JP2005222267A - Print controller, print control method, program and recording medium remote management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print a plurality of pieces of print data onto one sheet even if a print controller (a computer) side does not specify a printer or a printer driver capable of printing the plurality of pieces of print data onto one sheet like integration printing. <P>SOLUTION: The printer driver of the computer stores the print data from an application in a hard disk as print intermediate data. A print intermediate data management module acquires the print intermediate data from the hard disk, analyzes a structure of the acquired print intermediate data, and acquires a total page number (a print page number) N. When the total page number N is a multiple number, a print setting module adds an integration print command to a print command part of the acquired print intermediate data, and sends the print intermediate data to the printer driver. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control apparatus for controlling printing, a print control method for controlling printing, a program for realizing functions necessary for a computer (functions according to the present invention), and a computer readable recording the same. The present invention relates to a recording medium.

  For example, in a print control apparatus using a computer, an application (application software) creates print data such as a document (document) corresponding to an operation of a keyboard on a monitor screen, and an instruction to start printing is output by the operation of the keyboard or the like. The printer driver (printer driver program) translates (converts) the print data from the application into a language (printer language) that the printer can understand, and outputs the translated print data to the printer for printing. I am doing so. The application is managed by an OS (Operating System).

  Here, processing by a program (software) such as an application or a printer driver is actually executed by the CPU operating in accordance with the program. However, for convenience of explanation, these programs execute processing. . Thereafter, the same applies to the case where the program is described as performing some processing.

  By the way, in recent years, resource saving has become a problem due to environmental problems, and in order to solve this, there are methods such as aggregate printing and double-sided printing that print images of multiple pages (image formation) on one sheet of paper. . However, when the operator performs, for example, aggregate printing, the print setting UI of the printer driver must be displayed from the print dialog of the application and set by the aggregate print setting item in the print setting UI. Since this procedure is complicated, printing is often performed without instructing the aggregate printing. In addition, the operator predicted that the print result would fit on a single sheet of paper and printed without instructing the aggregate printing. However, the operator may actually print on two sheets of paper.

Therefore, in order to solve these problems, Patent Document 1 discloses an invention in which the printer apparatus automatically performs collective printing based on the total number of pages and the character size.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses an invention that performs aggregate printing based on the total number of pages of a document.
JP 2001-180085 JP 2002-254773 A

However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is not easy to provide the above-described functions on the device (printer) side, and the cost may increase. It must also be a device that supports it.
On the other hand, in the invention described in Patent Document 2, the total number of pages of a document to be printed is obtained from print data transmitted to a printer driver. In this case, it cannot cope with output to any printer, and a corresponding printer driver is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a printer capable of printing a plurality of print data on a single sheet such as aggregate printing or double-sided printing on the print control device (computer) side. An object of the present invention is to enable printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet without specifying a driver or a printing device (printer).

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a print control device, a print control method, a program, and a recording medium.
A print control apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a print control apparatus that converts print data from an application into intermediate data, adds a command related to printing to the intermediate data, and controls printing. The structure of the intermediate data Print page number acquisition means for analyzing prints and the number of print pages acquired by the means, and printing for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet Print command adding means for adding a command to the intermediate data is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the print command adding means includes one print command when the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition means is plural. A means for inquiring of an operator whether or not a plurality of print data can be printed on a sheet, and printing a plurality of print data on one sheet in response to the inquiry by the means When an instruction is given, the print command for instructing the printing is added to the intermediate data.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition means is not plural, and the print command is added to the intermediate data. In this case, a print command deleting means for deleting the print command from the intermediate data is provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the print control apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the print command deleting means does not include a plurality of print page numbers acquired by the print page number acquisition means, and the intermediate data includes the number of print pages. Means for inquiring of the operator whether or not the print command can be deleted from the intermediate data when the print command is added, and in response to the inquiry by the means, the print command is sent to the intermediate data; The print command is deleted from the intermediate data when an instruction indicating that the print command can be deleted is issued.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method for converting print data from an application into intermediate data, and adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data to perform printing. To obtain the number of print pages, and when there are a plurality of print pages, a print command for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet is added to the intermediate data. is there.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method for converting print data from an application into intermediate data, and adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data to control printing, and the structure of the intermediate data To obtain the number of print pages, and when there are a plurality of print pages, the operator is inquired whether a plurality of print data can be printed on one sheet, In response to the inquiry, when an instruction is given to print a plurality of print data on one sheet, a print command instructing the print is added to the intermediate data.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method according to the fifth or sixth aspect, wherein when the acquired number of print pages is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data, The print command is deleted from the intermediate data.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method according to the fifth or sixth aspect, wherein when the obtained print page number is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data, An inquiry is made to the operator as to whether or not the print command can be deleted from the intermediate data, and the print command is instructed to delete the print command from the intermediate data in response to the inquiry. Are deleted from the intermediate data.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for converting print data from an application into intermediate data, adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data and analyzing the structure of the intermediate data to a print page. The print page number acquisition function for acquiring the number and a print command for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet as the intermediate data when there are a plurality of print pages acquired by the function. This is to realize a print command addition function to be added.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for converting print data from an application into intermediate data, and adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data to perform printing, and analyzing the structure of the intermediate data to obtain a print page. The print page number acquisition function for acquiring the number and whether or not a plurality of print data can be printed on one sheet when there are a plurality of print pages acquired by the function. In response to the inquiry, and in response to the inquiry, an instruction that printing of a plurality of print data may be performed on one sheet is performed, a print command for instructing the printing is added to the intermediate data. This is to realize a command addition function.

  The program according to the invention of claim 11 is the program according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition function is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. The print command deletion function for deleting the print command from the intermediate data is also realized.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program according to the ninth or tenth aspect, wherein the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition function is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. When the operator is inquired whether the print command can be deleted from the intermediate data, and in response to the inquiry, the user is instructed to delete the print command from the intermediate data, the This is to realize a print command deletion function for deleting a print command from the intermediate data.

  A recording medium according to a thirteenth aspect of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to any one of the ninth to twelfth aspects is recorded.

  According to the present invention, the print control apparatus (computer) side specifies a printer driver or a printing device (printer) that can print a plurality of print data on one sheet such as aggregate printing or double-sided printing. Even if the layout of the print data is automatically adjusted, a plurality of print data can be printed on one sheet, and the number of sheets necessary for printing can be surely reduced.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
First, a printer system including a computer having a function as a print control apparatus for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the connection relationship of this printer system.

A computer 10 that implements the present invention is directly connected to the printer 1 by a cable 5 or indirectly connected to the printers 2 and 3 via a network 6 such as a LAN (local area network). In addition, on the computer 10, printing can be performed from any application to the printers 1 to 3 connected through the printer driver.
The computer 10 is an information processing apparatus such as a PC (personal computer) or a workstation, and may be a client computer or a print server. In the case of a print server system, the client computer may be a Web client (Web server, Web browser, etc.) of a print server (print service).

  Each of the printers 1 to 3 is an image forming apparatus having a print function for forming (printing) an image on paper based on print data from the computer 10. Therefore, the printers 1 to 3 are not limited to image forming apparatuses having only a print function, such as laser printers, LED printers, and ink jet printers, but are digital copiers having other functions such as a copy function in addition to a print function, digital It may be an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction machine or a facsimile machine. In addition, the printers 1 to 3 may have a print server function.

Next, the hardware configuration of the computer 10 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the computer 10 of FIG.
The computer 10 includes an interface (I / F) 51, a CPU 52, a ROM 53, a RAM 54, a display device 55, a hard disk 56, a keyboard 57, and a storage medium drive 58.
The I / F 51 is a communication unit for communicating with the printer 1 as an external device via the cable 5 and communicating with the printers 2 and 3 via the network 6.

The CPU 52 is a central processing unit that manages and controls the entire computer 10.
The ROM 53 is a read-only storage unit (memory) that stores a fixed program executed by the CPU 52.
The RAM 54 is a readable / writable storage means that develops a program executed by the CPU 52 and uses it as a work area for various processes.
The display device 55 is a display unit such as a CRT display or an LCD display that displays various data, a work screen, and the like.

The hard disk 56 is a mass storage means for storing programs and data according to the present invention.
The keyboard 57 is an input means for a user to input various operation information. A mouse can also be provided as an input means.
The storage medium drive 58 is a recording / reproducing unit that performs recording or reproduction on the storage medium 59.
The storage medium 59 is a computer-readable recording medium such as MO, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD + R, DVD + RW disc, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, etc., which is removable from the computer 10. A program for executing print control according to the present invention is recorded.

In the computer 10 configured as described above, the CPU 52 can read the program according to the present invention from the storage medium 59 via the storage medium drive 58 and install it on the hard disk 56 by the operation on the keyboard 57 by the operator.
When the power is turned on, various programs including the OS in the hard disk 56 are read according to a boot loader (boot program) in the ROM 53, installed in the RAM 54, and then operated according to the various programs (select the various programs as necessary). By using the I / F 51, various functions including a print page number acquisition unit, a print command addition unit, and a print command deletion unit according to the present invention can be realized.

  For example, when a print command is issued by an operation on the keyboard 57 by the operator, the program according to the present invention is started. Then, printing control is performed in accordance with the program, data related to the printing control is stored in the RAM 54 and the hard disk 56, and output to the display device 55 for display as necessary.

Next, the software configuration of the computer 10 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration example of the computer 10 of FIG.
In the computer 10, the application 101 is assumed to be operating on an OS such as Windows (registered trademark).
Normally, in a system such as Windows (registered trademark), when printing with drawing data (print data) created by the application 101 operating on the computer 10, the graphic engine 102 uses the drawing data from the application 101. By drawing, the drawing data is transferred to the printer driver 103.

The printer driver 103 converts the received drawing data into code data that can be understood by a printer such as PDL (Page Description Language), and stores the code data in the spooler 104.
The spooler 104 executes printing by transmitting the accumulated code data to one of the printers 1 to 3.
In an OS such as Windows (registered trademark), the graphic engine 102 is called GDI (Graphic Device Interface), and the OS provides this GDI. A spooler 104 is also provided by the OS.

In the computer 10 of this embodiment, the printer driver 103 converts the drawing data from the application 101 into print intermediate data (intermediate data), which is data at the previous stage, into code data for a printer such as PDL, and prints it. The intermediate file 105 is stored in the storage means (RAM 54, hard disk 56, or storage medium 59) of the computer 10.
Further, in this computer 10, a plurality of print data is set by adding a print command (command related to printing) to a plurality of intermediate print data accumulated in the storage means and sending the data to the printer driver 103 again. The printing can be performed by outputting to any of the printers 1 to 3 under the printing conditions.

  In this embodiment, the print setting module 107 receives the print intermediate data via the print intermediate data management module 106 that manages the print intermediate data stored in the storage means. Further, a print setting command that can be printed while exchanging information with the printer driver 103 is generated, and is added to the print intermediate data received from the print intermediate data management module 106. Then, when the print intermediate data to which the print setting command is added is sent to the printer driver 103 as it is, printing is executed. Alternatively, the print intermediate data to which the print setting command is added is transferred to the print intermediate data management module 106, and the print intermediate data received by the print intermediate data management module 106 is sent to the printer driver 103, whereby printing is executed.

Here, the configuration of the print intermediate data to which the print setting command is added will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of intermediate print data to which a print setting command is added.
The intermediate print data includes a print setting command for the entire print data (including print commands for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet such as aggregate printing and double-sided printing) following the header portion of the data, and The data for each page is lined up. The data of each page is composed of a tag indicating the start (start) of the page, a page print command (command for specifying the paper size, paper direction, resolution, etc.), page drawing data, and a tag indicating the end of the page. ing.

  Hereinafter, four different examples (first to fourth embodiments) of print control which is a feature of the present invention by the computer 10 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6 to 8. Here, the storage destination of the print intermediate data is the hard disk 56, but may be the RAM 54 or the storage medium 59. The print control of the first to fourth embodiments is control for performing collective printing, but performs other printing such as double-sided printing (any printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet) is performed. It may be replaced with control for making it happen.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a first example of print control which is a feature of the present invention by the computer 10.
The printer driver 103 stores the print data from the application 101 in the hard disk 56 as print intermediate data.
When the print intermediate data is stored in the hard disk 56, the fact is recognized, and the print intermediate data management module 106 immediately acquires (reads) the print intermediate data from the hard disk 56. In this first embodiment, an example is described in which the print intermediate data management module 106 performs an operation triggered by the accumulation of print intermediate data, but is issued by an operation on the keyboard 57 by the operator. It is also possible to collectively acquire a plurality of print intermediate data stored in the hard disk 56 by using the instruction as a trigger.

The print intermediate data management module 106 analyzes the structure of the acquired print intermediate data, and acquires the total number of pages (number of print pages) N based on the analysis result.
If the total page number N is a plurality of pages (N> 1), the print setting module 107 instructs the print command portion of the print intermediate data acquired by the print intermediate data management module 106 to perform aggregate printing. Add the aggregate print command.
By sending the print intermediate data corrected in this way (print intermediate data to which an aggregate print command is added) to the printer driver 103, images of a plurality of pages are aggregated on one sheet of paper by any of the printers 1 to 3. Then, printing is executed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the computer 10 side analyzes the structure of the print intermediate data to obtain the total number of pages. Since it is added to the intermediate print data, it is possible to perform consolidated printing by automatically adjusting the layout of the print data without specifying a printer driver or printing device (printer) that can perform consolidated printing. The number of sheets can be reliably reduced.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a second example of print control which is a feature of the present invention by the computer 10.
The second embodiment is almost the same as the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 1 except that the print setting module 107 determines whether or not to perform the aggregate print before adding the aggregate print command to the print intermediate data. An inquiry to the operator (a message for inquiring whether or not to perform aggregate printing at this time is displayed on the display screen of the display device 55), and a selection instruction to perform aggregate printing in response to the inquiry ( Is issued by an operation on the keyboard 57), the aggregate print command is added to the print command portion of the print intermediate data.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the computer 10 side analyzes the structure of the print intermediate data to obtain the total number of pages, and when the total number of pages is plural, the aggregate printing is performed. In the same way as in the first embodiment, an inquiry is made to the operator as to whether or not it is acceptable, and when an instruction is given that aggregate printing can be performed, an aggregate print command is added to the intermediate print data. In addition to the following effects, the following effects can be obtained. That is, even if the operator selects aggregate printing by operating the keyboard 57, if there is only one page of actual print data, the aggregate printing can be stopped, so that it is printed small on one sheet. The inconvenience can be avoided.

[Third embodiment]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a third example of print control which is a feature of the present invention by the computer 10.
The printer driver 103 stores the print data from the application 101 in the hard disk 56 as print intermediate data.
When the print intermediate data is stored in the hard disk 56, the fact is recognized, and the print intermediate data management module 106 immediately acquires (reads) the print intermediate data from the hard disk 56. This third embodiment also describes an example in which the print intermediate data management module 106 operates by being triggered by the accumulation of print intermediate data, but it is issued by an operation on the keyboard 57 by the operator. It is also possible to collectively acquire a plurality of print intermediate data stored in the hard disk 56 by using the instruction as a trigger.

The print intermediate data management module 106 analyzes the structure of the acquired print intermediate data, and acquires the total number of pages (number of print pages) N based on the analysis result.
The print setting module 107 analyzes the structure of the print intermediate data received from the print intermediate data management module 106, and determines whether or not an aggregate print command has been added to the print command section based on the analysis result (setting of the aggregate print setting). Is present).
The print intermediate data management module 106 has a total page number N of 1 page (N = 1), and an aggregate print command has been added to the print command portion of the acquired print intermediate data (the aggregate print has been set) ), The aggregate print command is deleted from the print intermediate data.
By sending the print intermediate data corrected in this way (print intermediate data from which the aggregate print command is deleted) to the printer driver 103, one of the printers 1 to 3 prints one page image on one sheet of paper. Is done.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, the computer 10 side analyzes the structure of the print intermediate data to obtain the total number of pages, and the total number of pages is not plural, and the print is consolidated into the print intermediate data. If a command has been added, the consolidated print command is deleted from the intermediate print data, so that inconvenience occurs when the aggregate print is automatically performed (in this case, the aggregate print command is added to the intermediate print data). That is, it is possible to avoid printing that is not intended by the operator, such as printing characters becoming smaller.

[Fourth embodiment]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a fourth example of print control which is a feature of the present invention by the computer 10.
The fourth embodiment is almost the same as the third embodiment described with reference to FIG. 7, but before the print setting module 107 deletes the aggregate print command from the print intermediate data, the aggregate print command is deleted from the print intermediate data. Inquiries to the operator about whether to delete the aggregate print command from the intermediate print data at this time is displayed on the display screen of the display device 55. When a selection instruction (issued by an operation on the keyboard 57) that the aggregate print command may be deleted from the print intermediate data is issued, the aggregate print command is deleted from the print intermediate data.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the computer 10 analyzes the structure of the print intermediate data to obtain the total number of pages, and the total number of pages is not plural, and the print is consolidated into the print intermediate data. If a command has been added, the operator is inquired whether the aggregate print command may be deleted from the intermediate print data, and the aggregate print command may be deleted from the intermediate print data in response to the inquiry. When an instruction is given, the aggregate print command is deleted from the print intermediate data, so that the following effect can be obtained in addition to the same effect as in the third embodiment. That is, when the operator selects the aggregate print by the operation on the keyboard 57, it may not be preferable if the aggregate print command is deleted from the print intermediate data, but the inconvenience can be avoided.
The control of FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 can be combined with the control of FIG. 1 or FIG.

  The present invention can be applied to various computers such as personal computers and workstations.

It is a flowchart which shows the 1st example of the printing control used as the characteristic of this invention by the computer 10 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the connection relation of the printer system containing the computer which implements this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the computer 10 of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the software structural example of the computer 10 of FIG.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the printing intermediate data which added the printing setting command produced | generated by the computer of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the 2nd example of the printing control used as the characteristic of this invention by the computer 10 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the 3rd example of the printing control which becomes the feature of this invention similarly. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a fourth example of print control that is also a feature of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1-3: Printer 10: Computer 5: Cable 6: Network 51: I / F 52: CPU 53: ROM 54: RAM 55: Display device 56: Hard disk 57: Keyboard 58: Storage medium drive 59: Storage medium 101: Application 102: Graphic engine 103: Printer driver 104: Spooler 105: Print intermediate file 106: Print intermediate data management module 107: Print setting module

Claims (13)

A print control apparatus that converts print data from an application into intermediate data, adds a command related to printing to the intermediate data, and controls printing,
Print page number acquisition means for analyzing the structure of the intermediate data and acquiring the number of print pages;
Print command adding means for adding a print command for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet to the intermediate data when there are a plurality of print pages acquired by the means. A printing control apparatus characterized by the above. The print control apparatus according to claim 1,
The print command adding means informs the operator whether or not a plurality of print data can be printed on one sheet when there are a plurality of print pages acquired by the print page number acquiring means. In response to the inquiry from the means, when a command to print a plurality of print data on a single sheet is given, A printing control apparatus characterized by being added to intermediate data. The print control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Provided is a print command deletion unit that deletes the print command from the intermediate data when the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition unit is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. A printing control apparatus characterized by that. The print control apparatus according to claim 3.
The print command deletion unit deletes the print command from the intermediate data when the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition unit is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. Means for inquiring to the operator whether or not the print command can be accepted, and when the instruction to delete the print command from the intermediate data is made in response to the inquiry by the means, A printing control apparatus, wherein the printing control apparatus is deleted from data. A print control method for converting print data from an application into intermediate data, adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data, and performing printing,
The intermediate data structure is analyzed to obtain the number of print pages, and when there are a plurality of print pages, a print command for instructing printing of a plurality of print data on one sheet is sent to the intermediate data And a printing control method. A print control method for controlling print by converting print data from an application into intermediate data, adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data,
The operator obtains the number of print pages by analyzing the structure of the intermediate data, and determines whether or not a plurality of print data can be printed on one sheet when there are a plurality of print pages. In response to the inquiry, and in response to the inquiry, an instruction is given to print a plurality of print data on one sheet, a print command instructing the printing is added to the intermediate data. And a printing control method. The printing control method according to claim 5 or 6,
A print control method comprising: deleting a print command from the intermediate data when the acquired number of print pages is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. The printing control method according to claim 5 or 6,
When the acquired number of print pages is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data, an inquiry is made to the operator as to whether or not the print command can be deleted from the intermediate data. A print control method, comprising: deleting a print command from the intermediate data when instructed to delete the print command from the intermediate data in response to an inquiry. A computer that controls printing by converting print data from an application into intermediate data and adding a command related to printing to the intermediate data.
When the number of print pages obtained by analyzing the structure of the intermediate data and obtaining the number of print pages and when the number of print pages obtained by the function is plural, A program for realizing a print command addition function for adding a print command for instructing printing to the intermediate data. A computer that converts print data from an application into intermediate data, adds a command related to printing to the intermediate data, and performs printing.
When the number of print pages obtained by analyzing the structure of the intermediate data and obtaining the number of print pages and when the number of print pages obtained by the function is plural, An inquiry is made to the operator as to whether or not printing can be performed, and in response to the inquiry, an instruction to print a plurality of print data on one sheet is given. A program for realizing a print command addition function for adding a print command to be added to the intermediate data. The program according to claim 9 or 10,
A print command deletion function that deletes the print command from the intermediate data when the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition function is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data is also realized. Program to let you. The program according to claim 9 or 10,
The operator determines whether the print command can be deleted from the intermediate data when the number of print pages acquired by the print page number acquisition function is not plural and the print command is added to the intermediate data. In response to the inquiry, and in response to the inquiry, an instruction that the print command may be deleted from the intermediate data is provided, the print command deletion function for deleting the print command from the intermediate data is also realized. Program.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to any one of claims 9 to 12 is recorded.

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