JP2019102831A - System, image formation apparatus, server, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to easily edit data that is to be processed by an image formation apparatus.SOLUTION: A system 1 comprises: an image formation apparatus 100 for processing a job; and a server 300 for communicating with the image formation apparatus, where the job includes processing target data. The server includes: a control unit for controlling the server; and a communication interface for communicating with the image formation apparatus. The control unit is configured to receive an edition content for editing the target data from the image formation apparatus, edit the target data using the received edition content, and transmit a job including the target data after the edition to the image formation apparatus. The image formation apparatus receives an image indicating the target data from the server and displays the image; and acquires the edition content from a user's operation to the image formation apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a system, an image forming apparatus, a server, a method, and a program, and more particularly to a system, an image forming apparatus, a server, a method, and a program in which a server edits target data of processing by the image forming apparatus.

  An image forming apparatus such as a printer or a copier or MFP (Multi-Function Peripherals), which is a multifunction machine thereof, is provided with a function of printing an image of a material stored in a server or the like on a cloud.

  When printing using a service provided by such a function, the user displays an image on the preview screen, and cancels printing when a portion to be corrected is found in the displayed image, and the PC (Personal Computer) It is necessary to access the material from etc.) and make edits for correction, which takes time and effort.

  In relation to such a subject, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-129435), the user operates the image forming apparatus to cause the image forming apparatus to edit the image data. Further, in Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-46581), when the user operates a terminal device such as a notebook computer different from a multifunction device such as an MFP, the terminal device receives and edits the contents of editing of a document. The content data is sent to the server, the server performs editing, and the server sends the edited document to the multi-functional peripheral for printing.

JP, 2016-129435, A JP, 2016-46581, A

  In the case of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to incorporate image data editing software in the image forming apparatus, which increases the cost, and, depending on the specifications of the image forming apparatus, there remain problems such that the specifications do not correspond to the editing software. . In Patent Document 2, although the server has an editing function, the specification of the image forming apparatus does not matter, but the user prepares a terminal device to communicate with the server in order to print the document after editing on the multi-functional peripheral. There is a need.

  An object of the present disclosure is to provide an environment that allows easy editing of data to be processed by an image forming apparatus.

  A system according to an example of the present disclosure includes an image forming apparatus that processes a job, and a server that communicates with the image forming apparatus, the job includes data to be processed, and the server controls a server. And a communication interface for communicating with the image forming apparatus, wherein the control unit receives, from the image forming apparatus, edit content for editing the target data, and edits the target data using the received edit content A job including subsequent target data is configured to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus receives and displays an image representing the target data from the server, and edit contents from the user's operation content on the image forming apparatus To get

  An image forming apparatus according to an example of the present disclosure is an image forming apparatus that processes a job, and includes a control unit that controls the image forming apparatus, and a communication interface that communicates with a server. And the control unit receives an image representing the target data from the server, displays the image on the display, acquires editing content for editing the target data from the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus, and edits the target data In order to do this, the editing contents are sent to the server, and a job including the target data after editing is received from the server.

  In the above disclosure, the control unit is further configured to cause the display to display an image representing target data received from the server, and thereafter process the job.

  In the above disclosure, the control unit is further configured to obtain editing content for editing the target data from the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus while displaying the image representing the target data on the display. Be done.

  In the above disclosure, the control unit further receives a job when receiving an image representing target data from the server.

  In the above disclosure, the editing content includes data of an editing area indicating an area of a partial image in an image representing target data, and editing data used to edit partial data corresponding to the partial image of target data. .

  In the above disclosure, when the control unit receives the user's operation content of enlargement or reduction displayed on the display, the control unit changes the size of the editing area in the editing content according to the degree of the enlargement or reduction.

  In the above disclosure, the editing data includes a command instructing the server how to edit the partial data.

  In the above disclosure, the control unit is configured to receive the terminal operation content for the terminal from an external terminal, and the user's operation content for the image forming apparatus includes the received terminal operation content.

  A server according to an example of the present disclosure is a server that communicates with an image forming apparatus that processes a job, the job includes target data of processing, and the image forming apparatus displays an image representing target data to be received from the server. From the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus, the edit content for editing the target data is acquired, and the server includes a control unit that controls the server and a communication interface that communicates with the image forming apparatus, The apparatus is configured to receive editing content from the image forming apparatus, edit the target data using the received editing content, and transmit a job including the edited target data to the image forming apparatus.

  In the above disclosure, the server further includes a storage unit for storing the job, and the control unit further transmits an error message to the image forming apparatus when the job including the target data can not be retrieved from the storage unit when the editing content is received. Send to the image forming apparatus, receive a job including target data from the image forming apparatus, send an instruction to interrupt the process of the job to the image forming apparatus, or instruct the image forming apparatus to execute the process of the job Configured to perform at least one of transmitting.

  In the above disclosure, the control unit is further configured to transmit the view image to the image forming apparatus in order to display the view image including the image representing the target data and the image representing the editing command of the target data. Be done.

  In the above disclosure, the editing content includes the position in the view image of the image representing the editing command on which the user's touch operation has been performed, and the control unit determines the editing command from the position of the image representing the editing command included in the editing content. Configured to get

  In the above disclosure, the editing content includes data of an editing area indicating an area of a partial image in an image representing target data, and editing data used to edit partial data corresponding to the partial image of target data. .

  In the above disclosure, the control unit further converts the editing area into the data position in the target data according to the type of the target data, and edits the data in the data position in the target data using the editing data. Configured

  In the above disclosure, the control unit is further configured to edit the target data according to the editing content and the type or attribute value of the attribute of the target data.

  In the above disclosure, the target data includes copy version target data obtained by copying the target data, and the control unit is further configured to edit the copy version target data using the editing content.

  In the above disclosure, the editing content includes text data representing an editing command executed by the control unit to edit target data.

  In the above disclosure, the editing data includes a character string consisting of one or more characters, and the control unit further edits the target data using the editing content so that the character string fits in the editing region, the editing region Configured to change the size of, or change the size of characters.

  A method according to an example of the present disclosure is a method implemented in an image forming apparatus that processes a job. The job contains data to be processed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an image representing the target data from the server and displaying the image on a display; acquiring editing content for editing the target data from the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus; Sending the edited content to the server, and receiving from the server a job including the edited target data.

  A method according to an example of the present disclosure is a method implemented in a server in communication with an image forming apparatus that processes a job, the job including target data of the process, the image forming apparatus receiving the target data from the server Displaying an image representing the image on the display, the method comprising: receiving, from the image forming apparatus, the editing content for editing the target data, the editing content acquired from the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus; And editing the target data using the received editing content, and transmitting a job including the edited target data to the image forming apparatus.

  A program according to an example of the present disclosure is a program for causing a computer to execute the above method.

  According to an example of the present disclosure, it is possible to edit data to be processed by the image forming apparatus with a simple configuration without specially introducing editing software and the like.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of a system concerning an embodiment. It is a figure showing roughly an example of the composition of the hardware of image forming device 100 concerning this embodiment. It is a figure showing roughly an example of the hardware constitutions of server 300 concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the hardware constitutions of the terminal 200 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the function of each apparatus concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the preview image concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the editing content 90 concerning this Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the whole process concerning this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of an acquisition process (process 1) of edit content of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the area | region and text acquisition process (process 1-1) of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the edit process (process 2) in the server 300 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the area | region coordinate process (process 2-1) concerning this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the text edit process (process 2-2) concerning this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the cancellation process (process 3) concerning this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the black-painting process (process 4) concerning this Embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing (processing 5) of expansion or reduction concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the outline | summary of the process concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part 171 concerning this Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the image forming system will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts and components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, these descriptions will not be repeated.

<A. Overview of disclosure>
An overview of this disclosure is described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system according to the embodiment.

  Referring to FIG. 1, system 1 includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses 100 and a server 300, which communicate with each other via a network 400. Furthermore, the system 1 may include a terminal 200 in communication with the image forming apparatus 100. Terminal 200 may communicate with server 300 via network 400. The network 400 may include various wired or wireless networks. The image forming apparatus 100 communicates with the terminal 200 via a wired or wireless communication line 500. The communication line 500 may include, for example, a line such as a local area network (LAN) or a near field radio communication (NFC). Note that the number of image forming apparatuses 100 included in the system 1 is not limited to a plurality, and may be one, for example. Further, the external device with which the image forming apparatus 100 communicates via the network 400 is not limited to the server 300. The terminal 200 may also include a portable type such as a smartphone or a stationary type such as a PC.

  The image forming apparatus 100 processes various jobs such as a print job and a facsimile job. Job data corresponding to the job includes target data to be processed. The server 300 receives the editing content for editing the target data from the image forming apparatus 100, edits the target data using the received editing content, and transmits the edited target data to the image forming apparatus 100. Send. As a result, in order to edit the target data of the job, the image forming apparatus 100 does not introduce special functions such as editing software into the image forming apparatus 100 and does not use any special information processing terminal. It is possible to edit

  In this disclosure, “job” is a process performed by the image forming apparatus 100, and may include, for example, a print job, a facsimile job, a transmission job, a reception job, a storage job, and the like. The “job data” included in the job includes data to be processed when the image forming apparatus 100 processes the job.

  Also, in this disclosure, "edit" indicates a change in target data. "Editing content" indicates the specific content of editing.

<B. Hardware configuration of image forming apparatus 100>
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, image forming apparatus 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 150 corresponding to a control unit for controlling image forming apparatus 100, a storage unit 160 for storing programs and data, and input of information. It includes an output unit 170, a communication I / F (abbreviated as InterFace) 156 for communicating with the server 300 via the network 400, a communication circuit 175 for communicating with the terminal 200, and various processing units.

  The storage unit 160 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a non-volatile memory, and the like for storing programs and data executed by the CPU 150. The RAM is also provided as a work area when the CPU 150 executes a program.

  Input / output unit 170 includes a display unit 171 including a display, and an operation unit 172 operated by a user to input information to image forming apparatus 100. Here, the display unit 171 and the operation unit 172 may be provided as an integrally configured touch panel.

  The communication I / F 156 is configured to include a circuit such as an NIC. The communication I / F 156 includes a data communication unit 157 for communicating with an external device including the server 300 via the network 400. Data communication unit 157 includes a transmission unit 158 for transmitting data to an external device including server 300 via network 400, and a reception unit 159 receiving data from an external device including server 300 via a network. .

  Communication circuit 175 includes a communication circuit for communicating with terminal 200, such as a LAN or NFC.

  The various processing units described above include an image processing unit 151, an image forming unit 152, a storage unit 153 such as a hard disk storing various data including image data, and an image output unit 154 for controlling a printer (not shown) for processing a print job. , A facsimile control unit 155 for controlling a facsimile circuit (not shown) for processing a facsimile job, an image reading unit 173 for optically reading an original to obtain image data for processing a scan job, and an external storage A media reader / writer 174 is detachably mounted. The data reader / writer 174 has a circuit for reading a program or data from the attached external storage medium 176 and a circuit for writing data to the external storage medium 176.

<C. Hardware configuration of server 300>
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server 300 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 3, server 300 includes a CPU 30 for controlling server 300, a storage unit 34, and a network controller 35. The storage unit 34 includes a ROM 31 for storing programs and data to be executed by the CPU 30, a RAM 32, a hard disk drive (HDD) 33 for storing various types of information, and a network controller 35 for communicating with the image forming apparatus 100 and the like. including. The RAM 32 includes an area for storing various information and a work area when the CPU 30 executes a program. The network controller 35 includes a circuit such as an NIC.

<D. Hardware configuration of terminal 200>
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal 200 according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, terminal 200 includes CPU 20 corresponding to a control unit for controlling terminal 200, display 23, operation panel 25 operated by the user to input information to terminal 200, storage unit 26 and communication. A controller 27 is provided. The storage unit 26 includes a ROM 21 for storing programs and data executed by the CPU 20, a RAM 22, and a memory 28 including a hard disk drive. The display 23 and the operation panel 25 may be provided as an integrally configured touch panel 24. The communication controller 27 includes a communication circuit such as a NIC or a LAN circuit for communicating with the other terminal 200 or the image forming apparatus 100 or the server 300.

E. Functional configuration example>
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of each device according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5, the image forming apparatus 100 receives the user's operation via the input / output unit 170 (more specifically, the operation unit 172) with respect to the image forming apparatus 100, the operation receiving unit 10 described later The edit content acquisition unit 11 for acquiring the content 90, the preview display control unit 14 for controlling the display unit 171 to display the preview screen for editing, and the edit for transmitting the acquired edit content 90 to the server 300 The content transmission unit 15 is provided.

  The editing content acquisition unit 11 includes a text acquisition unit 12 that analyzes the operation content received by the operation reception unit 10 and acquires text data, and an area acquisition unit 13 that analyzes the operation content and acquires data for specifying an area. .

  The server 300 includes an editing unit 42 including a file selecting unit 40, a job creating unit 41, a text editing unit 43, and an area editing unit 44, a preview creating unit 45, and a transmission control unit 46. The storage unit 34 of the server 300 has an area for storing one or more files 50, one or more job data 55 or post-edit job data 56, and one or more preview images 57 or post-edit preview images 58. Have. When the job data 55 or the post-edit job data 56 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as job data. When the preview image 57 or the edited preview image 58 is not distinguished, it is referred to as a preview image.

  The file selection unit 40 selects one file 50 from the one or more files 50 of the storage unit 34. The file 50 may include files of various formats such as text files, tabular files and image files. In the present embodiment, the file 50 is a file of image data. However, in the case of text data or tabular data, the file selection unit 40 may select text data or tabular data of the file 50, for example, JPEG (Joint Photographic). Image data is acquired by conversion according to the Experts Group method. The file 50 has an identifier of the file, a type of data, and the like.

  The job creation unit 41 creates, for example, a print job. Note that the created job is not limited to the print job. Specifically, the job creation unit 41 creates the job data 55 or post-edit job data 56 of the print job, and stores the created job, that is, the job data in the storage unit 34. The job data includes target data 53 and a header 54 and the like. In the case of a print job, the target data 53 corresponds to image data. The header 54 may include information such as an identifier of the target data 53, a creation date, a size, a format, a transmission destination, and a transmission source. The post-edit job data 56 indicates a version in which the target data 53 of the job data 55 is edited using the editing content 90. Note that the format of job data is not limited to this.

  The preview creating unit 45 creates the preview image 57 or the edited preview image 58, and stores the created preview image 57 or the edited preview image 58 in the storage unit 34. The preview image 57 is created from the target data 53 of the job data 55. The post-edit preview image 58 is created from the target data 53 of the post-edit job data 56.

  The transmission control unit 46 controls the transmission unit 158 to transmit the job data or the preview image of the storage unit 34 to the image forming apparatus 100.

  Each part of image forming apparatus 100 and server 300 in FIG. 5 is realized by a program executed by a CPU, or a program and a circuit (for example, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)) Of the circuit of FIG.

<F. Display example of preview image>
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a display screen of a preview image according to the present embodiment. The image forming apparatus 100 receives a preview image (preview image 57 or preview image after editing 58) from the server 300, and the preview display control unit 14 drives the display unit 171 according to display control data generated from the preview image. Thereby, the display unit 171 displays, for example, the screen of FIG. Referring to FIG. 6, the screen of the preview image includes preview image 57 (or preview image 58 after editing), image 60, and an image of “edit complete” button 182 operated by the user to instruct editing completion. including. The image 60 includes an image of one or more editing commands 93. The editing command 93 includes a command for specifically instructing the server 300 on the method of editing the target data 53. In FIG. 6, the editing command 93 includes cancellation of editing contents, blackening of character strings, font enlargement or font reduction of character strings, etc., but the type of editing command 93 is not limited to these. Further, in the lower part of FIG. 6, the size and area coordinates of the preview image, and the size and area of the image 60 are illustrated.

<G. Example of edit content 90>
FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the editing content 90 according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the user performs an operation for editing the preview image representing the target data 53 displayed on the display unit 171. In the present embodiment, as described later, in the preview image, editing data used to edit partial data corresponding to the partial image among the target data 53 and an editing area 180 indicating the region of the partial image. 181 may be set.

  Referring to FIG. 7, the editing content 90 includes a plurality of records Ri (i = 1, 2, 3,...). Each record Ri includes either text data 91 or coordinate data 92 indicating a character string of one or more characters. The coordinate data 92 includes at least the coordinates of the editing area 180 in the preview image as shown in FIG. The coordinate data 92 may further include position coordinates of each editing command 93 in the image 60. In the present embodiment, the editing data 181 includes an editing command 93, text data 91, and image data such as graphics or photographs. In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the description, the editing data 181 includes, for example, text data 91 or an editing command 93.

  Referring to FIG. 7, of the editing content 90, record R1 includes coordinate data 92 specifying the editing area 180. The record R2 includes text data 91 input to the editing area indicated by the coordinate data 92 of the record R1. The text data 91 may include, for example, a character code string.

  Further, subsequent records R3 to R5 each include coordinate data 92. The coordinate data 92 of the records R3 to R5 indicate the coordinates of the editing command 93 in the image 60 of FIG. The coordinate data 92 of the records R3 to R5 make it possible to indicate the editing command 93 to the server 300 as described later.

  Record R6 includes text data 91. The text data 91 of the record R6 includes the character string "ββ" followed by the character string "CM". The character string “ββ” is a predetermined character string for designating that the subsequent character string “CM” represents the editing command 93. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the editing command 93 can also be expressed by the text data 91.

<H. Processing flow chart>
The process will be described according to the flowcharts of FIGS. Here, although the case where the image forming apparatus 100 processes the target data 53 which is image data in the print job will be described, the type of job to be processed is not limited to the print job. FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically showing an outline of processing according to the present embodiment. 18 to 23 are diagrams showing an example of the display screen of the display unit 171 according to the present embodiment.

(H-1. Outline of the process)
An overview of the overall processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, the server 300 creates a file “A ′” which is a copy of the file “A” to be edited. As such, by copying the file “A”, another copy version target data (that is, target data 53 of the file “A ′”) is generated, and the editing unit 42 edits the data Do.

  Further, the preview generation unit 45 generates a preview image from the target data 53 of the file “A ′”, and transmits the generated preview image to the image forming apparatus 100 (step (1)). The preview display control unit 14 of the image forming apparatus 100 displays a preview image on the display unit 171. The editing content acquisition unit 11 acquires the editing content 90 from the operation content of the user accepted through the operation receiving unit 10 (step (2)). The editing content transmission unit 15 transmits the editing content 90 to the server 300. The server 300 edits the target data 53 (image data) of the file “A ′” using the editing content 90 received from the image forming apparatus 100 (steps (3) and (4)).

(H-2. Whole processing)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the overall processing according to the present embodiment. An outline of the above-described process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user of the image forming apparatus 100 operates the input / output unit 170 (more specifically, the operation unit 172) to specify the identifier of the file 50 to be printed. The operation accepting unit 10 accepts an operation content. The CPU 150 generates a print file selection command from the received operation content, and transmits it to the server 300 (step S3). This selection command includes the identifier of the file.

  The file selection unit 40 of the server 300 reads the file 50 corresponding to the identifier from the storage unit 34 based on the identifier of the selection command received from the image forming apparatus 100. Thereby, the file 50 to be printed is selected by the user. The selected file 50 is hereinafter also referred to as file "A" for the sake of explanation.

  The job creation unit 41 reads the target data 53 from the file “A”, creates job data 55 from the read target data 53, and stores the job data 55 in the storage unit 34 (step T3).

  Further, the preview creating unit 45 creates the preview image 57 from the target data 53 of the file “A”, associates it with the job data 55, and stores it in the storage unit 34 (step T5). The image 60 of the editing command 93 may be added to the preview image 57 at this time.

  The preview generation unit 45 generates the preview image 57, for example, by changing the target data 53 in accordance with a predetermined change standard. The change criteria may include, for example, the type of the image attribute such as the size of the image and the resolution, and the attribute value after the change. The type of attribute to be changed is not limited to the size, resolution, and the like. The change criteria used to create the preview image 57 may be determined based on specifications such as the display size of the display unit 171 of the image forming apparatus 100 that is the display destination of the preview image, the resolution of the display, and the like.

  The transmission control unit 46 of the image forming apparatus 100 reads the job data 55 associated with the preview image 57 generated in step T5 from the storage unit 34, and transmits the preview image 57 and the job data 55 to the image forming apparatus 100. (Step T7). Note that the image 60 may be added to the preview image 57 at the time of this transmission.

  The communication I / F 156 (more specifically, the receiving unit 159) of the image forming apparatus 100 receives the job data 55 and the preview image 57 from the server 300, associates them with each other, and stores them in the storage unit 160 (step S5). Further, the preview display control unit 14 generates display control data from the received preview image 57, and controls the display unit 171 based on the generated display control data. Thereby, the display unit 171 displays, for example, the preview image of FIG. 18 (step S5). In the screen of FIG. 18, an “edit” button 190 and a “print” button 191 are displayed.

  In FIG. 18, the image 60 of the editing command 93 is deleted. In the present embodiment, when displaying preview image 57 (58) on display portion 171, preview display control portion 14 turns on / off display of image 60 in accordance with the user operation content accepted by operation accepting portion 10. Can be switched. Thereby, even when the screen of the display unit 171 is small, it is easy to confirm the preview image 57 (58).

  From the output of the operation receiving unit 10, the CPU 150 determines whether the user has pressed (touched) the operation unit 172 (step S7). The type of operation is not limited to pressing. When CPU 150 determines that the pressing operation is not performed (NO in step S7), the processing returns to step S5. However, when CPU 150 determines that the pressing operation is performed (YES in step S7), CPU 150 performs the operation content Is analyzed, and it is determined which of the "edit" button 190, the "print" button 191, and the "others (cancel etc.)" (not shown) has been operated based on the analysis result (step S9).

  When the CPU 150 determines that the “print” button 191 has been operated, print processing is performed using the job data 55 using the image output unit 154 (step S13), and when the “others” button is operated as shown in FIG. The process of step S15 ends (step S15).

  When the CPU 150 determines that the “edit” button 190 has been operated, the edit content acquisition unit 11 carries out a process (step S11: process 1) for acquiring the edit content 90 from the operation content received by the operation reception unit 10 Do. The details of the “process 1” will be described later.

  After performing the “process 1”, the CPU 150 determines whether or not the user has pressed the operation unit 172 based on the operation content received by the operation receiving unit 10 (step S17). Note that this operation is not limited to the pressing operation. If the CPU 150 determines that the pressing operation is not performed (NO in step S17), it returns to step S11, but if it determines that the pressing operation is performed (YES in step S17), the CPU 150 determines that the editing is completed in FIG. It is determined whether the "" button 182 has been operated (step S19). If the CPU 150 determines that the “edit complete” button 182 is not operated (NO in step S19), the process returns to step S11.

  If the CPU 150 determines that the “edit complete” button 182 is operated (YES in step S19), the edit content transmission unit 15 transmits the edit content 90 acquired in step S11 to the server 300 (step S21).

  The server 300 receives the editing content 90 from the image forming apparatus 100, and the editing unit 42 performs editing processing (step T11: processing 2) of the target data 53 of the file "A" using the received editing content 90. .

  The job creation unit 41 creates post-edit job data 56 including the target data 53 of the file “A” after editing and its header 54, and stores the post-edit job data 56 in the storage unit 34 (step T13).

  Further, the preview creating unit 45 creates the edited preview image 58 from the target data 53 of the file “A” after editing, and stores the preview image 58 in the storage unit 34 in association with the edited job data 56 (step T15). The image 60 of the editing command 93 may be added to the post-edit preview image 58 as well.

  The transmission control unit 46 of the image forming apparatus 100 reads the post-edit job data 56 associated with the post-edit preview image 58 created in step T15 from the storage unit 34, and reads the post-edit preview image 58 and the post-edit preview image 58 read. The job data 56 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 100 (step T17).

  The preview display control unit 14 of the image forming apparatus 100 generates display control data from the edited preview image 58 received from the server 300, and controls the display unit 171 according to the generated display control data (step S23). As a result, the preview image of the target data 53 after editing is displayed on the display unit 171 (see FIG. 23). The image in the editing area 180 of the preview image in FIG. 23 indicates that the original image in the preview image in FIG. 18 is changed by the editing content 90.

  After step S23, the process returns to step S5, and when CPU 150 determines that the user operation has been performed according to the operation content from operation reception unit 10 (YES in step S7, YES in step S9), process 1 is performed (step S11) Alternatively, the print job is processed (step S13).

  Thus, when the user operates the image forming apparatus 100 to input the editing content 90, the server 300 edits the target data 53 using the editing content 90, and the edited preview image based on the edited target data 53. 58 is displayed on the display unit 171 of the image forming apparatus 100. If the edited content 90 is not appropriate, the user inputs the edited content 90 again to the edited preview image 58, and the target is edited by the server 300 using the edited content 90 after re-input. The edited preview image 58 of the data 53 is displayed on the display section 171. As described above, the image forming apparatus 100 can repeat the input of the editing content 90 for the target data 53 and the confirmation of the preview image of the target data 53 after the editing using the editing content 90 by the server 300.

  Also, the preview image provided by the server 300 may be provided to the user as support information for confirming that the editing content 90 is appropriate. Therefore, the user of the image forming apparatus 100 can edit the target data 53 in the file 50 with a simple configuration without introducing editing software and the like into the image forming apparatus 100.

(H-3. Acquisition process of editing content: Process 1)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the acquisition processing (processing 1) of the editing content of FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, editing content acquisition unit 11 activates preview display control unit 14 to display a preview image (step S31).

  The preview display control unit 14 controls the display unit 171 to display a preview image (step S33). Thus, the display unit 171 displays the preview image (see FIG. 19) to which the image 60 of the editing command 93 is added.

  CPU 150 determines whether or not the user has performed a pressing operation from the operation content accepted by operation accepting unit 10 (step S35). The type of operation is not limited to the pressing operation.

  If CPU 150 determines that the pressing operation is not performed (NO in step S35), it returns to step S33, but if it determines that the pressing operation is performed (YES in step S35), CPU 150 analyzes the operation content and “editing completed” It is determined whether the button 182 is operated (step S37).

  If CPU 150 determines that the received operation content is not the operation of "edit complete" button 182 (NO in step S37), CPU 150 determines from the operation content that the operation content is one finger operation, or It is determined whether it is another operation (step S41). In the present embodiment, when the user designates the editing area 180, the user operates the operation unit 172 with one finger. In addition, it is not limited to operation of a finger, Operation of a pen etc. may be sufficient.

  When the CPU 150 determines that the operation content is one finger operation (“one finger” in step S41), the area acquiring unit 13 performs an area and text acquisition process (process 1-1) described later (process 1-1). Step S43). On the other hand, when the CPU 150 determines that the operation content is “other operation”, the process returns to the original process (step S11 in FIG. 6).

  If CPU 150 determines that the received operation content is the operation of “edit complete” button 182 (YES in step S 37), edit content transmission unit 15 transmits edit content 90 acquired in process 1 to server 300. (Step S39) The process returns to the original process (step S11 in FIG. 6).

(H-4. Region and Text Acquisition Process: Process 1-1)
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the area and text acquisition process (process 1-1) of FIG. Here, the user designates an area by, for example, sliding the surface (for example, the touch pad surface) of the operation unit 172 with one finger, for example. The slide operation indicates an operation of moving a finger in one direction while touching with one finger. In the present embodiment, the area acquiring unit 13 determines from the start position of the slide operation from the user operation content accepted by the operation receiving unit 10 to the end position (that is, the finger immediately after the position where the finger starts touching (pressing) the surface). The position away from the surface is detected (selection of the editing area 180 in FIG. 20).

  The area acquiring unit 13 analyzes the content of the operation accepted by the operation receiving unit 10, and determines whether the finger has left the surface of the operation unit 172 based on the analysis result (step S51). While not leaving the surface (NO in step S51), the process of step S51 is repeatedly performed.

  If region acquisition unit 13 determines that the finger has left the surface of operation unit 172 from the operation content accepted by operation reception unit 10 (YES in step S51), region acquisition unit 13 detects that the finger on the surface of operation unit 172 touches ( The position where the finger is separated from the surface is detected immediately after the position where pressing is started, and the coordinates of a rectangular editing area 180 whose upper left end and lower right end are detected are acquired (step S53). For example, when the surface of the operation unit 172 is a two-dimensional coordinate area, the area acquiring unit 13 acquires coordinates of the upper left end and the lower right end of the rectangular area by converting positions detected on the surface into coordinate values. Do.

  The area acquisition unit 13 stores the acquired coordinate data 92 of the editing area 180 in the editing content 90 of the storage unit 160 as a record R1 (step S55).

  The text acquiring unit 12 causes the display unit 171 to display the image of the keyboard 183 (see FIG. 21) in order to receive an input operation of characters (step S57). The text acquisition unit 12 associates and stores a character code and the coordinates of the key in correspondence with each key in the image of the keyboard 183. The text acquisition unit 12 determines whether the surface of the operation unit 172 has been pressed from the operation content accepted by the operation reception unit 10 (step S59). While it is not determined that the text acquisition unit 12 has been pressed (NO in step S59), the process of step S57 is repeated.

  On the other hand, if text acquisition unit 12 determines that the surface of operation unit 172 has been pressed (YES in step S59), whether the position where text acquisition unit 12 is pressed corresponds to the area where the image of keyboard 183 is displayed It is determined whether or not it is (step S61). If text acquisition unit 12 determines that the pressed position corresponds to the area of the image of keyboard 183 (YES in step S61), text acquisition unit 12 determines whether the pressed key is the "OK" key of the image of keyboard 183 or not. (Step S63). When text acquisition unit 12 determines that the pressed position is not the “OK” key (NO in step S63), text acquisition unit 12 records the character of the key corresponding to the pressed position next to editing content 90 of record R2 (Step S67). Thereafter, the process returns to step S59 and the subsequent processing is repeated. Thus, the processes of steps S59 to S67 are repeated.

  On the other hand, when text acquisition unit 12 determines that the pressed position is the position of the "OK" key (YES in step S63), the character string obtained by repeating steps S59 to S67 is edited into record R2 It stores as text data 91 of the data for (step S65). Thereafter, the process returns to step S33 of FIG.

  On the other hand, when text acquisition unit 12 determines that the pressed position is not within the area of the image of keyboard 183 (NO in step S61), the process returns to step S33 in FIG.

  In the processes of FIGS. 9 and 10, when the coordinates of the area of image 60 are pressed based on the user's operation content, records R3, R4 and coordinate data 92 indicating the coordinates of the pressed position of image 60 are stored. R5 is stored in the editing content 90. Further, in the processing of FIGS. 9 and 10, it is possible to input text data 91 including “ββ” and “CM” as shown in the record R6 based on the operation content of the user.

(H-5. Editing Process: Process 2)
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the editing process (process 2) in the server 300 of FIG. The editing process will be described with reference to FIG. In the process of FIG. 11, a cancel flag is used as a variable for controlling whether or not the editing content is to be canceled, and the cancel flag is initialized to 'false'.

  First, when the server 300 receives the editing content 90 from the image forming apparatus 100, the editing unit 42 creates a copy (hereinafter, referred to as file A ′) which is a copy of the file A selected in step T3 (step T21).

  The editing unit 42 extracts the first content, that is, the record R1 from the editing content 90 (step T23), and determines whether the cancel flag indicates 'false' (step T27). At this time, since the cancel flag indicates 'false', the editing unit 42 determines that the cancel flag indicates 'false' (YES in step T27) and determines the content of the record R1 (step T29). .

  When the editing unit 42 analyzes the contents of the record R1 and determines that it indicates the coordinate data 92 of the editing area, the area coordinate process (process 2-1) described later is executed (step T31), but the contents of the record R1 are If it is determined that the text data 91 is indicated, text processing (processing 2-2) described later is performed (step T33).

  Thereafter, the editing unit 42 determines whether or not there is remaining processing in the editing content 90, that is, whether or not there is an unprocessed record Ri (step T35). If the editing unit 42 determines that there is no remaining process (YES in step T35), the process returns to step T11 in FIG.

  If the editing unit 42 determines that there is a remaining process (NO in step T35), it reads the content of the next record Ri of the editing content 90 (step T37), and returns to step T27. Thereby, the editing process (process 2-1 or process 2-3) according to the next record Ri is performed.

  In step T27, when the editing unit 42 determines that the cancellation flag does not indicate 'false', that is, the cancellation flag indicates 'True' (NO in step T27), the editing unit 42 proceeds to step T35. As described above, when the cancel flag indicates 'True', the editing process (process 2-1 or process 2-2) is skipped.

(H-6. Region Coordinate Processing: Processing 2-1)
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the area coordinate processing (processing 2-1) according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 12, area editing unit 44 determines whether the cancel flag indicates 'false' (step T41). If the area editing unit 44 determines that the cancellation flag does not indicate 'false', that is, the cancellation flag indicates 'True' (NO in step T41), the area editing unit 44 proceeds to step T35 in FIG. . Thus, when the cancel flag indicates 'True', the area editing process is skipped.

  If the area editing unit 44 determines that the cancel flag indicates 'false' (YES in step T41), the area editing unit 44 executes the subsequent area editing process. Specifically, first, the area editing unit 44 converts the coordinate data 92 read from the record Ri into position coordinates on target data (image data) of the file A '(step T43). Thereby, from the coordinate data 92, the position coordinates on the target data of the file A 'are obtained. As this conversion, a conversion equation according to the change criteria described above is used.

  The area editing unit 44 compares the acquired position coordinates with the coordinates of the image area of the target data of the file A ′, and the position coordinates are within the image area of the target data 53 (that is, in the area of the image 60 of the editing command 93). It is judged whether it is not (step T45, T47). When the area editing unit 44 determines that the position coordinates are within the image area (YES in step T47), the area editing unit 44 sets 'False' in the cancel flag (step T49), and the position coordinates of the target data 53 Are stored in the temporary storage area (step T51). Thereafter, the process returns to the original process (step T31).

  When the area editing unit 44 determines that the position coordinates are not within the image area (NO in step T47), the area editing unit 44 determines which of the editing commands 93 of the image 60 the position coordinates correspond to ( Step T53). Specifically, the area editing unit 44 has position coordinates corresponding to various editing commands 93 of the image 60. The area editing unit 44 compares the position coordinates acquired in step T43 with the position coordinates corresponding to the various editing commands 93, and based on the comparison result, the type of the editing command 93 corresponding to the acquired position coordinates is determined. to decide.

  When the area editing unit 44 determines that the editing command 93 indicates 'cancel', it cancels the editing content (step T55: process 3 described later), and determines that the editing command 93 indicates 'black'. The column is blackened (step T57: processing 4 described later), and when it is determined that the editing command 93 indicates 'character enlargement', character enlargement is performed (step T59: processing 5 described later). Thereafter, the process returns to the original process (step T31). In step T53, another type of command may be determined.

(H-7. Region Coordinate Processing: Processing 2-2)
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the text editing process (process 2-2) according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 13, the text editing unit 43 determines whether the cancel flag indicates 'false' (step T71). When the area editing unit 44 determines that the cancel flag does not indicate 'false', that is, the cancel flag indicates 'True' (NO in step T71), the text editing unit 43 proceeds to step T35 in FIG. . As a result, when the cancellation flag indicates 'True', the text editing process is skipped.

  When the text editing unit 43 determines that the cancel flag indicates 'false' (YES in step T71), the text editing unit 43 executes the text editing process thereafter. Specifically, first, the text editing unit 43 analyzes the text data 91 read from the record Ri (step T73), and determines whether the character string of the text data 91 includes a predetermined character string "ββ". (Step T75). If the text editing unit 43 determines that the text data 91 does not include "ββ" (YES in step T75), that is, if it determines that the text data 91 does not indicate an editing command, the text editing process of the text string of the text data 91 is performed. Conduct.

  Specifically, the text editing unit 43 determines whether or not an attribute of a character such as a font is stored in the temporary storage area (step T77), and if not stored (NO in step T77), the original process (NO in step T77). Return to step T31). When the attribute of the character such as font is stored in the temporary storage area (YES in step T77), the text editing unit 43 changes the character string indicated by the text data 91 using the attribute of the character stored (font , Change the size, etc.), and overwrite the image of the character string after the change in the editing area 180 of the target data (image) (step T79).

  On the other hand, when the text editing unit 43 determines that the text data 91 includes "ββ" (NO in step T75), the text editing unit 43 analyzes the character string "CM" following "ββ" of the text data 91. Based on the analysis result, it is determined which type of editing command 93 the character string "CM" indicates (step T81). The text editing unit 43 cancels the editing content (step T 83: processing 3 described later) according to the type of the determined editing command 93, and when it is determined that the editing command 93 indicates “black”, the characters of the editing area 180 The column is blackened (step T85: processing 4 described later), and when it is determined that the editing command 93 indicates 'character enlargement', the character enlargement of the editing area 180 is performed (step T87: processing 5 described later). Thereafter, the process returns to the original process (step T31). In step T81, another type of command may be determined.

(H-8. Cancel processing: processing 3)
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the cancellation process (process 3) according to the present embodiment. The cancellation process indicates a process of canceling (canceling) the editing content (character string input, font enlargement / reduction, black filling, etc.) made in the editing area 180 specified immediately before.

  Referring to FIG. 14, the editing unit 42 sets 'True' to the cancel flag (step T91). The editing unit 42 specifies the preceding editing process, that is, the editing process performed on the editing area 180 specified immediately before from the editing content 90 (NO in step T93, NO in step T97, NO in step T99). And cancel the editing content performed on the editing area 180 (step T95). For example, according to the editing content 90 of FIG. 7, since the editing command 93 for cancellation is detected in the record R6, the record R1 immediately before specifying the editing area 180 and the record Ri specifying the next editing area 180 And cancels the edited contents of the file A ′ according to the text data 91 and the editing command 93 while tracing back the records R2 to R5 between them. That is, the contents of the area of the file A corresponding to the editing area 180 are overwritten in the editing area 180 of the file A ′, and the contents of the editing area 180 of the file A ′ are restored to the original contents (the editing area Editing content for 180 is canceled).

  The editing unit 42 detects the record Ri of the coordinate data 92 indicating the next editing area 180 from the editing content 90 (YES in step T97, YES in step T99), before the cancel processing is performed in the editing content 90. It is possible to return to the record Ri (step T101). Thereafter, the process 3 ends, and the process returns to the original process of FIG. 12 or FIG.

(H-9. Blacking process: Process 4)
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of the blackening process (process 4) according to the present embodiment. The blackening process indicates a process of blackening the character string in the editing area 180 specified immediately before.

  Referring to FIG. 15, the editing unit 42 checks (detects) the editing area 180 specified immediately before by the record Ri in the image area of the target data 53 of the file A ′ (step T103). Black filling is performed (step T105). Thereafter, the process 4 is ended, and the process returns to the original process of FIG. 12 or FIG.

(H-10. Scaling process: Process 5)
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the process (process 4) of enlargement or reduction according to the present embodiment. The scaling process indicates a process of enlarging or reducing the character string of the editing area specified immediately before.

  Referring to FIG. 16, the editing unit 42 checks (detects) the editing area 180 specified immediately before by the record Ri in the image area of the target data 53 of the file A ′ (step T 107). The font or size of the character string is read from the temporary storage area (step T109), and the enlargement or reduction of the character string is executed according to the read font or size (step T111). Thereafter, the process 5 ends, and the process returns to the original process of FIG. 12 or FIG.

  Note that the editing unit 42 may change the coordinate values of the coordinate data 92 of the editing area 180 along with the enlargement or reduction in this enlargement / reduction process.

<I. Modified example>
In the above embodiment, the editing unit 42 acquires the editing content 90 from the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus 100 via the image of the keyboard 183 of FIG. 21, but the acquisition method is limited to the operation of the image of the keyboard 183 I will not. For example, the terminal 200 receives the user operation content via the operation panel 25 via the communication circuit 175. Thereby, the image forming apparatus 100 accepts the user operation content on the terminal 200 as the user operation content on the image forming apparatus 100. In the image forming apparatus 100, the editing content acquisition unit 11 may acquire the editing content 90 from the operation content received from the terminal 200 and transmit the editing content 90 to the image forming apparatus 100. In this case, the image forming apparatus 100 may transmit the preview image to the terminal 200 and cause the display 23 of the terminal 200 to display the preview image.

  Further, when acquiring the editing content 90, the image forming apparatus 100 acquires the degree of enlargement or reduction of the size of the editing area 180 when the user performs an operation of enlarging or reducing the preview image, and coordinates according to the acquired degree Change the data 92.

  If the server 300 can not retrieve the job data 55 (or 56) from the storage unit 34 when the edit content 90 is received from the image forming apparatus 100, for example, the job data 55 (or 56) is deleted from the storage unit 34 In this case, that is, when the file “A” or “A ′” to be edited can not be searched, the server 300 performs at least one of the following processing. That is, a process of transmitting an error message to the image forming apparatus 100 or receiving the job data 55 (or 56) requested by the image forming apparatus 100 to receive the file “A” or “A ′” to be edited Or the server 300 transmits an instruction to interrupt the print job to the image forming apparatus 100, or the server 300 does not edit the file "A" to be edited. At least one of the processes for sending an execution instruction of the process of the print job of the file "A" to 100 is executed. When the file "A" or "A '" to be edited can not be searched, the types of processing executed by the server 300 are not limited to these.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the server 300 individually transmits the job data 55 (56) and the preview image 57 (58) to the image forming apparatus 100, but the present invention is not limited to the case of individually transmitting. The server 300 generates job data 55 (56) including the preview image 57 (58), and transmits the job data 55 (56) including the preview image 57 (58) to the image forming apparatus 100 in this manner. It may be

  Further, in the present embodiment, the editing unit 42 detects, from the coordinate data 92 on the preview image, a data position corresponding to the coordinate data 92 of the target data 53 in accordance with the type of the file “A”. For example, if the type of the file "A" is a text file, the coordinate data 92 is converted into the number of lines of the document and the number of characters from the beginning according to a predetermined conversion formula according to the type of the text file. Alternatively, if the type of the file "A" is tabular data such as Excel (registered trademark), it is converted to the position of a row or column according to a predetermined conversion formula according to the type of the tabular format. If the type of the file "A" is PowerPoint (registered trademark), the file is converted into coordinates with the upper left of the slide as the origin according to a predetermined conversion formula according to the file type of the PowerPoint. The editing unit 42 may edit the target data 53 (text, table, etc.) of the file “A” using the text data 91 or the like, using the position obtained by such conversion formula.

  The editing unit 42 determines the font or size of the character uniquely included in the edited content 90 and the file “A”, that is, the type (font, size) of the attribute included in the target data 53 or its value (mincho type, maximum / minimum size). The target data 53 or the preview image may be edited according to the value etc.). For example, when the editing content 90 includes a font enlargement editing command 93, editing is performed so as not to exceed the maximum value of the font size.

  Further, on the preview screen, the font or the size of the character of the file "A" to be edited may be displayed. Thereby, it is possible to give the user support information for inputting the editing content 90.

  In addition, when the editing unit 42 of the server 300 performs editing processing based on text data, a character string designated by the user by the text data 91 is designated in the editing area 180 designated by the user by the coordinate data 92. Determine if it fits in font or size. If it is determined that it does not fit, the editing unit 42 enlarges the editing area 180, or reduces the size of the text to match the size of the editing area 180, or combines the expansion of the editing area 180 and the reduction of the text Conduct together.

<J. Program>
In the present embodiment, a program for causing the image forming apparatus 100 and the server 300 to execute the processing described above is provided. Such a program includes a program according to at least the flowcharts shown in FIGS. A computer readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card attached to the computer of the image forming apparatus 100 and the server 300 is recorded as a program product It can also be provided. Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. Also, the program can be provided by downloading via a network. The program may be executed by one or more processors such as a CPU or a combination of processors and circuits such as an ASIC or an FPGA.

  The program may call a necessary module among program modules provided as a part of the OS (Operating System) of a computer in a predetermined arrangement at a predetermined timing to cause the processor to execute processing. Good. In that case, the program itself does not include the above module, and the processing is executed in cooperation with the OS. A program not including such a module may also be included in the program of the present embodiment.

  Also, the program according to the present embodiment may be provided by being incorporated into a part of another program. Also in this case, the program itself does not include a module included in the other program, and cooperates with the other program to cause the processor to execute the process. Programs incorporated into such other programs may also be included in the program according to the present embodiment.

  It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is indicated not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include all the modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims.

  Reference Signs List 1 system 10 operation reception unit 11 editing content acquisition unit 12 text acquisition unit 13 area acquisition unit 14 preview display control unit 15 editing content transmission unit 40 file selection unit 41 job creation unit 42 editing unit 43 text editing unit, 44 area editing unit, 45 preview creating unit, 46 transmission control unit, 53 target data, 54 header, 55 job data, 56 post-edit job data, 57 preview image, 58 post-edit preview image, 60 image, 90 edit contents, 91 text data, 92 coordinate data, 93 edit commands, 100 image forming apparatuses, 180 edit areas, 181 edit data, 182, 190, 191 buttons, 183 keyboards, 200 terminals, 300 servers.

Claims (22)

An image forming apparatus for processing a job;
A server in communication with the image forming apparatus;
The job includes target data of the process,
The server is
A control unit that controls the server;
A communication interface in communication with the imaging device;
The control unit
Receiving editing content for editing the target data from the image forming apparatus;
Editing the target data using the received editing content;
Configured to transmit a job including the target data after editing to the image forming apparatus;
The image forming apparatus is
Receiving and displaying an image representing the target data from the server;
A system for acquiring the editing content from a user operation content on the image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus that processes a job, and
A control unit that controls the image forming apparatus;
A communication interface for communicating with the server;
The job includes target data of the process,
The control unit
Receiving an image representing the target data from the server and displaying it on a display;
The editing content for editing the target data is acquired from the user's operation content on the image forming apparatus.
Sending the edited content to the server to cause the target data to be edited;
An image forming apparatus configured to receive a job including the target data after editing from the server. The control unit is further configured to:
The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, configured to display an image representing the target data received from the server on a display, and thereafter process the job. The control unit is further configured to:
4. The edit content for editing the target data is acquired from the operation content of the user with respect to the image forming apparatus when an image representing the target data is displayed on a display. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. The control unit is further configured to:
The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the job is received when an image representing the target data is received from the server.   The editing content includes data of an editing area indicating an area of a partial image in an image representing the target data, and editing data used to edit partial data corresponding to the partial image of the target data. 6. An image forming apparatus according to item 5. The control unit
The image formation according to claim 6, wherein the size of the editing area in the editing content is changed according to the degree of enlargement or reduction when the user's operation content of enlargement or reduction displayed on the display is received. apparatus.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the editing data includes a command instructing the server to edit the partial data. The control unit is configured to receive terminal operation content for the terminal from an external terminal,
The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the operation content of the user on the image forming apparatus includes the received terminal operation content. A server that communicates with the image forming apparatus that processes the job,
The job includes target data of the process,
The image forming apparatus is
Displaying an image representing the target data received from the server;
The editing content for editing the target data is acquired from the user's operation content on the image forming apparatus.
The server is
A control unit that controls the server;
A communication interface in communication with the imaging device;
The control unit
Receiving the editing content from the image forming apparatus;
Editing the target data using the received editing content;
A server configured to send a job including the target data after editing to the image forming apparatus. The server is
It further comprises a storage unit for storing the job,
The control unit is further configured to:
When the edit content is received, when the job including the target data can not be searched from the storage unit, an error message is transmitted to the image forming apparatus, or
Receive the job including the target data from the image forming apparatus, or
Send an instruction to interrupt the processing of the job to the image forming apparatus, or
11. The server of claim 10, configured to perform at least one of: sending an instruction to perform processing of the job to the imaging device. The control unit is further configured to:
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the view image is transmitted to the image forming apparatus to display a view image including the image representing the object data and the image representing an editing command of the object data. Listed server. The editing content includes a position in the view image of an image representing the editing command on which a user's touch operation is performed,
The control unit
The server according to claim 12, configured to obtain the editing command from a position of an image representing the editing command included in the editing content.   The editing content includes data of an editing area indicating an area of a partial image in an image representing the target data, and editing data used to edit partial data corresponding to the partial image of the target data. The server of item 12 or 13. The control unit is further configured to:
The editing area is converted to a data position in the target data according to the type of the target data, and data in the data position in the target data is edited using the editing data. Server described in. The control unit is further configured to:
The server according to any one of claims 10 to 15, configured to edit the target data according to the editing content and the type or attribute value of the attribute of the target data. The target data includes copy version target data obtained by copying the target data,
The control unit is further configured to:
The server according to any one of claims 10 to 16, configured to edit the copy version target data using the editing content.   The server according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the editing content includes text data representing an editing command executed by the control unit to edit the target data. The editing data includes a character string consisting of one or more characters,
The control unit is further configured to:
The apparatus is configured to change the size of the editing area or change the size of characters so that the character string fits in the editing area when editing the target data using the editing content. Server described in. A method implemented by an image forming apparatus for processing a job, comprising:
The job includes target data of the process,
The method is
Receiving an image representing the target data from a server and displaying it on a display;
Acquiring editing content for editing the target data from the user's operation content on the image forming apparatus;
Sending the edit content to the server to cause the target data to be edited;
Receiving, from the server, a job including the target data after editing. A method implemented at a server in communication with an imaging device that processes a job, the method comprising:
The job includes target data of the process,
The image forming apparatus displays an image representing target data to be received from the server on a display.
The method is
Receiving, from the image forming apparatus, the editing content for editing the target data, which is the editing content acquired from the user's operation content on the image forming apparatus;
Editing the target data using the received editing content;
Sending a job including the target data after editing to the image forming apparatus.   A program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 20 or 21.

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