JP3719058B2 - Print control device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that calculates a cost required to print out a form when the form is edited / printed.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the advancement of printing technology, color printing apparatuses have rapidly become widespread, and forms that have conventionally been created by monochrome printing have been frequently created by color printing. However, when color printing is performed, the printing cost per sheet may be significantly increased as compared with monochrome printing. Recently, efforts have been made to reduce the printing cost during color printing.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional printing cost has been calculated mainly by estimating the number of printable sheets from the replacement time of the toner or ink based on the unit price of the toner of the laser printer or the ink of the ink jet printer. Therefore, the calculated printing cost per sheet is an average value as a guide only.
[0004]
When color printing is performed using a plurality of color inks, the difference in printing cost per sheet is further increased by increasing the types of ink. That is, since the printing cost greatly varies depending on the color of the printed form and the printing density, it is difficult to confirm the effectiveness even if a cost reduction method is devised with reference to an average value.
Accordingly, there has been a demand for efficient cost reduction after accurately calculating the printing cost per sheet.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable a printing control apparatus for controlling a printing apparatus that prints a form to calculate a printing cost of a created form for each form.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, unit price storage means for storing the unit price of consumables used in the printing apparatus, editing means for editing the print contents of the form printed by the printing apparatus, and editing by the editing means. Based on the printed contents of the form, the consumption amount of the consumables related to a plurality of objects printed on the form is calculated for each object and used in the printing apparatus to print the form. Based on the usage amount calculation means for calculating the usage amount of the consumables, the usage amount of the consumables calculated by the usage amount calculation means, and the unit price stored in the unit price storage means, printing for each object is performed. A printing cost calculating means for calculating a cost for calculating the form, and a display means for displaying the printing cost calculated by the printing cost calculating means for each object; Characterized in that it comprises a.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments to which a printing control apparatus according to the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0010]
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a form creation system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the form creation system 1 includes a CPU 11, a RAM 12, a storage device 13, a storage medium 14 included in the storage device 13, a transmission control unit 15, an input device 16, a display device 17, and a printing device 18. Each unit excluding the storage medium 14 is connected to a bus 19.
[0011]
A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 reads a basic control program for controlling each part of the form creation system 1 and other various application programs from the storage device 13 in accordance with an instruction input from the input device 16, and stores the RAM 12 Deploy and execute in the work area provided in
[0012]
Then, in addition to controlling each part of the form creation system 1, the form editing process shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is executed to add / edit the objects described in the form and edit the attributes of the entire form. After that, display information for displaying the object based on the edited attribute is generated and output to the display device 17 to be displayed on the display screen.
[0013]
Further, the CPU 11 refers to the cost information table 13 a and the printing method information table 13 b stored in the storage device 13, calculates the printing cost for printing the edited form, and displays the cost 2 on the display device 17. Is displayed on the display screen.
[0014]
A RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 forms a work area for temporarily storing various programs executed by the CPU 11 and data related to these programs.
[0015]
The storage device 13 stores programs, data, and the like in advance, and the storage device 13 is composed of a magnetic or optical recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and includes a storage medium 14 that can be read by the CPU 11. is there. The medium constituting the storage medium 14 includes a portable medium such as a CD-ROM and a fixed medium such as a hard disk. Some or all of the programs, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 14 may be received from the transmission control unit 15 via a transmission medium such as a network line from a server or a client. May be a storage medium provided in a server built on a network, or the program may be transmitted to a server or a client via a transmission medium such as a network line and installed in each of these devices. good.
[0016]
The input device 16 includes various input devices such as a keyboard provided with numeric keys, character keys, and various function keys, or a pointing device such as a mouse, a touch pad, or a pen tablet. Then, an operation signal indicating the operation content such as the pressed key and the relative position coordinate of the specified point is generated and output to the CPU 11.
[0017]
The display device 17 includes a display screen composed of a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and controls the display screen based on display information input from the CPU 11 to execute various displays. Note that the display screen of the display device 17 may be configured to integrally include a circuit that outputs sound and a speaker, and output sound together with the display.
[0018]
The printing device 18 includes a printer such as a page printer such as a laser printer, an ink jet printer, or a thermal transfer printer. The printer prints out various forms based on print information input from the CPU 11. The printer provided in the printing device 18 may be either color or monochrome.
[0019]
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the cost information table 13 a stored in the storage device 13.
As shown in FIG. 2, the storage device 13 stores a cost information table 13a in which the type of printer and the printing cost for each ink color used by each printer are recorded in association with each other.
[0020]
The cost information table 13a is a table in which various printers and the unit price of ink used in each printer are set in association with each other. In the cost information table 13a shown in FIG. 2, printers such as a monochrome inkjet printer, a low-resolution color inkjet printer, a high-resolution color page printer, and a thermal transfer color printer are set as black, cyan, A unit price is set for each ink of magenta and yellow.
[0021]
Note that the cost information table 13a shown in FIG. 2 shows, as an example, the unit price when the A4 paper is coated on one side with the normal density. Further, (5) of normal density (5) is a numerical value as an index of printing density. As will be described later, a small number indicates printing of a light color, and if the numerical value is large, the printing density is high. Show.
[0022]
In the cost information table 13a, for example, the cost of the magenta ink used in the low resolution color ink jet printer is recorded as “35.8 yen”. On the other hand, the cost of yellow ink for a thermal transfer printer is “72.3 yen”. In this way, by referring to the cost information table 13a, the unit price of each ink color can be acquired based on the type of printer.
[0023]
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the printing method information table 13b stored in the storage device 13 in the same manner as the cost information table 13a. The printing method information table 13b records various printers used in the form creation system 1 and changes in ink usage when the printing density is changed when each printer is used. Further, the printing method information table 13b records a method for reducing the amount of ink used for each printer.
[0024]
In the printing method information table 13b shown in FIG. 3, four types of printers are set in the same manner as the cost information table 13a shown in FIG. 2. In each printer, changes in ink usage when the print density changes are set. Yes.
[0025]
For example, when a high-resolution color page printer is used, if the print density is changed from “normal (5)” to “light (1)”, the amount of ink used becomes “0.3 times”. The printing method information table 13b indicates that this printer adjusts the dot density as a method for reducing the ink usage.
[0026]
Therefore, by referring to the printing method information table 13b, it is possible to acquire the ink usage based on the printer type and the printing density.
[0027]
Next, the operation of the form creation system 1 will be described.
[0028]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a form edit screen 170 displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 when the form is edited by the form creation system 1. Normally, when a new form is created by the form creation system 1 or a created form is edited, the work is performed with the form edit screen 170 shown in FIG. 4 displayed.
[0029]
On the form edit screen 170, a plurality of objects A, B, C, D, and E that are printed when the form is created are displayed. When a desired object, for example, object C in FIG. 4 is selected from these objects A, B, C, D, and E, an attribute editing screen 171 showing the attributes of the selected object C is popped up. By setting on the attribute editing screen 171, various attributes such as the shape, color, size, and angle of each object can be edited, and the form can be edited.
[0030]
5 and 6 are flowcharts showing a form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The programs for realizing the functions shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are stored in the storage device 13 in the form of program codes readable by the CPU 11. The program can be transmitted in the form of a program code via a transmission medium such as a network line.
[0031]
In the form editing process shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the form created by the form creation system 1 is edited and processed, and new creation / editing of objects described in the form, change of attributes of the entire form, and the like are performed. . Here, the object is a figure, a table, or the like printed on a form.
[0032]
First, editing content is designated by an instruction input from the input device 16 by the operator (step S1). The CPU 11 discriminates the editing content specified in step S1 (step S2), and when editing of the entire attribute is specified, the process proceeds to step S10 described later, and editing of the attribute of the object on the form is performed. If specified, the process proceeds to step S5, and if addition of a new object is specified, the process proceeds to step S3.
[0033]
In the processing from step S3, an object to be printed on the form is newly added. First, in step S3, the type of object is designated and input. Thereafter, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S4, and receives a designation input of an attribute to be edited among the attributes relating to the new object designated and inputted.
[0034]
On the other hand, in step S5, since the attribute relating to the object on the form is edited, selection input for designating the object to be edited is performed, and the process proceeds to step S4 after the input is completed.
[0035]
Then, the attribute designated and input in step S4 is discriminated in step S6. If “shape” is designated as the attribute to be edited among the attributes to be edited, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S7. If “color” is designated, the process proceeds to step S9.
[0036]
In step S7, the shape of the object is edited, and the edited shape is set as a new attribute of the object. In step S8, the CPU 11 generates an object based on the edited attribute, displays the object on the display screen of the display device 17, and proceeds to step S14 (FIG. 6).
In step S9, the color to be edited is edited, the edited color is set as the attribute of the object, and the process in step S8 is executed.
[0037]
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the editing of the attribute of the entire form has been designated and input in step S1, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S10.
In step S10, the designation input of the attribute to be edited among the attributes of the entire form is accepted. In step S11, the attribute specified and input in step S10 is determined. If an attribute relating to print density is specified, in step S12, for example, the print density is adjusted by the density adjustment slider 174 shown in FIG. The process proceeds to step S14 (FIG. 6). In step S12, the print density adjustment value may be input as a numerical value.
[0038]
As a result of the determination in step S11, if the attribute specified in step S10 is an attribute relating to the designation of the printer, in step S13, an output printer selection input is executed, and then in step S14 (FIG. 6). )
[0039]
In step S14, the CPU 11 refers to the printing method information table 13b (FIG. 3) for the output printer specified by the attribute of the form being edited, and acquires the corresponding color adjustment method. And then. Based on the acquired color adjustment method, a dot development process for obtaining dots at the time of form printing is executed for each ink color.
[0040]
In subsequent step S15, the CPU 11 refers to the printing method information table 13b, and obtains ink usage correction information corresponding to the printer and printing density set in the attribute of the form being edited.
[0041]
Further, in step S16, the CPU 11 calculates the ink usage amount for each ink color based on the dots developed in step S14 based on the ink usage amount correction information acquired in step S15.
[0042]
In step S17, the CPU 11 refers to the cost information table 13a (FIG. 2), acquires the cost of each ink color, and uses each ink color based on the ink usage calculated in step S16. Calculate the cost for each color.
[0043]
The costs calculated for each ink color in step S17 are summed in step S18 and displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 in step S19, and then the CPU 11 returns to step S1 (FIG. 5).
[0044]
For example, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a form edit screen 172 as an example of display in the processing illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6.
In the form edit screen 172 shown in FIG. 7, objects A, B, C, D, and E are displayed as objects on the form. Below these objects A, B, C, D, and E, a cost display area 173 and a density adjustment slider 174 are displayed.
[0045]
In the cost display area 173, the cost totaled in step S18 of FIG. 6, that is, the cost of ink for printing the entire form displayed on the form edit screen 172 is displayed. The cost display area 173 may be configured to display the cost for each ink color.
[0046]
The density adjustment slider 174 is a slider used to adjust the print density of the form in the process shown in step S12 of FIG. By doing so, it is possible to set and change the print density. In this case, the amount of consumables used when the print density of the form is adjusted is calculated by increasing or decreasing the print density according to the change in print density. By reducing the amount used, the cost can be reduced, which is convenient. Further, the printing cost can be calculated relatively accurately based on the values in the printing method information table 13b without performing complicated calculations.
[0047]
As described above, according to the form creation system 1 in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, after a form including a plurality of objects is edited such as addition of an object or change of an attribute, the form is stored. The cost for printing is calculated and displayed on the display screen. As a result, since the printing cost can be known before printing the form, it is possible to efficiently reduce the printing cost such as editing a wasteful form without printing. Further, since the printing cost is calculated and displayed for each form, the operator can learn how to increase or decrease the printing cost, an efficient cost reduction method, and the like.
[0048]
Further, since the print density can be adjusted by the density adjustment slider 174 displayed on the form edit screen 172, even if the cost displayed in the cost display area 173 is very high, the adjustment is easily performed before printing. be able to. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the printing cost without increasing the burden on the operator.
[0049]
Furthermore, since a plurality of types of printers are set in the cost information table 13a (FIG. 2) and the printing method information table 13b (FIG. 3) stored in the storage device 13, a plurality of printers are switched and used. Even when creating various forms, the printing cost can be easily calculated and displayed. Then, by displaying the cost display area 173 on the display screen, the operator can be aware of the cost and can further reduce the cost.
[0050]
In the form creation system 1 according to the first embodiment, the print cost is displayed in the cost display area 173 after the form is edited. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The printing cost may be calculated and displayed at any time during form editing. In this case, it is possible to know a change in printing cost while editing the form. Therefore, the printing cost can be reduced, and the printing cost and the state of the object on the form are displayed in association with each other, which helps to reduce the printing cost more efficiently.
[0051]
In addition, the form creation system 1 is configured to include the printing apparatus 18 as an integral unit, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various printers are connected to the outside of the form creation system 1 and these external printers are connected. It may be configured to be controlled by the form creation system 1, or a printer connected via a network may be controlled by the form creation system 1. Furthermore, in the form creation system 1, the printing cost is calculated based on the amount of ink and toner used. However, data for printing the form is generated, and the number of dots is calculated by converting this data into a bitmap. In this case, the printing cost may be calculated based on the number of dots, and other detailed configurations can be appropriately changed.
[0052]
[Second Embodiment]
FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The form creation system 1 according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as the form creation system 1 according to the first embodiment, and thus illustration and description regarding the configuration are omitted.
[0053]
8 and FIG. 9 are stored in the storage device 13 in the form of program codes that can be read by the CPU 11. The program can be transmitted in the form of a program code via a transmission medium such as a network line.
[0054]
In the form editing process shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the form created by the form creation system 1 is edited and processed, and new creation / editing of objects described in the form, change of attributes of the entire form, and the like are performed. . Here, the object is a figure, a table, or the like printed on a form.
[0055]
First, the editing content is designated by an instruction input from the input device 16 by the operator (step S21). The CPU 11 discriminates the editing content specified in step S21 (step S22), and when editing of the entire attribute is specified, the process proceeds to step S30 described later, and the attribute of the object already set in the form is determined. When editing is designated, the process proceeds to step S25, and when addition of a new object is designated, the process proceeds to step S23.
[0056]
In step S23, the type of an object to be newly added as an object to be printed on the form is designated and input. Thereafter, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S24, determines the designated input object as the editing target, and accepts the designation input of the attribute to be edited among the editing target attributes.
[0057]
In step S25, selection input for designating an object to be edited is performed, and the process proceeds to step S24 after the input.
[0058]
The attribute designated and input in step S24 is discriminated in step S26. If “shape” is designated as the attribute to be edited among the attributes to be edited, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S27. If “color” is designated, the process proceeds to step S29.
[0059]
In step S27, the shape to be edited is edited, and the edited shape is set as an attribute of the object. In step S28, an object is generated based on the edited attribute, displayed on the display screen of the display device 17, and the process proceeds to step S34 (FIG. 6).
In step S29, the color to be edited is edited, the edited color is set as the attribute of the object, and the process in step S28 is executed.
[0060]
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the editing of the attributes of the entire form has been designated and input in step S21, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S30. In step S30, a designation input of an attribute to be edited among the attributes of the entire form is accepted. In step S31, the attribute designated and input in step S30 is discriminated. If an attribute relating to print density is designated, the print density adjustment value is input by the slider in step S32, and step S34 ( Go to FIG.
[0061]
If the result of determination in step S31 is that the attribute specified in step S30 is an attribute related to printer specification, in step S33, an output printer selection input is executed, and the flow advances to step S34 (FIG. 6). Transition.
[0062]
In step S34, the CPU 11 accepts an input for selecting a predetermined object among the objects generated according to the edited attribute and displayed on the display screen of the display device 17, and proceeds to step S35.
[0063]
In step S35, the CPU 11 refers to the printing method information table 13b (FIG. 3) stored in the storage device 13, acquires the color adjustment method corresponding to the printer set in the attribute of the form being edited, and sets each ink For each color, the dot at printing is expanded.
Subsequently, in step S36, the CPU 11 refers to the printing method information table 13b again, acquires ink usage amount correction information corresponding to the printer and printing density designated by the attribute of the form being edited, and proceeds to step S37. Transition.
[0064]
In step S37, based on the dots developed in step S35, the ink usage amount is calculated for each ink color, and the process proceeds to step S38. In step S38, the cost information table 13a (FIG. 2) is referred to, the cost for each ink color is calculated from the ink usage calculated in step S37, and the process proceeds to step S39.
[0065]
In step S39, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the processing in steps S34 to S38 has been performed for all the objects arranged on the form. If there is an object that has not yet been processed, the process returns to step S34. .
If there is no unprocessed object, the process proceeds to step S40, and the ink costs of all the objects for which the processes of steps S34 to S38 are executed are totaled. Then, the total cost is displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 (step S41).
[0066]
In step S42, the CPU 11 determines whether a list of printing costs has been instructed by an instruction from the input device 16, and if not instructed, the CPU 11 returns to step S21 (FIG. 8) as it is. If yes, the process proceeds to step S43.
[0067]
In step S43, the CPU 11 sorts the objects on the basis of the printing cost and proceeds to step S44 to display a list of cost information for each ink corresponding to each object on the display screen. Note that when sorting the objects in step S43, whether to sort in ascending order or descending order is determined by an input instruction from the input device 16 or the like.
[0068]
Thereafter, when an input for selecting and specifying an object is performed (step S45; Yes), the process returns to step S24 (FIG. 8), and when there is no selection for selecting an object, the process returns to step S21.
[0069]
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a cost information list display screen 175 as an example of display on the display screen of the display device 17 in the form editing process shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.
In the cost information list display screen 175 shown in FIG. 10, all the objects on the form are reduced and displayed in the form preview display area 176, and the total cost of all the objects tabulated in step S40 is the cost display area 177. Is displayed.
[0070]
A cost display area 178 for each object is displayed at the bottom of the cost information list display screen 175. The cost display area 178 for each object. In step S44 (FIG. 9), the cost information for each ink corresponding to each object is listed, and each object is sorted based on the cost.
[0071]
Therefore, the total cost of printing the form and the printing cost of each object can be seen at a glance on the cost information list display screen 175, which is an important document when considering a device or a measure to be taken for cost reduction.
[0072]
Further, in the state where the cost information list display screen 175 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, when each object in the form preview display area 176 or the per-object cost display area 178 is selected, the form edit screen 170 (FIG. 4) or An attribute editing screen 171 (FIG. 4) may be displayed so that the attributes of the selected object can be edited. In this case, since the printing cost of the form is calculated and displayed, the attribute of the object can be edited. Therefore, the cost can be further reduced, for example, the cost can be reduced by editing the high-cost object.
[0073]
As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, after a form including a plurality of objects is edited such as adding an object or changing an attribute, the cost for printing the form is determined. Is calculated and displayed on the display screen. Further, for each object included in the form, the cost is calculated for each ink color and displayed as a list on the display screen.
[0074]
Thus, since the printing cost of the form can be known in detail before printing the form, the printing cost can be efficiently reduced. In particular, it is easy to identify an object that causes an increase in printing cost, and the cost can be reduced by subsequent editing work. Therefore, the printing cost when creating a form can be efficiently reduced.
[0075]
Although the form creation system 1 in the second embodiment is configured to display the print cost of the edited form on the cost information list display screen 175, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, only a list of printing costs may be displayed on the screen, or when a form is edited, the printing cost of the object may be displayed every time an object is selected. It can be changed as appropriate.
[0080]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the printing cost is calculated and displayed for each object printed on the form, the correlation between the attribute of each object and the printing cost becomes clear, and the operator is aware of the cost. The cost can be reduced more efficiently while being increased.
[0081]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since unit prices of a plurality of types of consumables such as inks of a plurality of colors are stored in advance and the printing cost is calculated for each consumable, the printing cost when creating the form Can be grasped more finely and cost can be reduced efficiently. In addition, when performing color printing, in which cost reduction is particularly effective, since the printing cost is calculated for each ink color, the cost can be reduced even more effectively.
[0082]
According to the third aspect of the invention, since the attribute of the object related to the printing cost can be changed after the printing cost of the form is calculated, the cost of the object having a particularly large printing cost can be reduced efficiently and easily. You can go down. In addition, since the correlation between the attribute of the object and the change in the printing cost appears clearly, it is possible to spread the cost awareness widely to the operator.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram inside a form creation system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a cost information table 13a stored in the storage device 13 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a printing method information table 13b stored in the storage device 13 of FIG. 1;
4 is a diagram showing an example of a form edit screen 170 displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 when a form is edited by the form creation system 1 of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 of FIG. 1;
6 is a flowchart showing a form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 of FIG.
7 is a diagram showing an example of a form edit screen 172 displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 in the form edit process shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a form editing process executed by the form creation system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram showing an example of a cost information list display screen 175 displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 in the form editing process shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Form creation system
11 CPU
12 RAM
13 Storage device
13a Cost information table
13b Printing method information table
14 Storage media
15 Transmission control unit
16 input devices
17 Display device
170 Form edit screen
171 Attribute editing screen
172 Report edit screen
173 Cost display area
174 Density adjustment slider
175 Cost information list display screen
176 Form preview display area
177 Cost display area
178 Cost display area for each object
18 Printing device
19 Bus
A to E objects

Claims (3)

Unit price storage means for storing the unit price of consumables used in the printing apparatus;
Editing means for editing the print contents of the form printed by the printing device;
Based on the print contents of the form edited by the editing means, the consumption amount of the consumables related to a plurality of objects printed on the form is calculated for each object, and the form is printed in order to print the form. Usage calculation means for calculating the usage of consumables used in the printing apparatus;
Based on the usage amount of the consumables calculated by the usage amount calculation unit and the unit price stored in the unit price storage unit, the printing cost for each object is calculated, and the printing cost of the form is calculated. Printing cost calculation means;
Display means for displaying the printing cost calculated by the printing cost calculation means for each object;
A printing control apparatus comprising:   The unit price storage unit stores unit prices of a plurality of types of consumables used in the printing apparatus, and the usage amount calculation unit stores the usage amounts of the plurality of consumables used in the printing apparatus. The printing cost calculation unit calculates a printing cost for each consumable used in the printing apparatus, and the display unit calculates a printing cost of the plurality of consumables used in the printing apparatus. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each object on the form is arranged and displayed in a list based on a printing cost of the plurality of consumables related to each object.   The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit is capable of changing an attribute of an object on the form when the printing cost is calculated by the printing cost calculating unit.

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