JP2006228009A - Printer driver and print system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer driver for printing a whole document file to be printed in a batch. <P>SOLUTION: This printer driver being a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printer is provided with a function for retrieving a document file to be printed including a designated character string from a database and a function for successively preparing print data each time the whole document file is found out, and for transmitting the print data to the printer to be printed in batch. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer driver for creating print data, and a printing system including a printer in which a printer driver is incorporated and a printing apparatus, and in particular, prints all document files to be printed in batch or individually. It can be related to a printer driver.

In a printing system including a computer and a printing apparatus in which a printer driver is incorporated, printing data in a format that can be decoded by the printing apparatus is created in the printer driver. Patent Document 1 discloses a printer driver having a document file search and a batch print function limited to a specific document list on a database.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-123865

However, the technical contents disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-123865 are for search and batch printing limited to a specific document list on the database, and a document file that cannot be searched is generated. There was a bug that it was. In addition, the print setting is only supported by a predetermined method, which is not convenient.
SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a printer driver and a printing system capable of printing all document files to be printed in a batch or any specified document file.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a printer driver which is a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, and stores a document file including a designated character string from a database. A search means for searching, and a print data creation means for creating print data in sequence as soon as all relevant document files are found in the search, and sending the print data to the printing apparatus to perform batch printing. Main features.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the print data creation means performs print settings common to the entire document file corresponding to the search when creating the print data. And
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the printer driver according to the first aspect is characterized in that, when the print data creation unit creates the print data, the print setting of each document file corresponding to the search is set. .
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the print data creating means has a function of selecting whether to perform common print settings for the entire document file or to perform print settings for each of the document files. The main feature is the printer driver.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer driver which is a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, a search unit for searching a database for a document file to be printed including a designated character string, and the search The main feature is that it has print data creation means for creating print data of only the document file designated from all document files and transmitting it to the printing apparatus.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the print data creation unit prints print data of all document files to be printed including the designated character string at a time, or prints print data of only the designated document file. 6. A printer driver according to claim 5, which has a function of selecting the main feature.
The invention described in claim 7 includes a computer that executes the printer driver according to claim 1 or 5 and a printing apparatus that performs printing based on print data generated by the printer driver. The printing system is the main feature.

  According to the present invention, in a printer driver which is a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, means for searching a document file to be printed including a designated character string from a database and all corresponding document files are found. As soon as the print data is created, the print data is sent to the printing apparatus and batch printing is performed, or only the specified document file is created from all the corresponding document files and sent to the printing apparatus. By having a function of performing printing in this way, it is possible to print all document files to be printed in a batch or any specified document file.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system embodying the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system of this embodiment comprises a computer 1 such as a personal computer and a printing apparatus 2 such as a laser printer, a digital multi-function peripheral, or an ink jet printer, and a printer driver 11 embodying the present invention is installed in the computer 1. It is made to operate as follows by making it read and execute.
That is, a document file including a character string requested by a user is searched from document files stored in a database in the computer 1, and all corresponding document files are output from the printing apparatus 2 at once.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a first control example by the printer driver embodying the present invention. First, when a user inputs a character string to be searched (P1 in FIG. 2) and executes batch printing, the computer 1 checks whether or not the document file on the database includes the character string ( S1).
If the designated character string exists in the document file, print data of the document file is created (S2), and the created print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 2 and output (S3). This series of operations is performed on all the document files on the database (S4), and the corresponding files are collectively printed from the document files on the database. As a result, as soon as all the relevant document files are found in the search, print data can be created sequentially and transmitted to the printing apparatus for batch printing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a print setting selection screen displayed on the display unit 3 of the computer 1 shown in FIG. Here, when performing batch printing, either use the print settings common to all document files as the print settings for creating print data in advance, or set the print settings set for each document file. You can choose to use it. In the example of FIG. 3, common print settings are selected.
For example, if you want to create print data with the print settings such as Duplex and Aggregate for all applicable document files by searching, select to use the common print settings for all document files and batch print By executing, all corresponding document files are printed with the same print settings.
Conversely, when batch printing is performed using the print settings set for each document file, this is done by selecting the print settings for each document file without using the common print settings. It is also possible to print only the files selected by the user from the search results instead of printing all the corresponding document files as a result of searching for the document file containing the character string specified by the user. it can.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a second control example by the printer driver embodying the present invention. First, the user inputs a character string to be searched (P1 in FIG. 4) and executes printing. Then, the computer 1 checks whether or not the character file specified by the user is included in the document file on the database (S21). If the specified character string exists in the document file, the file is checked. Is acquired (S22). This process is performed for all document files on the database (S23).
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a document file list displayed on the display unit 3 of the computer 1 shown in FIG. 1 and a selection example thereof. A document file list in which the designated character string exists is displayed as shown in FIG. 5, from which the user selects a document file to be output from the printing apparatus, and executes batch printing (S24, S25). Thereafter, the computer 1 creates print data for the selected file (S26), and transmits the print data to the printing apparatus 2 (S27), thereby performing printing in a batch.
In addition, the user can select whether to print all document files obtained as a search result at once, or to print only the document files selected from the obtained results.

1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system embodying the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a first control example by a printer driver implementing the present invention. The figure which shows the print setting selection screen displayed on the display part of the computer shown in FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a second control example by a printer driver embodying the present invention. The figure which shows the document file list displayed on the display part of the computer shown in FIG. 1, and its example of selection.

Explanation of symbols

1 Computer, 2 Printer, 3 Display, 11 Printer Driver

Claims (7)

A printer driver that is a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus,
Search means for searching a document file to be printed including a specified character string from the database, and as soon as all the corresponding document files are found in the search, print data is created in sequence, sent to the printing device and printed in batch And a print data creating means for performing the above.   2. The printer driver according to claim 1, wherein when the print data creating unit creates the print data, the print data creating unit performs print settings common to the entire document file corresponding to the search.   The printer driver according to claim 1, wherein the print data creation unit performs print settings for each document file corresponding to the search when creating the print data.   4. The printer driver according to claim 2, wherein the print data creating unit has a function of selecting whether to perform print settings common to the entire document file or to perform print settings for each of the document files. A printer driver that is a program for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus,
Search means for searching a document file to be printed including a specified character string from a database, and print data for printing by creating print data only for the specified document file from all document files in the search and sending it to a printing device A printer driver.   The print data creation means has a function of selecting whether to print the print data of all the document files to be printed including the designated character string at a time or to print the print data of only the designated document file. The printer driver according to claim 5. 6. A printing system comprising: a computer that executes the printer driver according to claim 1; and a printing apparatus that performs printing based on print data generated by the printer driver.

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