JP2005328350A - Print processing device, its method and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print processing device, its method and program by which arbitrary page numbers can be assigned even when outputting printing to a copying machine, a complex machine or the like having no page printing function. <P>SOLUTION: A printing job preparing and managing section 8 prepares a printing job on the basis of printing images and set data. When there are page number assignment specification and set contents, page number data are prepared on the basis of the set contents of the page number assignment, a page number image data producer 11 produces the page number image data on the basis of the page number data, a page number image data synthesizing section 12 synthesizes the page number image data with the printing images on the basis of the page number data, a printing job preparing and managing section 8 re-creates the printing job on the basis of page number assigned printing images, and a printing job transmitter 13 transmits the printing job to an image outputting device 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a print processing apparatus, method, and program, and more particularly, to a print processing apparatus, method, and program for assigning page numbers to specific areas of printed matter.

  Conventionally, when printing (copying, printing, etc.) a document, a function (numbering) for assigning a page number to a specific area of a printed material is supported by various output machines. Various techniques have been disclosed for guaranteeing the flexibility of the designation method and the validity of the output result for the page number assignment process.

  For example, there is an image forming apparatus that can assign the first page to an arbitrary portion of a document and can perform page number printing settings for copy inserted paper and blank paper inserted (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

For example, there is an image forming apparatus that can obtain an optimum output even when a combination of a character data combining function such as a numbering function and a confidential printing function and a post-processing function are performed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). . (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-347735 A JP 2003-60823 A

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, since processing for interpreting complicated page printing designation at the time of output is performed at the time of printing, pages cannot be performed except by a specific output machine, and an existing application cannot be used. In the case of output, etc., there is a problem that it depends on the pagination function implemented in the application.

  Further, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the function can be used only in the case of a specific output machine because the page position detection means and the like are performed during printing.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a print processing apparatus capable of setting arbitrary page numbering even when performing print output to a copy, multifunction peripheral, or the like that does not have a page print function, An object is to provide a method and a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is a print processing apparatus for processing a print job output by an image output apparatus, and accepting means for accepting designated contents of image data and page number assignment, and accepting by the accepting means. A print image generation unit that generates a print image based on the received image data, a page number data generation unit that generates page number data based on the specified content of page number assignment received by the reception unit, and the page number data generation Based on the page number data created by the means, page number image data generation means for generating page number image data, and the page number image data generated by the page number image data generation unit according to the page number data, Page number image data synthesizing means for synthesizing with the print image generated by the print image generating means; A print job creation unit that creates a print job based on a print image with a page number synthesized by the page number image data synthesis unit, and a print job that sends the print job created by the print job creation unit to the image output apparatus And transmitting means.

  The accepting means corresponds to the accepting section 6 shown in FIG. 2, the print image generating means corresponds to the image data converting section 7 shown in FIG. 2, and the page number data creating means is the page number data creating means 16 shown in FIG. The page number image data generating means corresponds to the page number image data generating section 11 shown in FIG. 2, and the page number image data synthesizing means corresponds to the page number image data synthesizing section 12 shown in FIG. The creation unit corresponds to the print job creation management unit 8 shown in FIG. 2, and the print job transmission unit corresponds to the print job transmission unit 13 shown in FIG.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the specified contents for page number assignment are a page number start page, a start page number, a font, a font size, and a page number assignment position, and the page number image The data generation unit generates the image data of the page number according to the start page number, the font, and the font size, and the page number image data synthesis means, according to the page number start page and the page number assignment position, The image data of the page number is synthesized with the print image.

  According to a third aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the page number image data synthesizing unit synthesizes the image data of the page number with the print image in accordance with the output designation of the print image. To do.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the image processing apparatus further comprises storage means for storing the print image and the page number data in association with each other.

  The storage means corresponds to the print job storage unit 9 shown in FIG.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, when outputting the print image stored in the storage unit, the page number image data generation unit outputs the page number data associated with the print image. And generating the page number image data. The page number image data synthesizing unit synthesizes the page number image data generated by the page number image data generation unit with the print image. A print job of a print image with a page number synthesized in step (a) is transmitted to the image device.

  According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the fifth aspect of the invention, when the print image stored in the storage unit is output, the receiving unit has a page number different from the page number data associated with the print image. The page number data creation means creates the page number data based on the page number assignment designation content received by the reception means when the designation content for assignment is received, and the page created by the page number data creation means A print job of a print image obtained by combining image data of page numbers generated based on the number data is transmitted to the image output device.

  The invention of claim 7 further comprises image output device control means for confirming the presence or absence of a page number assigning function in the image output device according to the invention of claim 1, wherein the image output device has a page number assigning function. If there is not, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page number is transmitted to the image output device, and if the image output device has a page number assigning function, the image data of the page number is combined with the print image Without printing, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the image output apparatus.

  The image output device control means corresponds to the image output device control unit 10 shown in FIG.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein when the plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations, the image output device control means designates all image output devices designated as the output destinations. If all the image output devices do not have the same page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers is transmitted to the all image output device. When all of the image output devices have the same page number assigning function, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the all image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. And

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in a print processing method for processing a print job output by an image output apparatus, image data and a specified content for page numbering are received, and a print image is generated based on the received image data. Generating page number data based on the received designation of page number assignment, generating page number image data based on the generated page number data, and generating the page number image data as the page number According to the number data, the print image is combined with the print image, a print job is generated based on the combined print image with the page number, and the generated print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the invention, the specified contents of the page number assignment are a page number start page, a start page number, a font, a font size, and a page number assignment position, and the start page number The image data of the page number is generated according to the font and the font size, and the image data of the page number is combined with the print image according to the page number start page and the page number assignment position.

  The invention of claim 11 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 9, the image data of the page number is combined with the print image in accordance with the output designation of the print image.

  The invention of claim 12 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 9, the print image and the page number data are stored in association with each other.

  Further, in the invention of claim 13, in the invention of claim 12, when outputting the stored print image, the image data of the page number is generated based on the page number data associated with the print image, The generated image data of the page number is combined with the print image, and a print job of the combined print image with the page number is transmitted to the image device.

  Further, in the invention of claim 14, in the invention of claim 13, when outputting the stored print image, the specified content of page number assignment different from the page number data associated with the print image is accepted. In this case, the page number data is created based on the received page number assignment designation content, and a print job of a print image obtained by combining the page number image data generated based on the created page number data is output to the image It transmits to an apparatus, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the ninth aspect, the presence or absence of a page number assigning function in the image output device is confirmed. When the image output device does not have a page number assigning function, the image data of the page number If the image output apparatus has a page number assigning function, the print image is printed without combining the page number image data with the print image. A job is transmitted to the image output apparatus.

  Further, in the invention of claim 16, when a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations in the invention of claim 15, whether or not the page number assigning function is present in all the image output devices designated as the output destinations. If all the image output devices do not have the same page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers is transmitted to the all image output device, and is the same as the all image output device. When the page number assigning function is provided, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the entire image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image.

  According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in a print processing program for processing a print job output by an image output apparatus, a print image is processed based on a process for receiving image data and a page number assignment specification, and the received image data. Processing to generate, processing to create page number data based on the received page number assignment specification, processing to generate page number image data based on the created page number data, and the generated page A process of combining image data of a number with a print image generated by the print image generation unit according to the page number data, a process of generating a print job based on the combined print image with a page number, and the generation The process of transmitting the print job to the image output apparatus is operated by a computer.

  According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the seventeenth aspect, the specified contents of the page number assignment are a page number start page, a start page number, a font, a font size, and a page number assignment position, and the start page number A process for generating image data of the page number according to the font and the font size, and a process of combining the image data of the page number with the print image according to the page number start page and the page number assignment position. It is characterized by operating.

  The invention of claim 19 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 17, the page number image data synthesis means synthesizes the image data of the page number with the print image in accordance with the output designation of the print image. To do.

  According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the computer is caused to operate a process of associating and storing the print image and the page number data.

  The invention of claim 21 is the processing of generating image data of the page number based on page number data associated with the print image when the stored print image is output in the invention of claim 20. And causing the computer to perform a process of combining the image data of the generated page number with the print image and a process of transmitting a print job of the combined print image with the page number to the image device. To do.

  According to a twenty-second aspect of the invention, in the twenty-first aspect of the invention, when the stored print image is output, the specified content of page number assignment different from the page number data associated with the print image is received. In this case, a process of creating the page number data based on the received page number assignment specification and a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers generated based on the created page number data A process of transmitting to the image output apparatus is operated by a computer.

  According to a twenty-third aspect of the invention, in the invention of the seventeenth aspect, if the image output device has no page number assigning function and the image output device has no page number assigning function, If the image output device has a process for transmitting a print job of a print image obtained by combining image data to the image output device, and the image output device has a page number assigning function, the image data of the page number is not combined with the print image. A process for transmitting a print job of a print image to the image output apparatus is caused to operate on a computer.

  According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations in the twenty-third aspect of the invention, the presence / absence of a page number assigning function in all the image output devices designated as the output destinations is determined. A process of confirming, a process of transmitting a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers to the all-image output apparatus when the all-image output apparatus does not have the same page number assigning function, and the all-image output apparatus When the output device has the same page number assigning function, the computer is caused to perform a process of transmitting a print job of the print image to all the image output devices without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, since the page number image data is generated not by the image output apparatus but by the print processing apparatus, regardless of the presence / absence of the page number assignment function of the output destination image output apparatus and the type of the page number assignment function, the user The effect is that page numbers can be assigned as specified.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, even when output to a plurality of image output devices such as distributed printing, it is possible to assign page numbers with the same quality regardless of the type of image output device.

  Furthermore, since page image data is specified only for the print image, even when a blank sheet is inserted during output processing by the image output device, the page number is not printed on the inserted blank sheet, and the necessary part is not printed. It is possible to assign page numbers only.

  Furthermore, by performing processing according to print designation for page number assignment, there is an effect that it is possible for the user to assign page numbers with higher convenience.

  In addition, since page number assignment is logically stored in the reprint file, the page number start page, page number assignment position, and the like can be changed when a reprint instruction is issued, giving the user more flexibility. The effect is that it is possible to assign a unique page number.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As an embodiment of the present invention, a configuration in which an image input device, a print processing device, and an image output device are connected via a network will be described as an example.

  Data such as document, figure, or image data transmitted from the image input unit of the image input device or a client (not shown) to the print processing device is used as image data, and is generated by the print processing device and output to the image output device. Is a print job. Here, the print job includes a print image (for example, PDL [Page Description Language]) to be printed by the image output apparatus and setting data used for controlling the print processing.

  Further, a page of a document or the like printed by the image output apparatus is printed on one sheet of paper when a print image is printed on the paper by the image output apparatus using a print job created by the print processing apparatus. The range is one page.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a print processing system 1 used in the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the print processing system 1 is configured by connecting a print processing device 2, a plurality of image input devices 3, and a plurality of image output devices 4 via a network 5. Note that a plurality of image input devices 3 and image output devices 4 are not necessarily required.

  Here, each device will be described in detail.

  The print processing apparatus 2 accepts print data issued from the image input apparatus 3 or a client (not shown), creates a print job based on the accepted print data, and sends the created print job to the designated image output apparatus 4. Send.

  The image input device 3 inputs image data by reading a document, and transmits the input image data to the print processing device 2.

  The image output device 4 forms a print image included in the print job on a sheet based on the control data included in the print job received from the print processing device 2.

  Next, the configuration of each of the print processing device 2, the image input device 3, and the image output device 4 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functional configurations of the print processing apparatus 2, the image input apparatus 3, and the image output apparatus 4.

  The functional configuration of the print processing apparatus 2 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the print processing apparatus 2 includes a reception unit 6, an image data conversion unit 7, a print job creation management unit 8, a print job storage unit 9, an image output device control unit 10, and a page number image data generation unit 11. A page number image data composition unit 12 and a print job transmission unit 13.

  Here, each component will be described in detail.

  The accepting unit 6 performs processing for accepting image data and setting data transmitted from the image input device 3.

  The image data conversion unit 7 performs a process of converting the image data received by the reception unit 6 using a printer control code that can be directly recognized by the image output device 4. Hereinafter, the converted image data is set as a print image.

  The print job creation management unit 8 performs a process for creating a print job based on the print image converted by the image data conversion unit 7, a process for managing the created print job, and a process for creating page number data.

  The print job storage unit 9 stores the print job as a reprint file.

  The image output device control unit 10 performs processing for controlling the image output device 4.

  The page number image data generation unit 11 performs processing for generating page number image data based on the page number data created by the print job creation management unit 8.

  The page number image data synthesizing unit 12 performs a process of synthesizing the page number image data generated by the page number image data generating unit 11 with a print image.

  The print job transmission unit 13 performs processing for transmitting the print job created by the print job creation management unit 8 to the image output apparatus 4.

  Next, the functional configuration of the image input apparatus 3 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image input device 3 includes an image input unit 14 and an output condition setting unit 15.

  Here, each component will be described in detail.

  The image input unit 14 performs processing for reading an original and generating image data.

  The output condition setting unit 15 specifies the output destination of the image data by the user, the specification of the printing condition of the image data, the specification of the page number assignment and the setting contents (page number start page, start page number, font, font size, page number) (Setting position) is received, and setting data is generated based on the received various settings.

  Next, the print job creation management unit 8 and the print job storage unit 9 of the print processing apparatus 2 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the print job creation management unit 8 and the print job storage unit 9 in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the print job creation management unit 8 has page number data creation means 16.

  The page number data creation means 16 is a function for creating page number data based on the page number assignment setting content included in the setting data.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the print job storage unit 9 logically holds the page number data 17 created by the page number data creation unit 16 separately from the print image 19 in the reprint file 18. Therefore, when the print image 19 is reprinted, the page number data 17 stored together with the print image 19 may be used, or the page number data created based on the new page number unnecessary setting content is used. May be used. That is, the contents of page number assignment can be freely changed at the time of reprinting, and the page number assignment can be performed more flexibly for the user.

  Next, functional operations performed by the print processing apparatus 2, the image input apparatus 3, and the image output apparatus 4 when an instruction is given to print by assigning page numbers will be described in detail with reference to FIG. .

  The image input unit 14 of the image input apparatus 3 reads an original to generate image data, and the setting unit 15 specifies an output destination of image data, specifies printing conditions for image data, specifies page number assignment, and setting contents, etc. The setting data is generated based on the various settings, and the generated image data and setting data are transmitted to the print processing apparatus 2.

  When the reception unit 6 of the print processing apparatus 2 receives the image data and setting data transmitted from the image input apparatus 3, the reception unit 6 passes the received image data and setting data to the image data conversion unit 7, and the image data conversion unit 7 When data and setting data are received, image data is converted using the printer control code based on the received setting data to generate a print image, and the generated print image and setting data are transferred to the print job creation management unit 8. When the print job creation management unit 8 receives the print image and the setting data, the print job creation management unit 8 creates a print job based on the received print image and the setting data, and whether or not the setting data includes a page number assignment specification and setting contents. Make sure.

  Here, when there is no designation of page number assignment and setting contents, the print job creation management unit 8 passes the print job to the print job transmission unit 13, and when the print job transmission unit 13 receives the print job, the received print job is displayed. The image is transmitted to the image output device 4.

  Here, if there is a page number assignment specification and setting contents, the page number data creation means 16 creates page number data based on the page number assignment settings. Note that the page number data includes a page number start page, a page start number, a font, a font size, and a page number assignment position.

  The print job creation management unit 8 inquires of the image output device control unit 10 about the presence or absence of the page number assigning function of the image output device 4 designated for output, and the image output device control unit 10 obtains the page number of the image output device 4 designated for output. When the inquiry about the presence / absence of the assignment function is received, the print job creation management unit 8 is notified of the presence / absence of the page number assignment function of the image output apparatus 4.

  Here, if the image output device 4 designated for output has a page number assigning function, the print job creation management unit 8 passes the print job to the print job transmission unit 13, and the print job transmission unit 13 receives the print job. When received, the received print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus 4.

  Here, if the image output device 4 designated for output does not have a page number assigning function, the print job creation management unit 8 uses the page number data created by the page number data creation unit 16 as the page number image data generation unit. 11, the page number image data generation unit 11 receives the page number data, generates page number image data based on the received page number data, and sends the generated page number image data to the page number image data synthesis unit 12. When the page number image data composition unit 12 receives the page number image data, the page number image data composition unit 12 extracts the print image from the print job creation management unit 8, composes the page number image data with the print image based on the page number data, and composes the combined page. The print image with number image is transferred to the print job creation management unit 8 and the print job creation management unit 8 When a print image with a page number is received, a print job is recreated based on the received print image with a page number, the recreated print job is transferred to the print job transmission unit 13, and the print job transmission unit 13 receives the print job. The received print job is transmitted to the image output device 4.

  Further, when a plurality of image output devices 4 are specified as output destinations by designating division printing or the like, and at least one of the specified plurality of image output devices 4 has a different type of page number assignment function, the page number The page number image data is generated and combined according to the page number data on the assumption that it does not have the adding function.

  If the print job stored in the print job storage unit 9 is instructed to reprint, if there is no new page number assignment setting, the print job stored in the print job storage unit 9 The page number image data generated based on the page number data is combined with the print image, the print job of the combined print image is transmitted to the image output device 4, and if there is a new page number assignment setting, Page number data is generated based on the setting contents of page number assignment, the page number image data generated based on the generated page number data is combined with the print image, and the print job of the combined print image is output to the image output device 4. Send to.

  Next, print processing performed by the print processing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  Image data is received from the image input device (step S401), the received image data is converted to generate a print image (step S402), a print job is created based on the generated print image (step S403), and the page The presence / absence of number assignment designation is confirmed (step S404).

  If there is a page number assignment designation (YES in step S404), page number data is created (step S405).

  If one image output device is designated as the output destination (NO in step S406), the presence / absence of the page number assigning function of the designated image output device is confirmed (step S407).

  If the designated image output apparatus does not have a page number assigning function (NO in step S407), page number image data is generated (step S408), and the generated page number image data is combined with the print image (step S409). The print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus (step S410), and the print processing procedure is terminated.

  If a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations in step S406 (YES in step S406), the presence / absence and type of page number assigning functions of all image output devices are confirmed (step S411).

  If the page number assigning functions of all the image output devices are not the same (NO in step S411), page number image data is generated (step S408), and the generated page number image data is combined with the print image (step S409). The print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus (step S410), and the print processing procedure is terminated.

  In step S411, if all the image output apparatuses have the same page number assigning function (YES in step S411), the print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus (step S410), and the print processing procedure ends.

  If there is no page number assignment designation in step S404 (NO in step S404), the print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus (step S410), and the print processing procedure is terminated.

  In step S407, if the designated image output apparatus has a page number assigning function (YES in step S407), the print job is transmitted to the image output apparatus (step S410), and the print processing procedure ends.

  Next, the specification of the setting contents for page number assignment will be described in detail with reference to a specific embodiment.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen 20 for setting contents for page number assignment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a page number start page, a start page number, a font, a font size, and a page number assignment position can be set on the page number assignment setting content designation screen 20.

  By inputting a desired number of pages in the page number start page item 21 shown in FIG. 5, a page for starting page number assignment can be set. In the start page number item 22 shown in FIG. By inputting the number, a start page number can be set, a desired font can be selected from the font combo box 23 shown in FIG. 5, and a desired font size can be selected from the font size combo box 24 shown in FIG. The font size can be selected, and a desired page number assignment position can be selected from the page number assignment position combo box 25 shown in FIG.

  If there is a contradiction between the staple, punch, paper folding designation, etc. and the page numbering position (for example, staple: top 2 places / page number giving position: top), an alert is generated for the user. You can also.

  When printing a reprint file in which page number data is stored, the page number start page item 21, the start page number item 22, and the font combo box 23 on the designation screen for setting the page number assignment. The value of the page number data is displayed as the default value in the font size combo box 24 and the page number assigning position combo box 25, but the default value can be changed.

  Next, composition of page number image data will be described in detail with reference to a specific embodiment.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining composition of page number image data.

FIG. 6A shows the printing conditions as
[Print: single side / page number start page: 1 / start page number: 1 / page number assignment position: bottom right]
8 is an example of composition of page number image data when is set.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the page number “1” is combined with the lower right edge of the first page sheet, and the page number “2” is combined with the lower right edge of the second page sheet. The page number “3” is combined with the lower right edge of the sheet, the page number “4” is combined with the lower right edge of the fourth page sheet, and the page number “5” is combined with the lower right edge of the fifth page sheet. Yes.

FIG. 6B shows the printing conditions as
[Print: Double Sided & Left / Right Open / Page Number Start Page: 1 / Start Page Number: 1 / Page Numbering Position: Bottom Right]
8 is an example of composition of page number image data when is set.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the page number “1” is combined with the lower right end of the table of the first page, and the page number “2” is combined with the lower left end of the back of the first page. Page number “3” is combined with the lower right edge of the front of the second page paper, and page number “4” is combined with the lower left edge of the back of the second page of paper, and the lower right edge of the front of the third page of the paper. Page number “5” is synthesized.

  In the embodiment described above, when the output destination image output apparatus 4 supports PDL (when the image output apparatus 4 can output a page number), page number assignment is performed when image data is PDL converted. It is also applicable to a configuration that indicates In this case, it is possible to perform page number assignment processing according to the function of the image output device 4.

  In the embodiment described above, when a plurality of stored print jobs are to be combined, the page number data is reconstructed according to the combined page information during the combining process. Even when a reprinted print job is combined and page edited, consistency can be maintained in the unit of saved document with page numbering.

  Further, when there is a function that can generate a document format file from a reprint print job, a configuration in which a document format file with page numbers can be obtained from the reprint file with page number information may be used.

  The present invention also provides a print processing program (printer driver) capable of performing the same processing as that of the print processing apparatus 2 of the embodiment described above in a general-purpose computer such as a general PC (Personal Computer). It is also applicable to the installation configuration.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a print processing system 1 used in an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functional configurations of a print processing apparatus 2, an image input apparatus 3, and an image output apparatus 4. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating in detail a print job creation management unit 8 and a print job storage unit 9. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process performed by the print processing apparatus 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the designation | designated screen 20 of the setting content of page number provision. It is a figure explaining composition of page number image data.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing system 2 Print processing apparatus 3 Image input device 4 Image output device 5 Network 6 Reception part 7 Image data conversion part 8 Print job creation management part 9 Print job storage part 10 Image output apparatus control part 11 Page number image data generation part 12 Page number image data composition section 13 Print job transmission section 14 Image input section 15 Output condition setting section 16 Page number data creation means 17 Page number data 18 Reprint file 19 Print image 20 Page number assignment setting content designation screen 21 pages Numbering page item 22 Starting page number item 23 Font combo box 24 Font size combo box 25 Page numbering position combo box

Claims (24)

In a print processing device that processes a print job output by an image output device,
Accepting means for accepting the specified contents of image data and page number assignment;
Print image generation means for generating a print image based on the image data received by the reception means;
Page number data creation means for creating page number data based on the specified content of page number assignment received by the reception means;
Page number image data generating means for generating page number image data based on the page number data created by the page number data creating means;
Page number image data synthesizing means for synthesizing the page number image data generated by the page number image data generation unit with the print image generated by the print image generation means according to the page number data;
Print job creation means for creating a print job based on a print image with a page number synthesized by the page number image data synthesis means;
A print processing apparatus comprising: a print job transmission unit configured to transmit a print job created by the print job creation unit to the image output apparatus. The specified content of the page number assignment is
Page number start page, start page number, font, font size and page numbering position,
The page number image data generation unit
According to the starting page number, the font and the font size, generate image data of the page number,
The page number image data synthesis means includes:
The print processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data of the page number is combined with the print image according to the page number start page and a page number assignment position. The page number image data synthesis means includes:
The print processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data of the page number is combined with the print image in accordance with output designation of the print image. The print processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit that stores the print image and the page number data in association with each other. When outputting a print image stored in the storage unit,
The page number image data generation means includes
Based on the page number data associated with the print image, the image data of the page number is generated,
The page number image data synthesis means includes:
The page number image data generated by the page number image data generation means is combined with the print image,
The print processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a print job of a print image with a page number synthesized by the page number image synthesis unit is transmitted to the image apparatus. When outputting the print image stored in the storage unit, when the reception unit receives the specified content of page number assignment different from the page number data associated with the print image,
The page number data creation means includes:
Create the page number data based on the specified content of page number assignment received by the receiving means,
The print processing according to claim 5, wherein a print job of a print image obtained by combining image data of page numbers generated based on the page number data generated by the page number data generation unit is transmitted to the image output device. apparatus. Image output device control means for confirming the presence or absence of a page number assigning function in the image output device;
When the image output device does not have a page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page number is transmitted to the image output device,
The print job of the print image is transmitted to the image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image when the image output device has a page number assigning function. The printing processing apparatus as described. The image output device control means includes:
When a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations, confirm whether there is a page number assignment function in all the image output devices designated as the output destinations,
When all the image output devices do not have the same page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers is transmitted to the all image output device,
When all the image output devices have the same page number assigning function, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the all image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. The print processing apparatus according to claim 7. In a print processing method for processing a print job output by an image output device,
Accepts the specified contents of image data and page numbering,
A print image is generated based on the received image data,
Create page number data based on the received page number assignment specification,
Based on the created page number data, generate page number image data,
The generated page number image data is combined with the print image according to the page number data,
Create a print job based on the combined print image with page number,
A print processing method, comprising: transmitting the created print job to the image output apparatus. The specified content of the page number assignment is
Page number start page, start page number, font, font size and page numbering position,
According to the starting page number, the font and the font size, generate image data of the page number,
The print processing method according to claim 9, wherein the image data of the page number is combined with the print image according to the page number start page and a page number assignment position. The print processing method according to claim 9, wherein the image data of the page number is combined with the print image in accordance with output designation of the print image. The print processing method according to claim 9, wherein the print image and the page number data are stored in association with each other. When outputting the stored print image,
Based on the page number data associated with the print image, the image data of the page number is generated,
Combining the image data of the generated page number with the print image,
The print processing method according to claim 12, wherein the print job of the combined print image with the page number is transmitted to the image device. When outputting the stored print image, when receiving a page number assignment specification different from the page number data associated with the print image,
Create the page number data based on the received page number assignment specification,
The print processing method according to claim 13, wherein a print job of a print image obtained by combining image data of page numbers generated based on the created page number data is transmitted to the image output device. Check whether there is a page numbering function in the image output device,
When the image output device does not have a page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page number is transmitted to the image output device,
10. When the image output apparatus has a page number assigning function, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the image output apparatus without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. The printing processing method as described. When a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations, confirm whether there is a page number assignment function in all the image output devices designated as the output destinations,
When all the image output devices do not have the same page number assigning function, a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers is transmitted to the all image output device,
When all the image output devices have the same page number assigning function, the print job of the print image is transmitted to the all image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. The print processing method according to claim 15. In a print processing program that processes a print job output by an image output device,
Processing to accept the specified contents of image data and page number assignment;
A process of generating a print image based on the received image data;
A process of creating page number data based on the received page number assignment specification;
A process of generating image data of a page number based on the created page number data;
A process of combining the image data of the generated page number with the print image generated by the print image generation unit according to the page number data;
A process of creating a print job based on the combined print image with the page number;
A print processing program for causing a computer to operate a process of transmitting the created print job to the image output apparatus. The specified content of the page number assignment is
Page number start page, start page number, font, font size and page numbering position,
Processing to generate image data of the page number according to the starting page number, the font and the font size;
18. The print processing program according to claim 17, further comprising: causing a computer to perform a process of combining image data of the page number with the print image according to the page number start page and a page number assignment position. The page number image data synthesis means includes:
The print processing method according to claim 17, wherein the image data of the page number is combined with the print image in accordance with output designation of the print image. The print processing program according to claim 17, wherein the computer is caused to operate a process of associating and storing the print image and the page number data. When outputting the stored print image,
A process of generating image data of the page number based on page number data associated with the print image;
A process of combining the image data of the generated page number with the print image;
21. The print processing program according to claim 20, further comprising: causing a computer to execute a process of transmitting a print job of a combined print image with a page number to the image apparatus. When outputting the stored print image, when receiving a page number assignment specification different from the page number data associated with the print image,
A process of creating the page number data based on the received page number assignment specification;
23. The printing according to claim 21, further comprising: causing a computer to operate a process of transmitting a print job of a print image obtained by combining image data of page numbers generated based on the generated page number data to the image output apparatus. Processing program. Processing for confirming the presence or absence of a page number assigning function in the image output device;
When the image output device does not have a page number assigning function, a process of transmitting a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page number to the image output device;
When the image output device has a page number assigning function, the computer is caused to operate a process of transmitting a print job of the print image to the image output device without combining the image data of the page number with the print image. The print processing program according to claim 17. When a plurality of image output devices are designated as output destinations, a process for confirming the presence or absence of a page number assigning function in all the image output devices designated as the output destinations;
When all the image output devices do not have the same page number assigning function, a process of transmitting a print job of a print image obtained by combining the image data of the page numbers to the all image output device;
A process for transmitting a print job of the print image to the all-image output apparatus without combining the image data of the page number with the print image when the all-image output apparatus has the same page number assigning function. 24. The printing processing program according to claim 23, wherein the printing processing program is operated.

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