JP2007026054A - Information processor, program for controlling information processor, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a proof function in a printer driver by generating two jobs of a page or object-assignable proof print job and a box storage job composed of all pages by double spool in proof printing, and providing an attribute for the cooperative property between the both in the jobs. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor comprises the printer driver with spool function for forming the two jobs and despool function on a client computer side, and relevancy software controlling the attributes of the two jobs on a printer device side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a program for controlling the information processing apparatus, and a storage medium, and relates to a job composed of pages proof printed by a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus. A proof printing apparatus and a proof printing method for executing a proof process for only an arbitrary page and object using a print process with a job attribute for linking both jobs, The present invention relates to a program for executing proof printing.

Conventionally, when printing processing is performed in an image processing apparatus including a printer, a scanner, a fax machine (FAX), etc., even when printing a plurality of copies in the sort mode for finishing confirmation, first, one copy is printed and printed at the end of the printing. The test printing mode (for example, refer to Patent Document 1) and the test copy for confirming the staple position (for example, Patent Document) can be determined whether printing is continued or interrupted for the remaining number of copies. 2), and an output method at the time of trial printing (for example, see Patent Document 3) is known in order to facilitate image confirmation at the time of trial printing.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-107852 JP-A-8-87205 JP 2003-219104 A

However, with the above-described conventional technology,
-Jobs can be created on any page and any object (text, graphics,
Image) cannot be proof-printed ・ Especially with printing devices that are shared by multiple users, usability such as increased load on printing device resources that requires proof printing jobs and saved jobs to be formed from a single job, We had problems in terms of effective use of resources.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above points. When a proof print is performed in a printer driver, double spooling is performed, and a proof print job in which pages and objects can be specified and a box storage composed of all pages are stored. Providing an information processing device that generates two jobs, and an attribute for linking between the two jobs in the job, a program for controlling the information processing device, and a storage medium For the purpose.

  The present invention can solve the above problems by providing the following configuration.

(1) An information processing apparatus comprising software for controlling proof printing by forming and sending print data via a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus Because
Proof function setting value acquisition means for acquiring a proof function setting value set in advance in the printer driver user interface at the time of spool processing at the time of drawing pre-processing during print processing on the client computer;
A proof print instruction determination means for determining whether or not a proof print instruction is set from the proof function set value acquisition means;
A proof extended function setting determining means for determining whether or not a proof extended function is set when the proof print instruction determining means determines that it is a proof print instruction;
In the proof extension function setting determination means, when it is determined that the proof extension function is set, a proof extension function setting contents analysis means for analyzing the setting contents of the set proof extension function;
A designated page spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of pages configured only from the designated page when the proof extension function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is page designation; and
Designated object spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of pages composed only of pages with the designated object when the proof extended function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is object designation. When,
A specified page object that performs spool processing in units of pages composed of objects in the specified page range when the proof extended function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is page specification and object specification. A spool processing means, an all-page spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of all pages,
An information processing apparatus comprising:

  (2) Job and box for proof printing when the previous proof printing instruction determination means determines that the proof printing instruction is in the despooling process during the drawing pre-processing during the printing process in the client computer. A print instruction is made to print the data spooled by the previous proof extension function setting content analysis means accompanied by a proof job attribute for linking a job to be stored, or by the previous proof extension function setting determination means, Proof job attributed print instruction 1 means for instructing to print all pages spooled when it is determined that the proof expansion function is not set, and then the proof job attributed print instruction 1 means With proof job attributes in conjunction with proof job attributes in And a proof job attribute-attached print instruction 2 unit which makes all the spooled pages print data when it is determined that the extended function is not set and issues a save instruction to the data storage area of the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to (1).

  (3) When an image is formed at the time of the pre-drawing process during the print process on the client computer, the print process is performed according to the print instruction with proof job attribute 1 and the print instruction with proof job attribute 2 instructed from the despooler. The information processing apparatus according to (1), further comprising: a print processing unit with a proof job attribute.

  (4) In the proof job attribute command presence determination processing means for determining whether or not a job command with a proof job attribute exists when a print job is received from the client computer, the proof job attribute presence determination means Proof job attribute analysis processing means for analyzing the proof job attribute when it is determined that the proof job attribute exists, and when the proof job attribute indicates a job to be proof printed by the proof job attribute command analysis processing, the job Proof print job spool processing means for spooling and when the proof job attribute indicates a job to be stored in the data storage area by the proof job attribute command analysis process, the proof print is linked by the proof job attribute command analysis process. A proof print job existence determination unit that determines whether or not a job has already been spooled, and a link when the proof print job existence determination unit determines that a proof print job to be linked already exists. A spool job print processing unit that prints a spooled proof print job, and a storage job processing unit that spools a job whose proof job attribute is stored in the data storage area by the previous proof job attribute command analysis processing. The information processing apparatus according to (1), wherein the information processing apparatus is characterized.

(5) A print control apparatus comprising software for controlling proof printing by forming and sending print data via a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus A program for controlling
A proof function setting value acquisition module for acquiring a proof function setting value set in advance in the printer driver user interface at the time of spool processing at the time of drawing pre-processing during print processing on the client computer;
A proof print instruction determination module that determines whether a proof print instruction is set from the proof function setting value acquisition module;
In this proof printing instruction determination module, a proof expansion function setting determination module that determines whether or not the proof expansion function is set when it is determined to be a proof printing instruction;
In this proof extension function setting determination module, when it is determined that the proof extension function is set, the proof extension function setting contents analysis module that analyzes the setting contents of the set proof extension function;
A designated page spool processing module that performs spool processing in units of pages configured only from the designated page when the set proof extension function is a page designation by the proof extension function setting content analysis module;
Designated object spool processing module that performs spool processing in units of pages that consist only of pages with the specified object when the proof extended function set by this proof extended function setting content analysis module is object specification When,
A specified page object that performs spool processing in units of pages composed of objects in the specified page range when the proof extended function set by this proof extended function setting content analysis module is page specified and object specified A spool processing module;
An all-page spool processing module that spools all pages in units of pages;
A program for controlling an information processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

  (6) Job and data for proof printing when the previous proof printing instruction determination module determines that the proof printing instruction is in the despooling process during the drawing pre-processing during the printing process on the client computer. A proof extension function setting content analysis module with a proof job attribute for linking a job to be stored in the storage area is instructed to print the data spooled by the analysis module, or a previous proof extension function setting determination module , A print instruction with a proof job attribute 1 module that issues a print instruction to print all pages spooled when it is determined that the proof expansion function is not set, and then the print instruction with the proof job attribute. Linked with proof job attributes in one module Print instruction 2 with a proof job attribute, in which all pages spooled when it is determined that the proof extension function with the proof job attribute is not set are set as print data, and the data is stored in the data storage area of the printing apparatus. And a module for controlling the information processing apparatus according to (5).

  (7) When an image is formed at the time of the pre-drawing process during the print process on the client computer, the print process is performed according to the print instruction with proof job attribute 1 and the print instruction with proof job attribute 2 instructed from the despooler. A program for controlling the information processing apparatus according to (5), further comprising: a print processing module with a proof job attribute.

  (8) A proof job attribute command presence determination processing module that determines whether or not a job command with a proof job attribute exists when a print job is received from the client computer, and the proof job attribute presence determination module When the proof job attribute is determined to exist, the proof job attribute analysis processing module for analyzing the proof job attribute and the proof job attribute command analysis processing indicate that the proof job attribute indicates a job to be proof printed. When the proof job attribute indicates a job to be stored in the data storage area by the proof print job spool processing module and the proof job attribute command analysis process, the proof job attribute command analysis process further A proof print job existence determination module for determining whether or not a proof print job to be linked has already been spooled, and when it is determined by the proof print job existence determination module that a proof print job to be linked already exists A spool job print processing module that prints a spooled proof print job to be linked, and a save job processing module that spools a job whose proof job attribute is stored in the data storage area by the previous proof job attribute command analysis processing. A program for controlling the information processing apparatus according to (5), comprising:

  (9) A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to any one of (5) to (8).

According to the present invention,
A client computer forms a job composed of pages to be proof printed and a job composed of pages to be saved with a printer driver having a spool function and a despool function from the client computer, and links both jobs. Proof printing of any page and any object (text, graphics, image) is realized by executing proof processing of only arbitrary pages and objects using print processing with job attributes. In particular, in printing devices that are shared and used by multiple users, the user's convenience is improved, such as reducing the burden on printing device resources that a proof print job and a saved job must be formed from a single job. Can be made.

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

[Configuration of printing system]
FIG. 2 is software for controlling proof printing by forming and sending print data via a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a printing system including a client computer to which the proof control unit is applied and a printing apparatus.

  This printing system includes a client computer 1000, a printing apparatus 2000, and a communication line 3000 connecting them.

  The client computer 1000 includes a first display unit 1010, a first input unit 1020, a first input / output data control unit 1030, a first interface control unit 1040, a first storage medium reading device 1050, and a first storage unit. 1060, a first data control unit 1070, a first proof control unit 1071 located in the first data control unit 1070, a first central processing unit 1080 that controls the operation of the entire client computer 1000, and these And a system bus 1090 to be connected.

  On the other hand, the printing apparatus 2000 includes a second display unit 2010, a second input unit 2020, a second input / output data control unit 2030, a second interface control unit 2040, a second storage medium reading device 2050, and a scanner unit. A second device interface control unit 2060 that controls between 2062 and the printer engine unit 2061, a second storage unit 2070, and a data storage area (hereinafter referred to as a box) 2071 located in the second storage unit 2070. A second data control unit 2080, a second proof control unit 2081 located in the second data control unit 2080, and a second central processing unit 2090 that controls the operation of the entire printing apparatus 2000. The system bus 2100 is provided.

  The communication line 3000 is a normal LAN or a bidirectional serial interface such as IEEE1394 or USB.

In the client computer 1000,
1. The first display unit 1010 is a display device such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.
2. The first input unit 1020 is a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse.
3. The first data control unit 1070 is a so-called printer driver. The printer driver is a program for processing print data generated by an application or the like according to a printer between the operating system resident on the client computer 1000 and the printing apparatus 2000 and controlling the printing apparatus 2000. In addition, it has a first proof control unit 1071 for controlling the proof function, and is stored on the medium read by the first storage unit 1060 or the first storage medium reading unit 1050.
4). The first storage medium reading device 1050 includes a printer driver, software calibration program, and image data recorded on a recording medium such as an FD (floppy (registered trademark) disk), a CD-ROM, a ROM, a DVD, or a magnetic tape. Etc. can be read.

On the other hand, in printing 2000,
1. The second display unit 2010 is a display device such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.
2. The second input unit 2020 is a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse.
3. The second data control unit 1080 sends print data sent from the client computer and scan data read from the scanner unit to the printer engine unit 2061 and the box 2071 to perform printing and storage, and further controls the proof function. It has a second proof control unit 2081 and is stored on a medium read by the second storage unit 2070 or the second storage medium reading unit 2050.

  FIG. 1 shows an operation flow of a proof setting in a printing process between an operating system and a printer driver and a printing apparatus 2000 in a client computer 1000. The first data control unit 1070 is referred to as a so-called printer. The first proof control unit 1071 shown in FIG. 2 includes an input processing step 100 indicating settings for the driver UI and a print instruction, a spool function, and a despool function, and the proof processing unit 200 of the spooler, the proof processing unit 300 of the despooler, and the spooler. In the printer driver constituted by the proof processing unit 400 of the printer driver other than the despooler unit, the normal print processing path <1> ⇒ <2> ⇒ <3> ⇒ <8> in FIG. Once the print data is printed on the spooler Spool in units and print it again with the despooler <1> ⇒ <2> ⇒ <3> ⇒ <4> ⇒ <5> ⇒ <6> ⇒ <7> ⇒ <8> , A proof control job 1071 that generates two linked jobs, a proof print job and a box storage job, and entrusts the print processing, and a proof print job and a box sent by the printing apparatus 2000 as a print job through the path. It comprises a proof processing unit 500 of a proof control unit 2081 that controls two linked jobs of a stored job and realizes proof printing.

  For convenience, the printer driver, spooler, and despooler are shown as separate blocks in the figure, but the spooler and despooler can also function as a part of the module of the printer driver.

  FIG. 3 shows in detail the proof processing unit 200 in the above-described spooler of FIG. 1 in the first proof control unit 1071 in FIG. 2, the proof processing unit 300 in the same despooler, and the proof processing unit 400 in the same printer driver. Is.

  FIG. 4 shows in detail the proof processing unit 500 of the printing apparatus of FIG. 1 described above in the second proof control unit 2081 of FIG.

  FIG. 5 is an example of a user interface for setting a proof attribute in the printer driver UI in the client computer 1000. In FIG. 5, proof printing is selected, box 1 is set as an output destination box, and further, as an extended proof function, proof printing is performed on only 1 to 10 pages and image objects in the print data. Is shown.

  Here, the output destination box 1 indicates the box 2071 in the second storage unit 2070 of FIG.

  In addition, in the page designation, it is needless to say that in addition to continuous page designation such as 1 to 10 pages in this embodiment, discontinuous plural pages can be designated only for an arbitrary page from the top page, only for an arbitrary page.

  In addition, the object designation can be classified into image data indicating a photograph-like image in the print data, graphics data indicating lines and figures, and text indicating characters in the drawing processing from the operating system in FIG. This means classification based on the fact that

  FIG. 6 conceptually shows a job composed of a page stored in a box by double spooling and despooling of the job according to the present embodiment, and a job composed of pages extracted from the page according to the setting of FIG. It is.

  In FIG. 6, the upper row shows that a job composed of 10,000 pages is formed, and the pages where image data exists are the second and third pages in each page between the first page and the tenth page. In the figure, it is shown that a job composed of pages extracted from the pages to be proof printed is formed.

  FIG. 7 shows a proof print job composed of the extracted pages represented at the bottom of FIG. 6, while FIG. 8 comprises all the pages represented at the top of FIG. 6. It shows a box storage job.

  The job is surrounded by JobStart and JobEnd, and is composed of drawing data related to the extracted data expressed as Drawing Data and the proof attribute JobAttr1 corresponding thereto, and the proof attribute JobAttr1 is composed of JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttrID. Is done.

  Job ID is an ID for identifying a job set in the proof processing unit 400 in accordance with an instruction from the proof processing unit 300 in FIG. 1, and is the same ID for the proof print job and the corresponding box storage job. However, when there are a plurality of client computers, the ID may not be unique among the client computers.

  LinID is an ID for identifying a client computer set in the proof processing unit 400 in accordance with an instruction from the proof processing unit 300 in FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the client computer name <PC-A> and its IP address are used. The ID is concatenated with a certain <111.222.3333.001>, and the same ID is used for the proof print job and the corresponding box storage job. Further, this LinkID is an ID that is unique among client computers when there are a plurality of client computers.

  LinkAttrID is an ID for identifying each box storage job linked to a proof print job set by the proof processing unit 400 in accordance with an instruction from the proof processing unit 300 of FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the proof print job is identified as LinkAttrID < 1>, and the corresponding box storage job is LinkAttrID <2>. That is, LinkAttrID <1> means that it is composed of page data extracted from a job having LinkAttrID <2>.

[Details of control procedure]
Here, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

  First, the first display device 1010 and the first input device 1020 of the client computer 1000 in FIG. 2 issue a print processing instruction, and the print instruction shown in FIG. 1 with settings for the user interface of the printer driver as shown in FIG. (Step 100).

  Next, according to the print processing paths <1>, <2>, and <3> shown in FIG. In the unit 200, as shown in FIG. 3, the proof function setting value set for the printer driver UI is acquired (step 201).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not to perform proof printing from the acquired proof function setting value (step 202), and this is exited with <Yes>.

Further, in the acquired proof function setting value, it is determined whether or not the proof expansion function whose example is shown in FIG. 5 is set (step 203), this is skipped with <Yes>, and then the proof expansion is performed. The analysis of the setting contents for the function is performed (step 204), and then the designated extended proof function is
(1) Proof only for page designation?
(2) Proof only for object designation?
(3) Proof of page designation and object designation only?
Is determined (step 205), and this is exited with <(3)>.

  Next, according to the specified contents of the page specification and the object specification, spool processing is performed in units of pages where the corresponding object exists (step 208). In this embodiment, the page designation is from the first page to the tenth page, and the object designation is in accordance with the designation of the image object, and an example of the spool result is shown in FIG. Means that a spool has been generated.

  On the other hand, if the designated extended proof function in the previous step 205 is <(1)>, spool processing for each page composed of only the designated page is performed (step 206).

  Further, when the specified extended proof function in the step 205 is <(2)>, the page of only the specified object is extracted from all the pages, and the page unit composed of only that object is extracted. Spool processing is performed (step 207).

  Subsequently, spool processing is performed for all pages instructed to be printed (step 209).

  As described above, spooling of a spool file to be proof printed composed of specific objects and pages and a spool file to be stored in a box composed of all pages have been spooled.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step 202 that the instruction is not a proof printing instruction, or when it is determined in step 203 that the proof expansion function is not set, only the all page spool processing in step 209 is performed.

  Subsequently, in the proof processing unit 300 of the despooler in FIG. 1, it is determined whether or not to perform proof printing from the acquired proof function setting value (step 301), and this is skipped with <Yes>.

  Next, the proof processing unit 300 of the despooler itself becomes a virtual application, and continuously gives print instructions for two jobs to the printer driver via the operating system (step 302).

  One is a print instruction of a job composed of pages to be proof printed with the proof job attribute 1, and in this embodiment, the print instruction is composed of two pages shown in the lower part of FIG. A page-by-page spool file is the contrast.

  The other is a print instruction for a job composed of all pages to be stored in a box with proof job attribute 2. In this embodiment, the print instruction is composed of 10000 pages spooled in step 209 shown in FIG. The spool file of the page valley to be processed is the target.

  Here, the proof job attribute 1 means JobAttr1 composed of JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttr in FIG.

  On the other hand, the proof job attribute 2 means JobAttr1 composed of JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttr in FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 301 that it is not a proof print instruction, a print instruction for one job is issued (step 303).

  Here, the print instruction for one job means that a normal print instruction is issued using the spool files of all pages spooled in step 209 as print data.

  Next, the proof processing unit 400 of the printer driver in FIG. 1 performs a printing process in accordance with a print instruction from the despooler shown in FIG. 3 (step 401).

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the spool file in units of pages spooled in the above-mentioned steps 206, 207 and 208 is accompanied by drawing data and the proof job attribute 1, that is, accompanied by the JobAttr1 attribute shown in FIG. This means that the generated job is formed and sent to the printing apparatus 2000.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8, the spool file of all pages spooled in step 209 forms a job with data and the proof job attribute 2 shown in FIG. 8, that is, a job with JobAttr1 attribute shown in FIG. Means to send to the printing apparatus 2000.

  On the other hand, the second proof control unit 2081 in the second data control unit 2080 in the printing apparatus 2000 in FIG. 2 determines whether the received print job is a job with a proof job attribute as shown in FIG. In the embodiment, it is determined whether or not JobAttr1 in FIGS. 7 and 8 exists (step 501), and this is exited with <Yes>.

  Subsequently, a proof job attribute analysis process is performed (step 502).

  Further, as a result of step 502, it is determined whether or not the job attribute is proof job attribute 1 based on whether or not LinkAttr in JobAttr1 in FIGS. 7 and 8 is <1> (step 503). .

  If it is determined in step 503 that the print job has the proof job attribute 1, the print job is printed in the box 2071 in the second storage unit 2070 or the memory in the second storage unit 2070 in FIG. Data and proof job attribute settings are spooled (step 504). That is, as a result of analyzing the job shown in FIG. 7, it means that the job composed of the pages shown in the lower part of FIG. 6 and the JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttr values of JobAttr1 shown in FIG.

  Next, the process returns to step 501 again to perform processing for the next print job.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the print job shown in FIG.

  In this case, it is determined in step 503 that the job is not the proof attribute 1, and it is subsequently determined whether or not the job with the proof job attribute 1 to be linked is spooled (step 505). > To exit.

  Here, the proof job attribute 1 to be linked is a print in which JobID and LinkID match and LinkAttr is <1> in JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttr in the proof job attribute JobAttr of the print job spooled in step 504. This means that the key is whether or not the job is spooled.

  In the present embodiment, the print job of FIG. 7 is spooled. On the other hand, the values of JobID, LinkID, and LinkAttr in the proof job attribute JobAttr of the print job shown in FIG. 8 are compared. Since the LinkID matches and the LinkAttr is <1> for the former and <2> for the latter, the print job to be proof printed in the print job of FIG. 8 is the print job of FIG. It means being judged.

  Next, the print job shown in FIG. 7 spooled in step 504 is proof printed (step 506).

  Next, the print job shown in FIG. 8 is stored in the box 2071 in the second storage unit 2070 shown in FIG. 2 (step 507), and this process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 501 that the print job does not have a proof job attribute, normal print processing is performed (step 508), and this processing ends.

  If it is determined in step 505 that the print job with the associated proof job attribute 1 is not spooled, this processing is terminated.

  The present invention is stored in a recording medium such as an FD (floppy (registered trademark) disk), a CD-ROM, a ROM, a DVD, or a magnetic tape, and is stored in a storage medium reading device of a server computer, not a client computer. It is possible to be kept.

  Moreover, the present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices or an apparatus constituted by a single device. Furthermore, the present invention is also applied to a case where the present invention is implemented by supplying a program to a system or apparatus.

  In this case, the storage medium storing the program according to the present invention constitutes the present invention. Then, by causing the system or apparatus to read the program from the storage medium, the system or apparatus operates in a predetermined method.

  Further, more detailed setting can be made with respect to step 302 in FIG. 3 corresponding to FIG. For example, it is also possible to specify by using a character size in text, a line width in graphics, and an image size in an image as a trigger.

The data flow figure which realizes the proof function of one example of this invention 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a computer system to which a proof control method, apparatus, and storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied. Detailed flow diagram of proof processing units 200, 300, 400 in FIG. Detailed flow diagram of proof processing unit 500 in FIG. User interface diagram for setting proof attributes in the printer driver UI in the client computer 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram in which predetermined proof target data is extracted from print data according to an embodiment of the invention. The figure which shows the print job with the proof job attribute 1 of one Example of this invention The figure which shows the print job with the proof job attribute 2 of one Example of this invention

Explanation of symbols

1071 First proof control unit 2070 Second storage unit 2071 Box 2081 Second proof control unit

Claims (9)

An information processing apparatus comprising software for controlling proof printing by forming and sending print data via a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus. ,
Proof function setting value acquisition means for acquiring a proof function setting value set in advance in the printer driver user interface at the time of spool processing at the time of drawing pre-processing during print processing on the client computer;
A proof print instruction determination means for determining whether or not a proof print instruction is set from the proof function set value acquisition means;
A proof extended function setting determining means for determining whether or not a proof extended function is set when the proof print instruction determining means determines that it is a proof print instruction;
In the proof extension function setting determination means, when it is determined that the proof extension function is set, a proof extension function setting contents analysis means for analyzing the setting contents of the set proof extension function;
A designated page spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of pages configured only from the designated page when the proof extension function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is page designation; and
Designated object spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of pages composed only of pages with the designated object when the proof extended function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is object designation. When,
A specified page object that performs spool processing in units of pages composed of objects in the specified page range when the proof extended function set by the proof extension function setting content analysis means is page specification and object specification. A spool processing means, an all-page spool processing means for performing spool processing in units of all pages,
An information processing apparatus comprising:   A job for proof printing and a job for storing in a box when the previous proof printing instruction determination means determines that the proof printing instruction is in the despooling process during the drawing pre-processing during the printing process in the client computer. The proof expansion function setting content analysis unit with the proof job attribute for linking the data is instructed to print the spooled data as the print data, or the proof expansion function setting determination unit performs the proof expansion function Proof job attribute-attached print instruction 1 means for giving a print instruction to print all the spooled pages when it is determined that no print is set, and then the proof job attribute-attached print instruction 1 means proof. Proof expansion with job attributes linked to job attributes And a proof job attribute-attached print instruction 2 means for making all the spooled pages print data when it is determined that the function is not set and issuing a save instruction to the data storage area of the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   Proof job for performing print processing in accordance with print instruction with proof job attribute 1 and print instruction with proof job attribute 2 instructed by the despooler when forming an image during drawing pre-processing during print processing in the client computer The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an attribute-added print processing unit.   In the proof job attribute command presence determination processing means for determining whether or not a job command with a proof job attribute exists when a print job is received from the client computer, the proof job attribute presence determination means includes: When it is determined that the attribute exists, the proof job attribute analysis processing means for analyzing the proof job attribute, and when the proof job attribute indicates a job to be proof printed by the proof job attribute command analysis processing, the job is spooled. When the proof job attribute indicates a data storage area storage job by the proof print job spool processing means and the proof job attribute command analysis process, the proof print job linked by the proof job attribute command analysis process is further displayed. Proof print job existence determining means for determining whether or not the spool is already spooled, and when it is determined by the proof print job existence determining means that a proof print job to be linked already exists, the linked spooled spool A spool job print processing unit that prints a proof print job, and a save job processing unit that spools a job whose proof job attribute is stored in a data storage area by the previous proof job attribute command analysis processing. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Controlling a print control apparatus comprising software for controlling proof printing by sending and forming print data via a printer driver with a spool function and a despool function from a client computer to a printing apparatus A program,
A proof function setting value acquisition module for acquiring a proof function setting value set in advance in the printer driver user interface at the time of spool processing at the time of drawing pre-processing during print processing on the client computer;
A proof print instruction determination module that determines whether a proof print instruction is set from the proof function setting value acquisition module;
In this proof printing instruction determination module, a proof expansion function setting determination module that determines whether or not the proof expansion function is set when it is determined to be a proof printing instruction;
In this proof extension function setting determination module, when it is determined that the proof extension function is set, the proof extension function setting contents analysis module that analyzes the setting contents of the set proof extension function;
A designated page spool processing module that performs spool processing in units of pages configured only from the designated page when the set proof extension function is a page designation by the proof extension function setting content analysis module;
Designated object spool processing module that performs spool processing in units of pages that consist only of pages with the specified object when the proof extended function set by this proof extended function setting content analysis module is object specification When,
A specified page object that performs spool processing in units of pages composed of objects in the specified page range when the proof extended function set by this proof extended function setting content analysis module is page specified and object specified A spool processing module;
An all-page spool processing module that spools all pages in units of pages;
A program for controlling an information processing apparatus characterized by comprising:   The job and data storage area storage for proof printing when the previous proof printing instruction determination module determines that it is a proof printing instruction during the despooling process during the drawing pre-processing during the printing process in the client computer The proof expansion function setting contents analysis module with the proof job attribute for linking the job to be printed is instructed to print the data spooled as print data, or the proof expansion function setting determination module of the previous proof A print instruction with proof job attribute 1 module that issues a print instruction to print all pages spooled when it is determined that the extended function is not set, and then the print instruction with proof job attribute 1 module. Proofs linked to other proof job attributes A print instruction 2 module with a proof job attribute, which prints all pages spooled when it is determined that the proof extension function with a proof job attribute is not set, and prints it in the data storage area of the printing apparatus; A program for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 5.   Proof job for performing print processing in accordance with print instruction with proof job attribute 1 and print instruction with proof job attribute 2 instructed by the despooler when forming an image during drawing pre-processing during print processing in the client computer 6. A program for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a print processing module with attributes.   A proof job attribute command presence determination processing module that determines whether or not a job command with a proof job attribute exists when a print job is received from the client computer, and a proof job in the proof job attribute presence determination module When it is determined that the attribute exists, the proof job attribute analysis processing module that analyzes the proof job attribute and the proof job attribute command analysis processing spool the job when the proof job attribute indicates a job to be proof printed. When the proof job attribute indicates a job to be stored in the data storage area by the proof print job spool processing module and the proof job attribute command analysis process, the proof job attribute command analysis process further performs link processing. A proof print job existence determination module that determines whether or not a proof print job to be performed is already spooled, and when the proof print job existence determination module determines that a proof print job to be linked already exists. A spool job print processing module that prints a spooled proof print job to be linked; and a saved job processing module that spools a job whose proof job attribute is stored in a data storage area by the previous proof job attribute command analysis process. A program for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 5.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 5.