JP3309902B2 - Delivery printing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a delivery printing method for printing and outputting a plurality of deliveries (one complete print data formed by one output job) in a printer device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a conventional delivery printing system of this type. Also, FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing a process of the delivery printing method. Hereinafter, a conventional technique will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. In this example, the case where the printer to be controlled is a “page printer” will be described. However, if the printer is capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries, other printers may be controlled. Needless to say, this is not a problem.

In the conventional delivery printing method shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a printing control means 60 (OS (Operating System) in a computer system to which the delivery printing method is applied is used.
means belonging to the operating system)
When the page printer 61 receives a print output request for print output of a delivery group in the print data storage disk 62 corresponding to the print disk storage auxiliary storage medium and performs print output, the following processing is performed. (See FIG. 7).

First, the delivery print data acquisition means 601 in the print control means 60 is provided with a print data storage disk 62.
To obtain print data in units of delivery (step 7)
01).

[0005] The delivery transfer means 602 transfers the delivery to be printed (the delivery obtained in step 701) to the page printer 61 (step 702).

[0006] The print completion waiting means 603 includes print data of all pages constituting one delivery (in the example shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the print data storage disk 6).
After the transfer of the print data of all three pages constituting each of the deliveries 2) to the page printer 61 is completed,
It waits for the page printer 61 to transmit a print completion notification of the delivery (a notification indicating completion of the print of the delivery) (step 703).

[0007] After completing the output (printing) of the delivery, the page printer 61 sends a print completion notice to the print completion waiting means 603 in the print control means 60. The print completion waiting unit 603 ends the waiting process in step 703 based on the reception of the print completion notification, and passes execution control to the delivery erasure unit 604.

After the queuing process by the print completion waiting unit 603 is completed as described above, the delivery erasing unit 604 stores the delivery (for example, the first delivery in FIGS. 6 and 7) in the print data storage disk 6.
2 (step 704).

Next, the other delivery presence / absence checking means 605
Other delivery following the delivery (next delivery)
Is checked in the print data storage disk 62 (step 705).

If the inspection at step 705 determines that "the next delivery (for example, the second delivery next to the first delivery in the print data storage disk 62 in FIGS. 6 and 7) exists" Is repeated from the processing by the delivery print data acquisition unit 601 (see steps 701 to 704). On the other hand, when it is determined in step 705 that “the next delivery does not exist”, the process of the print control unit 60 is completed.

Here, the page printer device 61 transmits the print completion notification to the print completion waiting unit 603 relating to a certain delivery until receiving the print data by the next transfer data transfer by the delivery transfer unit 602. (Between the completion of the printing of the delivery and the start of the printing of the next delivery), the printing is temporarily stopped.

[0012]

In the above-described conventional delivery printing method, when printing a plurality of deliveries in succession, the printer apparatus temporarily stops printing from the completion of printing of one delivery to the start of printing of the next delivery. The physical performance of the printer device for continuous printing (the ability to print multiple deliveries without stopping) inherent in the printer device as much as possible. However, there is a problem that the operation time in the print output of the printer device becomes long.

In particular, this problem can be a serious problem when a delivery printing method is applied to a page printer which inherently has a high printing speed.

Further, in particular, when a plurality of deliveries composed of a small amount of print data (delivery with a small amount of data) are continuously printed, the printer apparatus is provided between the completion of printing of one delivery and the start of printing of the next delivery. Will frequently occur, and the above-described problems will be prominent.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to make the most of the physical performance of a printer device for continuous printing as much as possible and to reduce the operation time of the printer device for delivery printing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery printing method that can achieve high speed (can speed up the delivery printing).

[0016]

According to the delivery printing method of the present invention, there is provided a printer having an ability to continuously print a plurality of deliveries, a print data storage disk for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested, and A delivery print data acquisition unit in a print control unit that acquires print data from the print data storage disk in delivery units in response to a print output request, and transfers the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition unit to the printer device. The delivery transfer unit in the print control unit, and confirming that the unprocessed delivery in the print data storage disk remains, and including the delivery every time the delivery transfer unit executes the transfer of the delivery. Delivery for which the number of transfer deliveries is given by the system definition for the delivery group A delivery group delivery number reaching inspection unit in the print control unit that checks whether or not the group delivery number has been reached, and the delivery group delivery number reaching unit number is determined by the system group definition by the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection unit. After the determination is made that the number of deliveries has been reached, the printer device waits for all of the transferred and unprinted deliveries to be printed in the printer device. After the processing is completed, a delivery group batch erasing unit in the print control unit that collectively deletes all the delivery groups included in the delivery group that was the target of the waiting process from the print data storage disk, and a certain delivery group. Print processing has been completed And a another delivery group presence inspection means in the print control means other delivery untreated group to the print data stored in the disk in the case it is checked whether or not there.

The delivery printing method according to the present invention includes a printer device capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries, a print data storage disk for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested, and a print output request disk. A delivery print data acquisition unit in a print control unit that acquires print data from the print data storage disk in delivery units, and a print control unit that transfers the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition unit to the printer device After confirming that the unprocessed delivery remains in the print data storage disk and the delivery transfer means by the delivery transfer means, the transfer is performed with respect to the delivery group including the delivery each time the delivery transfer is performed by the delivery transfer means. Delivery group delivery whose delivery number is specified in the print output request The designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means in the print control means for checking whether the number has reached the number of prints, and the delivery delivery number specified in the print output request by the inspection of the designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means. After the determination is made that the number of group deliveries has been reached, the printer device waits for printing of all transferred and unprinted deliveries in the printer device. After the queuing process is completed, a delivery group batch erasing unit in the print control unit for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group targeted for the queuing process from the print data storage disk collectively, and a certain delivery group When the printing process for It is also possible to adopt a configuration having the other delivery groups whether inspection means in the print control means other delivery groups unprocessed over data stored in the disk checks whether there.

More generally, the delivery printing method of the present invention includes a printer device capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries and a print data storage for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested. An auxiliary storage medium; and print control means for controlling continuous printing of the delivery in the printer device in units of delivery groups and batch erasure of the delivery in the print data storage auxiliary storage medium in units of delivery groups. Can be expressed as

[0019]

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

(1) First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The delivery printing method according to the present embodiment
Printing control means 1 belonging to the OS in a computer system to which the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment is applied
0 and a page printer 1 that has the ability to print a plurality of deliveries in succession and outputs print data on print paper.
1 and a print data storage disk 12 for storing a delivery group to be printed.

The print control means 10 obtains print data in print units from the print data storage disk 12, and transfers the delivery obtained by the delivery print data acquisition means 101 to the page printer device 11. Delivery transfer means 102;
After confirming that unprocessed deliveries in the print data storage disk 12 remain, each time transfer delivery is performed by the delivery transfer means 102, the number of transfer deliveries is given by a system definition for a delivery group including the deliveries. The delivery group delivery number reaching inspection unit 103 for checking whether the delivery group delivery number has reached the delivery group delivery number, and the delivery group delivery number given by the system definition by the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection unit 103 Has been reached, and the print completion that waits until all the transferred and unprinted deliveries in the page printer device 11 (the deliveries that are stored in the buffer in the page printer device 11 and have not been printed) are printed. Queuing means 104 And a delivery group batch erasing unit 105 for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group targeted for the queuing process from the print data storage disk 12 after the queuing process by the print completion queuing unit 104 is completed. It has another delivery group presence / absence check means 106 for checking whether or not another unprocessed delivery group exists in the print data storage disk 12 when the printing process related to the delivery group is completed.

The page printer 11 sequentially outputs the deliveries transferred by the delivery transfer means 102 in the print control means 10 to printing paper. Further, the page printer device 11 sends its own (the page printer device 1) to the print completion waiting unit 104 in the print control unit 10.
The fact that all the print data of the delivery transferred in 1) has been output to the printing paper (the end of the print output of the delivery) is reported by the print completion notification.

In the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment, the printer to be controlled is a "page printer". However, a printer having the ability to print a plurality of deliveries in succession is used. if there is,
It goes without saying that the delivery printing method of the present invention can be applied to printer devices other than the “page printer device”. However, the significance of applying the present invention to a page printer device having high printing speed physical performance and suitable for continuous printing of delivery becomes higher than applying the present invention to other printer devices. It can be said that such a configuration as described above is preferable in adopting the present invention.

The print data storage disk 12 is a print data auxiliary storage medium for storing a delivery group to be printed, and is, for example, a magnetic disk or an optical disk. The print data acquisition unit 101 in the print control unit 10 acquires print data from the print data storage disk 12 in delivery units. Printing control means 1
The delivery group batch erasing means 105 in 0
The print data is deleted from the print data storage disk 12 in units of delivery groups. Further, after the printing process related to a certain delivery group is completed by the other delivery group presence / absence checking unit 106 in the printing control unit 10, it is determined whether or not another unprocessed delivery group exists in the print data storage disk 12. An inspection is performed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment. This processing includes a delivery unit print data acquisition step 201, a delivery transfer step 202, and another delivery presence / absence check step 203.
And delivery group delivery number reaching inspection step 20
4, a print completion waiting step 205, a delivery group batch deletion step 206, and another delivery group presence / absence check step 207.

Next, the overall operation of the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail.

When the print control means 10 receives a print output request for requesting print output of the delivery group in the print data storage disk 12, the print control means 10 continuously converts the plurality of deliveries in the print data storage disk 12 by the number of delivery group deliveries. The following processing is performed so as to perform printing.

Here, the term "delivery group" refers to "a unit of a single delivery group" when a plurality of deliveries are successively printed on the page printer 11 (generally "printer"). Say. The number of deliveries that make up the delivery group (delivery group delivery number) is determined based on the appropriate continuous printing time in the page printer device 11 and the timing of erasure of the delivery based on the capacity of the print data storage disk 12, and the like. It is determined to be a desired number. In the present embodiment, this delivery group delivery number is defined as a system definition (a system definition in a computer system to which the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment is applied) by an arbitrary positive integer (FIGS. 1 and 2) by the user. In which n) is given.

First, the delivery print data acquisition unit 101 in the print control unit 10 acquires the print data in the print data storage disk 12 in delivery units in response to the above-described print output request (for a certain delivery group). Acquire one included delivery) (Step 20)
1).

The delivery transfer means 102 executes step 20
Delivery obtained in 1 (in FIGS. 1 and 2,
For example, one delivery composed of print data of three pages) is transferred to the page printer device 11, which is the output destination (step 202).

The page printer 11 executes step 20
The print data of the delivery transferred in step 2 is sequentially output to the printing paper.

The delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 103 in the print control means 10 is
After the completion of transfer of one delivery by No. 2, it is checked whether there is another unprocessed delivery included in the delivery group currently being processed (step 20).
3).

Further, when the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 103 determines that “another delivery exists” in the inspection in step 203, the delivery of the current delivery is performed in the delivery group currently being processed at this time. It is checked whether or not the number of delivered deliveries (the number of transfer deliveries) has reached the value of the number of delivery group deliveries (n in FIGS. 1 and 2) (step 20).
4).

If the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 103 determines that the transfer delivery number has not reached the delivery group delivery number in the inspection at step 204, the control is returned to the delivery print data acquisition means 101.

The delivery print data acquiring means 101 to which the control is returned returns the next delivery to the print data storage disk 12.
(Step 201), and the delivery transfer means 10
2 transfers the delivery to the page printer device 11 (step 202), and the page printer device 11 sequentially outputs the transferred print data of the delivery to printing paper.

That is, while the number of transfer deliveries does not reach the number of delivery group deliveries (except when there are no more deliveries to be printed), the delivery print data acquisition unit 101, the delivery transfer unit 102, and the delivery group delivery number reach inspection. The above operation by the means 103 is repeatedly performed. During this operation, the page printer 11 continuously prints the transferred print data on the printing paper, so that the processing by the page printer 11 does not stop.

On the other hand, if the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 103 determines that “there is no other delivery” in the inspection of step 203 or step 204
If it is determined that the number of transfer deliveries has reached the number of delivery group deliveries, the execution control is passed to the print completion waiting means 104.

The print completion waiting means 104 waits for printing of all unprinted deliveries (delivery stored in a buffer in the page printer apparatus 11 and not completed print) in the page printer apparatus 11 at this time. (Step 205).

The page printer 11 sends a print completion notification to the print completion waiting unit 104 in the print control unit 10 when all the transferred print data is output on the print paper.

Upon receiving the above-mentioned print completion notification, the print completion waiting means 104 completes the waiting processing in step 205 and the delivery group batch erasing means 105
Pass control of execution to.

The delivery group batch erasing means 105 includes:
Of all the deliveries belonging to the delivery group for which printout has been completed in the immediately preceding series of processes (in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, n deliveries of a first delivery, a second delivery,..., An nth delivery) The print data is collectively erased from the print data storage disk 12 (step 2).
06).

Next, another delivery group existence inspection means 1
In the step 06, after completion of the batch erasing process in step 206 by the delivery group batch erasing means 105, it is checked whether or not an unprocessed delivery group (another delivery group to be printed) exists in the print data storage disk 12. Is performed (step 207).

Other delivery group existence inspection means 106
If it is determined in step 207 that “another delivery group exists”, the execution control is returned to the delivery print data acquisition unit 101 in order to perform the above-described series of processes related to the other delivery. Thereby, the same operation as described above (see steps 201 to 207) is repeated for the other delivery groups.

On the other hand, other delivery group existence inspection means 1
In step 06, when it is determined in step 207 that there is no other delivery group, the process by the print control unit 10 is completed.

(2) Second Embodiment FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The delivery printing method according to the present embodiment
Printing control means 1 belonging to the OS in a computer system to which the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment is applied
0 and a page printer 1 that has the ability to print a plurality of deliveries in succession and outputs print data on print paper.
1 and a print data storage disk 12 for storing a delivery group to be printed.

The print control means 10 obtains print data from the print data storage disk 12 in units of delivery, and transfers the print data obtained by the delivery print data obtaining means 101 to the page printer device 11. Delivery transfer means 102;
After confirming that unprocessed deliveries in the print data storage disk 12 remain, each time the delivery is transferred by the delivery transfer unit 102, the number of transfer deliveries is specified by the print output request for the delivery group including the deliveries. The designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 107 for checking whether or not the designated delivery group delivery number has been reached, and the inspection of the designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 107 indicate that "the transfer delivery number has been designated by the print output request. It is determined that "delivery group delivery number has been reached", and all of the transferred and unprinted deliveries in the page printer device 11 (delivery stored in the buffer in the page printer device 11 and not yet completed print) are printed. Waiting for print completion A delivery group batch erasing unit 105 for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group targeted for the queuing process from the print data storage disk 12 after the queuing process by the print completion queuing unit 104 is completed; And a delivery group presence / absence check unit 106 for checking whether or not there is another unprocessed delivery group in the print data storage disk 12 when the printing process for a certain delivery group is completed.

The difference between the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment and the delivery printing method according to the first embodiment is that the delivery group delivery number is specified by a print output request or given in advance by a system definition. Difference.

That is, the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 13 in the print control means 10 in the first embodiment is based on the delivery group delivery number determined and given in advance by the system definition. After the transfer of one delivery is completed, whether or not the number of transfer deliveries has reached the number of delivery group deliveries for the delivery group including the delivery is checked (step 20 in FIG. 2).
4). On the other hand, the designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 107 in the present embodiment uses one print data transfer means 102 based on the delivery group delivery number designated by the user for each print output request. After the transfer of the delivery is completed, it is checked whether or not the number of transfer deliveries has reached the number of deliveries of the delivery group including the delivery.

Due to such a difference, in the delivery printing method according to the present embodiment, it is possible to set an appropriate size of the delivery group (the number of deliveries constituting the delivery group) for each print output request. There is a unique effect of being able to do so.

In the other points, the operation in the present embodiment and the operation in the first embodiment are completely the same, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

(3) Third Embodiment FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the delivery printing method according to the third embodiment of the present invention records a delivery printing program in the delivery printing method according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. The difference is that the recording medium 40 is provided. This recording medium 40 may be a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or another recording medium.

The delivery printing program is stored in the recording medium 40.
From a computer that connects the page printer device 11 and the print data storage disk 12, and controls the operation of the print control unit 10, which is one unit of the computer (a function of the OS), by the delivery print data acquisition unit 10.
1, delivery transfer means 102, delivery group delivery number arrival inspection means 103, print completion waiting means 10
4. Control is performed as the delivery group batch erasing means 105 and the other delivery group presence / absence checking means 106. The operation of the print control unit 10 under the control of the delivery print program is exactly the same as the operation of the print control unit 10 in the first embodiment, and thus a detailed description is omitted.

(4) Fourth Embodiment FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the delivery printing method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention records a delivery printing program in the delivery printing method according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. A different point is that the recording medium 50 is provided. This recording medium 50 may be a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or another recording medium.

The delivery printing program is stored in the recording medium 50.
From a computer that connects the page printer device 11 and the print data storage disk 12, and controls the operation of the print control unit 10, which is one unit of the computer (a function of the OS), by the delivery print data acquisition unit 10.
1, a delivery transfer unit 102, a print completion waiting unit 104, a delivery group batch erasing unit 105, another delivery group presence / absence checking unit 106, and a designated delivery group delivery number reaching checking unit 107. The operation of the print control unit 10 under the control of the delivery print program is exactly the same as the operation of the print control unit 10 in the second embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of deliveries are printed, the concept of a delivery group (the concept of making an arbitrary number of delivery groups into a group of a desirable size for operation). By printing all the deliveries in a delivery group in succession and erasing the delivery group at once after the continuous printing is completed (until the individual deliveries are not erased until then) In addition, it is possible to perform continuous printing of a plurality of deliveries while maximizing the physical performance of a printer device (such as a page printer device) for continuous printing as much as possible, and to reduce the operation time of the printer device for delivery printing. The effect that it can do is produced.
That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to speed up the continuous printing process of a plurality of deliveries.

In particular, when the present invention is applied to a page printer having a high printing speed, the above-mentioned effects have a great significance.

Furthermore, especially when a large number of deliveries composed of a small amount of print data are to be continuously printed, the number of temporary stop operations of the printer device is extremely small as compared with the conventional one.
The effects of the present invention as described above are remarkably exhibited.

According to the present invention which employs a method of performing a delivery group delivery number reaching inspection based on a delivery group delivery number specified for each print output request,
There is a unique effect that the size of the delivery group (the number of deliveries constituting the delivery group) can be set appropriately for each print output request.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing of the delivery printing method shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a delivery printing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of a conventional delivery printing method.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of the delivery printing method shown in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Print control means 11 Page printer apparatus 12 Print data storage disk 40, 50 Recording medium 101 Delivery print data acquisition means 102 Delivery transfer means 103 Delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means 104 Printing completion waiting means 105 Delivery group batch erasing means 106 Other delivery Group presence / absence inspection means 107 Designated delivery group delivery number arrival inspection means

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A printer device capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries, a print data storage disk for storing a group of deliveries to which a print output request is requested, and a unit for delivering print data in response to the print output request A delivery print data acquisition unit in a print control unit that acquires the print data from the print data storage disk; a delivery transfer unit in a print control unit that forwards the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition unit to the printer device; After confirming that unprocessed deliveries remain in the print data storage disk, each time the delivery is performed by the delivery transfer unit, the number of transfer deliveries is given by the system definition for the delivery group including the deliveries. Inspection whether the number of delivered delivery groups has been reached After the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means in the print control means and the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means checking that the transfer delivery number has reached the delivery group delivery number given by the system definition A print completion waiting unit in a print control unit that waits for all of the transferred and unprinted deliveries to be printed in the printer device; and after the completion of the waiting process by the print completion waiting unit, an object of the waiting process. A delivery group batch erasing means in the print control means for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group from the print data storage disk at a time, and storing the print data when a printing process for a certain delivery group is completed. Unprocessed in disk A delivery control method for checking whether or not another delivery group exists in the print control means. 2. A delivery printing method according to claim 1, wherein the printer device is characterized in that it is a page printer. 3. A printer device capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries, a print data storage disk for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested, and a print unit for delivering print data in response to the print output request. A delivery print data acquisition unit in a print control unit that acquires the print data from the print data storage disk; a delivery transfer unit in a print control unit that forwards the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition unit to the printer device; After confirming that the unprocessed delivery remains in the print data storage disk, the number of transfer deliveries is specified in the print output request for the delivery group including the delivery each time the delivery is transferred by the delivery transfer unit. Indication to check whether the number of delivered delivery groups has been reached Inspection by the designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means in the control means and the designated delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means determined that “the transfer delivery number has reached the delivery group delivery number specified in the print output request”. Later, in the printer device, a print completion wait unit in the print control unit that waits for printing of all transferred and unprinted deliveries, and after the wait process by the print completion wait unit ends, A delivery group batch erasing unit in the print control unit for erasing all of the delivery groups included in the target delivery group from the print data storage disk, and the print data when a print process for a certain delivery group is completed. Unprocessed in the storage disk A delivery printing method, comprising: another delivery group presence / absence checking means in a printing control means for checking whether another delivery group exists. 4. The delivery printing method according to claim 3 , wherein the printer is a page printer. 5. A printing apparatus which has a capability of printing a plurality of deliveries in succession and a computer connected to a print data storage disk for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested are printed by a print output request. Delivery print data acquisition means in print control means for acquiring data from the print data storage disk in delivery units, and delivery transfer means in print control means for transferring the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition means to the printer device After confirming that unprocessed deliveries in the print data storage disk remain, each time transfer of delivery is performed by the delivery transfer means, the number of transfer deliveries for a delivery group including the deliveries is determined by a system definition. For a given delivery group delivery number The delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means in the printing control means for checking whether or not the delivery group delivery number has reached the delivery group delivery number given by the system definition is checked by the delivery group delivery number reaching inspection means. After the completion of the queuing process by the print completion queuing unit in the print control unit that waits for all of the transferred and unprinted deliveries to be printed in the printer device, When the delivery group batch erasing means in the print control means for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group that was the subject of the waiting processing from the print data storage disk collectively, and the printing process for a certain delivery group is completed The print data format Recording medium for recording a program for functioning as another delivery group presence inspection means in the print control means other delivery untreated group in the disk checks whether there. 6. A printer connected to a printer device capable of continuously printing a plurality of deliveries and a print data storage disk for storing a delivery group to which a print output request is requested is printed upon a print output request. Delivery print data acquisition means in print control means for acquiring data from the print data storage disk in delivery units, and delivery transfer means in print control means for transferring the delivery acquired by the delivery print data acquisition means to the printer device After confirming that the unprocessed delivery remains in the print data storage disk, each time the delivery transfer unit executes the transfer of the delivery, the transfer delivery number of the delivery group including the delivery is changed to the print output request. Reached the number of delivery groups specified in The designated delivery group delivery number reaching check means in the print control means for checking whether or not the transfer delivery number reaches the delivery group delivery number specified in the print output request is checked by the designated delivery group delivery number reaching check means. After the completion of the queuing process by the print completion queuing means in the print control means and the print completion queuing means which waits for all of the transferred and unprinted deliveries to be printed in the printer device. Then, the delivery group batch erasing means in the print control means for erasing all the delivery groups included in the delivery group targeted for the waiting processing from the print data storage disk collectively, and the printing processing for a certain delivery group are completed. The print data storage data Recording medium for recording a program for functioning as another delivery group presence inspection means in the print control means other delivery group are pending in the disk checks whether there.