JP4225142B2 - Print job creation program and printer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printing system including a printing device using continuous paper, and capable of adding a tag to an arbitrary page of a printed matter and outputting the tag.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In order to organize and file documents, a tag is attached to a specific page of the document. However, such a task is complicated, and the printing device outputs a printed matter in which the tag is added to the specific page in advance. It is convenient if possible.
[0003]
However, the page size of a tag-added page is larger than that of a tag-free page by the amount of the tag, so when using a printing device with cut paper (cut sheet paper), the tagged page and other pages It is necessary to change the paper size for each page, which makes it a complicated printing mechanism, and it is necessary to prepare a special size paper for printing tagged pages, and to set the tag position and size arbitrarily In other words, there are problems such as difficulty in printing and a long print processing time due to frequent switching of paper sizes.
[0004]
On the other hand, there is known a photographic printing apparatus that prints photographs on continuous photographic paper, which simultaneously outputs an index print having a size different from that of the photographic print (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). However, in the photo printing apparatus, the size of the index print is determined according to the number of photo prints or by selecting a predetermined index format, and an arbitrary position and size on an arbitrary page of the printed matter. In addition, there has been no known printing system that can output by adding a tag with the content of printing.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-26660
[Patent Document 2]
JP 7-234454 A
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to output a tag with an arbitrary position, size, and print content on an arbitrary page of a printed matter. Is to provide a simple printing system.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following means.
[0008]
  (1)markA tag addition setting step for setting whether or not to add a tag to a specific page of a printed material, and for printing a tag to be added to the specific page when a setting for adding a tag to the specific page is made. Tag print data creation step for creating tag print data ofA page print data creation step for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed matter;A print job creation program for causing a print job creation device to execute a print job creation step for creating a print job including the page print data and the tag print data, and a print job transmission step for sending the print job.The tag addition setting step further performs specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width, and the print job specifies the specific page to which the tag is added and the tag The tag width setting is included, and the page cutting size is changed continuously between pages according to the specified content of whether or not it is a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width. Instruct the receiving printing device to cut the paper.A print job creation program.
[0009]
  (2) The tag addition setting step includes:Position of the tag and printed content of the tagSet moreThe print job further includes a setting of a position of the tag and a print content of the tag.The print job creation program described in (1) above.
[0010]
  (3) Print job receiving means for receiving page print data for printing each page of a printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to a specific page, and pages included in the print job Printing means for printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which the tag is added based on the print data and the tag print data on a continuous paper, and a continuous paper on which the image of each page of the printed matter is printed A continuous paper cutting means for cutting the output for each page and outputting the printed matter,The print job includes at least specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width.The printing means arranges and prints the image of the tag and each page on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper,The continuous paper cutting means changes the page cutting size between pages according to the designation content of whether or not the page is a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width. Disconnect,A printing apparatus characterized by that.
[0011]
  (4)The print job further includes page size information and setting of the tag position,The printing means includesAbovePage size information andSetting contents of the tag positionThe printing apparatus according to (3), wherein the tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper based on .
[0012]
  (5) Page size information and tags included in the print jobofpositionSetting contentsAnd a continuous paper size selection means for selecting the optimum size of the continuous paper for arranging the tag and the image of each page so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper. The printing apparatus according to (4).
(6) Page print data creating means for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed material, tag addition setting means for setting whether or not to add a tag to the specific page of the printed material, and the specific page A tag print data creating means for creating tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page, and a print job including the page print data and the tag print data. A print job creating means for creating a print job, and a print job sending means for sending the print job to a printer, wherein the tag addition setting means further designates a specific page to which the tag is added, The print job includes designation of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width. Receiving destination so that the continuous paper is cut by changing the page cutting size between pages according to the specified content of whether or not it is a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width A print job creation apparatus, characterized in that the print job creation apparatus is instructed to the printing apparatus.
(7) The tag addition setting means further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag, and the print job further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag. (6) The print job creation device according to (6).
(8) A print job receiving step for receiving a print job including page print data for printing each page of the printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page, and a page included in the print job A printing step for printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which the tag is added based on the print data and the tag print data on a continuous paper; and a continuous paper on which each page image of the printed matter is printed. A continuous sheet cutting step for cutting the pages and outputting the printed matter, and the print job includes at least the specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting of the tag width, In the printing step, the tag and the image of each page are placed on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper. In the continuous paper cutting step, the cutting size of the page between pages is determined in accordance with the designated content indicating whether the tag is added or not and the setting content of the tag width. A printing method characterized by changing and cutting continuous paper.
(9) The print job further includes setting of page size information and the position of the tag, and the printing step includes a continuous longitudinal direction of the tag based on the setting contents of the page size information and the tag position. The printing method according to (8), wherein the tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper so as to be orthogonal to the paper conveyance direction.
(10) Based on the page size information included in the print job and the setting contents of the tag position, the tag and the image of each page are optimally arranged so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the continuous paper conveyance direction. The printing method according to (9), further comprising a continuous paper size selection step of selecting a size of the continuous paper.
(11) A tag addition setting step for setting whether or not to add a tag to a specific page of the printed material and a tag to be added to the specific page when the setting for adding the tag to the specific page is made. Tag print data creating step for creating tag print data for printing, page print data creating step for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed matter, and printing including the page print data and the tag print data A print job creation step for creating a job; and a print job transmission step for sending the print job. The tag addition setting step further includes specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and the width of the tag. The print job specifies a specific page to which the tag is added and sets the tag width. The cutting size of the page between pages depending on the specified content of whether or not it is a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width A print job creation method, wherein the printing apparatus is instructed to change the printer to cut a continuous sheet.
(12) The tag addition setting step further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag, and the print job further sets the tag position and the print content of the tag. The print job creation method according to (11), including:
(13) a print job receiving step for receiving a print job including page print data for printing each page of the printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page; and a page included in the print job A printing step of printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which the tag is added based on the print data and the tag print data on a continuous paper; and a continuous paper on which each page image of the printed matter is printed. A printing program for causing a printing apparatus to execute a continuous paper cutting step of cutting the pages and outputting the printed matter, wherein the print job includes at least the designation of a specific page to which the tag is added and the width of the tag The printing step is performed so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper. The tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper, and the continuous paper cutting step includes the designation content as to whether or not the specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width In accordance with the printing program, the printing program is characterized in that the continuous sheet is cut by changing the cutting size of the pages.
(14) The print job further includes setting of page size information and the position of the tag, and the printing step includes a continuous longitudinal direction of the tag based on the setting contents of the page size information and the tag position. The printing program according to (13), wherein the tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper so as to be orthogonal to the paper conveyance direction.
(15) Based on the page size information included in the print job and the setting contents of the tag position, the tag and the image of each page are optimally arranged so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the continuous paper conveyance direction. The printing program according to (14), further causing the printing apparatus to execute a continuous paper size selection step of selecting a size of the continuous paper.
(16) A computer-readable recording medium on which the printing program according to any one of (13) to (15) is recorded.
(17) A computer-readable recording medium on which the print job creation program according to (1) or (2) is recorded.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a printing system to which a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system according to the present embodiment includes a personal computer 1 as a print job creation apparatus and a printer 2 as a printing apparatus, which are connected to each other via a network 3 so that they can communicate with each other. ing. Note that the type and number of devices connected to the network 3 are not limited to the example shown in FIG. Further, the personal computer 1 and the printer 2 may be directly connected (locally connected) between devices without going through the network 3.
[0015]
Next, the configuration of each of the above devices will be described. However, each of the above devices may include a component other than the components described below, or may not include some of the components described below. Good. In addition, portions having similar functions in each device are described only for the first time in order to avoid duplication of description, and descriptions thereof are omitted for the second and subsequent times.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the personal computer 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the personal computer 1 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a hard disk 14, a display 15, an input device 16, and a network interface 17, which are mutually connected via a bus 18 for exchanging signals. It is connected.
[0017]
The CPU 11 performs control of the above parts, various arithmetic processes, and the like according to a program. The ROM 12 stores various programs and parameters for controlling the basic operation of the personal computer 1. The RAM 13 temporarily stores programs and data as a work area. The hard disk 14 stores programs and parameters such as an OS (Operating System) and a print driver for controlling predetermined operations of the personal computer 1 described later. The display 15 displays various information. The input device 16 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and is used for performing various inputs. The network interface 17 is an interface for connecting to a network and communicating with other devices on the network, and standards such as Ethernet (registered trademark), token ring, and FDDI are used.
[0018]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the printer 2 according to the present embodiment. The printer 2 is a printer capable of printing on continuous paper, and includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an operation panel unit 24, a printing unit 25, a controller interface 26, and a bus 27 as shown in FIG.
[0019]
The operation panel unit 24 includes a touch panel, a fixed key outside the touch panel, a display lamp, and the like, and is used for performing various inputs and displays.
[0020]
The printing unit 25 prints print image data on continuous paper by an electrophotographic method. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the printing unit 25 of the printer 2. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the printing unit 25 includes a conveyance roller 251, an image forming unit 252, a fixing unit 253, and a cutter 254. Various sizes of continuous paper are set in the printing unit 25, and an appropriate size of the continuous paper 4 is selected according to a procedure to be described later based on the print job, and is conveyed to the respective units by the conveyance rollers 251. The image forming unit 252 performs charging, exposure, development, and transfer processing according to the print image data, and the continuous paper 4 that is conveyed by toner of each color of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and black (K). A printed image is formed on top. The fixing unit 253 fixes the printed image on the conveyed continuous paper 4. The cutter 254 has a sensor that detects the leading end of the continuous paper 4 and cuts the conveyed continuous paper 4 at a predetermined timing.
[0021]
The network 3 includes a LAN in which computers and network devices are connected according to standards such as Ethernet (registered trademark), token ring, and FDDI, and a WAN in which LANs are connected by a dedicated line.
[0022]
Next, an outline of the operation of the printing system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of print job creation processing of the personal computer 1 in this embodiment. The algorithm shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is stored as a program such as a printer driver in the hard disk 14 of the personal computer 1, read out to the RAM 13 at the start of the print job creation process, and executed by the CPU 11.
[0023]
In FIG. 5, when the personal computer 1 starts a print job creation process in response to an input of a process start command from the application, first, various print conditions are set (S101). The print conditions are set according to the print condition input from the printer setting screen. The number of copies, print range (designation of the page to be printed), page size, page orientation, color / monochrome printing, layout (N Various printing conditions such as a function for arranging data for one page in output data for one page (Nin1), a finishing function (for example, a stapling function, a punch hole function) are set.
[0024]
Further, the personal computer 1 sets whether or not to attach a tag to the printed matter to be output (S102). The tag is set according to the input of various tag setting conditions from the tag setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a tag setting screen displayed on the display 15 by the personal computer 1. As shown in FIG. 6, in the tag setting screen 4, regarding tag settings, “tag”, “width”, “position”, “printing direction”, “font size” are used using radio buttons, scroll bars, and the like. The tag setting conditions for items such as “tag page setting” can be input. “Tag” specifies whether or not to tag a specific page of the printed material. In “width”, the width of the tag to be attached to the page, in “position”, whether the tag is attached to the top or right of the page, in “print direction”, the direction of characters printed on the tag, “Font size” designates the size of characters to be printed on the tag, and “Tag page designation” designates a page to be tagged and its printing contents. Further, various tag setting conditions such as the character color to be printed on the tag and the designation of the print position may be designated.
[0025]
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an output result of a tagged page by tag setting on the tag setting screen 4 of FIG. In FIG. 7, pages 51 and 52 are pages that are designated with the same page size and only different orientations (page 51 is portrait and page 52 is landscape) in the setting of the printing conditions in step S101. FIGS. 7A and 7B show output results when only the “width” setting is changed on the tag setting screen 4, and the tags 61 and 62 having different widths with respect to the page 51. Is added. The relationship between (c) and (d), (e) and (f), and (g) and (h) is similar to this, and (c) and (d) have different widths relative to page 51. Tags 63 and 64 are added. In (e), (f), and (g) and (h), tags 65 and 66 and 67 and 68 having different widths are added to the page 52, respectively. Yes. Further, (a) and (c) show output results when only the “position” setting is changed on the tag setting screen 4, (a) on the right side of the page 51, (c) on the upper side. Tags 61 and 63 are respectively attached to. The relationship between (b) and (d), (e) and (g), and (f) and (h) is the same. Further, (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) are “printing direction” on the tag setting screen 4 in the horizontal direction, and (e) and (f) are in the vertical direction. The output when set is shown.
[0026]
The personal computer 1 waits for a print start command after setting print conditions and tags (S103), and creates print data for each page of the printed matter. That is, if a tag is set for a page to be printed (YES in S104), tag print data for a tag to be added to the page is created in accordance with the tag setting condition set in step S102 (S105). Further, page print data relating to the page is created (S106). Specifically, the page print data is obtained by applying color conversion processing and halftone processing to application data such as document data or image data created or updated by an application or read out, and then application data relating to the page. Is converted into print data using a page description language interpretable by the printer 2. Similarly, the tag print data uses the page description language to create contents to be printed on the tag. On the other hand, if no tag is set for the page to be printed in step S104 (NO in S104), only the page print data relating to the page is created (S106).
[0027]
Then, the print data creation process is sequentially performed for each page of application data to be printed (NO in S107 and S104 to S106), and when the print data creation process is completed for all pages (YES in S107). Then, a print job including the created print data is created (S108).
[0028]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job created by the personal computer 1. As shown in FIG. 8, at the head of the print job 7, page setting information 71 including information such as the page size and page orientation set in step S101 and information such as the tag width and position set in step S102 are displayed. Including tag setting information 72 is included. Further, the print job 7 includes the page print data 73 created in step S106, and immediately before the page print data related to the page for which the tag is set, the tag related to the page created in step S105. Tag print data 74 is inserted.
[0029]
Then, the personal computer 1 transmits the created print job to the printer 2 via the network interface 17 and the network 3 (S109).
[0030]
Next, the procedure of the printing process of the printer 2 in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the printing process of the printer 2 in the present embodiment. The algorithm shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 is stored as a control program in the ROM 22 of the printer 2 and is read out to the RAM 23 and executed by the CPU 21 at the start of the printing process.
[0031]
In FIG. 9, the printer 2 waits until a print job is received from the personal computer 1 (NO in S201). When the printer 2 receives a print job from the personal computer 1 via the network 3 and the network interface 26 (YES in S201), the printer 2 receives the print job. The print job is stored in the RAM 23 (S202). Next, based on the page setting information and tag setting information included in the received print job, the size of the continuous paper used for the printing process is selected (S203). FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the size of the continuous paper selected by the printer 2 in the present embodiment. FIG. 10A illustrates an example of selecting the continuous paper size for a print job including the tagged page shown in FIG. 7A. That is, the printer 2 refers to the page setting information 71 and the tag setting information 72 included in the print job 7 received from the personal computer 1 so that the tag 61 has a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper 4. And the page 51 are arranged, and the optimum size of the continuous paper 4 for the arrangement is selected. FIG. 10B is for the print job including the tagged page shown in FIG. 7C. Similarly, the tag 62 and the page are arranged so that the longitudinal direction of the tag 62 is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper 4. The optimum size of the continuous paper 4 when 51 is arranged is selected.
[0032]
Next, the printer 2 rasterizes the tag print data and the page print data included in the print job to generate print image data (S204), and stores the print image data in the RAM 23. The print image data acquired in step S204 is printed on the continuous paper 4 selected in step 203 by the image forming unit 252 and the fixing unit 253 of the printing unit 25 (S205), and the continuous paper 4 cutting unit 8 ( 10), the cutter 254 cuts each page to discharge the printed matter (S206), and the printing process is terminated.
[0033]
In each of the above embodiments, the printing system of the present invention has been described by taking a personal computer as a print job creation apparatus and a printer as a printing apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition to a personal computer, the print job creation apparatus may be a computer such as a workstation or a server, a mobile phone, a portable terminal such as a PHS (registered trademark), a PDA, or an electronic notebook. In addition to the printer, the printing apparatus may be a multifunction peripheral device (MFP) having a printing function such as a digital copying machine or a facsimile machine.
[0034]
The print job creation apparatus and the printing apparatus according to the present invention can be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit for executing each of the above procedures, or by a CPU executing a program describing the above procedures. . When the present invention is realized by the latter, the print job creation apparatus and the program for operating the printing apparatus may be provided by a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or CD-ROM, or the Internet. May be provided online via a network such as In this case, the program recorded on the computer-readable recording medium is usually transferred and stored in a ROM, a hard disk or the like. Further, this program may be provided as, for example, a single application software, or may be incorporated into the software of the apparatus as one function of the print job creation apparatus and the printing apparatus.
[0035]
In addition to the inventions described in claims 1 to 5 of the claims, the embodiments of the present invention described above include the inventions shown in the following supplementary notes 1 to 12.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the printing system of the present invention, it is possible to add a tag to an arbitrary page of a printed matter at an arbitrary position, size, and print content for output. In particular, it is not necessary to use a complicated printing mechanism compared to the case of using a printing device with cut paper, and it is possible to use normal size continuous paper and any position and size without preparing special size paper. A tag can be added to a page, and since the page size can be easily switched, the print processing time is shortened.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a printing system to which a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer 1 in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printer 2 in FIG.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a printing unit 25 of the printer 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of print job creation processing of the personal computer 1;
6 is a diagram showing an example of a tag setting screen displayed on the display 15 by the personal computer 1. FIG.
7 is a diagram for explaining an output result of a tagged page by tag setting on the tag setting screen 4 of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job created by the personal computer 1;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process procedure of the printer.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for describing the size of a continuous sheet selected by the printer.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... PC
2. Printer,
3 ... Network,
4 ... continuous paper,
11, 21 ... CPU,
12, 22 ... ROM,
13, 23 ... RAM,
14 ... Hard disk,
15 ... Display,
16: Input device,
17, 26 ... Network interface,
18, 27 ... Bus,
24 ... operation panel section,
25. Printing section,
251 ... Conveying roller,
252... Image forming unit,
253 ... Fixing section,
254 ... Cutter.

Claims (17)

And tagged setting step of setting whether to add a tag to a specific page of printed materials,
A tag print data creation step for creating tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page when a setting for adding a tag to the specific page is made;
A page print data creation step for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed matter;
A print job creating step for creating a print job including the page print data and the tag print data;
A print job creation program for causing a print job creation device to execute a print job transmission step for transmitting the print job,
The tag addition setting step further includes designation of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width,
The print job includes specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the width of the tag. Specification content as to whether or not the tag is a specific page to be added and setting content of the tag width In response, the print job creation program is configured to instruct the receiving printing apparatus to cut the continuous sheet by changing the page cut size between pages . The tag addition setting step further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag ,
The print job may further further comprise the setting of the printing contents of the location and the tag of said tag, the print job creation program according to claim 1, wherein the this. Print job receiving means for receiving a print job including page print data for printing each page of printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to a specific page;
Printing means for printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which a tag is added based on page print data and tag print data included in the print job on a continuous sheet;
Continuous paper cutting means for cutting the continuous paper on which the image of each page of the printed matter is printed for each page and outputting the printed matter;
The print job includes at least specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width.
The printing means arranges and prints the image of the tag and each page on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper,
The continuous paper cutting means changes the page cutting size between pages according to the designation content of whether or not the page is a specific page to which the tag is added and the setting content of the tag width. A printing apparatus characterized by cutting . The print job further includes page size information and setting of the tag position,
The printing means is to place an image of the tag and the pages on said continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag based on the setting of the position of the page size information and the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper The printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein printing is performed. Best the continuous paper to place the tag and the image on each page so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper based on the settings of the position of the page size information and the tag included in the print job The printing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising continuous paper size selection means for selecting the size of the printing paper. Page print data creation means for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed matter;
Tag addition setting means for setting whether to add a tag to a specific page of the printed matter;
Tag print data creating means for creating tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page when a setting for adding a tag to the specific page is made;
Print job creation means for creating a print job including the page print data and the tag print data;
Print job transmission means for transmitting the print job to a printer ,
The tag addition setting means further performs specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width,
The print job includes specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the width of the tag. Specification content as to whether or not the tag is a specific page to be added and setting content of the tag width Accordingly, the print job creation apparatus is configured to instruct the receiving printing apparatus to change the cut size of the page between the pages and to cut the continuous sheet . The tag addition setting means further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag ,
The print job may further further comprise the setting of the printing contents of the location and the tag of said tag, the print job creation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the this. A print job receiving step for receiving a print job including page print data for printing each page of the printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page;
A printing step of printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which a tag is added based on page print data and tag print data included in the print job on a continuous sheet;
A continuous paper cutting step of cutting the continuous paper on which each page image of the printed matter is printed for each page and outputting the printed matter, and
The print job includes at least specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width.
In the printing step, the tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper,
In the continuous paper cutting step, the continuous paper is cut by changing the page cutting size between pages in accordance with the specified content whether the tag is added or not, and the setting content of the tag width. A printing method characterized by cutting . The print job further includes page size information and setting of the tag position,
The printing step is to place an image of the tag and the pages on said continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag based on the setting of the position of the page size information and the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper The printing method according to claim 8, wherein printing is performed. Best the continuous paper to place the tag and the image on each page so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper based on the settings of the position of the page size information and the tag included in the print job The printing method according to claim 9, further comprising a continuous paper size selection step of selecting a size of the continuous paper. And tagged setting step of setting whether to add a tag to a specific page of printed materials,
A tag print data creation step for creating tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page when a setting for adding a tag to the specific page is made;
A page print data creation step for creating page print data for printing each page of the printed matter;
A print job creating step for creating a print job including the page print data and the tag print data;
A print job transmission step for transmitting the print job ,
The tag addition setting step further includes designation of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width,
The print job includes a setting of the width of the specified and the tag of the particular page of adding the tag, setting the width of the specified contents and tags whether a particular page in which the tag is added A print job creation method comprising: instructing a receiving printing apparatus to change a cutting size of a page between pages and cut a continuous sheet according to contents . The tag addition setting step further sets the position of the tag and the print content of the tag ,
The print job may further further comprise the setting of the printing contents of the location and the tag of said tag, the print job creating method according to claim 11, wherein the this. A print job receiving step for receiving a print job including page print data for printing each page of the printed matter and tag print data for printing a tag to be added to the specific page;
A printing step of printing an image of each page of the printed matter including the specific page to which a tag is added based on page print data and tag print data included in the print job on a continuous sheet;
A continuous paper cutting step of cutting the continuous paper on which each page image of the printed material is printed for each page and outputting the printed material ;
The print job includes at least specification of a specific page to which the tag is added and setting of the tag width.
In the printing step, the tag and the image of each page are arranged and printed on the continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper,
In the continuous paper cutting step, the continuous paper is cut by changing the page cutting size between pages in accordance with the specified content whether the tag is added or not, and the setting content of the tag width. A printing program characterized by cutting . The print job further includes page size information and setting of the tag position,
The printing step is to place an image of the tag and the pages on said continuous paper so that the longitudinal direction of the tag based on the setting of the position of the page size information and the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper The printing program according to claim 13, wherein printing is performed. Best the continuous paper to place the tag and the image on each page so that the longitudinal direction of the tag is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the continuous paper based on the settings of the position of the page size information and the tag included in the print job The printing program according to claim 14, further causing the printing apparatus to execute a continuous paper size selection step of selecting a size of the printing paper.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the printing program according to any one of claims 13 to 15 is recorded.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the print job creation program according to claim 1 is recorded.

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