JP2010176286A - Document data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document data processing system capable of carrying out printing desired by a user, while preventing the number of pages from increasing by expanding one part of a document data. <P>SOLUTION: The document data processing system includes an operation part 13 for inputting an edit instruction from the user, to the input document data under display in a display part 11, a data processing part (illustrated as processing part 12) for editing the document data under the display in the display part 11, in response to the edit instruction from the user input by the operation part 13, and a printing part (illustrated as image forming device 3) for printing the document data edited by the data processing part 12. The operation part 13 is input with a variable power instruction for selecting a prescribed portion of the document data under the display, as one of the edit instructions, to be power-varied. The processing part 12 variable-power-processes the prescribed portion according to the variable power instruction, and contraction-processes one part or the whole of a portion other than prescribed portion of the document data, when the variable power instruction is an expansion instruction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document data processing system capable of editing and printing document data.

  Conventionally, the arrangement order of image data imported from a browser is determined, and in this order, the image data is enlarged or reduced (similar scaling) so that it becomes the maximum size in the image non-arranged area. An image data processing apparatus has been proposed in which image data is automatically stored in a limited area by rearranging the image data in an image non-arranged area (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-96832 A

  However, in the conventional image data processing apparatus, the user selects enlargement or reduction for an arbitrary image data portion or text data portion of the document data, and puts other unselected portions of data in the same page area. I was unable to resize and place it. Therefore, if the user designates a certain part and enlarges the document data, the document data extends over a plurality of pages, and there is a problem that the consumption of recording paper increases.

  As described above, according to the conventional technique, it is impossible to perform printing desired by the user while preventing an increase in the number of pages by enlarging a predetermined portion of the document data as much as possible.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to perform printing desired by a user while preventing an increase in the number of pages by enlarging a part of document data as much as possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a possible document data processing system.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first technical means of the present invention includes a data input unit for inputting document data, a display unit for displaying document data input from the data input unit, and display on the display unit An operation unit for inputting an editing instruction from the user to the document data being stored, and a data processing unit for editing the document data being displayed on the display unit in accordance with the user's editing instruction input by the operation unit; A document data processing system having a printing unit that prints document data edited by the data processing unit, wherein the operation unit is configured to display the document data being displayed on the display unit as one of the editing instructions. A scaling instruction for selecting and scaling a predetermined part can be input, and the data processing unit performs scaling processing on the predetermined part in accordance with the scaling instruction, and other than the predetermined part of the document data Part For some or all of, when the zooming instruction is an enlarged indication is obtained by said applying a reduction process.

  According to a second technical means, in the first technical means, when the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction, the data processing unit prints the predetermined part at the time of printing by the printing part by the enlargement process of the predetermined part. A line feed process is executed when the width of the paper size is exceeded.

  According to a third technical means, in the first or second technical means, the data processing unit, when the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction, part or all of a part other than the predetermined part of the document data The image processing apparatus is characterized in that a reduction process for reducing the image to a predetermined size or at a predetermined magnification is executed.

  According to a fourth technical means, in any one of the first to third technical means, the data processing unit reduces the scaling instruction for a part or all of a part other than the predetermined part of the document data. In the case of an instruction, an enlargement process is performed.

  The fifth technical means includes a data input unit for inputting document data, a display unit for displaying the document data input from the data input unit, and editing by the user for the document data being displayed on the display unit. An operation unit for inputting an instruction, a data processing unit for editing document data being displayed on the display unit in accordance with a user editing instruction input by the operation unit, and document data edited by the data processing unit A document data processing system having a printing unit for printing the image, wherein the operation unit selects, as one of the editing instructions, a predetermined part of the document data being displayed on the display unit and performs scaling An instruction can be input, and the data processing unit performs the scaling process on the predetermined portion in accordance with the scaling instruction, and part or all of the portion other than the predetermined portion of the document data If multiple instruction is a reduction instruction is obtained by, characterized in that the enlargement process is performed.

  According to a sixth technical means, in any one of the first to fifth technical means, an identification unit for identifying whether each part of the document data input by the data input unit is image data or text data. The operation unit may select any part of the image data or text data identified by the identification unit as a predetermined part of the document data being displayed on the display unit. It is a thing.

  A seventh technical means is any one of the first to sixth technical means, wherein the data processing unit performs a reduction or enlargement process on a part or all of the parts other than the scaling process and the predetermined part. When the document data after application is larger than the document data before the scaling process with respect to the number of print sheets at the time of printing in the printing unit, setting of aggregate printing and / or duplex printing is performed. It is a feature.

  According to an eighth technical means, in any one of the first to seventh technical means, a user specifying unit that specifies a user, and the scaling corresponding to the predetermined portion of the document data input by the data input unit. A registration unit that registers a processing unit and a magnification of the scaling process for each user, and the data processing unit includes the registration unit according to a user specified by the user specifying unit. The portion to be subjected to the scaling process registered in (1) and the magnification are read out, and the scaling process is performed.

  According to the document data processing system of the present invention, it is possible to perform printing desired by the user while preventing an increase in the number of pages by enlarging a part of the document data as much as possible.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the document data processing system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the process performed by the process part of PC in the system of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user data table stored on the image forming apparatus side that is referred to during user-specific setting processing in the processing of FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the HTML document data used as the object of edit and printing in the system of FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the scaling process of step S4 of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an automatic reduction / enlargement process in step S5 of FIG. 2 that is executed after the scaling process of step S4 of FIG. 2 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed.

  The document data processing system according to the present invention is a system capable of editing and printing document data. Therefore, it can also be referred to as a “document data printing system” and can cope with image data included in the document data. Therefore, it can be said to be an “image data processing system”. Hereinafter, a document data processing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a document data processing system according to the present invention. In the document data processing system illustrated in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as this system), a PC 1 and an image forming apparatus 3 are connected by a wired / wireless connection via a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like, and the PC 1 is a network such as the Internet. 2 can be connected.

  The PC 1 includes a display unit 11, a processing unit 12, an operation unit 13, an I / F 14, and a storage unit 15. The processing unit 12 includes, for example, a program storage area such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a work area such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). A storage area in the storage unit 15 can be used as a work area or a program storage area. In the program storage area, a browser program for browsing an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) document is stored so as to be readable from the CPU. The CPU reads this browser program into a work area such as a RAM, expands it, and executes the program. The operation unit 13 inputs an instruction from the user. As this instruction, an editing instruction for editing the HTML document can also be input.

  When an HTML document is displayed on the display unit 11, the HTML document is designated and displayed based on a user instruction on the operation unit 13. If the data of the designated HTML document is data stored in the storage unit 15, the CPU temporarily reads the data of the HTML document from the storage unit 15 to the work area and passes it to the display unit 11. On the other hand, if the data of the designated HTML document is data stored in another device (server device or the like) connected to the network 2, the CPU of the processing unit 12 transmits the data from the network 2 via the I / F 14. The data of the HTML document is temporarily taken into the work area and transferred to the display unit 11.

  As described above, the I / F 14, the processing unit 12, the storage unit 15, and the processing unit 12 are examples of a data input unit that inputs HTML document data, and the display unit 11 is an HTML document data input from the data input unit. It is an example of the display part which displays.

  As described above, in the PC 1, the user can issue an editing instruction using the operation unit 13. The editing is performed while the user is browsing the HTML document displayed on the display unit 11. In accordance with this editing instruction, the CPU of the processing unit 12 executes a process of changing the content of the HTML document data being displayed (after reading it if it has not been read into the work area). This change is reflected in the HTML document data on the work area. The CPU also causes the display unit 11 to display HTML document data that has been changed by the processing unit 12 through editing. If the user is not satisfied with the display result (that is, the edit result) and wants to make further edits, the edit result is displayed on the display unit 11 by inputting an edit instruction from the operation unit 13 in the same manner.

  As described above, the processing unit 12 is an example of a data processing unit that edits HTML document data being displayed on the display unit 11 in accordance with a user's editing instruction input from the operation unit.

  Note that the edited (changed) HTML document data is saved in the storage unit 15 based on a save instruction designating a file name by the user in the operation unit 13 when the original data exists only in the work area. can do. Further, when the original data is data in the storage unit 15, the edited HTML document data is stored based on an instruction to save (overwrite or save by specifying another file name) by the user in the operation unit 13. be able to. Of course, when there is no save instruction from the user, the contents edited and temporarily stored may be discarded and stored in the storage unit 15 in the original state.

  When the user is satisfied with the editing result of the HTML document data and wants to perform printing, the user inputs a print instruction from the operation unit 13. Upon receiving this print instruction, the processing unit 12 sends the edited HTML document data on the work area to the image forming apparatus 3 via an I / F (not shown) with the image forming apparatus 3. Start printing. More specifically, the printer driver stored in the program storage area so as to be executable by the CPU sends the edited HTML document data to the image forming apparatus 3 and generates corresponding print data on the image forming apparatus 3 side. And execute printing. Alternatively, the printer driver may generate print data corresponding to the data of the HTML document and then send the print data to the image forming apparatus 3 for printing.

  The image forming apparatus 3 is an example of a printing unit that prints (prints) edited HTML document data. Of course, this printing unit can print even HTML document data that has not been edited. As the image forming apparatus 3, a multifunction machine including a print function, a printer device, or the like can be applied. In addition to the printing unit, the image forming apparatus 3 mainly includes an input unit that inputs data to be printed and a control unit that controls them.

  In such a system, the operation unit 13 according to the present invention can input a scaling instruction for selecting and scaling a predetermined portion of the HTML document data being displayed on the display unit 11 as one of editing instructions. Yes. The magnification itself can be input by selecting a predetermined portion and then inputting or selecting a pop-up image or the like on the display unit 11.

  As a main feature of the present invention, the data processing unit exemplified by the processing unit 12 performs the scaling process on the predetermined portion in accordance with the scaling instruction, and when the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction, the same HTML document A reduction process is automatically performed on a part or all of the data other than the predetermined part (that is, the part not selected). Hereinafter, in order to distinguish from a scaling process based on a scaling instruction from the user, this reduction process is referred to as an automatic reduction process.

  The timing of this automatic reduction process may be after the scaling process (enlargement process in this case), and is preferably before execution of a print preview described later. The automatic reduction process is preferably executed by a reduction method corresponding to the scaling process (enlargement process in this case) of the predetermined portion. For example, a magnification that reduces or compensates for the increase in the enlargement process in another portion, a size after reduction, or the like may be employed.

  Further, it is preferable that the processing unit 12 automatically performs an enlargement process on a part or all of the parts other than the predetermined part of the HTML document data when the scaling instruction is a reduction instruction. Hereinafter, this enlargement process is referred to as an automatic enlargement process in order to distinguish it from the enlargement / reduction process based on the enlargement / reduction instruction by the user. In this case, the predetermined portion that the user instructs to reduce is a portion that does not have any problem even if it is small for the user, which means that the user has selected the predetermined portion for reduction. Thereby, a non-selected part (necessary part) can be automatically enlarged. The timing of the automatic enlargement process and the enlargement method are executed after the scaling process (in this case, the reduction process), and the enlargement method corresponding to the scaling process is executed, as described for the automatic reduction process. It is preferable.

  Further, the function of the automatic enlargement process does not necessarily need to be installed at the same time as the function of the automatic reduction process, and only the function of the automatic reduction process may be installed alone. In this case, the scaling instruction received by the operation unit 13 is a reduction instruction that is accompanied by an automatic enlargement process instead of the enlargement instruction that is accompanied by an automatic reduction process. Of course, regardless of whether or not the automatic enlargement process / automatic reduction process according to the present invention is performed, the operation unit 13 may accept both an enlargement instruction and a reduction instruction.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by scaling (enlarging) a predetermined portion of the input HTML document data, it is possible to print the portion desired by the user (the attention portion) in a form that is easy to see. Furthermore, printing is performed by increasing the number of print sheets by enlarging only a predetermined portion by automatic reduction processing for all or a portion that has not been specified (for example, if there is originally one page, there will be multiple pages). Paper waste can be eliminated. Similarly, by reducing the predetermined portion, it is difficult to see the portion that the user does not want to increase and the printing paper is not increased, and the automatic enlargement process for all or a portion that is not designated (the desired portion) , You can print in a form that makes it easy to see the part you want. As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform printing desired by the user while preventing an increase in the number of pages by enlarging a part of the HTML document data as much as possible.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with specific editing examples. First, the outline of the processing example described here will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of processing performed by the processing unit of the PC in the system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is stored on the image forming apparatus side to be referred to during user-specific setting processing in the processing of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the user data table, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of HTML document data to be edited / printed in the system of FIG.

  In this processing example, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus 3 holds a user data table 30 shown in FIG. 3 as user data. Further, although the HTML document data 40 consisting of one page illustrated in FIG. 4 will be described as input data, that is, data to be edited / printed, it may be a plurality of pages. The HTML document data 40 illustrated in FIG. 4 shows a state where data for one page is stored in the display unit 11, and shows a display screen when a print preview is performed as it is or a print sheet when printing is performed. It can be said that it is. The HTML document data 40 includes three image data of first image data 41, second image data 42, and third image data 43 and one text data of text data 44 in one page of paper. . In the text data 44, a character string is grouped into one, but the user can select one character at a time. It is assumed that the second image data 42 and the third image data 43 are displayed on the same line.

  First, the processing unit 12 of the PC 1 sends the user information of the PC 1 (for example, the login name of the PC 1) to the image forming apparatus 3 when the browser is opened or the HTML document data 40 is displayed. It is determined whether the user is a user included in the user data table 30 in the image forming apparatus 3 (that is, a user that can be specified in the user data table 30) (step S1). The image forming apparatus 3 may authenticate by sending not only the login name but also a password. In that case, the password may be stored in the user data table 30 or in association with the user data table 30.

  In the exemplified user data table 30, for each user, whether or not to set the magnification of the image data (magnification from the original image size), the character size of the text data (points), and 2in1, whether or not to perform double-sided printing Whether or not to perform, and whether or not to make the size of a character that can be read a part other than the designation is registered.

  For such registration, in addition to a registration unit that performs registration in the image forming apparatus 3, a user specifying unit for reading out registered information is provided in the system. As shown in Table 30, the registration unit performs a scaling process corresponding to the predetermined part of the input HTML document data (that is, which part of the HTML document data is to be scaled). ) And the magnification of this scaling process are registered for each user. However, in the example of FIG. 3, the magnification for all image data and text data is basically determined, and automatic reduction / enlargement processing that is a feature of the present invention (excluding print settings, etc.) is based on this table 30. Is through. The user specifying unit and the registration unit can be realized mainly by the operation unit 13, the processing unit 12, and the image forming apparatus 3 of the PC 1.

  In the user data table 30, instead of the character size, a point width to be increased, such as +2 pt, may be registered. With regard to 2in1, double-sided printing, and “to make the size of a readable character”, when there is a circle, it indicates that each setting is made. “Make the character size readable” indicates that the size of the text data is not reduced smaller than a visible size (eg, defined as 8 points). By registering not only text data but also image data as “size to be readable”, it is possible to prevent the reduction of the detailed picture. For example, by extracting the image feature from the image data, it is possible to determine how flat the picture is (in other words, how detailed the picture is). Here, a reference value for the flatness may be defined.

  Here, the scaling process of the image / text data is reflected as an editing result of the HTML document data 40. The settings for 2-in-1 and double-sided printing are interpreted by the printer driver and sent to the image forming apparatus 3 when a printing instruction is given. Thus, it is preferable that the user-specific settings include not only editing method settings but also print settings on the printer driver. This is because the editing method alone may increase the number of printed sheets.

  If the user is a user corresponding to the user data table 30 (YES in step S1), the processing unit 12 sets user-specific settings described in the user data table 30 (step S2). For example, if the user of PC 1 is user B, the image data in the HTML document data is enlarged to 150% according to the user data table 30, the text data in the data of the HTML document is set to 12 points, and duplex printing is performed. Set. These settings mean settings on the printer driver software. At this time, setting information may be sent to the image forming apparatus 3 to execute the settings.

  As described above, it is preferable that the HTML document data 40 extracted from the browser or the like can be processed separately for the image data portion and the text data portion. For this reason, the processing unit 12 preferably has an identification unit that identifies whether each part of the input HTML document data 40 is image data or text data.

  The user data table 30 has been described on the assumption that it is stored in the image forming apparatus 3, but it may be stored in the storage unit 15 of the PC 1. In this case, if at least data relating to only the user of the PC 1 is stored, user-specific settings can be made as in step S2.

  Subsequent to step S2, the processing unit 12 displays a pop-up screen or the like to inquire the user whether or not to change the setting, and determines whether or not the user has given an instruction to change the setting (step S3).

  When the setting is not changed, the setting is completed with the setting in step S2, and the processing unit 12 causes the image forming apparatus 3 to execute the printing process based on the user's print instruction (step S6). As described above, the processing unit 12 performs the scaling process registered in the registration unit (instead of performing the scaling instruction in which the user selects the predetermined portion) according to the user specified by the user specifying unit. It is preferable to read the portion and the magnification and perform the scaling process. Since a predetermined portion of HTML document data can be automatically designated, the user can save time and effort, and erroneous printing due to incorrect settings can be eliminated.

  The processing unit 12 also performs an automatic reduction / enlargement process corresponding to the scaling process. However, in the user data table 30, a registration method is adopted in which the first image data, the second image data, the first text data, and the like, and the portion subjected to the scaling process can be specified from the HTML document data 40. . Note that, as described above, the example of FIG. 3 shows an example in which all image data and all text data are registered as a portion to be subjected to scaling processing so that it can be specified more simply. An automatic reduction / enlargement process corresponding to the process is not necessary.

  When the user authentication is not performed at step S1 and when the setting is changed at step S3, the processing unit 12 executes a scaling process (enlargement / reduction process) of the HTML document data 40 (step S4). In step S4, an example will be described in detail later, but enlargement / reduction editing of all image data, enlargement / reduction editing of all text data, enlargement / reduction editing of a user-selected part, etc. are performed in the HTML document data 40. .

  Although not described later in detail as step S4, in step S4, the setting content of the user data table 30 is used as a default, the selection operation by the user is accepted, and the setting content for the user for only the selected predetermined portion. You may make use of. As a result, the user can save time and effort to specify the magnification or the like only by selecting a predetermined portion. Even if the user is not specified in step S1, one or a plurality of setting examples may be stored in the user data table 30 and selected from the setting examples in step S4 by a user operation. .

  After the processing in step S4, the processing unit 12 performs automatic enlargement / reduction editing processing (automatic reduction processing / automatic enlargement processing), setting of 2in1, double-sided printing, presence / absence of print preview, and the like (step S5). These settings mean settings on the printer driver software. At this time, setting information may be sent to the image forming apparatus 3 to execute the settings. Details of step S5 will be described later with an example. After step S <b> 5, upon receiving a print instruction from the operation unit 13, the processing unit 12 instructs the image forming apparatus 3 to perform printing, and printing is executed by the image forming apparatus 3.

  Next, details of step S4 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the scaling process (enlargement / reduction editing process) in step S4 of FIG. 2. FIGS. 6 to 9 show the HTML document data of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example which performed the scaling process.

  First, the processing unit 12 receives a user operation (user instruction) at the operation unit 13 (step S11). At this time, if step S2 in FIG. 2 has been performed, the instruction registered in the user data table 30 is also accepted. Subsequently, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not the user instruction or the instruction registered in the user data table 30 is an instruction to enlarge or reduce all the image data in the HTML document (step S12).

  If YES in step S12, the image data is enlarged or reduced as shown in FIG. 6 (step S13). In FIG. 6, the image data 41, 42, and 43 of the HTML document data 40 are changed to HTML document data 51 including the enlarged image data 41L, 42L, and 43L by the enlargement process, and the reduced image data 41S, 41S, and the like by the reduction process. It can be seen that the HTML document data 52 includes 42S and 43S.

  If NO in step S12, the processing unit 12 determines whether the user instruction or the instruction registered in the user data table 30 is an instruction to enlarge or reduce all text data in the HTML document. (Step S14).

  If YES, all text data is enlarged or reduced as shown in FIG. 7 (step S15). In FIG. 7, all the text data 44 of the HTML document data 40 is changed to HTML document data 53 including the enlarged text data 44L by the enlargement process, and changed to HTML document data 54 including the reduced text data 44S by the reduction process. You can see that.

  The text data can be set to the same setting when all the image data are enlarged or reduced. However, if the same setting is used, a part of the image data can be easily seen and the paper cannot be saved. Therefore, the determination in steps S12 and S14 has been described. Thus, the user selects and edits either image data or text data. Alternatively, as described later, a part of the image / text data is selected and edited.

  If NO in step S14, the processing unit 12 indicates that the user instruction or the instruction registered in the user data table 30 is not all image data or text data in the HTML document, but some image data or text data. It is determined whether or not the instruction is to enlarge or reduce (step S16).

  If NO in step S16, the process ends. If YES, arbitrary image data or text data in the HTML document is selected and enlarged or reduced as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 (step S17). ).

  In FIG. 8, the first image data 41 is changed to HTML document data 55 including the enlarged image data 41L by the enlargement process, and changed to HTML document data 56 including the reduced image data 41S by the reduction process. I understand. In FIG. 9, a part of the text data 44 (“3AB”) is changed to HTML document data 57 including the partially enlarged text data 44Lp by the enlargement process, and HTML including the reduced text data 44Sp by the reduction process. It can be seen that the document data 58 has been changed.

  As in step S16, the operation unit 13 can select an arbitrary part of the image data or text data identified by the identification unit as the predetermined part of the HTML document data 40 being displayed. Is preferred. It is only necessary that the arbitrary portion is displayed on the display unit 11 so as to be selectable. Accordingly, the processing unit 12 can perform a scaling process by designating an arbitrary part in the identified image data or text data by the user. For a user, a desired portion of a specific image portion or text portion may be a part thereof, and only such a portion can be scaled, which is beneficial.

  In addition, the order of determination of step S12, S14, S16 is not ask | required. In addition, after all the image data or text data is enlarged or reduced based on a user instruction and this flow is ended, an instruction to enlarge or reduce a part of data may be given by a further user instruction.

  Next, details of step S5 in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the automatic reduction / enlargement process in step S5 of FIG. 2 executed after the scaling process of step S4 of FIG. 2 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. It is. FIGS. 11 to 17 are diagrams showing an example in which the scaling process of FIG. 5 is performed on the HTML document data of FIG. 4 and the automatic reduction / enlargement process of FIG. 10 is performed.

  First, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not the HTML document data that has undergone the scaling process of FIG. 5 is data that does not exceed the paper size when printing is performed (step S21). Although the description is based on the assumption that the original HTML document data 40 is one page, if there are a plurality of pages, the determination may be made for each page, and whether or not the total number of pages has increased. You may judge by. The same applies to steps S25 and S29 described later.

  If it is determined in step S21 that the enlarged image data or text data is larger than the width of the paper size (in the case of NO), the image data or text data that protrudes from the paper size is broken as shown in FIG. (Step S22). An image that does not fit on one page due to a line feed moves to the second page. In FIG. 11, HTML document data 61 that does not protrude by performing line feed processing on the second and third image data 42 </ b> L and 43 </ b> L of the HTML document data 60 after the scaling process of FIG. 5 in the middle of both. You can see that it has been changed. Here, the line feed point is set in front of the protruding image data 43L. Also, in FIG. 12, an HTML document that does not protrude by performing line feed processing between “B” and “C” on the text data 44L of the HTML document data 62 after the scaling process of FIG. It can be seen that the data 63 is changed.

  As described above, when the magnification change instruction (or registered magnification change instruction) is an enlargement instruction, the processing unit 12 performs a predetermined portion enlargement process so that the predetermined portion is printed in the width of the printing paper size when printed by the printing unit. If it exceeds, it is preferable to execute a line feed process. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the image from being lost when the predetermined portion is scaled.

  After the processing in step S22, the processing unit 12 determines whether the size of one image data or text data is smaller than the width of the paper size, that is, whether it does not exceed the paper size (step S23). If NO, the processing unit 12 resizes (changes the magnification) so that the width of the paper size and the width of the image data or text data are the same as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 14 (step S24). In step S24, the height size is also changed at the same magnification as the enlarged width.

  In FIG. 13, the second image data 42L of the HTML document data 64 after the scaling process of FIG. 5 is changed to HTML document data 65 including image data 42LS reduced to fit the horizontal width with the aspect ratio fixed. You can see that. Further, in FIG. 14, HTML document data including text data 45LS in which the number of points is reduced so as to fit the horizontal width with the aspect ratio fixed, with respect to the text data 45L of the HTML document data 65 after the scaling process of FIG. It turns out that it is changed to 67.

  In the case of YES in step S21, in the case of YES in step S23, when the processing in step S24 is completed, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not the edited HTML document fits on one page (step S25). . In the case of NO in step S25, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not the image data is reduced to a size that can be recognized by the user when automatically reducing data other than the image data edited by the user or other than text data ( Step S26).

  If YES in step S26, the processing unit 12 reduces the non-selected image data or text data to a size that can be read (step S27). In step S27, the image data other than the image data edited by the user or the image data other than the text data or the text data is reduced to the maximum size in the remaining area, and one page has a size that can be recognized by the user. To fit. If it does not fit on one page, it is divided into two pages. At this time, it is assumed that the user can change the setting as to whether or not the user can visually recognize.

  In the HTML document data 70 and 71 after the scaling process illustrated in FIG. 5 illustrated in FIG. 15, the number of sheets is increased to two pages by the image data 41L enlarged by the user. In such a case, the HTML document data 72 including the reduced image data 42S and 43S and the text data 44S is automatically reduced by reducing the image data 42 and 43 and the text data 44 which are not selected by the user. To fit on one page. At this time, the reduced data has a visible size.

  If NO in step S26, the non-selected image data or text data is reduced to a minimum size (size that cannot be recognized by the user's eyes) (step S28). In step S28, even if the image data other than the image data edited by the user or the image data other than the text data or the text data is reduced to the maximum size in the remaining area, the size cannot be recognized by the user. to shrink. If it does not fit on one page, it is divided into two pages. The size that cannot be recognized by the eyes is to reduce a portion that is not selected by the user to a size that cannot be recognized by the eyes.

  In the HTML document data 73 and 74 after the scaling process shown in FIG. 5 illustrated in FIG. 16, the number of sheets is increased to two pages by the image data 41L, 42L, and 43L enlarged by the user. In such a case, by automatically reducing the text data 44 not selected by the user to a size that cannot be recognized by the eyes, the text data 44 is changed to the HTML document data 72 including the reduced text data 44S, and the paper is loaded. It fits on one page.

  As described above, when the magnification change instruction is an enlargement instruction, the processing unit 12 executes an automatic reduction process for reducing a part or all of a part other than the predetermined part to a predetermined size or a predetermined magnification. It is preferable to do. By reducing the size of the undesignated portion to a size that can be visually recognized by the user, the predetermined portion can be enlarged to the maximum size. In addition, the predetermined portion can be enlarged and set to a maximum size by reducing the size to such an extent that the user cannot visually recognize the portion that has not been specified and only the presence can be confirmed.

  After the processing in steps S27 and S28, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not the number of pages does not exceed two pages even if image data or text data is reduced (step S29). In the case of NO, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not to set 2-in-1 and double-sided printing according to a registered instruction or a separately requested user instruction (step S30). In the case of YES in step S30, the processing unit 12 sets 2in1 and double-sided printing (step S31). In the case of NO in step S30, it is set as it is for two or more pages (step S32).

  As described above, the processing unit 12 determines that the HTML document data after the scaling process and the automatic reduction process (or the automatic enlargement process) is performed before the scaling process (that is, before the scaling process) with respect to the number of print sheets at the time of printing. And before the automatic reduction / enlargement processing (for example, when the document data for one page originally has two or more pages of printing paper) and / or the setting of aggregate printing (Nin 1) and / or Set duplex printing. If the designated portion and the undesignated portion are each subjected to the scaling process, if they inevitably cover a plurality of pages, the printing paper can be saved by using Nin1 or double-sided printing.

  If YES in step S25 (if it fits on one page), the processing unit 12 determines whether there is a margin in one page (step S33). If there is a margin, the image data or text data not selected by the user is enlarged by the same magnification as the margin (step S34). The maximum size is a magnification up to the width of the paper size.

  In the HTML document data 81 after the scaling process illustrated in FIG. 5 illustrated in FIG. 17, a blank portion is generated by the image data 41S reduced by the user. In such a case, the image data 42L, 43L and the text data 44, which have not been selected by the user, are automatically enlarged to the maximum size in the paper, The HTML document data 82 including the text data 44L is changed so that the paper can be contained on one page.

  In the case of YES in step S29, in the case of NO in step S33, when the processing in steps S31, S32, and S34 is completed, the processing unit 12 determines whether or not to display a print review for confirming the setting so far. Determination is made (step S35). When displaying the print preview, the HTML document set by the user so far is displayed on the browser (step S36), and the process is terminated. If the print preview is not displayed, the process ends.

  Thus, when the process of FIG. 10 is completed, the user setting is completed. After completion, the process proceeds to step S6 in FIG. 2, but when the user performs setting again, the processes in FIGS. 5 and 10 are repeated before proceeding to step S6. The HTML document edited and set by the user is transferred to the image forming apparatus 3 and can be printed.

  In this way, the user can enlarge / reduce any image data or text data in the HTML document data. Further, by automatically reducing / enlarging image data and text data not selected by the user and setting 2-in-1 and double-sided printing, the number of sheets can be reduced, and an area in the sheet can be used effectively.

  The above description is based on the premise that processing is mainly performed by the PC 1, but all of these processing may be executed in the image forming apparatus 3. In that case, the elements corresponding to the elements 11 to 15 described for the PC 1 are provided in the image forming apparatus 3, and the instruction from the PC 1 to the image forming apparatus 3 is all read in the image forming apparatus 3. If you can understand. As a part corresponding to the display unit 11 and the operation unit 13, for example, a touch panel may be provided.

  As described above, the document data processing system according to the present invention is not limited to the system including the PC 1 and the image forming apparatus 3, and can be constructed only by the image forming apparatus 3. In that case, the image forming apparatus 3 uses the HTML document data stored in the internal or externally connected PC or portable memory as the object of editing / printing.

  As described above, the HTML document data has been described as the document data. However, some of the objects in the document data may be XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document data or other types of document data. If (image data or text data) can be selected and scaled, it can be applied to the present invention. In addition, although the browser is cited on the assumption that the document data is an HTML document, an application program corresponding to the type of document data is stored in the program storage area of the PC or the image forming apparatus according to the system configuration so as to be executable. If so, the document data can be viewed and edited.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... PC, 2 ... Network, 3 ... Image forming apparatus, 11 ... Display part, 12 ... Processing part, 13 ... Operation part, 14 ... I / F, 15 ... Memory | storage part, 30 ... User data table.

Claims (8)

A data input unit for inputting document data, a display unit for displaying the document data input from the data input unit, and an operation unit for inputting an editing instruction from the user for the document data being displayed on the display unit; A data processing unit for editing the document data being displayed on the display unit, and a printing unit for printing the document data edited by the data processing unit in response to a user editing instruction input by the operation unit. A document data processing system comprising:
The operation unit can input a scaling instruction for selecting and scaling a predetermined portion of the document data being displayed on the display unit as one of the editing instructions,
The data processing unit performs the scaling process on the predetermined portion according to the scaling instruction, and when the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction for a part or all of the portions other than the predetermined portion of the document data. Is a document data processing system characterized by performing reduction processing.   When the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction, the data processing unit executes a line feed process when the predetermined part exceeds the width of the printing paper size when printing by the printing unit due to the enlargement process of the predetermined part. The document data processing system according to claim 1, wherein:   When the scaling instruction is an enlargement instruction, the data processing unit reduces a part or all of the part other than the predetermined part of the document data to a predetermined size or a predetermined magnification. The document data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the document data processing system is executed.   4. The data processing unit according to claim 1, wherein a part of or all of the document data other than the predetermined part is subjected to enlargement processing when the scaling instruction is a reduction instruction. The document data processing system according to any one of the above. A data input unit for inputting document data, a display unit for displaying the document data input from the data input unit, and an operation unit for inputting an editing instruction from the user for the document data being displayed on the display unit; A data processing unit for editing the document data being displayed on the display unit, and a printing unit for printing the document data edited by the data processing unit in response to a user editing instruction input by the operation unit. A document data processing system comprising:
The operation unit can input a scaling instruction for selecting and scaling a predetermined portion of the document data being displayed on the display unit as one of the editing instructions,
The data processing unit performs the scaling process on the predetermined portion in accordance with the scaling instruction, and when the scaling instruction is a reduction instruction for a part or all of the portions other than the predetermined portion of the document data. Is a document data processing system characterized by performing enlargement processing. An identification unit for identifying whether each part of the document data input by the data input unit is image data or text data;
2. The operation unit can select an arbitrary part of image data or text data identified by the identification unit as a predetermined part of document data being displayed on the display unit. The document data processing system of any one of -5.   The data processing unit is configured to determine the number of print sheets when the document data after being subjected to reduction or enlargement processing for a part or all of the part other than the scaling process and the predetermined part is printed by the printing part. The document data processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein, when the document data is larger than the document data before the scaling process, setting of aggregate printing and / or setting of double-sided printing is performed. . Registration for registering, for each user, a user specifying unit for specifying a user, a part to be subjected to the scaling process corresponding to the predetermined part of the document data input by the data input unit, and a scaling factor of the scaling process And further comprising
The data processing unit reads the portion to be subjected to the scaling process registered by the registration unit and the magnification and performs the scaling process according to the user specified by the user specifying unit. The document data processing system according to claim 1.

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