JP2006260398A - Printing controller and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing controller and its control method for facilitating printing processing for a paper having unfixed size. <P>SOLUTION: When a host terminal unit 30 receives image data (output paper image) of the whole document read by an image reading part 11 of a scanner 10, X-width and Y-width of the output paper image are detected by a paper size detection part 32a, and the results of the detection are registered in a registry 33a as output paper information by a paper size registering part 32b. When print image data 33b for printing and the registered output paper information (size of output paper) are selected by a user, print image data 33b outside of size limit of output paper specified by output paper information is deleted by a trimming processing part 35a, then print data is generated by a print data output part 34, and print output is carried out by a printer 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing control apparatus that controls a printing apparatus to perform printing processing on paper or the like, and a control method therefor, and more particularly, a printing control apparatus that can easily perform printing processing on a non-standard size paper and the like. It relates to a control method.

  Generally, when data on a terminal is printed by a printer from a personal computer handled by the user, the data is transmitted via a printer driver.

  On the printer driver (print setting screen), various setting operations such as settings relating to printing, such as output paper size setting, black and white setting, and Nup setting are performed. In the printer, a print image is formed according to the print setting value set by the printer driver.

  As described above, there are various print setting values. Particularly, in the output paper size setting, the output paper size such as A3, B4... Is selected from a combo box prepared in advance. However, a complicated operation of inputting a size value (vertical / horizontal value) each time is required in order to specify a non-standard paper size.

As a technique for avoiding such a complicated operation when performing printing outside such a fixed form, i.e., an irregular size, as described in Patent Document 1, a document or paper is an irregular size. However, by using a technique that can automatically and accurately form an image of a document on a sheet, and an image reading unit provided in a digital copying machine as described in Patent Document 2, the sheet size can be set in bits. Since detection is possible in the (main scanning direction) and line units (sub-scanning direction), a technique is known that can detect the size of any irregular size paper as well as regular size paper.
JP 2001-86326 A JP 06-239492 A

  However, in the inventions of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, a printing process for an irregular sheet is assumed in a digital copying machine or the like, and a copy process for obtaining the same output result as that of a read original is mainly performed. It was a technique to do.

  For this reason, it is not possible to perform processing for outputting any print image data received from the host terminal to a sheet of any irregular size.

  In the invention of Patent Document 1, since an image of a read original can be enlarged / reduced to form an image having a size corresponding to an irregular size, the X width ( If the ratio of the horizontal dimension) and the Y width (vertical dimension) is completely different from the ratio of the X width and Y width of the output paper of the irregular size, There is a possibility that a wide margin will be generated and the image area formed on the output paper will be unusually small.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a print control apparatus and a control method therefor that can easily perform print processing on an irregular-size sheet.

  In order to achieve the above object, the printing control apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention acquires the output sheet information acquisition means for acquiring the output sheet information from the output sheet image read by the image reading apparatus, and the output sheet information acquisition means. Output paper information registration means for registering output paper information; output paper information registered in the output paper information registration means; and the output device specified by the output paper information in print image data Print data output means for outputting to the printer.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the display according to claim 1, wherein the image of the print image data is combined with the image of the output paper specified by the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means and displayed. The apparatus further comprises means.

  The invention of claim 3 further comprises image processing means for processing the print image data based on output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means in the invention of claim 1 or 2, wherein the print data The output means designates an output paper specified by the output paper information and outputs the print image data processed by the image processing means to a printing apparatus.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the image processing means enlarges or reduces the print image data so that the image of the print image data fits on a sheet specified by the output sheet information. The at least one process of trimming is performed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the output paper information acquisition unit acquires the vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension of the output paper image read by the image reading unit as the output paper information. It is characterized by that.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control apparatus comprising: an output sheet information acquisition unit that acquires output sheet information from an output sheet image read by an image reading apparatus; and an output that acquires print image data by the output sheet information acquisition unit. Image processing means for processing based on paper information; and print data output means for specifying output paper specified by the output paper information and outputting print image data processed by the image processing means to a printing apparatus. It is characterized by.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a print control apparatus, wherein output sheet information is acquired from an output sheet image read by an image reading apparatus by an output sheet information acquiring unit, and the output sheet is acquired by the output sheet information acquiring unit. Information is registered by the output paper information registration means, the output paper information registered in the output paper information registration means is selected, the output paper specified by the output paper information is designated in the print image data, and the print data output means Output to the printing apparatus.

  Further, according to the control method of the printing control apparatus of the invention of claim 8, the output sheet information is acquired by the output sheet information acquisition means from the output sheet image read by the image reading apparatus, and the print image data is acquired by the output sheet information acquisition means. Processing by the image processing means based on the acquired output paper information, specifying the output paper specified by the output paper information, and outputting the print image data processed by the image processing means to the printing apparatus by the print data output means It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, the output sheet information is acquired from the output sheet image read by the image reading apparatus, the acquired output sheet information is registered, the registered output sheet information is selected, and the output sheet information is added to the print image data. Since the output paper specified by the information is specified and output to the printing device, the output paper size can be selected from the printer driver (print setting screen) using the combo box. There is no need for complicated operations such as inputting (vertical and horizontal values).

  For this reason, even when printing on a non-standard size paper, it is possible to easily print without requiring a complicated operation.

  Further, since the image is automatically processed (enlarged, reduced, trimmed) so that the print image data fits in the output paper area specified by the output paper information, toner or the like is ejected outside the output paper area. Since there is no such thing, it is possible to suppress dirt and deterioration of the drum.

  Embodiments of a printing control apparatus and a control method thereof according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a scanner 10, a printer 20, and a host terminal 30 according to the present invention.

  If the functions of the present invention are executed, a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network) may be used regardless of whether it is a single device or a system composed of a plurality of devices. The present invention can be applied even to a system in which processing is performed through connection.

  The scanner 10 is an image reading device that reads a figure, a photograph, a character, or the like from a document placed on a platen glass by a scanning operation and converts it into digital data. The scanner 10 includes an image reading unit 11, an image presence / absence determination unit 12, a scanner control unit 13, and an image data transmission unit 14 as various processing function units.

  The image reading unit 11 is a processing unit that reads image data from a document, the image presence / absence determination unit 12 is a processing unit that determines whether there is image data in the read document, and the image data transmission unit 14 The processing unit transmits the read image data to the host terminal 30.

  The scanner control unit 13 performs overall control of the scanner 10. That is, the various processing function units constituting the scanner 10 operate according to instructions from the scanner control unit 13. For example, the image data read by the image reading unit 11 is transmitted from the image data transmission unit 14 to the host terminal 30 based on an instruction from the scanner control unit 13. At this time, if the document read by the image presence / absence determining unit 12 determines that there is no image data, the scanner control unit 13 determines that the output paper size is input, and the image data of the entire document (hereinafter referred to as “image data”). , An output paper image) is transmitted to the host terminal 30 via the image data transmission unit 14.

  The printer 20 is a printing apparatus that prints out based on print data received from the host terminal 30. The printer 20 includes a print output unit 21, a printer control unit 22, and a print data receiving unit 23 as various processing function units.

  The print output unit 21 is a processing unit that forms image data on an output document, and the print data receiving unit 23 is a processing unit that receives print data from the host terminal 30. The print data received by the print data receiving unit 23 includes print image data 33b to be printed and output paper size designation information (hereinafter referred to as output paper designation information), as will be described in detail later.

  The printer control unit 22 performs overall control of the printer 20. That is, various processing function units constituting the printer 20 operate according to instructions from the printer control unit 22. For example, as described above, the print data received from the host terminal 30 includes the print image data 33b to be printed and the output paper designation information, and the printer control unit 22 receives the print data. Then, it is detected whether or not a paper tray corresponding to the output paper designation information in the print data is already attached to the printer 20. If the corresponding paper tray is not loaded, the user is informed that the paper tray is not loaded by display or voice.

  The host terminal 30 is a personal computer handled by the user, and the print control apparatus according to the present invention is applied. The host terminal 30 includes a communication unit 31, an output sheet information acquisition unit 32, a storage unit 33, a print data output unit 34, an image processing unit 35, a preview control unit 36, a display unit 37, and an operation unit 38. And is configured.

  The communication unit 31 is an interface device that connects the host terminal 30 to the scanner 10 and the printer 20. Specifically, the image data read by the scanner 10 and the output paper image are received, and the print data including the processed print image data 33 b is transmitted to the printer 20.

  The output sheet information acquisition unit 32 is a processing unit that acquires a sheet size (output sheet information) from the output sheet image received from the scanner 10 and registers the acquired output sheet information in the registry 33a. The output paper information acquisition unit 32 includes a paper size detection unit 32a and a paper size registration unit 32b.

  The paper size detection unit 32a is a processing unit that derives the X width (horizontal dimension) and the Y width (vertical dimension) from the edge of the output paper image and detects the paper size. The X width and Y width detected here detect the X width and Y width that maximize the size of the output paper image. Specifically, when the X width and the Y width are detected from the octagonal output paper image as shown in FIG. 2 (left side), as shown in FIG. 2 (right side), the maximum X width is obtained. The width and the Y width are detected.

  The paper size registration unit 32b is a processing unit that registers the paper size (X width, Y width) detected by the paper size detection unit 32a in the registry 33a of the storage unit 33 as output paper information. Here, by registering the paper size in the registry 33a, it is not necessary to input the X width and the Y width for each printing process even if the paper size is irregular.

  The storage unit 33 is a storage device such as an HD (Hard Disk) that stores various data including applications and the like. Here, data including registry 33a for recording various setting information and print image data 33b created using an application or the like is stored. The print image data 33a is data including bitmap data and intermediate code data.

  The display unit 37 is a display device such as a display for displaying various operation screens, and the operation unit 38 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting user instructions. Although the details will be described later, a print setting screen is displayed on the display unit 37, and the user can set and change various print setting values using the operation unit 38 from the screen.

  The preview control unit 36 is a processing unit that receives a print preview screen and receives user instructions from the screen. Although details will be described later, on the print preview screen, the preview control unit 36 combines and displays the output paper size frame specified by the output paper information registered in the registry 33a and the print image data 33b desired to be printed. To do.

  The image processing unit 35 is a processing unit that processes the print image data 33b so as to be within the output paper area. Here, the processed print image data 33b is transferred to a print data output unit 34 described later, and is transmitted from the print data output unit 34 to the printer 20 as print data.

  Further, the image processing unit 35 includes a trimming processing unit 35a that deletes the print image data 33b outside the output paper area, and an enlargement / reduction processing unit 35b that performs enlargement / reduction processing on the print image data 33b. Since the trimming processing by the trimming processing unit 35a and the enlargement / reduction processing by the enlargement / reduction processing unit 35b are automatically performed, the print processing in which the print image data is contained in the output paper area is performed without any particular attention to the user. You can do it. Although details will be described later, user-desired processing can be performed via the display unit 37 and the operation unit 38.

  The print data output unit 34 is a processing unit that generates print data that can be interpreted by the printer 20 and transmits the print data to the printer 20, and corresponds to a printer driver. Specifically, print data including print image data 33 b processed by the image processing unit 35 and output paper designation information is generated and transmitted to the printer 20. The above is the description of the various processing function units of the scanner 10, the printer 20, and the host terminal 30 according to the present invention.

  Next, screens displayed on the display unit 37 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen layout of the print setting screen.

  This print setting screen is displayed when a print request is made from the host terminal 30 to the printer 20, and the user can set and change various print setting values from this screen. For example, a combo box that can change the Nup setting on both sides is arranged on the lower side of the screen. If 2up is selected in the Nup setting, two pages of print pages can be output as one page. it can.

  A user-defined paper size is prepared for the document size setting 41 and the output paper size setting 42 arranged in a combo box on the upper side of the screen. Specifically, if the output paper size setting 42 is selected, as shown in FIG. 4, A4, B4, A5, B5, user definition 1 and user definition 2 are displayed in a selectable manner, and the user can select the desired size. The document size can be selected.

  These user definition 1 and user definition 2 are registered in advance in the registry 33a by the above-described paper size registration unit 32b. That is, by being registered in the registry 33a, it is displayed as an output paper size option in this way.

  If the preview button 43 provided on the lower side of the screen is pressed, a print preview screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed in a pop-up.

  In this print preview screen, the print image data 33b desired to be printed and the output paper size frame are combined and displayed, and the user controls the movement of the output paper size frame using a mouse (cursor). A portion desired to be output can be selected in the print image data 33b. The print image data 33b within the output paper size frame is printed, while the print image data 33b outside the output paper size frame is deleted by the trimming processing unit 35a or reduced by the enlargement / reduction processing unit 35b. Processed to fit within the frame.

  Further, by selecting an enlarge button, a reduce button, a rotation button, etc. arranged on the upper side of the print preview screen, processing corresponding to various buttons can be performed on the print image data 33b. For example, when the enlarge button is pressed, the enlargement / reduction processing unit 35a enlarges the print image data 33b.

  Next, print control processing according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. There are two main types of print control processing. Output paper information (paper size) is registered in advance, and printing processing is executed using the registered paper size, and output paper information is registered in advance. There is a case where the printing process is executed without performing it.

  First, an operation when output paper information (paper size) is registered in advance and print processing is executed using the registered output paper information will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of print control processing (output paper information registration processing) according to the present invention.

  When this process is started, first, an original reading process is performed by the image reading unit 11 of the scanner 10 (step S101).

  When this reading process is performed, the image presence / absence determining unit 12 determines whether there is image data in the read document (step S102). If it is determined that there is image data (YES in step S102), the image data read from the document is transmitted from the image data transmission unit 14 to the host terminal 30 (step S103), and this process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no image data (NO in step S102), the scanner control unit 13 determines that the output paper size is input, and the image data (output paper image) of the entire document is obtained. Then, the data is transmitted to the host terminal 30 via the image data transmission unit 14 (step S104).

  In the host terminal 30 that has received the output paper image in this way, the output paper information acquisition unit 32 acquires the output paper information from the output paper image. Specifically, the X width and Y width of the output paper image received by the paper size detection unit 32a are detected (steps S105 and S106). Here, the detected X width and Y width detect the X width and Y width that maximize the size of the output paper image (see FIG. 2 above).

  When the X width and Y width of the document image data are detected, the information is transmitted to the paper size registration unit 32b, and the paper size registration unit 32b stores the received X width and Y width as output paper information in the registry 33a. Register (step S107). As described above, by registering the output paper information in the registry 33a, the user-defined output paper size can be selected from the combo box as described above with reference to FIG. This eliminates the need to input the Y width.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print control process (print process) according to the present invention. Here, the description will be made assuming that the output sheet information is registered in the registry 33a in advance.

  This process is started when the print image data 33b desired to be printed is selected by the user and the printer driver is activated (step S201). That is, the print setting screen described in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 37.

  When the print setting screen is displayed, the user presses the preview button 43 after selecting the output paper size from the combo box 42, and confirms the print layout after output. When the preview button 43 is pressed, the preview control unit 36 displays the print preview screen described with reference to FIG. 5 (step S203).

  On the print preview screen, as described with reference to FIG. 5 above, the print image data 33b desired to be printed and the output paper size frame specified by the output paper information are combined by the preview control unit 36 and displayed. Uses the mouse (cursor) to control the movement of the output paper size frame, thereby selecting the portion of the print image data 33b that is desired to be output. In some cases, the image processing such as enlargement, reduction, and rotation is also performed (step S204). These image processing controls are performed by the image processing unit 35 in accordance with a user instruction.

  When the image is processed in this way and the desired print layout is obtained, the user presses a print button (not shown) from the print setting screen in order to close the print preview screen and start print processing (step S205). ).

  When the print button is pressed, the image processing unit 35 determines whether the output paper size frame is larger than the print image data 33b (step S206). If the output paper size frame is larger ( In step S206, the print data is generated by the print data output unit 34 as it is (step S208), but the print image data 33b is larger, that is, the print image data 33b is out of the area of the output paper size frame. If there is (YES in step S206), after the print image data 33b outside the output paper size frame is deleted by the trimming processing unit 35a (step S207), the print data output unit 34 generates print data (step S207). Step S208).

  The print data generated in this way is transmitted to the printer 20 (step S209), and the printer 20 executes print processing of print image data on the paper corresponding to the output paper designation information in the print data. (Step S210). Then, this process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8, an operation in a case where the printing process is executed without registering output paper information in advance will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print control process according to the present invention. Here, a description will be given assuming that a printer driver (print setting screen) is activated on the host terminal 10 in advance.

  When this process is started, first, an original reading process is performed by the image reading unit 11 of the scanner 10 (step S301).

  When this reading process is performed, the image presence / absence determining unit 12 determines whether there is image data in the read document (step S302). If it is determined that there is image data (YES in step S302), the image data read from the document is transmitted from the image data transmission unit 14 to the host terminal 30 (step S303), and this process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no image data (NO in step S302), the scanner control unit 13 determines that the output paper size is input, and the image data (output paper image) of the entire document is determined. Then, the image data is transmitted to the host terminal 30 via the image data transmission unit 14 (step S304).

  In the host terminal 30 that has received the output paper image in this way, the output paper information acquisition unit 32 acquires the output paper information from the output paper image. Specifically, the X width and Y width of the output paper image received by the paper size detection unit 32a are detected (steps S305 and S306). The detected output paper information (X width, Y width) is transmitted to the image processing unit 35 and set to the output paper size 42 on the print setting screen (step S307).

  When the user selects the print image data 33b desired to be printed (step S308) and a print button (not shown) is pressed from the print setting screen (step S309), the image processing unit 35 outputs the print image data 33b. It is determined whether or not the paper size frame is larger (step S310). If the output paper size frame is larger (NO in step S310), the print data output unit 34 generates print data as it is. On the other hand (step S312), if the print image data 33b is larger, that is, if there is print image data 33b outside the area of the output paper size frame (YES in step S310), the print image data outside the output paper size frame 33b is deleted by the trimming processing unit 35a (step S311) and then printed. Generation of the print data is performed in over data output unit 34 (step S312).

  The print data generated in this way is transmitted to the printer 20 (step S313), and the printer 20 executes print image data print processing on the paper corresponding to the output paper designation information in the print data. (Step S314). Then, this process ends.

  As described above, in the present invention, the paper size is acquired from the output paper image read by the scanner 10 and the acquired paper size is registered. In the printing process, when a desired output paper size is designated from the registered paper sizes, print data including the output paper designation information and print image data 33b is generated and transmitted to the printer 20. Since the designation of the output paper size can be selected from the printer driver (print setting screen) with a combo box, a complicated operation of inputting a size value (vertical / horizontal value) each time printing processing is not required.

  For this reason, even when printing on a non-standard size paper, it is possible to easily print without requiring a complicated operation.

  Further, since the image is automatically processed (enlarged, reduced, trimmed) so that the print image data 33b fits within the output paper area specified by the output paper information, toner or the like is ejected outside the output paper area. Therefore, the drum can be prevented from being soiled and deteriorated.

  In the first embodiment, an example in which printing is performed corresponding to a rectangular irregular-sized paper size has been described. However, in the second embodiment, an embodiment in which printing is performed on free-form paper is not limited to a rectangular shape. To do.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the scanner 10, the printer 20, and the host terminal 30 according to the second embodiment. In addition, since what attached | subjected the code | symbol same as FIG. 1 which demonstrated the said Example 1 operate | moves substantially the same, only a different point is demonstrated here.

  The output sheet information acquisition unit 32 of the host terminal 10 is a processing unit that acquires output sheet information (line image data) from the output sheet image received from the scanner 10 and registers the acquired output sheet information in the registry 33a.

  The output paper information acquisition unit 32 includes a paper data complementing unit 32c and a paper data registration unit 32d. That is, the paper data complementing unit 32c and the paper data registration unit 32d are provided except for the paper size detection unit 32a and the paper size registration unit 32b from the configuration of FIG. 1 describing the first embodiment.

  The paper data complementing unit 32c is a processing unit that detects an edge of the output paper image received from the scanner 10 and converts continuous edge points into lines. Here, if there is a defective edge, the missing portion is complemented and converted to a line. Further, the image data converted into lines (hereinafter referred to as line image data) is stored in the storage unit 33.

  The paper data registration unit 32d is a processing unit that registers, in the registry 33a, the path of the storage location where the line image data converted into lines by the paper data complementing unit 32c is stored as output paper information. Here, since line image data is registered, it is possible to print on free-form paper. The above is the description of the various processing function units of the scanner 10, the printer 20, and the host terminal 30 according to the second embodiment.

  Next, the screen displayed on the display part 37 is demonstrated using FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen layout of a print preview screen according to the second embodiment. The print setting screen according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as that in FIGS. 3 and 4 described in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  This print preview screen is the same as that shown in FIG. 5 for explaining the first embodiment. The print image data 33b desired to be printed and the output paper size frame are combined and displayed. ) To control the movement of the output paper size frame, it is possible to select a portion desired to be output in the print image data 33b. In this case, free-form line image data having an eight-stroke shape is registered in advance in the registry 33a, and an output paper size frame corresponding to the line image data is displayed. The print image data 33b within the output paper size frame is printed, while the print image data 33b outside the output paper size frame is deleted by the trimming processing unit 35a or reduced by the enlargement / reduction processing unit 35b. Processed to fit within the frame.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of print control processing (output paper information registration processing) according to the second embodiment.

  When this process is started, first, an original reading process is performed by the image reading unit 11 of the scanner 10 (step S401).

  When this reading process is performed, the image presence / absence determining unit 12 determines whether there is image data in the read document (step S402). If it is determined that there is image data (YES in step S402), the image data read from the document is transmitted from the image data transmission unit 14 to the host terminal 30 (step S403), and this process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no image data (NO in step S402), the scanner control unit 13 determines that the output paper size is input, and the image data (output paper image) of the entire document is determined. Then, the data is transmitted to the host terminal 30 via the image data transmission unit 14 (step S404).

  In the host terminal 30 that has received the output paper image in this way, the output paper information acquisition unit 32 acquires the output paper information from the output paper image. Specifically, the edge detection of the document image data received by the paper data complementing unit 32c is performed (step S405), and the detected edge point is converted into a line (step S406).

  Here, it is determined whether or not a closed region has been created by converting the edge point into a line (step S407). If there is a closed region (YES in step S407), the paper data complementing unit 32c While the closed area is stored as image data (line image data) as it is (step S409), if there is no closed area (NO in step S407), the paper data complementing unit 32c complements the missing pixel to create a closed area. Then, the closed region is stored as image data (line image data) (step S409).

  When the line image data is saved in this way, the paper data registration unit 32d registers the path of the storage location where the line image data is saved in the registry 33a as user-defined output paper information (step S410). As described above, by registering the user-defined output paper information in the registry 33a, the user-defined output paper size can be selected from the combo box as described above with reference to FIG. Easy to print.

  Note that the printing control process (printing process) according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as that in FIGS. 7 and 8 described in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, since the output paper information is registered as image data (line image data), in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, even if it is a free-form paper other than a rectangle, No complicated operation or the like is required, and printing can be easily performed.

  The printing control apparatus and the control method thereof according to the present invention can be applied to all printing control apparatuses that perform printing processing on paper or the like by controlling the printing apparatus, and in particular, printing processing on irregular-size paper frequently occurs. Can be used effectively in offices and departments.

2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a scanner 10, a printer 20, and a host terminal 30 according to the present invention. FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for detecting an X width and a Y width by a paper size detection unit 32a. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen layout of a print setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen layout of a print setting screen. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen layout of a print preview screen. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print control process (paper size registration process) according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print control process (print process) according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print control process according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a scanner 10, a printer 20, and a host terminal 30 according to a second embodiment. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen layout of a print preview screen according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print control process (paper size registration process) according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Scanner 11 Image reading part 12 Image presence determination part 13 Scanner control part 14 Image data transmission part 20 Printer 21 Print output part 22 Printer control part 23 Print data receiving part 30 Host terminal 31 Communication part 32 Output paper information acquisition part 32a Paper size Detection unit 32b Paper size registration unit 32c Paper data complementing unit 32d Paper data registration unit 33 Storage unit 33a Registry 33b Print image data 34 Print data output unit 35 Image processing unit 35a Trimming processing unit 35b Enlargement / reduction processing unit 36 Preview control unit 37 Display unit 38 Operation unit

Claims (8)

Output paper information acquisition means for acquiring output paper information from the output paper image read by the image reading device;
Output paper information registration means for registering the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means;
Print data output means for selecting output paper information registered in the output paper information registration means, designating output paper specified by the output paper information as print image data, and outputting the output paper to the printing apparatus. A printing control device. 2. The printing according to claim 1, further comprising display means for combining and displaying an image of the output paper specified by the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means with the image of the print image data. Control device. Image processing means for processing the print image data based on the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means;
The print data output means includes
The print control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an output sheet specified by the output sheet information is specified and print image data processed by the image processing unit is output to a printing apparatus. The image processing means includes
The print control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least one of enlargement, reduction, and trimming of the print image data is performed so that the image of the print image data fits on a sheet specified by the output sheet information. . The output paper information acquisition means includes
5. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of an output paper image read by the image reading unit are acquired as the output paper information. Output paper information acquisition means for acquiring output paper information from the output paper image read by the image reading device;
Image processing means for processing print image data based on output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means;
A print control apparatus comprising: print data output means for outputting print image data processed by the image processing means to a printing apparatus by designating an output paper specified by the output paper information. Output paper information is acquired from the output paper image read by the image reading device by the output paper information acquisition means,
Register the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means with the output paper information registration means;
The output paper information registered in the output paper information registration means is selected, the output paper specified by the output paper information is designated as print image data, and the print data output means outputs the print paper to the printing apparatus. A control method of a printing control apparatus. The output paper information is acquired from the output paper image read by the image reading device by the output paper information acquisition means,
The print image data is processed by the image processing means based on the output paper information acquired by the output paper information acquisition means,
A control method for a print control apparatus, wherein print image data processed by the image processing means by designating an output paper specified by the output paper information is output to a printing apparatus by a print data output means.

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