JP2013107360A - Image forming apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus and a program in which a tab sheet is inserted in the same insertion position also under different states not needing the insertion position of the tab sheet to be specified by a user.SOLUTION: An attribute information obtaining part 33 acquires attribute information described in a structured document from a print job stored in a print job storage section 32. An insertion position determination part 34 decides an insertion position that inserts a tab sheet to delimit a printed document based on the attribute information acquired by the attribute information obtaining part 33. A tab sheet setup section 35 sets a color printed on a tab area of the tab sheet based on the language attribute included in the attribute information acquired by the attribute information obtaining part 33. An output control part 36 performs the printing of the tab sheet based on the setting concerning the printing of the tab sheet set by the tab sheet setup section 35, inserts the tab sheet in the insertion position decided by the insertion position determination part 34, and controls an image output part 37 to output the image based on the print job.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and a program.

  In Patent Document 1, it is determined whether or not the start position of a chapter or section is included for each page of a document to be printed. If the start position of a chapter or section is included, before the page is printed In addition, a printing apparatus is disclosed in which a character string is extracted under a predetermined condition at the separation position, and the extracted character string is printed.

  According to Patent Document 2, a tab sheet insertion position is designated on the client side device, and a continuous color or pattern is set, so that a desired page position can be grasped sensuously just by looking at the printed text. An image forming system in which tab sheets are inserted as much as possible is disclosed.

  In Patent Document 3, if the number of characters, the character size, or the number of lines of heading information to be printed on the tab part exceeds a threshold value, alphanumeric characters are printed on the tab part instead of the heading information. An image forming system is disclosed in which alphanumeric characters printed on a section are associated with heading information and printed on an index sheet.

JP 2004-174852 A JP 2005-182757 A JP 2008-21003 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of inserting slip sheets at the same insertion position even in different situations without requiring the user to specify the insertion position of slip sheets such as tab sheets. And to provide a program.

[Image forming apparatus]
The present invention according to claim 1 is a receiving means for receiving a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating a document structure;
Obtaining means for obtaining attribute information described in the structured document from the print instruction accepted by the accepting means;
Determining means for determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the attribute information acquired by the acquiring means;
Image output means for outputting an image based on the print instruction received by the receiving means on a printing paper;
And an output control unit that controls the image output unit to output an image based on the print instruction by inserting a slip sheet into the insertion position determined by the determination unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the determining unit determines an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet based on chapter or section information included in the attribute information.

  The present invention according to claim 3 is the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slip sheet is a tab sheet having a tab area protruding from one side of the sheet.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image forming apparatus according to the third aspect, further comprising tab setting means for setting a color to be printed in the tab area based on a language attribute included in the attribute information.

  The present invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the output control means switches the paper type used when printing based on the language attribute included in the attribute information, and the language attribute included in the attribute information differs. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image output unit is controlled to change a printing order so that documents having the same chapter or section included in the attribute information fall within the same tab sheet.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the output control means includes a tab sheet composed of a plurality of tab sheets having different tab area positions when the language attribute included in the attribute information changes. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein control is performed so that the remaining tab sheets of the set are discharged without being used.

The present invention according to claim 7 is a receiving means for receiving a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating the document structure;
Obtaining means for obtaining attribute information relating to the document structure described in the structured document and attribute information relating to the print setting of the slip sheet from the print instruction accepted by the accepting means;
Determining means for determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the attribute information on the document structure acquired by the acquiring means;
A setting unit configured to set print processing for the slip sheet based on the attribute information regarding the print setting of the slip sheet acquired by the acquisition unit;
Image output means for outputting an image based on the print instruction received by the receiving means on a printing paper;
The image output means performs a printing process of the slip sheet by the printing process set by the setting means, inserts the slip sheet at the insertion position determined by the determination means, and outputs an image based on the print instruction. And an output control unit that controls the image forming apparatus.

[program]
The present invention according to claim 8 is a step of receiving a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating the document structure;
Obtaining attribute information described in the structured document from the accepted print instruction;
Determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the acquired attribute information;
Controlling an image output means for outputting an image based on the accepted print instruction on a print sheet so as to insert a slip sheet at the determined insertion position and output an image based on the print instruction; A program that causes a computer to execute.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to form an image in which a slip sheet can be inserted into the same insertion position even under different circumstances without requiring the user to specify the insertion position of the slip sheet. An apparatus can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the slip sheet is inserted into the same insertion position for each chapter or section even under different circumstances without requiring the user to specify the insertion position of the slip sheet. It is possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of performing the above.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to form an image in which the tab sheet can be inserted at the same insertion position even under different circumstances without requiring the user to specify the tab sheet insertion position. An apparatus can be provided.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect obtained by the third aspect of the present invention, an image that can easily determine the language of the print document based on the color printed in the tab area. A forming apparatus can be provided.

  According to the present invention of claim 5, in addition to the effects obtained by the present invention of claim 3, printed documents in different languages are grouped in the same chapter or section, and the number of tab sheets used is reduced. An image forming apparatus capable of saving can be provided.

  According to the present invention of claim 6, in addition to the effect obtained by the present invention of claim 3, the visibility of the inserted slip is improved when a printed document having the same content in different languages is made. It is possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of performing the above.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the tab sheet can be inserted at the same insertion position even under different circumstances without requiring the user to specify the print setting of the slip sheet or to specify the insertion position. It is possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of achieving the above.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program capable of inserting a slip sheet at the same insertion position even under different circumstances without requiring the user to specify a slip sheet insertion position. Can be provided.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an image forming system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an image forming apparatus 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the terminal device 20 when selecting to use a tab sheet insertion function and selecting a setting for inserting a tab sheet only before a chapter. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed when a “setting” button is operated in the display screen example of FIG. 4. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed when the user selects to change the tab sheet to be inserted according to the page attribute and operates the “setting” button in the display screen example of FIG. 5. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the structured document which performs a printing process. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print document output by the image forming apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram in which only the tab sheet inserted in the printed document shown in FIG. 9 is taken out and only the vicinity of the tab area is enlarged. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a structured document to be subjected to print processing by an image forming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on the terminal device 20 at the time of the setting which collects tab sheets according to a document structure. FIG. 10 is a diagram for describing a sheet type set in a sheet tray of an image forming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the printing order at the time of a printing process being performed in the image structure apparatus of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the print document output in the printing order shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print document that has been subjected to print processing by an image forming apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the tab paper set comprised by the 5 tab paper from which a tab position differs. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an image forming apparatus according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the structured document which included the attribute information regarding the print setting of tab paper.

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

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes an image forming apparatus 10 and a terminal device 20 that are connected to each other via a network 30. The terminal device 20 generates a print job (print instruction) and transmits the generated print job via the network 30 to the image forming apparatus 10. The image forming apparatus 10 receives the print job transmitted from the terminal device 20 and outputs an image corresponding to the print job on the printing paper. The image forming apparatus 10 is an apparatus called a so-called multi-function machine having a plurality of functions such as a print function, a scan function, a copy function, and a facsimile function.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 in the image forming system of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 10 transmits and receives data to and from an external device or the like via a CPU 11, a memory 12, a storage device 13 such as a hard disk drive (HDD), and a network 30. A communication interface (IF) 14, a touch panel or liquid crystal display, and a user interface (UI) device 15 including a keyboard, a scanner 16, and a print engine 17 are included. These components are connected to each other via a control bus 18.

  The CPU 11 executes predetermined processing based on a control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13 and controls the operation of the image forming apparatus 10. In the present embodiment, the CPU 11 has been described as reading and executing a control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13, but the program is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM and stored in the CPU 11. It is also possible to provide.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 realized by executing the control program.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes a print job reception unit 31, a print job storage unit 32, an attribute information acquisition unit 33, an insertion position determination unit 34, and a tab sheet setting unit. 35, an output control unit 36, and an image output unit 37.

  The print job reception unit 31 receives a print job (print instruction) for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating the document structure from the terminal device 20 via the network 30. The print job accepted by the print job accepting unit 31 is stored in the print job storage unit 32.

  Here, the structured document is a document described in a structured language such as SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) or XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

  The attribute information acquisition unit 33 acquires attribute information described in the structured document from the print job received by the print job reception unit 31 and stored in the print job storage unit 32.

  Based on the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 33, the insertion position determination unit 34 determines an insertion position for inserting a tab sheet for separating the printed document. Specifically, the insertion position determination unit 34 determines the insertion position for inserting the tab sheet based on the chapter or section information included in the acquired attribute information.

  Here, a tab sheet is a sheet having a tab area protruding from one side, and makes it easy to search for a print document by dividing the print document into contents and printing the contents of the print document divided into tab areas. It is used for

  The tab sheet setting unit 35 sets a color to be printed in the tab area of the tab sheet based on the language attribute included in the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 33. For example, the tab sheet setting unit 35 performs white printing on the tab area of the tab sheet for separating chapters whose language attribute included in the attribute information is Japanese, and chapters whose language attribute included in the attribute information is English. Settings are made such that gray printing is performed in the tab area of the tab sheet for separation.

  The image output unit 37 has a function for outputting an image based on the print job received by the print job receiving unit 31 onto the printing paper.

  The output control unit 36 prints the tab sheet based on the setting related to the tab sheet printing set by the tab sheet setting unit 35 and inserts the tab sheet at the insertion position determined by the insertion position determination unit 34. The image output unit 37 is controlled to output an image based on the print job.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  First, FIGS. 4 to 6 show examples of screens displayed when setting the tab sheet to be inserted into the print document on the terminal device 20 side as the client device.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed when the user selects to use the tab sheet insertion function and selects a setting for inserting a tab sheet only before a chapter.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen displayed when the “set” button is operated in the display screen example of FIG. In the screen example shown in FIG. 5, it is selected whether or not to change the tab sheet to be inserted in accordance with the page attribute.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen displayed when the user selects to change the tab sheet to be inserted in accordance with the page attribute and operates the “setting” button in the display screen example of FIG. The screen example shown in FIG. 6 shows a case where the color to be printed on the tab sheet is set as the tab attribute in accordance with the language attribute in the page attribute. In FIG. 6, when the language attribute is Japanese, the color printed on the tab paper is white, when the language attribute is English, the color printed on the tab paper is gray, and the language attribute is Chinese. In this case, the setting is made such that the color to be printed on the tab sheet is blue.

  In the terminal device 20, when creating a structured document, a print job is created by inserting a chapter or section break at a position where a tab sheet is to be inserted.

  The operation of the image forming apparatus 10 when a print job having such settings is transmitted from the terminal apparatus 20 to the image forming apparatus 10 via the network 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. .

  Here, a description will be given using a case where a document having a configuration as shown in FIG. 8 is printed as an example of a structured document.

  First, the print job reception unit 31 receives a print job (print instruction) from the terminal device 20 (step S101). Then, this print job is stored in the print job storage unit 32.

  Then, the attribute information acquisition unit 33 determines whether a tab sheet insertion instruction is set for the print job stored in the print job storage unit 32 (step S102).

  If it is determined in this step S102 that the tab sheet insertion instruction is not set, the output control unit 36 does not insert the tab sheet, and the image based on the print job stored in the print job storage unit 32 is displayed. The image output unit 37 is controlled so as to be output onto the printing paper, and the printing process is executed (step S107).

  If it is determined in step S102 that an instruction to insert a tab sheet is set, the attribute information acquisition unit 33 further determines whether or not a setting for changing the tab sheet is made based on the page attribute (step S103). ).

  If it is determined in step S103 that the tab sheet is set to be changed based on the page attribute, the attribute information acquisition unit 33 acquires the page attribute from the print job.

  Then, the tab sheet setting unit 35 sets a color to be printed in the tab area of the tab sheet based on the language attribute included in the acquired page attribute (step S105). For example, white is set when the language attribute is Japanese, gray is set when the language attribute is English, and blue is set when the language attribute is Chinese.

  In addition, the insertion position determination unit 34 grasps the chapter breaks constituting the print document based on the page attributes, and sets the tab sheet insertion position so that the tab sheet is inserted at the head of each chapter (step S106). .

  If it is determined in step S103 that the setting for changing the tab sheet is not made based on the page attribute, the insertion position determination unit 34 determines only the insertion position of the tab sheet.

  When the processing as described above is performed on the entire print job, the output control unit 36 controls the image output unit 37 so that the tab sheet is inserted at the insertion position determined by the insertion position determination unit 34. Then, the printing process based on the print job is executed (step S107). At this time, the output control unit 36 controls the image output unit 37 so that the tab area of the tab sheet is printed based on the print color of the tab sheet set by the tab sheet setting unit 35.

  An example of a print document output by such processing is shown in FIG. FIG. 10 shows only the tab sheet inserted in the print document shown in FIG. 9 and only the tab area periphery is enlarged. In the example shown in FIG. 9, tab sheets are inserted at each chapter break, and the title information of each chapter set in the structured document is printed in the tab area of each tab sheet. Yes. For example, information “installation method” set in the title of the first chapter is printed in the tab area at the top of the first chapter.

  As shown in FIG. 10, different colors are printed on the tab sheets in accordance with the language attributes set for each chapter. For example, white is printed on the tab paper of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 with the language attribute “Japanese”, gray is printed on the tab paper of Chapter 3 with the language attribute “English”, and the language attribute is Blue is printed on the tab papers of Chapters 4 and 5 of “Chinese”.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an image forming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is different from the image forming apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment described above in the operation of the output control unit 36. Therefore, the first embodiment is referred to. To explain.

  The output control unit 36 in the present embodiment switches the paper type used for printing based on the language attribute included in the attribute information such as the page attribute, and the language attribute included in the attribute information is different from the attribute information. The image output unit 37 is controlled so as to change the printing order so that documents having the same chapter or section are contained within the same section separated by the same tab sheet.

  First, FIG. 11 shows an example of a structured document to be printed by the image forming apparatus of this embodiment. When a structured document created in one language is translated into another language, only the language is often translated without changing the document structure. The example shown in FIG. 11 shows a case where a structured document created in Japanese is translated into English. As shown in FIG. 11, the two structured documents have the same document structure, and have a structure in which only the language is translated.

  When generating a print job to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment, the terminal apparatus 20 performs settings as illustrated in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the setting of collecting tab sheets according to the document structure is selected.

  The paper types set in the paper tray of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 13, papers having the same paper size and different paper types are set in the tray 1 and the tray 2. For example, white plain paper is set for the tray 1 and gray recycled paper is set for the tray 2. In the tray 3, tab sheets having tab areas are set.

  For example, if the setting is made so that the tab sheet is inserted only before the chapter in the print job, the image output unit 37 automatically feeds the tab sheet of the tray 3 at the start position of the chapter. The chapter title information is printed on the output tray after being printed. Further, the tray to be fed is changed at the timing when the language attribute is switched in each chapter, the printing process is performed on the fed printing paper, and the paper is discharged onto the output tray. When the paper tray is changed by switching the language attribute, the paper tray used in the previous language attribute is stored in the image forming apparatus, and when the language attribute is switched, the paper tray is changed to another paper tray. Alternatively, a paper feed tray to be used may be set in advance according to the language attribute on the terminal device 20 side.

  In the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment, not only the paper type of the printing paper is switched according to the language attribute, but also the print documents of the same chapter with different language attributes are collected within the range divided by the same tab sheet. The printing order is changed.

  For example, the printing process is executed in the printing order as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 14, print documents in Japanese, English, and Chinese are printed on plain paper, recycled paper, and plain paper, respectively, within a range delimited by one tab sheet. ing.

  FIG. 15 shows a print document output in the print order of FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, documents of the same chapter with different language attributes are grouped in a range separated by the same tab sheet. Also, because different types of printed documents in the same chapter in different languages use different paper types, such as plain paper, recycled paper, and plain paper, they are used only in appearance. You can understand the break.

  Further, the number of tab sheets used is greatly reduced to one third as compared with the case where tab sheets are inserted for each chapter of each language.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, an image forming apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is also different from the image forming apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment described above in the operation of the output control unit 36. Therefore, the first embodiment is referred to. To explain.

  The output control unit 36 according to the present embodiment is a tab sheet set including a plurality of tab sheets having different tab area positions when a language attribute included in attribute information such as a page attribute changes. Control is performed so that the remaining tab sheets of the (tab sheet set) are discharged without being used.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to make tab positions of tab sheets inserted in the same chapter or section in each language the same when printing a structured document in a plurality of languages.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a print document that has been subjected to print processing by the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG. 16 shows a case where a structured document having two kinds of language attributes, Japanese and English, is printed. In FIG. 16, it can be seen that the positions of the tab areas of the tab sheets inserted in Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3 are the same between the Japanese printed document and the English printed document. .

  Here, the tab position means a position where a tab area of the tab sheet is provided. As shown in FIG. 17, one tab sheet set is composed of tab sheets having different tab positions, for example. This is to make it easy to see the tab areas of the preceding and succeeding tab sheets so that they do not overlap when the tab sheets are inserted into the printed document.

  In the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment, for example, when a Japanese and English structured document is composed of three chapters, the first to third of the five types of tab sheets in the tab sheet set. The tab sheets are used and discarded without using the fourth and fifth tab sheets. Specifically, when the language attribute is changed, the output control unit 36 discharges the tab sheet remaining at that time in one tab sheet set without using it.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 18, steps S201 to S205, S209, and S210 are the same as steps S101 to S105, S106, and S107 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In the image forming apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment, when the tab sheet position is set based on the page attribute (Yes in Step S206), and the language attribute of the page attribute is switched (Yes in Step S207), the output control unit In step S208, 36 is set so that the tab sheet remaining at that time is discharged.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, an image forming apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the image forming apparatuses according to the first to third embodiments described above, attribute information related to the document structure such as a language attribute is extracted from the page attribute of the structured document, and the print color of the tab sheet is determined based on the attribute information. It was for setting.

  However, the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment specifies the tab sheet print color and the like so that the attribute of the structured document includes the attribute information regarding the tab sheet print setting as well as the attribute information regarding the document structure. Even if it is not set, the print color of the tab sheet is automatically set.

  That is, the attribute information acquisition unit 33 according to the present embodiment acquires attribute information about tab sheet print settings together with attribute information about the document structure described in the structured document from the print job received by the print job reception unit 31. To do.

  Then, the insertion position determination unit 34 determines the insertion position for inserting the tab sheet based on the attribute information regarding the document structure acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 33, and the tab sheet setting unit 35 determines the attribute information acquisition unit 33. Based on the attribute information related to the tab sheet print settings acquired in step (1), the print processing setting for the tab sheet is performed.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of a structured document that includes attribute information related to tab sheet print settings.

  In the example of the structured document shown in FIG. 19, “Japanese” is set as the language attribute of the tab attribute in the page genus set before the start of Chapter 1, and the background color of the tab sheet to be inserted is set. Is set to “white”. In addition, “English” is set as the language attribute of the tab attribute in the page attribute set before the start of Chapter 3, and “gray” is set as the background color of the tab sheet to be inserted.

  In the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment, when print processing is performed based on the structured document as shown in FIG. 19, the language attribute of the page attribute is automatically set to Japanese without requiring the user's designation. The background color of the tab paper of the word is printed in white, and the background color of the tab paper whose language attribute is English is printed in gray.

[Modification]
In the first to fourth embodiments, the description has been given using the case where the tab sheet is inserted into the printed document in order to separate the printed document. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tab area is not limited thereto. The present invention can be similarly applied to a case where a blank sheet is inserted as a separator into a printed document as a slip sheet.

10 Image forming apparatus 11 CPU
12 Memory 13 Storage Device 14 Communication Interface (IF)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 User interface (UI) apparatus 16 Scanner 17 Print engine 18 Control bus 20 Terminal apparatus 30 Network 31 Print job reception part 32 Print job storage part 33 Attribute information acquisition part 34 Insertion position determination part 35 Tab paper setting part 36 Output control part 37 Image output unit

Claims (8)

Accepting means for accepting a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating a document structure;
Obtaining means for obtaining attribute information described in the structured document from the print instruction accepted by the accepting means;
Determining means for determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the attribute information acquired by the acquiring means;
Image output means for outputting an image based on the print instruction received by the receiving means on a printing paper;
Output control means for controlling the image output means to insert a slip sheet at the insertion position determined by the determination means and output an image based on the print instruction;
An image forming apparatus.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet based on chapter or section information included in the attribute information.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slip sheet is a tab sheet having a tab region protruding from one side of the sheet.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a tab setting unit configured to set a color to be printed in the tab area based on a language attribute included in the attribute information.   The output control means switches a paper type to be used for printing based on a language attribute included in the attribute information, and a chapter or section included in the attribute information differs in a language attribute included in the attribute information. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image output unit is controlled so as to change a printing order so that the same document is contained within the same tab sheet.   When the language attribute included in the attribute information is changed, the output control unit is configured to output the remaining tab sheets of the tab sheet set including a plurality of tab sheets having different tab area positions. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image forming apparatus is controlled so as to be discharged without being used. Accepting means for accepting a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating a document structure;
Obtaining means for obtaining attribute information relating to the document structure described in the structured document and attribute information relating to the print setting of the slip sheet from the print instruction accepted by the accepting means;
Determining means for determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the attribute information on the document structure acquired by the acquiring means;
A setting unit configured to set print processing for the slip sheet based on the attribute information regarding the print setting of the slip sheet acquired by the acquisition unit;
Image output means for outputting an image based on the print instruction received by the receiving means on a printing paper;
The image output means performs a printing process of the slip sheet by the printing process set by the setting means, inserts the slip sheet at the insertion position determined by the determination means, and outputs an image based on the print instruction. Output control means for controlling;
An image forming apparatus. Receiving a print instruction for printing a document expressed by a structured document including tag information indicating the document structure;
Obtaining attribute information described in the structured document from the accepted print instruction;
Determining an insertion position for inserting a slip sheet for separating the printed document based on the acquired attribute information;
Controlling image output means for outputting an image based on the accepted print instruction so as to insert a slip sheet at the determined insertion position and output an image based on the print instruction on the print paper; A program that causes a computer to execute.

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