JP2021066113A - Image formation device - Google Patents

Abstract

To facilitate visual recognition of whether a cover page and a document body text are discharged in the same tray at first sight.SOLUTION: An image formation device for forming an image in a predetermined sheet in accordance with a print job setting includes means for adding additional description information to cover page image information by acquiring additional information associated with a sheet discharge destination of a document body text when the document body text and a cover page are discharged in different discharge destinations.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus.

The image forming apparatus has a function of outputting a cover page in order to make it easy to determine who and which output each print output is. This cover page describes various attributes of the received print job such as the user name and the print job name, and is generally printed immediately after the document body. By checking the contents of this cover page, the user can prevent the document body from being mistaken for other printed matter when it is taken to the post-printing process.

So far, many efforts have been made to make this cover page more visible. For example, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, only the cover page is shifted and ejected with respect to the document body, so that the cover page can be easily visually recognized even when the documents are continuously loaded.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-15712

By the way, when printing that requires post-processing such as saddle stitch binding or case binding, only the cover page is ejected to a paper ejection tray different from the document body. This is because the cover page cannot be ejected to the same output tray as the document body without post-processing due to the structure of the bookbinding machine.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, the cover page is easily visible even when the documents are continuously loaded. However, this is based on the premise that the document body and the cover page are loaded on the same output tray, and does not consider the case where the document body and the cover page are output on different output trays.

If the document body and the cover page are ejected to different output trays, it is possible that a document different from the document body indicated by the cover page has already been ejected to the output tray of the cover page. Originally, the document body indicated by the cover page should be directly under the cover page, so the user misunderstands that the document body indicated by this cover page indicates the document directly underneath, and the cover page and the document body are incorrect. There is a possibility that the combined combination will be taken to the post-printing process.

In order to solve the above problems, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is used.
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a predetermined paper according to a print job setting is provided with a paper ejection means for post-processing the document body, a means for adding cover page description information to the cover page image information, and a document body. When the cover page is ejected to a different output destination, the means for adding different information to the cover page image information than when the document body and the cover page are ejected to the same output destination, and the cover page image information It is characterized by having a means for generating an image from.

According to the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to easily visually recognize whether or not the document text indicated by the cover page is ejected to the same tray, and the user prints the wrong combination of the cover page and the document text in the post-printing process. The chances of bringing it to are reduced.

Block diagram showing the configuration of the printing system Schematic diagram showing the configuration of a printing device Block diagram showing the configuration of software modules of a printing device Schematic diagram showing the cover page Flowchart showing printing procedure Flowchart showing the procedure of image generation of the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for adding additional information on the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for adding additional information on the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for adding additional information on the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for adding additional information on the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for adding additional information on the cover page Flowchart showing the procedure for generating device configuration information Flowchart showing the procedure for displaying the warning screen Flowchart showing different warning screen display procedures Diagram showing an example of a warning screen

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a printing system including a printing device 102 as an image forming device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The printing system of FIG. 1 is composed of a client computer 101 and a printing device 102, which are connected by a network 103 and can communicate with each other by a network protocol such as TCP / IP.

The client computer 101 is a general personal computer provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. (not shown), and has printer driver software. The client computer 101 uses a printer driver to transmit to the printing device 102 PDL information in which print data is expressed in PDL (Page Description Language) and job data including attribute information of a print job such as paper feed and output settings. It is possible. Note that PDL refers to a language for describing instructions for controlling a page printer, such as PS (PostScript) and PCL (Printer Control Language).

When the printing device 102 acquires the job data, the printing device 102 can generate and print the image data from the PDL information included in the job data and print the cover page. The cover page in the present embodiment indicates what kind of printed matter the document body is, and is ejected as much as possible on the document body by face-up without post-processing.

Subsequently, the configuration of the printing device 102 will be described.

The printing device 102 includes a network interface 104, a CPU 105, a RAM 106, a storage device 107, an image forming unit 108, a paper feeding device 109, and a paper ejection device 110, and these are connected by a system bus 111. The network interface 104 executes a network communication control process for communicating with an external device via the network 103. The CPU 105 controls and calculates each part of the printing device 102 via the system bus 111. The RAM 106 is a general volatile storage device that can be accessed directly from the CPU 105 and is used as a work area or other temporary data storage area of the CPU 105. The storage device 107 is an HDD in the present embodiment, and temporarily or permanently spools and stores job data received from the client computer 101. The paper feeding device 109 stores the paper to be printed by the printing device 102, is called a cassette, a deck, or the like, and generally has a plurality of paper feeding devices 109. Which of the plurality of paper feed units the print paper is fed from is determined by the attributes of the print job, and the fed print paper is printed by the image forming unit 108.

The image forming unit 108 prints the image data for the document text and the image data for the cover page generated by the image processing unit 304 described later in FIG. The image forming unit 108 in the present embodiment uses an electrophotographic method for printing, but an inkjet method or another method may be used.

The paper ejection device 110 has a plurality of output trays, and post-processes the printed matter generated by the image forming unit 108 according to the attributes of the print job, and ejects the printed matter to the outside of the printing apparatus 102. The paper ejection device 110 according to the embodiment of the present embodiment has a post-processing function of middle folding, but is not limited to this, and may have post-processing such as stapling, punching, folding, and bookbinding.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the printing apparatus 102 in FIG. The description of the above-mentioned reference numerals in FIG. 1 will be omitted.

The paper transport path 201 transports the paper fed from the paper feed device 109. While the paper is being conveyed, the image forming unit 108 prints, and finally the paper is ejected to any of the output trays 202, 203, and 204 of the paper ejection device 110. Paper discharged to the outside of the printing device 102 is loaded on the output trays 202, 203, and 204.

Subsequently, with reference to FIG. 2, the paper transport route when the printing device 102 receives the job data of the document text and the cover page having the instruction of center folding in the attributes of the print job will be described.

First, each sheet of the document body is fed by the paper feeding device 109 as described above, printed by the image forming unit 108, and then conveyed to the paper ejection device 110 by the paper transport path 201. Subsequently, the paper ejection device 110 performs post-processing of the middle folding. Specifically, the paper conveyed to the paper ejection device 110 is first ejected to the bookbinding processing tray 205. The bookbinding processing tray 205 is provided with an intermediate roller 206 and a paper positioning member 207 that moves up and down, and the paper positioning member 207 receives the paper that has entered the bookbinding processing tray 205. When all the paper that constitutes the document body is discharged to the bookbinding processing tray 205, the projecting member 208 projects toward the bookbinding processing tray 205 and is stored in a bundle in the bookbinding processing tray 205. Fold the bundle of paper and push it out between the folding rollers 209. The folding roller pair 209 folds the paper bundle and conveys the paper bundle downstream. The woven paper bundle is further conveyed by the roller pair 210 and discharged to the loading section 204.

Since the paper discharged to the paper ejection tray 204 is always projected between the folding rollers 209 by the projecting member 208, it is structurally impossible to eject the paper without folding it. Therefore, the paper for which the post-processing instruction is not specified in the print job attribute is discharged to the output tray 202 or 203 instead of the output tray 204.

When the document body is printed, the cover page is subsequently printed. The paper to be the cover page is fed by the paper feed device 109, printed by the image forming unit 108, and then transported to the paper discharge device 110 by the paper transport path 201, as in the case of the above-mentioned document text. Since there is no post-processing instruction in the print job attribute, the paper is ejected to the output tray 202 or 203 without being post-processed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a software module configuration of the printing apparatus 102 of this embodiment.

When the printing device 102 receives the job data from the client computer 101, each software module is expanded in the RAM 106, called by various programs, and executed by the CPU 105.

The print job receiving unit 301 receives job data from the client computer 101 via the network interface 104 and notifies the print job control unit 302. The print job control unit 302 acquires job data from the print job reception unit 301, and the data storage unit 303 temporarily stores the acquired job data in the storage device 107. The data storage unit 303 is software installed in the storage device 107. The paper feed control unit 304 controls the paper feed unit 109 and acquires information on the paper loaded on the paper feed device 109. The print job control unit 302 further receives the paper information of the paper feed device 109 from the paper feed control unit 304. When the image processing unit 305 receives the job data from the print job control unit 302, the image processing unit 305 processes the PDL information according to the print attribute and generates the image data. The engine control unit 306 transfers the image data generated by the image processing unit 305 to the image processing unit 108.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram of a cover page in this embodiment.

The cover page 401 is a sheet showing what kind of printed matter the document body is. Job data such as print job attributes are described in the upper part of the cover page 401. Specifically, the title "cover page", user name, print job name, job settings, etc. are described. The cover page is also called a report page, banner page, status print, etc., and the title is not limited to "cover page".

When the output destination of the cover page and the document body are different, a part or all of the additional description information 402, 403, 404, 405, 406 is described at the lower part of the cover page 401. The additional description information 302 is a warning message to the user such as "There is no corresponding document under this form". The additional description information 403 is an image showing the output destination of the document text on the image diagram of the printing device 402. The additional description information 404 is information in which the font change and highlight information is attached to the output tray name from which the document body is output. The additional description information 405 is an image image of the document body, and the cover of the document body is described in this embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this. Additional description information 406 is the background color of the entire or part of the paper. The procedure for generating the additional description information 402, 403, 404, 405, and 406 will be described later with reference to FIG.

Table 1 is a table showing an example of a job management table generated in S502 of FIG. 5 to be described later and stored in the storage device 107.

Table 1 shows the job name, user name, presence / absence of cover page, presence / absence and type of post-processing, output destination setting, output destination of document body, output destination of cover page, paper size of document body, and cover. The paper size of the page is listed.

Table 2 is a table showing a part of the optional equipment database stored in the storage device 107.

The optional device database is a database showing the names of all the optional devices that can be connected to the printing device 102 and the information related to each optional device, and Table 2 shows a part thereof. Table 2 lists the types of paper ejection units that can be connected to the printing apparatus 102, the names of the paper ejection trays attached to each paper ejection unit, and the post-processing that can be performed by each paper ejection tray. The method of acquiring the optional device database will be described later with reference to FIG.

Table 3 is a table showing a part of the device configuration information of the printing device 102, and is stored in the storage device 107.

The device configuration information is generated by acquiring the option name and accompanying information connected at the time of starting the printing device 102 in S801 of FIG. 8 described later from the option information described in the option device database (Table 2), and in S803. This is a database to which information on the priority of the output tray is added. For example, as shown in Table 3, the name of the output section, the name of the output tray attached to the output section, the post-processing possible for each output tray, and the output when the output setting is automatic, the paper is ejected. The priority of the output tray is described. Paper ejection trays with post-processing are not subject to priority.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a printing procedure when the printing device 102 receives job data from the client computer 101.

This flowchart starts when the printing device 102 receives job data from the client computer 101 via the network interface 104, each software module is expanded into the RAM 106, called by various programs, and executed by the CPU 105.

In S501, the print job receiving unit 301 receives the job data, and notifies the print job control unit 302 of the reception of the job data. Upon receiving this notification, the print job control unit 302 acquires job data from the print job reception unit 301, and the data storage unit 303 stores the job data in the storage device 107.

In S502, the print job control unit 302 analyzes the job data stored in the storage device 107. The print job control unit 302 further acquires the job name, user name, presence / absence of cover page, presence / absence and type of post-processing, output destination setting, document body and cover page paper size from the job data, and obtains a job management table (table). 1) is generated and stored in the storage device 107 by the data storage unit 303.

In S503, the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table generated in S502, and determines whether or not the output destination setting is automatic. As a result of the determination, when the paper ejection destination is specified (No in S503), the transition to S507 occurs.

On the other hand, when the output destination setting is automatic (Yes in S503), the process proceeds to S504, and the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table again to determine the presence or absence of post-processing. When it is determined that there is post-processing (Yes in S504), the print job processing unit 302 refers to the device configuration information (Table 3) stored in the storage device 107 in S505. The details of the device configuration information will be described later in FIGS. 8 and 3, but the device configuration information includes information on types that can be post-processed for each output tray. The print job processing unit 302 acquires the name of the output tray that can be post-processed by referring to the output tray information of the device configuration information, and adds the output tray name to the job management table.

When it is determined in S504 that there is no post-processing (No in S504), the print job processing unit 302 refers to the paper ejection priority of each output tray included in the device configuration information, and has the highest priority. Get the output tray name and add it to the job management table.

Subsequently, in S507, the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table again and determines the presence or absence of the cover page. If it is determined that there is a cover page (Yes in S507), the transition to S508 is performed, and if it is determined that there is no cover page (No in S507), the transition to S509 is performed.

In S508, the image processing unit 305 performs image processing such as RIP (Raster Image Processor) processing on the PDL information of the cover page included in the job data stored in the storage device 107 to generate the image data for the cover page. The method of generating the image data for the cover page will be described later with reference to FIG.

In S509, the image processing unit 305 performs image processing on the PDL information of the document body included in the job data stored in the storage device 107 to rasterize each page, and generates image data for the document body. In S510, the image data for the cover page generated in S508 and the image data for the document text generated in S509 are printed on the predetermined paper conveyed by the image forming unit 108 from the paper feeding device 109. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the paper to the output tray recorded in the job management table stored in the storage device 107 among the output trays 202, 203, and 204.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating the image data for the cover page in S508 of FIG.

In S601, first, the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table, generates the cover page description information, and the data storage unit 303 stores it in the storage device 107. The cover page description information includes print job attribute information such as a user name and a job name described at the upper part of the cover page 401.

In S602, the print job processing unit 302 refers to the job management table again and acquires the output destination information of the cover page and the document body.

In S603, the print job processing unit 302 determines whether or not the cover page acquired in S602 and the output destination name of the document body are different. When it is determined that the output destination of the cover page and the document body are different (Yes in S603), the print job processing unit 302 adds additional description information to the cover page description information generated in S601 in S604. Details of the addition method will be described later in FIG.

In S605, the image forming unit 305 performs image processing on the cover page description information generated in S601 and the additional description information is added in S604 to generate image data for the cover page. On the other hand, when it is determined in S603 that the output destination of the cover page and the document body are the same (No in S603), the image forming unit 305 performs image processing on the cover page description information generated in S601 in S605. Apply and generate image data for cover page.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for adding additional description information to the cover page description information in S604 of FIG.

FIG. 7A is a flowchart showing a procedure for adding the additional description information 402 to the cover page description information.

In S711, the print job processing unit 302 generates a warning message. In S712, the print job processing unit 302 further adds the generated warning text to the cover page description information stored in the storage device 107.

FIG. 7B is a flowchart showing a procedure for adding the additional description information 303 to the cover page description information.

In S721, the print job processing unit 302 acquires the device configuration information from the storage device 107 and sends it to the image processing unit 305. The image processing unit 305, which has acquired the device configuration information in S722, generates PDL information for drawing the printing device 102. In S723, the print job processing unit 302 acquires the output destination of the document body from the job management table stored in the storage device 107. In S724, in the PDL information generated in S722, the image processing unit 305 generates line segment information surrounding the drawing area indicating the paper ejection destination of the document body received, and the print job processing unit 302 uses S725 as the cover page description information. to add.

FIG. 7C is a flowchart showing a procedure for adding the additional description information 304 to the cover page description information.

In S731, first, the print job processing unit 302 acquires the output name of the document body from the job management table stored in the storage device 107, and in S732, generates the output destination information as PDL information.

In S733, the print job processing unit 302 changes the font information of the paper ejection destination information generated in S732, and adds the paper ejection destination information changed in S734 to the cover page description information.

In S735, the print job processing unit 302 generates PDL information of the filled figure so as to overlap the drawing area of the output destination information. The print job processing unit 302 further adds the PDL information generated in S735 to the cover page description information in S736.

In FIG. 7D, in S741, the print job processing unit 302 acquires the PDL information of the cover page of the document body included in the job data stored in the storage device 107. In S742, the print job processing unit 302 adds the PDL information acquired in S741 to the cover page description information.

In FIG. 7E, the print job processing unit 302 refers to the paper size of the cover page from the job management table stored in the storage device 107 in S751, and fills the paper size so as to overlap the drawing area of the cover page. Generate PDL information of the figure. In S752, the print job processing unit 302 adds the PDL information generated in S751 to the information described on the cover page.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating device configuration information when the printing device 102 starts up.

When the printing device 102 is started, the CPU 105 acquires the optional device database (Table 2) stored in the storage device 107 in S801. The optional equipment database is information on optional equipment that can be connected to the printing apparatus 102 and its functions. The CPU 105 further acquires the information of the optional equipment connected to the printing device 102 in S802, refers to the optional equipment database, and generates the equipment configuration information (Table 3). The device configuration information is data indicating information about each optional device such as the post-processing function of the paper ejection device, in addition to the optional device to which the printing device 102 is connected at the time of startup. In S803, when the paper ejection destination setting is automatic, the priority of which paper ejection tray is used for ejecting is added to each output tray of the device configuration information generated in S802. Specifically, the CPU 105 adds priority to the output tray without post-processing in the order of description in the device configuration information.

<Explanation of FIG. 9>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart in which the print job control means 302 displays a warning before the image forming unit 109 described above receives an instruction from the print job control means 302 and prints in S510.

This flowchart starts when the printing device 102 receives job data from the client computer 101 via the network interface 104, each software module is expanded into the RAM 106, called by various programs, and executed by the CPU 105.

First, in S601, in response to an instruction from the engine control unit 306, the image forming unit 109 prints the image data for printed matter on the predetermined paper conveyed from the paper feeding device 108. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the printed matter to the output destination recorded in the job management table.

Subsequently, in S602, the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table and confirms whether or not the cover page exists in the job to be printed. If the cover page does not exist (S602: No), the print job control unit 302 ends printing. If the cover page setting exists in the job to be printed (S602: Yes), the print job control unit 302 checks in S603 whether the cover page can be output from the job management table to the output destination of the printed matter. The print job control unit 302 compares whether or not the output destination of the printed matter in the job management table and the output destination of the cover page are the same. If the cover page can be printed at the output destination of the printed matter, that is, if the printed matter and the output destination of the cover page are the same (S603: Yes), the process proceeds to S606 and the print job control unit 302 instructs the print of the cover page. In response to the instruction from the print job control unit, the image forming unit 109 prints the cover page image data generated in S508 on a predetermined sheet of paper. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the paper to the output tray recorded in the job management table stored in the storage device 107 among the output trays 202, 203, and 204.

If the cover page cannot be printed at the output destination of the printed matter (S603: No), the print job control unit 302 displays a warning on the display device 111 in S604. In this embodiment, the warning screen 401 described with reference to FIG. 4 is displayed. In this embodiment, the print job control unit 302 stops printing when the warning screen is displayed. When the OK button 405 is input from the operator via the display device 111 (S605: Yes), the print job control unit 302 transitions to S606, and the print job control unit 302 outputs the cover page image data generated in S508. The image forming unit 109 prints on a predetermined sheet of paper. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the paper to the output tray recorded in the job management table.

In this way, the print job control unit 302 has a cover page set for the job to be printed, and when the cover page cannot be output to the output destination of the printed matter, the printed matter and the cover page are separately discharged to the display device 111. A warning screen 401 is displayed to warn that. Further, in response to the instruction of the print job control unit 302, the display unit 307 makes the display of the tally lamp 112 and the patrol lamp 113 blink orange. As a result, the operator can easily check whether or not the printed matter indicated by the cover page is displayed on the same tray, and it is possible to prevent the operator from making a mistake in the combination of the cover page and the printed matter. Further, since the cover page is not printed until the operator presses the OK button 405, it is possible to prevent the operator from using the product of the wrong combination of the cover page and the printed matter in the subsequent process.

<Explanation of FIG. 10>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart in which the print job control means 302 displays a warning before the image forming unit 109 described above receives an instruction from the print job control means 302 and prints in S510.

In this flowchart, when the printing device 102 receives job data from the client computer 101 via the network interface 104, each software module is expanded into the RAM 106, called by various programs, and executed by the CPU 105. It starts by doing.

This flowchart shows a procedure different from the procedure for displaying the warning screen shown in FIG.

First, in S701, the print job control unit 302 refers to the job management table and confirms whether or not the cover page exists in the job to be printed. If the cover page does not exist (S602: No), the image data for printed matter is printed on the predetermined paper conveyed from the paper feed device 108 by the image forming unit 109 in response to the instruction from the engine control unit 306 in S707. To do. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the printed matter to the output destination recorded in the job management table.

If the job to be printed has a cover page setting (S701: Yes), the image forming unit 109 conveys the image data for printed matter from the paper feed device 108 in response to the instruction from the engine control unit 306 in S702. Print on the specified paper. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the printed matter to the output destination recorded in the job management table.

Subsequently, in S703, the print job control unit 302 confirms whether the cover page can be output from the job management table to the output destination of the printed matter. The print job control unit 302 compares whether or not the output destination of the printed matter in the job management table and the output destination of the cover page are the same. If the cover page can be printed on the output destination of the printed matter, that is, if the printed matter and the output destination of the cover page are the same (S703: Yes), the process proceeds to S706 and the print job control unit 302 instructs the print of the cover page. In response to the instruction from the print job control unit, the image forming unit 109 prints the cover page image data generated in S508 on a predetermined sheet of paper. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the paper to the output tray recorded in the job management table stored in the storage device 107 among the output trays 202, 203, and 204.

If the cover page cannot be printed at the output destination of the printed matter (S703: No), the print job control unit 302 displays a warning on the display device 111 in S704. In this embodiment, the warning screen 401 described with reference to FIG. 11 is displayed. In this embodiment, the print job control unit 302 stops printing when the warning screen is displayed. When the OK button 405 is input from the operator via the display device 111 (S705: Yes), the print job control unit 302 transitions to S706, and the print job control unit 302 outputs the cover page image data generated in S508. The image forming unit 109 prints on a predetermined sheet of paper. Further, the engine control unit 306 discharges the paper to the output tray recorded in the job management table.

In this way, the print job control unit 302 has a cover page set for the job to be printed, and when the cover page cannot be output to the output destination of the printed matter, the printed matter and the cover page are separately discharged to the display device 111. A warning screen 401 is displayed to warn that. Further, in response to the instruction of the print job control unit 302, the display unit 307 makes the display of the tally lamp 112 and the patrol lamp 113 blink orange. As a result, the operator can easily check whether or not the printed matter indicated by the cover page is displayed on the same tray, and it is possible to prevent the operator from making a mistake in the combination of the cover page and the printed matter. Further, since the cover page is not printed until the operator presses the OK button 405, it is possible to prevent the operator from using the product of the wrong combination of the cover page and the printed matter in the subsequent process.

The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment is supplied to the system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads and executes the program. It is a process to do. In this case, the program and the storage medium that stores the program constitute the present invention.

101 client computer, 102 printing device,
110 paper ejection device, 202 paper ejection tray, 203 paper ejection tray,
204 Paper output tray, 301 Print job receiver,
302 Print job control unit, 303 Data storage unit, 305 Image processing unit

Claims (7)

An image forming device that forms an image on paper according to the print job settings.
Paper ejection means for post-processing the document body,
A means to add the information described on the cover page to the image information on the cover page,
When the document text and the cover page are ejected to different paper ejection destinations, a means for adding different information to the cover page image information than when the document text and the cover page are ejected to the same paper ejection destination,
A means to generate an image from the cover page image information,
An image forming apparatus characterized by having. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, as the additional description information, the fact that the document text is not discharged is added immediately below the cover page. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information indicating a paper ejection destination of a document body is added as the additional description information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output destination name of the document body is added as the additional description information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image of a document text is added as the additional description information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the font and highlight information of the output destination name according to claim 4 are added as the additional description information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein background color information is added as the additional description information.

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