JP2012103934A - Print control program and print control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print control program and a print control method with which the orientation of a tab character can be properly set according to the orientation of the character of a manuscript.SOLUTION: In a print control program, which is operated by a device making an image forming device provided with a function for insertion of tab paper perform printing of a manuscript, the device is made to function at least as a display control part which makes a display part show a first setting display screen in which the orientation of tab character to be printed in an index part arranged on the long side of the tab paper can be set and a second setting display screen in which the manuscript is set either to a portrait or a landscape, and as a printing orientation control part for setting the orientation of the tab character to the orientation which coincides with the character of the manuscript of the landscape when the printing of the landscape is designated at the setting in which the orientation of the tab character is rotated in a clockwise manner by 90 degrees about the character of the manuscript of the portrait.

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control program and a print control method, and more particularly to a print control program and a print control method that operate on an apparatus that instructs printing to an image forming apparatus having a tab sheet insertion function.

  Printing apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as image forming apparatuses) such as printers and multi-function peripherals (MFPs) are widely used. Some of these image forming apparatuses have a function of inserting tab sheets to make it easier to see the separation of documents, and characters are printed on the ears of tab sheets (hereinafter referred to as index sections). Be able to.

  Regarding such a tab sheet insertion function, for example, in Patent Document 1 below, in an image forming apparatus capable of feeding and printing a tab sheet having protruding tabs, an image printed on the tab sheet is rotated by a predetermined angle. And image processing means having a function of causing the image processing means to require the image on the tab paper based on the conveyance direction of the tab paper based on a rotation angle of the image on the tab paper desired by a user. A configuration for rotating by an appropriate angle is disclosed.

JP 2004-58508 A

  Here, the orientation of the original is such that the characters can be read correctly when the paper is placed vertically (hereinafter referred to as portrait), and the characters can be read correctly when the paper is placed horizontally (hereinafter referred to as landscape). Called). In addition, the index portion of the tab paper is usually arranged on the long side of the paper, and characters printed on the index portion (hereinafter referred to as tab characters) are landscape in portrait (based on the direction of the characters on the document). In the landscape, it is customary to print in the same direction as the original text.

  However, for example, when a landscape document is printed with the initial portrait setting, as shown in FIG. 11A, the direction of characters in the document and the direction of tab characters are reversed, and the appearance is significantly deteriorated. . In particular, when binding the landscape document in the upward direction, the tab characters are difficult to read. Similarly, when a portrait document is printed with the initial setting of the landscape, as shown in FIG. 11B, the orientation of the tab characters is reversed from the normal direction, and the appearance is remarkably deteriorated. For this reason, when the user changes the orientation of the document, the user has to reset the tab character printing direction, which is inconvenient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a print control program and a print control method capable of appropriately setting the orientation of tab characters according to the orientation of characters on a document. It is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a print control program that operates in an apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print a document, and the apparatus includes at least the tab sheet. A first setting screen capable of setting the orientation of tab characters to be printed in the index portion arranged on the long side of the document, and a second setting screen capable of setting whether the document is portrait or landscape , And a display control unit that displays the landscape character on the display unit, the landscape character is printed in a setting in which the tab character is rotated 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the character of the portrait document. When instructed, the tab character is caused to function as a print direction control unit that sets the direction of the tab character to coincide with the character of the document in the landscape.

  Further, the present invention is a print control program that operates on an apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print an original, and the apparatus is disposed at least on the long side of the tab sheet A first setting screen capable of setting the orientation of tab characters printed on the index portion to be displayed, and a second setting screen capable of setting whether the document is portrait or landscape. In the setting that the display control unit to display the orientation of the tab character matches the character of the landscape document, when the portrait document is instructed to print, the tab character orientation is set to This is to function as a printing direction control unit that sets the orientation rotated 90 degrees clockwise with reference to the characters of the portrait document.

  The present invention is also a print control method in an apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print an original, and is arranged on the long side of the tab sheet on a first setting screen. A first step for setting the orientation of the tab characters to be printed in the index section; a second step for setting the document in portrait or landscape on the second setting screen; and the orientation of the tab characters for the port characters. When setting the orientation rotated 90 degrees clockwise with reference to the characters of the rate document, when the printing of the landscape document is instructed, the direction of the tab character is changed to the character of the document of the landscape. And a third step of setting in a matching direction.

  The present invention is also a print control method in an apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print an original, and is arranged on the long side of the tab sheet on a first setting screen. A first step for setting the orientation of the tab characters to be printed on the index part; a second step for setting the document to portrait or landscape on the second setting screen; and the orientation of the tab characters for the landscape. When the portrait document is instructed to be printed in a direction that matches the characters of the original document, the tab character direction is set to 90 degrees clockwise with reference to the portrait document character. And a third step of setting the rotated direction.

  According to the printing control program and the printing control method of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately set the direction of the tab character according to the direction of the character of the document.

  The reason for this is that when a print control program such as a printer driver that operates on a device that instructs the image forming apparatus to print is inserted and printed with tab paper, the initial setting for the tab paper is specified. This is because control is performed to automatically set the orientation of the tab characters to be printed on the index portion based on the orientation of the original.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a printer unit of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen (heading insertion screen) displayed on the client which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen (heading setting screen) displayed on the client which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen (basic setting screen) displayed on the client which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the setting procedure of the printing direction of the tab character based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen (confirmation screen) displayed on the client which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the printing direction of the tab character which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the printing direction of the tab character at the time of carrying out a right binding or a 180 degree rotation with a landscape original. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen (preview screen) displayed on the client which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the printing direction of the conventional tab character.

  As shown in the background art, there are portraits and landscapes in the orientation of the document, and tab characters placed in the index section of the tab paper are horizontal in the portrait (clockwise based on the direction of the characters on the document). It is customary to print in the landscape inversion direction (the same direction as the characters on the original) in the landscape.

  For this reason, if a landscape document is printed in a state where the orientation of the tab characters is initially set in accordance with the portrait, the orientation of the characters of the document and the orientation of the tab characters are reversed, and the appearance is significantly deteriorated. Similarly, when a portrait document is printed in a state where the orientation of the tab characters is initially set in accordance with the landscape, the orientation of the tab characters is reversed from the normal direction, and the appearance is remarkably deteriorated.

  Accordingly, in one embodiment of the present invention, when setting tab characters to be inserted and tab characters to be arranged in the index portion of the tab sheet on the printer driver, the printer driver determines the orientation of the document. If set, the tab character orientation is automatically set based on the orientation of the document, regardless of the initial settings for the tab sheet. In other words, no matter how the tab character printing direction is set on the tab sheet setting screen, if the document orientation (portrait / landscape) is set on the document setting screen, it is set based on the document orientation. Change the setting with priority on the print direction of the tab characters. In addition, a screen for confirming the change of the setting with the user is displayed, or a preview screen of the index part is displayed.

  As a result, when the orientation of the document is landscape, the orientation of the characters of the document and tab characters is reversed, and when the orientation of the document is portrait, the orientation of the tab characters is reversed from the normal direction. It is possible to prevent an image from being output. Further, since it is not necessary to reset the orientation of the tab character when changing the orientation of the document, the convenience for the user can be improved.

  In order to describe the above-described embodiment of the present invention in more detail, a print control program and a print control method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to the present exemplary embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a printer unit of the image forming apparatus. 3 to 5 are diagrams showing examples of the configuration of the printer driver setting screen displayed on the client, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the setting procedure of the tab character orientation. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a confirmation screen displayed on the client, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a preview screen, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are directions of tab characters according to the present embodiment. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the printing system of this embodiment, a client 10, a printer controller 20, and a printer 30 that can be connected via a communication network are arranged on an intranet. Although Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like can be used as a communication network standard, data transfer from the printer controller 20 to the printer 30 can be performed using IEEE1394, Parallel, or the like in addition to Ethernet (registered trademark). . In FIG. 1, the printer controller 20 is provided separately from the printer 30, but the printer controller 20 may be included in the printer 30. Hereinafter, each device will be specifically described.

[client]
The client 10 is a computer device such as a personal computer, and includes a control unit 11, an OS (Operating System) 12, an application 13, a printer driver 14, a network I / F unit 15, a storage unit 16, a display unit 17, an operation unit 18, and the like. Prepare.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and controls the operation of the entire client 10. The OS 12 is Windows (registered trademark), Macintosh (registered trademark), or the like, and enables the client 13 to operate the application 13. The application 13 is software for creating a document. The printer driver 14 converts the document created by the application 13 into data in a language (PCL (Printer Control Language) or PDL (Page Description Language) such as PostScript) that can be read by the printer controller 20. The network I / F unit 15 includes a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like, and connects the client 10 to a communication network. The storage unit 16 includes a memory, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the like, and stores document data, PDL data, and the like. The display unit 17 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays various screens. The operation unit 18 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and enables operations such as settings relating to tab sheets and manuscripts.

  The printer driver 14 also has a function of causing the display unit 17 to display various screens for setting print conditions (such as a header insertion screen, a header setting screen, and a basic setting screen, which will be described later). When the orientation (portrait or landscape) is set, the print direction control unit 14a sets the orientation of the tab characters arranged in the index portion of the tab sheet according to the orientation of the document, and the orientation of the document on the basic setting screen When the heading setting screen is displayed after setting is set, the direction set by the printing direction control unit 14a is displayed in the tab character direction setting field, or the setting is changed when the tab character direction is changed. A confirmation screen for confirming to the user was displayed, and a preview screen with an enlarged index part was displayed to make it easier to understand the tab character printing direction. Also it functions as a display control unit 14b that.

[Printer controller]
The printer controller 20 is a device that controls the printer 30 in accordance with an instruction from the client 10, and includes a control unit 21, a network I / F unit 22, a RIP unit 23, a storage unit 24, a printer I / F unit 25, an application unit 26, and necessary. The display unit 27, the operation unit 28, and the like are provided.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU and a memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and controls the operation of the entire printer controller 20. The network I / F unit 22 includes a NIC or the like, and connects the printer controller 20 to a communication network. The RIP unit 23 translates data described in PDL and develops it into bitmap format image data. The storage unit 24 includes a memory, an HDD, and the like, and stores PDL data, image data, and the like. The printer I / F unit 25 instructs the printer 30 on image data transmission and output method. The application unit 26 edits a job ticket for editing image data created by the RIP unit 23 and finishing processing, and performs data control for printing. The display unit 27 includes an LCD and displays various screens. The operation unit 28 includes a mouse and a keyboard, and enables various setting operations.

[Printer]
The printer 30 is an image forming apparatus that executes printing based on an instruction from the printer controller 20, and includes a control unit 31, a controller I / F unit 32, a panel operation unit 33, a printer unit 34, a storage unit 35, and the like. .

  The control unit 31 includes a CPU and a memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and controls the overall operation of the printer 30. The controller I / F unit 32 includes a NIC or the like, and enables communication with the printer controller 20. The panel operation unit 33 is provided with a pressure-sensitive operation unit (touch panel) in which transparent electrodes are arranged in a grid on the display unit, and enables various operations of the printer 30. The printer unit 34 executes printing according to the printing instruction. As shown in FIG. 2, the printer unit 34 includes a photoreceptor 34a, a charging device 34b, an exposure device 34c, a developing device 34d, a transfer device 34e, a cleaning device 34f, a fixing device 34g, and the like. The storage unit 35 includes a memory, an HDD, and the like, and stores image data and the like.

  In this embodiment, the printer driver 14 of the client 10 is provided with a printing direction control unit 14a and a display control unit 14b as software. However, the printing direction control unit 14a and the display control unit 14b are configured as hardware. May be. Further, the application unit 26 of the printer controller 20 is provided with a print direction control unit 14a and a display control unit 14b to acquire the orientation of the document from the PDL data and automatically set the tab character orientation based on the acquired orientation of the document. You may make it do.

  In this embodiment, the user sets the orientation of the document. However, since the printer driver 14 can determine whether the document is a portrait or a landscape from the orientation of the paper, the orientation of the document is automatically set. It is also possible to automatically set the tab character orientation based on the orientation of the document.

  Hereinafter, a normal printing operation using the printing system configured as described above will be described.

  A document for printing is created by an application 13 (for example, Word or Excel) installed in the client 10. This document is converted from application file format data to PDL file format data by the printer driver 14 and transmitted to the printer controller 20 via the communication network. At this time, an instruction for performing post-processing specific to the printer 30 is set on the setting screen of the printer driver 14.

  The printer controller 20 receives the PDL data. The PDL data is arranged in the printer controller 20 in the order of arrival, and is converted into bitmap format image data by the RIP unit 23. Further, the application unit 26 analyzes post-processing instructions such as punching and stapling instructed by the printer driver 14, and transmits the obtained request contents to the printer 30.

  Here, when tab sheets are inserted, the printer driver 14 displays a headline insertion screen 40 as shown in FIG. 3 on the display unit 17 when setting printing conditions. When the user inputs an arbitrary page in the “page” column of the header insertion screen 40, the printer driver 14 gives a command (eg, PERPAGE = TRAY1... Tab, 1, 10) in the PDL.

  When the printer controller 20 recognizes this command, it instructs the printer 30 to feed the tab sheet from the tray 1 and insert it in front of the first and tenth pages of the document. Based on the instructed information, the printer 30 feeds the tab sheet from the designated tray for the designated page.

  When printing an arbitrary character on the index portion of the tab sheet, the user inputs text in the “Heading Character” field of the heading insertion screen 40, and the printer driver 14 is input in the “Heading Character” field. Characters are converted into a page description language such as PostScript, and an image is added to the position of the index part of the document.

  Further, when making detailed settings regarding tab characters, the printer driver 14 causes the display unit 17 to display a header setting screen 41 as shown in FIG. The heading setting screen 41 is provided with items for setting the number of headings, the position of the index portion, the font, the line spacing, the direction, the vertical position, the horizontal position, and the like. When creating an image with PostScript, the driver 14 determines the type of character, the position to be arranged, and the direction of the character based on conditions set by the user.

  As described above, by performing settings related to the tab sheet on the headline insertion screen 40 and the headline setting screen 41, it is possible to insert the tab sheet on which the designated tab character is printed on the designated page. However, since the contents set in these screens are maintained regardless of the orientation of the original, as shown in FIG. 11, a tab sheet is inserted into the landscape original by the portrait setting, or the port is set by the landscape setting. When a tab sheet is inserted into the rate, the orientation of the characters of the document and the orientation of the tab characters may not be in a correct relationship, and the appearance is significantly deteriorated.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the orientation of the document is set on the screen for setting basic functions such as the document size, the tab character orientation is set to an appropriate direction based on the orientation of the document. Specifically, the printer driver 14 displays a basic setting screen 42 as shown in FIG. The basic setting screen 42 includes items for setting a document size, a document orientation, a paper feed tray, a punch, a staple, and the like. When the user sets the “document orientation” to “landscape”, for example, the printer driver 14 automatically changes the setting of the “direction” column of the heading setting screen 41 of FIG. 4 to “horizontal inversion”. If the orientation of the original is set to “portrait” again, the printer driver 14 automatically changes the setting of the “direction” column of the heading setting screen 41 in FIG. 4 to “horizontal”.

  Here, after setting the tab sheet on the headline insertion screen 40 and the headline setting screen 41, when the orientation of the document is set on the basic setting screen 42, the setting of the “direction” column of the headline setting screen 41 is automatically set. However, the display order of these screens and the transition method are arbitrary. After setting the orientation of the document on the basic setting screen 42, the tab sheet is displayed on the header insertion screen 40 and the header setting screen 41. You may set about. In that case, the orientation of the tab character set according to the orientation of the selected document can be displayed by default in the “direction” column of the heading setting screen 41, or the setting cannot be changed.

  Further, before changing the direction of the tab character, a screen as shown in FIG. 7 for confirming to the user whether or not the direction of the tab character may be changed may be displayed.

  The processing of the printer driver 14 will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation, the printer driver 14 displays the basic setting screen 42 shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 17 (S101). When the user sets the original orientation in the “original orientation” field, the printer driver 14 accepts the setting of the original orientation and recognizes the original orientation (S102).

  When the orientation of the document is portrait, the printer driver 14 (printing direction control unit 14a) determines that the orientation of the tab characters ("direction" column in the heading setting screen 41 in FIG. 4) is the horizontal direction (the orientation of the characters of the document). It is checked whether the rotation direction is 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the reference (S104). If the orientation of the document is landscape, the printer driver 14 (printing direction control unit 14a) checks whether the orientation of the tab character is the horizontal inversion direction (the same direction as that of the document character) (S105). ).

  When the orientation of the document is portrait and the tab character is not oriented horizontally (No in S104), or when the orientation of the document is landscape and the orientation of the tab character is not horizontally reversed. (No in S105) changes the direction of the tab character. At this time, the printer driver 14 (display control unit 14b) displays a screen for confirming whether the direction of the tab character may be changed. (S106). FIG. 7A shows an example of the confirmation screen 43 displayed when the tab character direction is changed from the horizontal direction to the horizontal inversion direction. FIG. 7B shows the tab character direction from the horizontal inversion direction. It is an example of the confirmation screen 43 displayed when changing to a horizontal direction.

  Then, the printer driver 14 (printing direction control unit 14a) determines the button selected by the user on the confirmation screen 43 (S107). If the user presses the OK button, the setting is changed (S108), and the user If the cancel button is pressed, the setting is not changed.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing how the tab character orientation is changed. As shown in FIG. 8A, when the initial setting of the tab character direction is the horizontal direction (the direction suitable for the portrait) and the document direction is set to landscape, the printer driver 14 (printing direction control) Since the section 14a) changes the direction of the tab character from the horizontal direction to the horizontal inversion direction, it is possible to make the character direction of the document coincide with the direction of the tab character. As shown in FIG. 8B, when the initial setting of the tab character direction is the horizontal inversion direction (the direction suitable for the landscape) and the document direction is set to portrait, the printer driver 14 ( Since the printing direction control unit 14a) changes the direction of the tab character from the horizontal reverse direction to the horizontal direction, the relationship between the character direction of the document and the direction of the tab character can be made the same as usual.

  The above description has been made on the assumption that the index portion of the tab sheet is arranged on the right side of the document. However, for example, when a landscape document is bound to the right, as shown in FIG. Since the tab character is the same (the direction rotated 90 degrees clockwise) and the proper direction of the tab character is the same between the portrait and the landscape, it is not necessary to change the direction of the tab character. Also, when the landscape document is rotated 180 degrees, as shown in FIG. 9B, the proper direction of the tab character is the same between the portrait and the landscape, so the tab character direction needs to be changed. There is no. In this way, when a function that changes the orientation of the document image, such as a right binding function or a 180-degree image rotation function, is specified, the control that does not change the orientation of the tab character (ie, the orientation of the tab character according to the orientation of the document Then, the tab character orientation may be further changed in accordance with a specific function to perform the control of returning to the original state.

  In addition, it is desirable that the setting of the tab character direction in the index part is reflected on all tab sheets when a plurality of tab sheets are inserted. Similarly, when inserting a plurality of types of tab sheets, it is desirable to reflect the settings for all types of tab sheets. Also, in the case of mixed-direction originals in which portrait and landscape originals are mixed, it is not preferable that the tab characters be mixed in the same original, so the tab character orientation matches the orientation of the original on the first page. It is desirable to set

  Further, when changing the orientation of the tab character, a preview screen with an enlarged index portion may be displayed in order to make it easier to check the orientation of the document and the orientation of the tab character. At that time, as shown in FIG. 10, the preview screen is rotated according to the orientation of the document (so that the characters of the document are in the same direction with respect to the display unit 17). If the index part is displayed as shown in a) and the index part is displayed as shown in FIG. 10B for the landscape image, the orientation of the tab character relative to the orientation of the document can be easily confirmed.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, The structure and control can be changed suitably, unless it deviates from the meaning of this invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, when the orientation of the document is portrait, the tab characters are set in the horizontal direction (the direction rotated 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the direction of the characters of the document), and the landscape document is placed vertically. In this case, the characters of the document are set in the horizontal inversion direction, but the present invention can be similarly applied to any configuration in which the orientation of the tab characters is reversed between the portrait and the landscape.

  The present invention can be used in a print control program and a control method that operate on an arbitrary apparatus that instructs printing to an image forming apparatus having a tab sheet insertion function.

10 Client 11 Control unit 12 OS
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Application 14 Printer driver 14a Print direction control part 14b Display control part 15 Network I / F part 16 Storage part 17 Display part 18 Operation part 20 Printer controller 21 Control part 22 Network I / F part 23 RIP part 24 Storage part 25 Printer I / F unit 26 Application unit 27 Display unit 28 Operation unit 30 Printer 31 Control unit 32 Controller I / F unit 33 Panel operation unit 34 Printer unit 34a Photoconductor 34b Charging device 34c Exposure device 34d Development device 34e Transfer device 34f Cleaning device 34g Fixing Device 35 Storage unit 40 Headline insertion screen 41 Headline setting screen 42 Basic setting screen 43 Confirmation screen 44 Preview screen

Claims (10)

A print control program that operates on an apparatus that instructs the image forming apparatus having a function of inserting tab sheets to print an original,
Said device,
At least a first setting screen capable of setting the orientation of tab characters printed in the index portion arranged on the long side of the tab sheet, and a first setting screen capable of setting whether the document is portrait or landscape. A display control unit for displaying two setting screens on the display unit,
In a setting in which the orientation of the tab character is the orientation rotated 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the character of the portrait document, when the printing of the landscape document is instructed, the orientation of the tab character Function as a print direction control unit that sets the orientation to match the characters of the landscape document,
A print control program characterized by that. A print control program that operates on an apparatus that instructs printing to an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting tab sheets into a document and printing,
Said device,
At least a first setting screen capable of setting the orientation of tab characters printed in the index portion arranged on the long side of the tab sheet, and a first setting screen capable of setting whether the document is portrait or landscape. A display control unit for displaying two setting screens on the display unit,
In a setting in which the orientation of the tab character is the same as the orientation of the landscape document, when printing of the portrait document is instructed, the direction of the tab character is changed to the portrait document character. Function as a print direction control unit that sets the orientation rotated 90 degrees clockwise with reference to
A print control program characterized by that.   The display control unit sets the orientation of the tab character when the first setting screen is displayed after the document is set to the portrait or the landscape on the second setting screen. The print control program according to claim 1, wherein the orientation set by the direction control unit is set.   The display control unit causes the display unit to display a screen for confirming whether or not the tab character direction may be set before the print direction control unit sets the tab character direction. The printing control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein   When the display control unit displays a preview screen of the index unit for confirming the orientation of the tab characters on the display unit, the characters of the document are oriented in the same direction with respect to the display unit. The printing control program according to claim 1, wherein the preview screen is rotated. A printing control method in an apparatus for instructing an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print a document,
A first step of setting a direction of a tab character to be printed on an index portion arranged on a long side of the tab sheet on the first setting screen;
A second step of setting the document to portrait or landscape on a second setting screen;
In a setting in which the orientation of the tab character is the orientation rotated 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the character of the portrait document, when the printing of the landscape document is instructed, the orientation of the tab character Performing a third step of setting the orientation to match the text of the landscape document,
And a printing control method. A printing control method in an apparatus for instructing an image forming apparatus having a function of inserting a tab sheet to print a document,
A first step of setting a direction of a tab character to be printed on an index portion arranged on a long side of the tab sheet on the first setting screen;
A second step of setting the document to portrait or landscape on a second setting screen;
In a setting in which the orientation of the tab character is the same as the orientation of the landscape document, when printing of the portrait document is instructed, the direction of the tab character is changed to the portrait document character. Performing a third step of setting the direction rotated 90 degrees clockwise with respect to
And a printing control method.   After the original is set to the portrait or the landscape on the second setting screen, when the first setting screen is displayed again on the display unit, the setting of the tab character orientation is set to the second setting screen. The print control method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the orientation set in the third step is set.   The screen for confirming to the user whether or not to change the direction of the tab character is displayed on the display unit before setting the direction of the tab character in the third step. The printing control method according to any one of 6 to 8.   When displaying a preview screen of the index portion for confirming the orientation of the tab characters on the display portion, the preview screen is rotated so that the characters of the document are in the same direction with respect to the display portion. The printing control method according to claim 6, wherein the printing control method is a printing control method.

Images