JP2019061464A - Data processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide, according to the present invention, a data processing device capable of reducing an area of a part of document data not output to a recording medium in comparison with a device that has no change means for changing the size of an outputtable region.SOLUTION: A data processing device 100 includes a printer driver 160 that converts created document data into output data applied for an output device 700. When the output device 700 is to output to a recording medium larger than the size of the document data, the size of a predetermined outputtable region is changes in such a way that the document data is to be within the outputtable region that can be output by the output device 700.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a print control apparatus in which a printer driver for creating print data to be sent to a printer based on data from an application is executed, and the printer driver notifies an application of a valid print area. Drawing of relative coordinates from a specific position in the sheet outputted from the application as an origin when the notification means and the first print mode for printing without expanding the effective printing area are notified by the notification means Based on the command, a command indicating that the first print mode for printing without expanding the effective print area is set, and drawing where the drawing position is represented by relative coordinates from a specific position in the sheet as the origin Sends a command to the printer, and the notification means notifies the second print mode in which the effective print area is expanded and printed. And a command indicating that the second print mode for printing by expanding the effective print area is set based on the drawing command of relative coordinates from the sheet end output from the application as the origin when the A print control apparatus is described which comprises: a sending means for sending to a printer a drawing command whose drawing position is represented by relative coordinates from the paper end as an origin.

  In Patent Document 2, when the page on which the data created by the application is arranged is printed on the printing paper by the printing apparatus, a specifying step of specifying an amount of a margin provided on the printing paper, the page is printed The enlargement or reduction set in the application is performed so that the amount of blank space specified in the specific process is provided in the enlarged or reduced page when the sheet is enlarged or reduced to the size of the sheet. An information processing method is described, comprising: an updating step of updating an amount of a margin provided in the page before the reading.

  In Patent Document 3, when the page on which the data created by the application is arranged is scaled and printed on the printing paper, the amount of the margin provided on the printing paper is not included in the subject of the scaling. Specifying means for specifying as a margin, determining means for determining a page including the amount of blank space specified by the specifying means as the physical margin, and scaling the page determined by the determining means and on which the data is arranged An information processing apparatus is described which comprises: control means for executing control for the purpose.

Patent No. 4564732 Patent No. 5445817 gazette JP, 2015-170115, A

  When the size of the document data created by the document creation means is the same as the size of the recording medium output by the output device, the document creation means does not create the document which can not be output by the output device. The size of the outputable area of the output device is inquired of the data conversion means for converting the original data into output data of a format used by the output device, and the size of the outputable area of the recording medium notified from the data conversion means In some cases, manuscript data may be created.

  For this reason, in the document creation means, document data of the size of the outputable area of the recording medium is created, data outside the range of the outputable area of the recording medium is dropped, and a part of the document data is not output. Missing images sometimes occurred. In this case, the image loss is caused by exceeding the outputable area of the output device.

  Here, for example, in the case of imposition, when the output device outputs to a recording medium larger than the size of the document data, the outputable area also becomes larger as the recording medium becomes larger. As a result, the document data may fall within the outputable area of the recording medium, and the output device may be able to output the document data of the full size of the outputable area.

  However, even when the output device outputs data to a recording medium of a size larger than the size of the document data, data is output similarly to the case where the output device outputs data to a recording medium of the same size as the document data. In some cases, the conversion means notifies the document creating means of the outputable area, and in such a case, the document data is created only in the size of the range of the outputable area of the recording medium having the same size as the size of the document. In addition, there was a case where image omission occurred.

  More specifically, for example, it is one of a plurality of data conversion means in which the size of an outputable area in a recording medium of the same size is different from each other, for output converted for output in an output device When data is used in another data conversion means in which the size of the outputable area in the recording medium of the same size is smaller than that of one data conversion means described above, for example, the output is In some cases, image defects may occur.

  The present invention provides a data processing apparatus capable of relieving image defects and expanding the area that can be output by the output device for document data when the output device outputs to a recording medium larger than the size of the document data. The purpose is

The present invention according to claim 1 is
Data conversion means for converting the created original data into output data used by the output device;
When the output device outputs data to a recording medium larger than the size of the document data, the size of the output data area is determined in advance so that the document data can be contained in the outputable area, which is an area that can be output by the output device. Changing means for changing
A data processing apparatus.

The present invention according to claim 2 is
The document processing apparatus further comprises document creation means for creating document data,
The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data conversion unit notifies the document creation unit of the size of the outputable area changed by the change unit.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the changing unit outputs the plurality of document data generated by the document generating unit to a single recording medium in which the output device has a size larger than the plurality of document data. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the size of the predetermined outputable area is changed such that each of the plurality of original data falls within the outputable area.

  The present invention according to claim 4 is the data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output device imitates and outputs a plurality of pieces of document data created by the document creation means on a single recording medium.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the output device outputs one document data created by the document creation device to a recording medium larger than the document data, the changing device can output the document data. 3. A data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the size of the predetermined outputable area is changed to be within the area.

The present invention according to claim 6 is
In the output device, the size of the outputable area is determined for each size of the recording medium to be output.
The changer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the changer changes the size of the outputable area so that the original data generated by the original generation means falls within the outputable area defined for each size of the recording medium. Or the data processing apparatus described above.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus capable of expanding the area which can be output by the output apparatus for document data as compared with the apparatus having no changing means for changing the size of the outputable area. Can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the size of the outputable area changed by the data conversion means is compared with the apparatus which does not notify the original data generation means, and the area which can output the original data by the output device Be spread out.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when outputting a plurality of document data to one recording medium, the output of the document data is compared with a device having no changing means for changing the size of the outputable area. The area that can be output by the device can be expanded.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, bookbinding is performed in comparison with an apparatus that outputs one document data to one recording medium without imposing a plurality of document data on one recording medium, and then performs bookbinding. The time required to

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when outputting one document data to a recording medium, the output device for document data is compared with a device having no changing means for changing the size of the outputable area. The area that can be output can be expanded.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the outputable area can be expanded according to the size of the recording medium, as compared with a device that changes the outputable area uniformly regardless of the size of the recording medium to be output.

FIG. 1 illustrates a document processing system used in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document processing apparatus which the document processing system shown in FIG. 1 has. FIG. 3A shows output data converted by one printer driver, and FIG. 3B shows a recording medium to which the output data shown in FIG. 3A is output. 3 (c) is a diagram showing output data converted by another printer driver, and FIG. 3 (d) is a recording medium to which the output data shown in FIG. 3 (c) is output. FIG. FIG. 4E shows a first example in which an image defect occurs in the output, showing a recording medium in which the output data converted by one of the printer drivers of the document processing apparatus is output by the other printer driver. FIG. 4F is a diagram showing a second example in which an image lack occurs in the output, and FIG. 4G is a diagram showing an example in which output data is reduced and output. It is. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a recording medium in which two output data converted by the printer driver are output side by side on one recording medium, and in which no image dropout occurs in the two output data. FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a first example of a recording medium in which two output data converted by one printer driver are output using another printer driver, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second example of a recording medium in which two output data converted by one printer driver are output using another printer driver. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining processing of the document processing system of the document processing system shown in FIG. 1 expanding an output available area. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a modification of the process of the document processing system shown in FIG. 1 having the document processing device expanding the outputable area.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, a data processing system 10 for use in embodiments of the present invention is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the data processing system 10 includes a data processing apparatus 100 and, for example, two output apparatuses 700a and 700b, and the data processing apparatus 100, an output apparatus 700a, and an output apparatus 700b. Are connected via the network 750.

  For example, a personal computer can be used as the data processing apparatus 100.

  The output device 700 a and the output device 700 b are different in model, for example. In the following description, when it is not necessary to distinguish between the output device 700a and the output device 700b, the output device 700a and the output device 700b will be generically described as the output device 700.

  The output device 700 is a device that outputs an image to a recording medium such as, for example, a sheet, and can use, for example, a printer or a multifunction machine that employs an electrophotographic method, an inkjet method, or the like. The output device 700 may use, for example, cut paper cut into A4 size, A3 size or the like as a recording medium, or use roll paper wound in a roll shape as a recording medium. May be

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the data processing apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the data processing apparatus 100 includes an application processing unit 120, a GDI (graphic device interface) 140, a printer driver 160a, a printer driver 160b, and a spooler 180.

  The application processing unit 120 is an example of a document data creation unit, and operates based on an application such as a document creation application or a spreadsheet application, for example, an OS dependent spool description language, a PDL (page Create manuscript data consisting of data in description language (page description language).

  The GDI 140 bridges the application processing unit 120, the printer driver 160a, and the printer driver 160b, and converts, for example, the document data generated by the application processing unit 120 into a format that can be processed by the printer driver 160a and the printer driver 160b. , And the printer driver 160a and the printer driver 160b.

  The printer driver 160a is an example of a data conversion unit, and converts the document data created by the application processing unit 120 so that the document can be processed by the output device 700a. Further, the printer driver 160a defines an output available area 910a described later and an output prohibited area 910b described later for each size of the recording medium output by the output device 700a.

  The printer driver 160b is an example of a data conversion unit as in the printer driver 160a, and converts the document data created by the application processing unit 120 so that the document can be processed by the output device 700b. The printer driver 160b also defines an output available area 920a described later and an output prohibited area 920b described later for each size of the recording medium output by the output device 700b.

  In this embodiment, although the data processing apparatus 100 has two printer drivers of a printer driver 160a and a printer driver 160b, the data processing apparatus 100 has three or more even if it has one printer driver. It may have a printer driver of In the following description, when the printer driver 160a and the printer driver 160b do not need to be distinguished, the printer driver 160a and the printer driver 160b will be collectively described as the printer driver 160.

  In the following description, data obtained by converting document data into a format used by the output device 700 by the printer driver 160 is referred to as output data.

  The printer driver outputs a printer driver 160a that converts the document data so that it can be processed by the output device 700a, and a printer driver 160b that converts the document data so that it can be processed by the output device 700b. Data processing is provided for each output device 700 connected to the network 750 so that the device 700 can process it. Then, the document data converted by one printer driver 160 is converted by another printer driver 160 so that it can be output by another output device 700 so that one output device 700 can output data. Sometimes. For example, the document data converted by the printer driver 160a may be converted by the printer driver 160b so that the data can be output by the output device 700b so that the data can be output by the output device 700a.

  Then, the document data converted by one printer driver 160 is converted by another printer driver 160 so that it can be output by another output device 700 so that one output device 700 can output data. In some cases, it is desirable that the same output as at one output device 700 be made at the other output device 700. For example, when the document data converted by the printer driver 160a is converted by the printer driver 160b so that it can be output by the output device 700a, the document data converted by the output device 700a can be output by the output device 700a. Preferably, the same output as the output is provided at output device 700b.

  The spooler 180 temporarily stores output data converted by the printer driver 160a and output data converted by the printer driver 160b, and waits for timing when the output device 700a and the output device 700b can receive the output data. And transmits the stored output data to the output device 700a and the output device 700b.

  FIG. 3A shows output data 810 for output to an A4 size recording medium converted by the printer driver 160a so as to be output by the output device 700a. As shown in FIG. 3A, the size of the output data 810 is smaller than the size of A4, and an output possible area which is an area in which an image can be output when the output device 700a outputs to an A4 size recording medium It has the same size as 910a (see FIG. 3 (b)). The output data 810 may be contained in the output enable area 910a, and the size of the output data 810 may be smaller than that of the output enable area 910a.

  Here, for example, the size of the outputable area in the output device 700 such as the output device 700a is determined by the restriction on the hardware of the output device 700 or the like. For example, when the output device 70 adopts the electrophotographic method, the toner image can not be transferred near the edge of the recording medium, and the region where such a toner image can not be transferred is excluded. An area where the toner image can be transferred is an output available area 910a.

  FIG. 3B shows the recording medium 910 in which the output data 810 is output by the output device 700a, and the recording medium 910 made of A4 size cut paper is shown. As shown in FIG. 3B, the output data 810 is output to the recording medium 910 so as to overlap with the possible output area 910 a of the recording medium 910. In the following description, an area other than the outputtable area 910a in the recording medium 910 is referred to as an output prohibited area 910b. As described above, the output device 700a can not output to the output prohibited area 910b due to hardware limitations.

  FIG. 3C shows output data 820 for output to the A4 size recording medium converted by the printer driver 160 b so as to be output by the output device 700 b. As shown in FIG. 3C, the size of the output data 820 is smaller than the size of A4, and an output possible area which is an area in which an image can be output when the output device 700b outputs to an A4 size recording medium It has the same size as 920 a (see FIG. 3D). Further, the size of the output data 820 is smaller than the size of the above-described output data 810 (see FIG. 3A).

  Here, the reason that the size of the output data 820 is smaller than the size of the output data 810 is that the size of the output enable area 920a is smaller than that of the output enable area 910a due to the hardware limitations of the output device 700b. This is because the output data 810 is generated to have the same size as the outputable area 910a, and the output data 820 is generated to have the same size as the outputable area 920a.

  FIG. 3D shows the recording medium 920 in which the output data 820 is output by the output device 700b, and the recording medium 920 made of A4 size cut paper is shown. As shown in FIG. 3D, the output data 820 is output so as to overlap with the possible output area 920a of the recording medium 920. In the following description, an area other than the outputable area 920a in the recording medium 920 is referred to as an output prohibited area 920b.

  FIG. 4E shows the recording medium 930 in which the output data 810 created for output by the output device 700a by the printer driver 160a is output by the output device 700b, and is a recording sheet of A4 size cut paper A recording medium 930, which is a first example of a medium, is shown. Since the recording medium 930 is a recording medium which is output by the output device 700b like the recording medium 920, the size of the outputable area 930a is the same as the size of the outputable area 920a, and the output possible area 910a. Less than the size of Therefore, at the time of output, an area which does not fit within the outputable area 930a is generated in the output data 810, and the data of this area is missing and a part which does not fit into the outputable area 930a. So that the so-called lack of image occurs. More specifically, image defects that are not output occur near the four sides of the output data 810.

  FIG. 4F shows a recording medium 940 in which the output data 810 generated for output by the output device 700a by the printer driver 160a is output by the output device 700b, and is a recording sheet made of A4 size cut paper. A second example media, recording medium 940, is shown. The size of the outputtable area 940a of the recording medium 940 is smaller than the size of the outputable area 910a. Therefore, at the time of output, an area which does not fit into the outputable area 940a is generated in the output data 810, and the data of this area is missing and a part which does not fit into the outputable area 940a in the output data 810 So that the so-called lack of image occurs. Then, in the first example described above, image defects that are not output occur near the four sides of the output data 810, whereas in the second example, the right end portion side of the output data 810 and There is a lack of image on the lower end side.

  As described above, for example, the printer driver 160 having the larger outputable area among the plurality of printer drivers 160 having different sizes of the outputable area on the same size recording medium such as A4 size paper. When output data converted by (for example, printer driver 160a) is output by using printer driver 160 (for example, printer driver 160b) having a smaller main power possible area, data loss occurs, and document data is generated. Image omission may occur, which is a phenomenon in which a part of the image is not output.

  FIG. 4G shows a recording medium 950 in which the output data 810 generated for output by the output device 700a by the printer driver 160a is output by the output device 700b, and is a recording sheet of A4 size cut paper. A third example of a medium, a recording medium 950, is shown. In the first and second examples described above, image defects occurred. On the other hand, in the third example, no image loss occurs, and the output data 810 is reduced such that the entire output data 810 falls within the output enable area 940a.

  In this manner, for example, the printer driver 160 (for example, a printer having a larger outputable area among a plurality of printer drivers 160 having different sizes of outputable areas in recording media of the same size, such as A4 size paper) When the output data converted by the driver 160a) is output using the printer driver 160 (for example, the printer driver 160b) having a smaller outputable area, the entire document data is output without image omission. Document data may be reduced and output as described above.

  FIG. 5 shows output data converted by the printer driver 160a for output by the output device 700a, and is converted to output on a recording medium made of A4 size cut paper. A recording medium 970 which is an example of a recording medium in which two of the output data 810 (see also FIG. 3A) are output side by side by the output device 700a is shown. Here, the recording medium 960 is larger than the size of two recording media of A4 size (297 mm in length, 210 mm in width) arranged, for example, 360 mm in length and 500 mm in width. Further, in the following description, an area in the recording medium 970 which can be output by the output device 700a when outputting to a recording medium of the size of the recording medium 960 is referred to as an output available area 970a, and an area in which the output device 700a can not output It is referred to as a prohibited area 970 b.

  As described above, the output data 810 is created to have the same size as the outputable area 910a (see also FIG. 3B), and the two output data 810 can be output from the recording medium 970 in the same. The area 970a is large enough to be arranged. For this reason, when outputting, an image defect does not occur in each of the two output data 810, and the entire output data 810 is output.

  FIG. 6A shows data for output converted by the printer driver 160a for output by the output device 700a, and is converted to output on a recording medium made of A4 size cut paper. A recording medium 980, which is a first example of a recording medium in which each of the output data 810, which is output data, is arranged and output by the output device 700b is shown. Here, the recording medium 980 is, for example, 360 mm long and 500 mm wide, which is larger than the size of two A4-sized recording mediums, as in the case of the recording medium 970 described above. Further, in the following description, an area in the recording medium 980 that can be output by the output device 700b to a recording medium of the size of the recording medium 980 is referred to as an output enable area 980a, and an area in which the output device 700b can not output is an output prohibition area It is called 980b.

  The recording medium 980 is a recording medium output by the output device 700 b, and the output data 810 is data converted to be output to an A4 size recording medium. Therefore, each of the output data 810 has the same size as the possible output area 920a (see FIG. 3D), which is an area where the image can be output when the output device 700b outputs to the A4 size recording medium. The region of (1) is output, and the region which does not fit into the possible output region 920a is not output because the image is missing due to the lack of data.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6A, the outputable area 980a in the recording medium 980 has an area in which the entire two pieces of output data 810 can be arranged side by side, and the output device 700b has a hardware configuration. In terms of wear, it can be seen that the entire two output data 810 can be aligned and output. In other words, although the printable area is wide, the printable area is narrowed by the printer driver 160a.

  FIG. 6B shows two output data converted by the printer driver 160a for output by the output device 700a, and converted so as to be output to a recording medium made of A4 size cut paper. A recording medium 990, which is a second example of the recording medium in which each of the output data 810, which is output data, is arranged and output by the output device 700b is shown. Here, similarly to the recording medium 970 and the recording medium 980 described above, the recording medium 990 is, for example, 360 mm long and 500 mm wide, which is larger than the size in which two A4 size recording mediums are arranged. In the following description, an area in the recording medium 990 which can be output by the output device 700b to a recording medium of the size of the recording medium 990 is referred to as an output enable area 990a, and an area in which the output device 700b can not output is an output prohibition area It is called.

  In the above-described output to the recording medium 980, each output data 810 is output in the same size as the outputable area 920a, which is an area in which an image can be output when the output device 700b outputs to an A4 size recording medium. Therefore, although the output device 700b can output the whole of the two output data 810 side by side, an image defect occurs in each of the two output data 810, and the entire output data 810 is obtained. It was not output.

  On the other hand, in the output to the recording medium 990, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6B, the output possible area 920a of the recording medium when the output device 700b outputs to the A4 size recording medium is It has been changed to fit the entire data. More specifically, in the output to the recording medium 990, the whole of the output data 810 may be included while falling within the output enable area 990a of the recording medium 990, which is determined by the restriction on the hardware of the output device 700b. As can be done, the two output possible areas 920a are expanded respectively. Hereinafter, the process of enlarging the output available area will be specifically described so that the entire output data is output without an image defect occurring in the output data.

  In the above description and the following description, although an example is shown in which each of the two output available areas 920a is expanded to output the entire output data 810, each of the three or more output available areas 920a is The same process can be performed when expanding the entire output data 810 so that it can be output. When two or three or more pieces of document data are arranged and output on a recording medium larger than the document data, two or more pieces of document data may be imposed and arranged. Here, imposition refers to folding of a recording medium after output, and arranging and outputting a plurality of data on one recording medium so that each output is in the correct direction and in the correct order.

  In FIG. 7, the process of the data processing apparatus 100 expanding the outputable area is described using the case where the output device 700b outputs the recording medium 990 shown in FIG. 6B as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in step S10, the application processing unit 120 instructs the printer driver 160b via the GDI 140 to determine the size, orientation, and resolution of the document data, and whether to output on both sides of the recording medium, etc. Set output attributes including.

  In the next step, step S20, the printer driver 160b acquires the output attribute set by the application processing unit 120 in step S10.

  In the next step S30, the printer driver 160b notifies the application processing unit 120 of the capability of the output device 700b including the information of the recording medium via the GDI 140 according to the attribute of the output. Here, as setting values of the recording medium, the width of the recording medium, the length of the recording medium, the start position (origin) when outputting to the recording medium, the width of the outputable area, the length of the outputable area Etc. can be mentioned. In addition, as the other capabilities of the output device 700b to be notified, mention the rendering capabilities of the output device 700b such as the resolution in the width direction, the resolution in the length direction, the number of fonts mounted, and the number of color planes. Can.

  Here, the printer driver 160b may be such that document data is created by a printer driver other than the printer driver 160b (for example, the printer driver 160a), and output of the output device 700b determined according to the size of the recording medium is possible When the area is smaller than the document data and output is performed to a recording medium having a size larger than the size of the recording medium, the size of the output available area, which is predetermined according to the size of the document data, is expanded. Then, the application processing unit 120 is notified of the capability of the output device 700b. On the other hand, except in the above case, the printer driver 160b does not change the size of the predetermined outputable area, and does not change the size of the predetermined outputable area according to the size of the recording medium. It notifies the application processing unit 120.

  In the next step, step S40, the application processing unit 120 acquires, via the GDI 140, the capability of the output device 700b including the information of the recording medium notified by the printer driver 160b in step S30.

  In step S50, which is the next step, the application processing unit 120 lays out data based on the capability of the output device 700b including the information on the recording medium acquired in step S40, and creates document data. That is, in the printer driver 160b, document data is created by a printer driver other than the printer driver 160b, and the outputable area of the output device 700b determined according to the size of the recording medium is smaller than the document data, When output is performed to a recording medium having a size larger than the size of the recording medium, the data is laid out to generate document data so as to output to the spreadable output area.

  At this time, if data is laid out in an output enable area predetermined for each size of the recording medium instead of laying out data in the spreadable output area, data which does not fit in the predetermined area is lost. Sometimes. When the data is lost, so-called image loss may occur, which is a phenomenon in which part of the data is not output to the recording medium.

  On the other hand, if the data is laid out so as to output in the spreadable output area and the document data is created, even if the data does not fit within the predetermined printable area, it is laid out in the printable area. Ru. For this reason, missing data is reduced or no data is lost, image loss on the recording medium is reduced, or image loss does not occur on the recording medium.

  In the next step, step S60, the application processing unit 120 outputs the document data created by the application processing unit 120b in step S50.

  In the next step, step S70, the printer driver 160b converts the data output by the application processing unit 120 in step S60 into output data to be output by the output device 700, and outputs the converted output data to the spooler 180. .

  In the next step S80, the spooler 180 saves the output data output by the printer driver 160b in step S70.

  In the next step S90, the output device 700b outputs the output data sent from the spooler 180 after waiting for timing.

  FIG. 8 illustrates a modification of the process of the data processing apparatus 100 expanding the outputable area. Hereinafter, the difference between this modification and the above-described embodiment will be described. In addition, description of the part which is common in this modification and the above-mentioned embodiment is abbreviate | omitted.

  An output device 700b in this modification is, for example, defined as a template regardless of the same size of document data, and outputs output data in an output format that is adopted prior to the size of document data. It is. The output format defined as the template defines the size of the recording medium used for output.

  In the embodiment described above, when the printer driver 160 notifies the capability of the output device 700b including the information of the recording medium in step S30, the output of the recording medium having the same size as the document data is used as the setting value of the recording medium. The width of the available area, the length of the available area, and the like are notified to the application processing unit 120. On the other hand, in this modification, the width of the recording medium, the length of the recording medium, the start position (origin point) at the time of outputting to the recording medium, and the output are possible for the recording medium of the size defined by the above template. The application processing unit 120 is notified of the width of the area, the length of the outputtable area, and the like as the setting of the recording medium.

  In the embodiment and the modification described above, each of a plurality of document data can be output when outputting a plurality of document data such as, for example, two or more to a single recording medium larger than the plurality of document data. Although the invention has been described by taking as an example the case of changing the size of the predetermined outputable area so as to fit within the area, the present invention outputs one document data to a recording medium larger than the document data. The present invention can also be applied to the case where the output enable area predetermined in advance is changed so that one original data falls within the output enable area.

10: Data processing system 100: Data processing device 120: Application processing unit 160: Printer driver 700: Output device 810, 820: Data for output 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, 980, 990 ・ ・ ・ Recording media 910a, 920a, 930a, 940a, 970a, 980a, 990a ・ ・ ・ Outputtable area

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Data conversion means for converting the created original data into output data used by the output device;
When the output device outputs data to a recording medium larger than the size of the document data, the size of the output data area is determined in advance so that the document data can be contained in the outputable area, which is an area that can be output by the output device. Changing means for changing
A data processing apparatus comprising: The document processing apparatus further comprises document creation means for creating document data,
The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data conversion unit notifies the document creation unit of the size of the outputable area changed by the change unit.   The changing unit outputs each of the plurality of document data when the output device outputs the plurality of document data generated by the document generation unit to a single recording medium larger than the plurality of document data. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the size of the predetermined outputable area is changed so as to be within the possible area.   4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output device imitates a plurality of document data created by the document creation unit on a single recording medium and outputs the data.   The changing means is predetermined so that the document data falls within the outputable area when the output device outputs one document data created by the document creating device to a recording medium larger than the document data. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the size of the outputtable area is changed. In the output device, the size of the outputable area is determined for each size of the recording medium to be output.
The changer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the changer changes the size of the outputable area so that the original data generated by the original generation means falls within the outputable area defined for each size of the recording medium. Data processing device described.

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