto the paper. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printing machine is mainly used to create a paper image for bookbinding or the like in which a plurality of pages are arranged on one large paper. However, since a series of printing operations, in which a printing plate is created, ink is applied to the printing plate, and printing is performed on paper, a large number of printed materials such as on-demand publishing are created. In this case, a paper image is created by using a color printer that is easier than a printing machine. The color printer 30 corresponds to an example of an image output machine according to the present invention.
[0028]
Here, the hardware of the personal computer 20 will be described.
[0029]
FIG. 3 is an external view of the personal computer 20.
[0030]
The personal computer 20 has an appearance configuration, a main body device 21, an image display device 22 that displays an image on a display screen 22a according to an instruction from the main body device 21, and various information according to key operations on the main body device 21. And a mouse 24 for inputting an instruction corresponding to, for example, an icon or the like displayed at that position by designating an arbitrary position on the display screen 22a. The main body device 21 has an FD loading port 21a for loading a flexible disk (hereinafter abbreviated as FD) and a CD-ROM loading port 21b for loading a CD-ROM.
[0031]
FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the personal computer 20.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 4, the main unit 21 shown in FIG. 3 includes a CPU 211 that executes various programs, and a main memory 212 that is loaded with programs stored in the hard disk device 213 and loaded for execution by the CPU 211. 2 corresponds to the storage device 90 shown in FIG. 2, and is loaded with a hard disk device 213 and FD 100 in which various programs and data are stored, and an FD drive 214 that accesses the FD 100 and a CD-ROM drive 215 that accesses the CD-ROM 110 2, an input interface 216 for receiving image data from the color scanner 10 in FIG. 2 and an output interface 217 for sending image data to an external device such as the color printer 30 in FIG. 2 are incorporated. Also shown is an image display device 22, a keyboard 23, Mouse 24 are connected to each other via a bus 25.
[0033]
Here, the CD-ROM 110 stores an imposition program for operating the personal computer 20 as an embodiment of the imposition apparatus of the present invention. The CD-ROM 110 is loaded in the CD-ROM drive 215. Then, the imposition program stored in the CD-ROM 110 is uploaded to the personal computer 20 and stored in the hard disk device 213. Thus, the personal computer 20 operates as an embodiment of the imposition apparatus of the present invention.
[0034]
Next, an imposition program for generating the imposition apparatus 70 of FIG. 2 which is an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0035]
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a CD-ROM 110 in which an embodiment of the imposition program of the present invention is stored.
[0036]
The imposition program 200 stored in the CD-ROM 110 includes a paper image generation unit 201, an output processing unit 202, and a processing interruption unit 203. Here, the paper image generation unit 201 corresponds to an example of the paper image generation unit in the imposition program of the present invention, and similarly, the output processing unit 202 corresponds to an example of the output processing unit in the imposition program of the present invention, The processing interruption unit 203 corresponds to an example of a processing interruption unit in the imposition program of the present invention. Details of each part of the imposition program 200 will be described together with the operation of each part of the imposition apparatus 70 which is an embodiment of the imposition apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG.
[0037]
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the imposition apparatus 70 when the imposition program 200 is installed in the personal computer 20 of FIG. 2 and the personal computer 20 is operated as one embodiment of the imposition apparatus of the present invention.
[0038]
The imposition apparatus 70 also shown in FIG. 2 includes a paper image generation unit 71, an output processing unit 72, a processing interruption unit 73, and a layout generation unit 74. When the imposition program 200 shown in FIG. 5 is installed in the personal computer 20 shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the paper image generation unit 201 of the imposition program 200 constitutes the paper image generation unit 71 of FIG. The processing unit 202 constitutes an output processing unit 72, and the processing interruption unit 203 constitutes a processing interruption unit 73.
[0039]
The operator uses the keyboard 23 and the mouse 24 of FIG. 3 to determine the paper size indicating the paper size, the page size indicating the page size, the bleed width indicating the width of the cutting margin, and the virtual page larger than the cutting margin. When a virtual page width indicating a margin width and an arrangement template indicating the number of pages arranged on a sheet and a position where a page is arranged are designated, those values are sent to the layout generation unit 74. The layout generation unit 74 imposes a page frame of a specified page size on a sheet of a specified paper size according to a specified layout template, and surrounds the page frame with a specified bleed width, a page A layout in which a virtual page frame that surrounds the frame with a specified virtual page width is set is created. The created layout is sent to the paper image generation unit 71.
[0040]
The paper image generation unit 71 acquires a layout from the layout generation unit 74. Further, a page is acquired from the page generation device 60 shown in FIG. 2, and a sheet image representing the entire sheet when the acquired page is arranged on the page frame on the layout is generated. The paper image generation unit 71 corresponds to an example of a paper image generation unit in the imposition apparatus of the present invention. The generated paper image is sent to the output processing unit 72, and the acquired layout is sent to the processing interruption unit 73.
[0041]
When the paper image is sent from the paper image generation unit 71, the output processing unit 72 sends the paper image to the image development device 80 in FIG. 2 and the paper image data format representing the paper image to the image development device 80. Is converted from page description data to bitmap data, and the paper image of the halftone dot represented by the bitmap data is output onto the paper by the color printer 30. Further, the paper image is also sent from the output processing unit 72 to the storage device 90 in FIG. 2 and stored in the storage device 90. The output processing unit 72 is an example of an output processing unit in the imposition apparatus of the present invention.
[0042]
The processing interruption unit 73 acquires a layout from the paper image generation unit 71 and acquires a page from the page generation device 60 shown in FIG. Further, the process interrupting unit 73 issues an interrupt instruction for interrupting the process of generating the paper image when the acquired page size is larger than the size of the virtual page frame set on the layout. Send to. This process interruption part 73 is corresponded to an example of the process interruption part in the imposition apparatus of this invention.
[0043]
The imposition device 70 is basically configured as described above.
[0044]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a series of processes when a page is arranged on the layout to generate a paper image and the paper image is output on the paper. In the following, using this flowchart, a page sent from the page generation device 60 of FIG. 2 is placed on a sheet using the imposition device 70, and a sheet image is output by the color printer 30 of FIG. The process will be described.
[0045]
First, when the operator clicks an icon (not shown) prepared in advance using the mouse 24 in FIG. 3, a setting screen prepared in advance is displayed on the display screen 22a in FIG.
[0046]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a setting screen 300 displayed on the display screen 22a. The setting screen 300 includes a paper size setting unit 310 for setting the paper size, a page setting unit 320 for setting various setting values related to pages, and an arrangement for determining the number of pages to be arranged on the paper and the arrangement position of the pages. The page size setting unit 320 includes a page size setting unit 321 for setting the page size, and a bleed width for setting the width of the cutting margin. It is divided into a setting section 322 and a virtual page width setting section 323 for setting a width of a virtual page allowance larger than the cutting allowance. The operator uses the setting screen 300 to specify the paper size, page size, bleed width, virtual page width, and layout template.
[0047]
Each value designated by the operator is sent to the layout generation unit 74 of FIG. The layout generation unit 74 creates a layout that matches those values, and sends the created layout to the paper image generation unit 71 (step (a) in FIG. 7).
[0048]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a layout acquired by the paper image generation unit 71. In the layout 400 shown in the A portion, a paper frame 410 having a paper size designated by the operator is set, and the paper frame 410 is divided into four page areas 411 in this example. In the B part, one page area 411 of the four page areas 411 shown in the A part is shown. The page area 411 includes a page frame 420 having a page size specified by the operator, a bleed frame 430 including the page frame 420 with the specified bleed width 431, and a virtual including the page frame 420 with the specified virtual page width 441. A page frame 440 is set. The page frame 420 is an example of the page frame according to the present invention. Similarly, the cutting margin between the bleed frame 430 and the page frame 420 is an example of the cutting margin according to the present invention, and the virtual page frame 440 is the book frame. In an example of the virtual page frame according to the invention, the layout 400 corresponds to an example of the layout according to the present invention.
[0049]
The paper image generation unit 71 sends the acquired layout to the processing interruption unit 73. Further, the paper image generation unit 71 and the processing interruption unit 73 acquire a page from the page generation device 60 in FIG. 2 (step (b) in FIG. 7).
[0050]
10 is a diagram showing the page 500 acquired by the paper image generation unit 71 and the processing interruption unit 73, and the B part is when the page 500 is arranged in the page area 411 on the layout 400 shown in FIG. FIG. In this example, the page 500 protrudes from the page frame 420 and the bleed frame 430 of the page area 411, but does not protrude from the virtual page frame 440. Accordingly, in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the process proceeds from step (c) to step (d).
[0051]
Here, the paper image generation unit 71 arranges the page 500 sent from the page generation device 60 in FIG. 2 in the page area 411 on the layout 400 in FIG. 9 in an arrangement as shown in part B of FIG. (Step (d) in FIG. 7).
[0052]
The processing in step (c) and step (d) in FIG. 7 is performed for all pages sent from the page generation device 60 in FIG. 2 to the paper image generation unit 71. In step (e) of FIG. 7, when all the pages are arranged, the process proceeds to step (f).
[0053]
The paper image generation unit 71 sets a register mark that is a mark for cutting the paper on the layout in which the pages are arranged (step (f) in FIG. 7).
[0054]
Further, the paper image generation unit 71 generates a paper image representing the entire inside of the paper frame on the layout in which the pages are arranged (step (g) in FIG. 7).
[0055]
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a paper image generated by the paper image generation unit 71. In the paper image 450, four pages such as the page 500 are arranged, and a registration mark 451 is provided. The upper left and lower right pages are larger than the area surrounded by the registration marks 451, but the image portion that protrudes from the area is cut off at the time of cutting. The paper image generation unit 71 sends the paper image 450 to the output processing unit 72.
[0056]
The output processing unit 72 sends the paper image sent from the paper image generating unit 71 to the image developing device 80 and the storage device 90 of FIG.
[0057]
The storage device 90 in FIG. 2 stores the paper image sent from the output processing unit 72. 2 acquires a paper image from the output processing unit 72, and expands the format of the image data representing the paper image from page description data to bitmap data. The halftone dot paper image represented by the developed image data is sent to the color printer 30 in FIG. 2, and is output onto the paper by the color printer 30 (step (h) in FIG. 7).
[0058]
The paper image is output on the paper in the above procedure. Here, in step (b) of FIG. 7, a page having a page size larger than the virtual page frame on the layout is sent to the paper image generating unit 71. The case will be described.
[0059]
12 is a diagram showing the page 600 acquired by the paper image generation unit 71 and the processing interruption unit 73, and the B part is when the page 600 is arranged in the page area 411 on the layout 400 shown in FIG. FIG. In this example, the page 600 protrudes from the page frame 420, the bleed frame 430, and the virtual page frame 440 of the page area 411, and is a page that is clearly too large. Therefore, the process interruption unit 73 determines that the page 600 is larger than the virtual page frame 440 on the layout 400 (step (c) in FIG. 7), and issues an interruption instruction to interrupt the process of generating the paper image. The image is sent to the image generation unit 71.
[0060]
When an interruption instruction is sent from the processing interruption unit 73, the paper image generation unit 71 interrupts the processing and does not generate a paper image. In the flowchart of FIG. 7, the processing from step (d) to step (h) is omitted, and a series of processing for generating a paper image is interrupted.
[0061]
As described above, when a page having a clearly wrong size is acquired, a printing error can be reduced by interrupting the process of generating the paper image.
[0062]
Here, an example in which a color printer is applied as an example of an image output machine has been described above. However, this color printer may be an electrophotographic color printer or an inkjet color printer. The printer may be of a type that develops the photographic paper by exposing the photographic paper with the modulated laser beam, and does not ask what the printing method is. Further, the image output machine is not limited to a color printer, and may be a printing machine.
[0063]
Further, the imposition apparatus provided with the process interruption unit that interrupts the process of generating the paper image by the paper image generation unit has been described. However, the process interruption unit according to the present invention is, for example, the paper image generated by the paper image generation unit. May be interrupted, or the output processing unit may interrupt the process of causing the image output machine to output a paper image.
[0064]
In the above description, the layout in which the four page frames are arranged on the paper has been described. However, the layout used by the imposition apparatus according to the present invention has at least one page frame imposed on the paper. If so, the number of page frames is not limited to four.
[0065]
In the above description, the imposition device has been described in which the operator instructs the paper size, the page size, and the like and applies the layout according to those values. You may apply.
[0066]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, printing errors can be suppressed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a series of processing for binding and printing a page edited by an operator in an imposition layout and binding.
FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an image processing system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is an external view of a personal computer.
FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of a personal computer.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a CD-ROM storing one embodiment of the imposition program of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the imposition apparatus.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a series of processes when a paper image is generated by arranging pages on a layout and the paper image is output on the paper.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a setting screen displayed on the display screen.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a layout acquired by a paper image generation unit.
10 is a diagram illustrating a page acquired by a paper image generation unit and a processing interruption unit, and a page area when the page is arranged on the layout illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a paper image generated by a paper image generation unit.
12 is a diagram illustrating a page acquired by a paper image generation unit and a processing interruption unit, and a page area when the page is arranged on the layout illustrated in FIG. 9;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 page 2 layout 3 page frame 4 bleed frame 5 bleed 6 image portion 7 page 8 image portion 10 color scanner 11 original image 20 personal computer 21 main body device 21a FD loading port 21b CD-ROM loading port 22 image display device 22a display screen 23 Keyboard 24 Mouse 25 Bus 30 Color printer 31 Paper image 50 Paper image output system 60 Page generation device 70 Imposition device 71 Paper image generation unit 72 Output processing unit 73 Processing interruption unit 74 Layout generation unit 80 Image development device 90 Storage device 100 FD
110 CD-ROM
200 Imposition program 201 Paper image generation unit 202 Output processing unit 203 Processing interruption unit 211 CPU
212 Main memory 213 Hard disk 214 FD drive 215 CD-ROM drive 216 Input interface 217 Output interface 300 Setting screen 310 Paper size setting section 320 Page setting section 321 Page size setting section 322 Bleed width setting section 323 Virtual page width setting section 330 Layout template Setting section 400 Layout 410 Paper frame 411 Page region 420 Page frame 430 Bleed frame 431 Bleed width 440 Virtual page frame 441 Virtual page width 450 Paper image 451 Registration mark 500 Page 600 Page

Claims (3)

At least one page frame is imposed on the paper, and a page including an image and / or a character is arranged in each page frame on the layout in which a virtual page frame including the page frame is set, and the page is arranged. A paper image generation unit that generates a paper image by imaging the entire printed paper;
An output processing unit that outputs the paper image on the paper by giving the paper image generated by the paper image generation unit to an image output machine that outputs the image on the paper;
A series of processing executed by the paper image generation unit and the output processing unit to generate the paper image and output it on the paper is performed when a page arranged on the layout protrudes from the virtual page frame. An imposition apparatus comprising a processing interruption unit for interrupting. 2. The imposition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the virtual page frame includes a cutting margin having a predetermined width surrounding the periphery of the page frame. At least one page frame is imposed on the paper, and a page including an image and / or a character is arranged in each page frame on the layout in which a virtual page frame including the page frame is set, and the page is arranged. A paper image generation unit that generates a paper image by imaging the entire printed paper;
An output processing unit that outputs the paper image on the paper by giving the paper image generated by the paper image generation unit to an image output machine that outputs the image on the paper;
A series of processing executed by the paper image generation unit and the output processing unit to generate the paper image and output it on the paper is performed when a page arranged on the layout protrudes from the virtual page frame. An imposition program comprising a processing interruption unit for interrupting.

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