JP6623806B2 - Print control program, image forming apparatus, and print control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control program, an image forming apparatus, and a print control method, and more particularly to a print control program for controlling the printing of structured data, an image forming apparatus capable of printing structured data, and printing including the image forming apparatus. The present invention relates to a printing control method in a system.

  An office suite application capable of processing documents such as document creation and spreadsheets is generally used in various situations such as office work, education, and home. Typical office suite applications include Microsoft (registered trademark, abbreviated) Word (registered trademark, abbreviated), Excel (registered trademark, abbreviated), and PowerPoint (registered trademark, abbreviated). Standardization of these applications has been completed by a standardization organization, and the specifications of OOXML (Office Open XML) and ODF (OpenDocument Format) have been published. Documents created with the above-mentioned office suite application can be used on printing devices that support these formats. Can be printed directly.

  Here, the document created by the office suite application is commonly used by an unspecified number of people such as an organization, and notes on input are written in a drawing object such as a balloon (called an auto shape). This allows the worksheet to be edited appropriately. However, since the auto shape is printed as it is, when printing as a final submission, it is necessary to remove or delete the auto shape from the printing range. From such a background, there is a demand for a proposal of a method for easily setting a drawing object such as an auto shape so as not to be printed.

  Although not a technology related to an office suite application, as a technology related to object deletion, for example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a document management device that communicates with a server and manages confidentiality of electronic data generated by a confidentiality protection program. A screen image deletion unit that deletes a screen image based on the electronic data displayed on the display unit when the confidentiality program shifts to an end process or a standby process; and a screen image deletion unit that is displayed on the display unit. There is disclosed a configuration including object deletion means for deleting an object registered as a copy of a screen image.

JP 2007-048216 A

  As a method of setting so that a drawing object such as an auto shape is not printed, there is a method of using an existing function of an office suite application. For example, on the option setting screen, there is a method of setting whether or not to print drawing objects. However, since this setting targets all drawing objects, required objects other than auto shape are not printed. . A method of setting whether to print or not for each object is also conceivable. However, setting for each object is complicated, and user convenience is significantly impaired. Further, there are various types and versions of office suite applications, and the setting method differs for each type and version, so that there is a problem that usability is poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its main purpose is to perform printing using structured data such as OOXML data or ODF data created by an office suite application, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a print control program, an image forming apparatus, and a print control method capable of performing printing by deleting a drawing object such as an auto shape by a simple operation.

One aspect of the present invention is a print control program that includes a display unit and an operation unit and operates on a device that generates print data from document data, wherein the document data is configured by a plurality of objects, The object is a structured data in which attributes are described, and the device causes the display unit to display an object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object that is not a print target from among the plurality of objects, and the operation unit performs the deletion. A first process for receiving a selection operation of a target object; a second process for analyzing the document data to specify the selected deletion target object from the plurality of objects; and the deletion target specified from the document data. third process of generating the print data deleting an object, is running, in the first processing, the In the object print setting screen, a graphic object can be specified. In the second process, the graphic object is deleted by referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string corresponding to the specified graphic object. characterized that you specified as the target object.

One aspect of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that includes a display unit, an operation unit, an image processing unit that generates print data from document data, and a print processing unit that performs print processing based on the print data. The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and an attribute is described for each object. An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object not to be printed from the plurality of objects Is displayed on the display unit, and a display control unit that receives an operation of selecting the object to be deleted by the operation unit, and analyzes the document data to select the selected object to be deleted from the plurality of objects. Controlling the analyzing unit to specify and the image processing unit to delete the object to be deleted specified from the document data Wherein with an object deleting unit to generate print data, was, the display control unit allows specify graphical objects in the object print setting screen, the analysis unit refers to the description of the document data, designated by extracting a character string corresponding to the to graphic objects, features that you identify the graphical object as the deletion target object.

One aspect of the present invention provides a printing apparatus including: a client device that creates document data; an image forming apparatus that includes a display unit and an operation unit, and that executes a printing process based on print data generated from the document data. A print control method in a system, wherein the document data is structured data including a plurality of objects, and an attribute is described for each object. The client device creates the document data and performs the image forming. The image forming apparatus transmits the document data from the client device, and displays an object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object that is not a print target from among the plurality of objects included in the document data. Display on the display unit, accept the selection operation of the object to be deleted by the operation unit, Analyzing the document data, specifying the selected object to be deleted from the plurality of objects, generating the print data in which the specified object to be deleted is deleted from the document data, and generating the print data. The print processing is executed based on the data . The graphic object can be specified on the object print setting screen, and a character string corresponding to the specified graphic object is extracted by referring to the description of the document data. Thus, the graphic object is specified as the object to be deleted .

One aspect of the present invention provides a printing apparatus that includes a display unit and an operation unit, generates a document data, and includes an image forming apparatus that executes a printing process based on print data generated from the document data. A print control method in a system, wherein the document data is structured data including a plurality of objects, and an attribute is described for each object, and the client device determines a print target from among the plurality of objects. An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion object to be deleted is displayed on the display unit, a selection operation of the deletion object by the operation unit is received, the document data is analyzed, and a selection is made from among the plurality of objects. The specified deletion target object is specified, and the deletion target object specified as the document data is specified. The image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus receives the document data and the specification information from the client device, and refers to the specification information, from the document data. Generating the print data in which the object to be deleted is deleted, and executing a print process based on the generated print data; enabling a graphic object to be designated on the object print setting screen; and describing the document data And extracting a character string corresponding to the designated graphic object with reference to the graphic object, thereby specifying the graphic object as the object to be deleted .

One aspect of the present invention provides a printing apparatus that includes a display unit and an operation unit, generates a document data, and includes an image forming apparatus that executes a printing process based on print data generated from the document data. A print control method in a system, wherein the document data is structured data including a plurality of objects, and an attribute is described for each object, and the client device determines a print target from among the plurality of objects. An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion object to be deleted is displayed on the display unit, a selection operation of the deletion object by the operation unit is received, the document data is analyzed, and a selection is made from among the plurality of objects. The object to be deleted specified is specified, and the object to be deleted specified from the document data is specified. Generating the print data delete-object and transmitted to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus receives the print data from the client device, which executes print processing based on the print data On the object print setting screen, a graphic object can be specified, and a character string corresponding to the specified graphic object is extracted by referring to the description of the document data, thereby setting the graphic object as the object to be deleted. It is characterized by specifying .

  According to the print control program, the image forming apparatus, and the print control method of the present invention, when printing is performed using structured data such as OOXML data or ODF data created by an office suite application or the like, a simple operation is performed. In addition, printing can be performed by deleting a drawing object such as an auto shape.

  The reason is that the image forming apparatus (print control program) analyzes the input document data (structured data) and extracts from the document data an object to be deleted such as a predetermined graphic object or an object including a predetermined keyword. This is because print data in which the specified deletion target object is deleted from the document data is created, and printing is instructed to the print engine.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a client device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a tree structure of document data. It is an example of xml description of document data (an example of description of document.xml). FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process (a process of specifying an object to be deleted) of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is an example of an object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is an example of a document (created document and printed document) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is another example of the object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is another example of a document (created document and printed document) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is another example of the object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is another example of a document (created document and printed document) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is another example of the object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is another example of the object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is another example of a document (created document and printed document) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a client device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a print instruction process of the client device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a print instruction process (a process of specifying an object to be deleted) of the client device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a client device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a print instruction process of a client device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a print instruction process (a process of specifying an object to be deleted) of the client device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a conventional document (created document). It is an example of a conventional option setting screen. It is an example of a conventional document (printed document).

  As shown in the background art, in recent years, office suite applications have been widely used, and document data (structured data such as OOXML data and ODF data) created by office suite applications has been generally used in offices and the like. I have. In this office suite application, as shown in FIG. 25, a note can be appropriately edited by adding a note or the like to the auto shape 44 such as a balloon. However, since the auto shape 44 is printed as it is, it is necessary to remove or delete the auto shape 44 from the printing range when printing as a final submission.

  To solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 26, it is possible to set whether to print the drawing object on the option setting screen 50 of the office suite application (see the rectangular frame in the figure). When "do not print drawing objects" is set, all drawing objects are excluded from the printing target. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 27, not only the auto shape 44 but also the essential objects (here, graphics Object) is no longer printed. In addition, a method of setting whether or not to print for each object is also conceivable, but setting for each object is complicated, and the convenience for the user is significantly impaired. Furthermore, there are various types and versions of the office suite application, and the setting method differs for each type and version, so that the usability is poor.

  Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, when printing document data (structured data), the data structure is used to convert a predetermined type of graphic object or an object including a predetermined keyword from the document data. An object to be deleted is specified, print data in which the specified object to be deleted is deleted from the document data is generated, and the generated print data is output to a print engine to execute printing.

  There are three methods for realizing the above control. A first method is a method in which an image forming apparatus that receives document data and performs direct printing analyzes the document data, specifies an object to be deleted, and generates print data in which the object to be deleted is deleted from the document data. is there. In a second method, a client device that creates document data analyzes a document data to identify a deletion target object, generates designation information for designating the identified deletion target object, and compares the document data with the designation information. This is a method in which a received image forming apparatus generates print data in which an object to be deleted is deleted from document data with reference to designated information. A third method is a method in which a client device that creates document data analyzes a document data to identify a deletion target object, generates a print job in which the deletion target object is deleted from the document data, and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus. It is. Hereinafter, each method will be described in each embodiment.

  First, a print control program, an image forming apparatus, and a print control method according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a client device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a tree structure of the document data, and FIG. 5 is an example of the xml description of the document data. FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing print processing of the image forming apparatus. FIGS. 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 show examples of an object print setting screen displayed on the image forming apparatus. , 11, 13, and 16 are examples of documents. Note that the first example is an example that implements the first method described in the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system according to the present embodiment includes one or a plurality of client apparatuses 10 for creating a document and one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses 20 for executing printing of a document. , Ethernet (registered trademark), token ring, FDDI (Fiber-Distributed Data Interface), etc., and are connected to each other by a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network). These devices may be connected via a network, or may be directly connected via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or the like. Hereinafter, each device will be described in detail.

[Client device]
The client device 10 is a computer device such as a personal computer, and creates document data to be printed and instructs direct printing using the document data. As shown in FIG. 2A, the client device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a network I / F unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, and the like.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11a and memories such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) 11b and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11c. The CPU 11a stores a control program stored in the ROM 11b and the storage unit 12. The operation of the client device 10 as a whole is controlled by expanding and executing the program on the RAM 11c. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the control unit 11 (CPU 11a) executes an OS (Operating System) 16, an application 17, a direct print utility 18, and the like.

  The OS 16 is Windows (registered trademark), Mac OS (registered trademark), Android, or the like, and enables the application 17 and the direct print utility 18 to operate on the client device 10.

  The application 17 is an office suite application or the like that performs text creation, spreadsheet calculation, image processing, and the like, and creates document data (structured data such as OOXML data and ODF data in this embodiment) composed of a plurality of objects. I do. Note that the structured data is data in which attributes (such as the arrangement, size, color, object type, object number, object shape, and text information of objects) are described for each object.

  The direct print utility 18 monitors a predetermined folder (for example, a folder in the storage unit 12) and, when document data (hereinafter referred to as OOXML data) created by the application 17 is stored in the predetermined folder, an image is displayed. OOXML data is transmitted to the forming apparatus 20 to instruct direct printing. The direct print utility 18 is used for setting the number of copies, a paper feed tray used for printing, duplex / single-sided printing, color / monochrome printing, an aggregation function such as 2in1, a printing function for setting a finishing function such as folding, punching, and staples. The setting screen is displayed on the display unit 14, and print setting information is generated according to a user operation on the print setting screen.

  The storage unit 12 includes a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), and the like, and various programs such as an OS 16, an application 17, and a direct print utility 18, which are executed by the control unit 11. Data, OOXML data created by the application 17, and the like are stored.

  The network I / F unit 13 includes a NIC (Network Interface Card), a modem, and the like, connects the client device 10 to a communication network, and transmits OOXML data and print setting information to the image forming device 20. The network I / F unit 13 also performs communication processing when the direct print utility 18 searches for the image forming apparatus 20 on the network.

  The display unit 14 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (electroluminescence) display, and the like, and displays a document creation screen of the application 17, a print setting screen of the direct print utility 18, and the like.

  The operation unit 15 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and enables operations such as creation of a document by the application 17, setting of printing conditions by the direct print utility 18, and direct print instruction.

[Image forming apparatus]
The image forming apparatus 20 is an MFP (Multi-Functional Peripherals), a printer, or the like, and executes print processing based on OOXML data and print setting information received from the client apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 3A, the image forming apparatus 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a network I / F unit 23, a display operation unit 24, an image processing unit 25, a print processing unit 26, and the like. You.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU 21a and memories such as a ROM 21b and a RAM 21c. The CPU 21a expands and executes a control program stored in the ROM 21b and the storage unit 22 in the RAM 21c, thereby controlling the entire operation of the image forming apparatus 20. Control. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the control unit 21 functions as a display control unit 27, an analysis unit 28, an object deletion unit 29, and the like.

  The display control unit 27 causes the display operation unit 24 to display an object print setting screen for setting whether or not to print the specific object, whether or not to print the annotation object, and the like. An operation such as selection of a non-target specific object or annotation object (referred to as a deletion target object) is received. The specific object is a graphic object such as a balloon graphic, an elliptical graphic, a square graphic, or a graphic specified by a user. The annotation object is a graphic object including a keyword (referred to as an annotation keyword) that calls attention such as “*”, “note”, and “attention”, and a keyword (change) such as “update” or “change”. A graphic object including a keyword (referred to as a role keyword) representing a role such as “in charge”, a graphic object including a keyword designated by a user, and the like.

  The analysis unit 28 analyzes the OOXML data, and specifies a deletion target object such as a specific object or an annotation object from a plurality of objects included in the OOXML data based on the setting of the object print setting screen. For example, in the case of setting not to print a balloon figure, the balloon figure is specified by searching a character string corresponding to the balloon figure from the xml description of the OOXML data. Further, the analysis unit 28 analyzes the layer structure of a plurality of objects included in the OOXML data, and deletes the objects from the objects arranged at the foreground (or objects other than the objects arranged at the back). Identify the target object. Then, designation information for designating the object to be deleted is generated (a deletion flag is set in this embodiment) so that the specified object to be deleted is not printed.

  The object deletion unit 29 controls the image processing unit 25 and refers to the designation information (deletion flag) generated by the analysis unit 28 to generate print data in which the deletion target object has been deleted from the OOXML data.

  The display control unit 27, the analysis unit 28, and the object deletion unit 29 may be configured as hardware, or a print control program that causes the control unit 21 to function as the display control unit 27, the analysis unit 28, and the object deletion unit 29. The print control program may be configured to be executed by the CPU 21a.

  The storage unit 22 includes an HDD, an SSD, and the like, and various programs used by the control unit 21, data necessary for executing the programs, OOXML data and print setting information received from the client device 10, and print data generated from the OOXML data. And so on.

  The network I / F unit 23 includes an NIC and a modem, connects the image forming apparatus 20 to a communication network, and receives OOXML data and print setting information from the client device 10. The network I / F unit 23 responds to an inquiry from the client device 10 when the client device 10 searches for the image forming device 20 on the network.

  The display operation unit 24 is a touch panel (a display unit and an operation unit may be separated from each other) provided with a pressure-sensitive operation unit (touch sensor) in which transparent electrodes are arranged in a grid on the display unit. In accordance with an instruction from the control unit 21, various screens relating to the image forming process are displayed, and various operations relating to the image forming process are enabled. In the present embodiment, in particular, an object print setting screen is displayed in accordance with an instruction of the display control unit 27, and operations such as the presence / absence of printing and selection of an object to be deleted are received on the object print setting screen.

  The image processing unit 25 functions as a RIP unit (Raster Image Processor), generates intermediate data (display list (DL) as an intermediate language) from the OOXML data, rasterizes each page, and generates a bitmap format. Image data (in this embodiment, this image data is referred to as print data) is generated. At this time, the object to be deleted is deleted according to the control of the object deletion unit 29. Specifically, when generating the intermediate data from the OOXML data, the intermediate data is not generated for the deletion target object specified by the specification information. The image processing unit 25 performs screen processing, tone correction, density balance adjustment, thinning, halftone processing, and the like on the print data as necessary. Then, the image processing unit 25 outputs the generated print data to the print processing unit 26. Deleting from the print data means not printing out.In addition to not generating the intermediate data of the object to be deleted, the object to be deleted is made transparent or the same color as the background, or the layer of the object to be deleted is deleted. To the back side to make it invisible.

  The print processing unit 26 performs a print process based on the print data. The print processing unit 26 includes an exposure unit that irradiates and exposes a laser beam based on print data, a photoconductor drum, a development unit, a charging unit, a photoconductor cleaning unit, and a primary transfer roller. An image forming unit that forms a toner image of the image forming apparatus, an intermediate belt that is rotated by rollers and functions as an intermediate transfer body that conveys the toner image formed by the image forming unit to a sheet, and a toner image that is formed on the intermediate belt. A secondary transfer roller for transferring to the paper, a fixing unit for fixing the toner image transferred to the paper, and a transport unit for transporting the paper, such as a feed roller, a registration roller, a loop roller, a reversing roller, and a discharge roller. Be composed.

  FIGS. 1 to 3 show an example of the printing system according to the present embodiment. The configuration of each device can be changed as appropriate as long as structured data such as OOXML data and ODF data can be printed. For example, when a control device such as a printer controller or an RIP controller including the image processing unit 25 is connected to the communication network and the control device controls the image forming apparatus 20 including the print processing unit 26, the control unit of the control device is used. The configuration may be such that the CPU executes the print control program.

  Next, an outline of direct printing of OOXML data in the printing system having the above configuration will be described. As described in the background art, in an office suite application, a note or the like can be added to a drawing object (auto shape) such as a speech bubble. However, when printing a document, the auto shape is not printed on paper. Must be removed from the print range or deleted. As a method, Microsoft Word can be set so that drawing options are not printed by unchecking "Print drawing objects created in Word" in [Word Options]. In this method, not only auto shapes but also essential objects such as graphs, which constitute a document, cannot be printed. Also, in Microsoft Excel, you can set whether to print or not for each object with properties, but this method requires setting for all objects to be deleted, making the operation complicated is there. In addition, the setting method and the setting location differ depending on the type of application such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and the version of the application, so that the usability is poor.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, at the time of direct printing of OOXML data, the image forming apparatus 20 displays a screen for setting whether or not to print an object to be deleted such as an auto-shape to which a note is added. If “not print” is selected on the screen, when the image processing unit 25 generates print data from the OOXML data, the image processing unit 25 is instructed to delete the object to be deleted from the print data. . That is, in the present embodiment, not all objects such as figures, graphs, and smart art are collectively deleted from print data, but drawing objects (indispensable objects that constitute a document) such as graphs and smart art are printed data. , And control is performed so that only drawing objects (deletion target objects) such as auto shapes to which notes are added are deleted from the print data.

  In order to perform the above control, in this embodiment, the object to be deleted is specified by using the data structure of the OOXML data and referring to the description content of a specific part of the OOXML data. Specifically, OOXML document data created by Microsoft Word or the like is composed of parts and a file defining a reference relation to each part, and these packages are in a ZIP-compressed state. FIG. 4 illustrates a tree structure of the ZIP-compressed document data. The document data includes a “[Content_Types] .xml” file, a “_rels” folder, a “docProps” folder, a “word” folder, and the like. The "word" folder that describes the contents of the document is the "document.xml" file, "fontTable.xml" file, "setting.xml" file, "styles.xml" file, "webSetting.xml" file, "_rels" It consists of folders, “charts” folder, “embeddings” folder, “theme” folder, “media” folder and so on. The details of the specification of OOXML are described in “http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm” or the like.

  FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the “document.xml” file in the “word” folder. XML files define the structure, appearance, and meaning of data using code called tags (tokens). For example, a portion surrounded by a solid line in the drawing is a portion in which contents corresponding to a specific object such as an auto shape are described, and a character string (here, “circular balloon”) corresponding to the specific object is described. The portion surrounded by a broken line in the figure is a portion in which the content corresponding to the note added to the auto shape is described, and a character string of the note (here, “charge”) is described. Therefore, by extracting a specific character string from the "document.xml" file, the object to be deleted in the OOXML data can be specified. By generating the specification information for specifying the object to be deleted, the OOXML data can be specified. When the print data is generated from, the object to be deleted can be deleted.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 having the above configuration at the time of direct printing will be described. The CPU 21a expands the print control program stored in the ROM 21b or the storage unit 22 into the RAM 21c and executes the print control program to perform the processing of each step shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. In the following description, the client device 10 creates OOXML data using the application 17, the direct print utility 18 sends the OOXML data and print setting information to the image forming device 20, and the image forming device 20 It is assumed that OOXML data and print setting information have been received.

  The control unit 21 of the image forming apparatus 20 performs direct printing according to a user's instruction (S101), and causes the user to select document data to be subjected to direct printing. When the document data is selected (S102), the control unit 21 (display control unit 27) displays an object print setting screen on the display operation unit 24, and accepts operations such as whether or not to print and selection of an object to be deleted (S103). ). 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 are examples of the object print setting screen 30. FIG. The object print setting screen 30 displays whether or not to print the specific object print setting unit 31 for setting whether or not to print the specific object (further, whether to print what kind of specific object) and whether to print the annotation object ( Further, an annotation object print setting unit 32 for setting what kind of keyword including an annotation object is not printed) is displayed.

  For example, when the figures are overlapped, as shown in FIG. 8, when “do not print the specific object” is selected, a figure that is not desired to be printed (an elliptical figure in FIG. 8) is selected from the candidate figures. It can be deleted from print data. Also, as shown in FIG. 10, when “not print an annotation object” is selected, a figure including an annotation keyword such as “*, note, caution”, a figure including a change keyword such as “update, change”, “charge”, etc. A graphic that the user does not want to print (a graphic including an annotation keyword in FIG. 10) can be selected from the graphics including the role keyword and deleted from the print data. Further, the specific object and the keyword can be set by the user himself. Further, the specific object and the annotation object can be set in combination (by a combination of AND and OR). For example, as shown in FIG. It can be set in combination with "do not print".

  After the setting is made on the object print setting screen 30, how the document is printed may be confirmed on the screen in advance. In this case, a preview button is provided on the object print setting screen 30, and when the preview button is pressed, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) performs a process of specifying an object to be deleted, which will be described later, and the control unit 21 (display control unit 27). ) Refers to the designation information (deletion flag), generates preview image data in which the object to be deleted is deleted from the document data, and displays the preview image on the object print setting screen 30 or a screen transited from the object print setting screen 30. Can be displayed.

  When the control unit 21 (display control unit 27) receives an instruction to start printing (for example, operation of the OK button of the object print setting screen 30 or the start button of the display operation unit 24) (Yes in S104), control is performed. The unit 21 (analyzing unit 28) analyzes the document data (S105), identifies the object to be deleted, and generates specification information for specifying the identified object to be deleted (sets a deletion flag) (S106). The process of specifying the object to be deleted will be described later. After that, the control unit 21 (object deletion unit 29) controls the image processing unit 25 to delete the deletion target object (the object with the deletion flag set) specified by the analysis unit 28 and generate print data ( (S107), the print data is transferred to the print processing unit 26, and the print processing is executed (S108).

[Identification processing of object to be deleted]
As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) acquires setting information set on the object print setting screen 30 (S201) and is described in document data (for example, a “document.xml” file). The following processing is performed on the first object that has been set (S202).

  First, the control unit 21 (the analysis unit 28) determines whether the target object is the foreground object as necessary (S203). This determination is made because the specific object and the annotation object are drawn after drawing the essential objects that compose the document, and therefore, unless the target object is the foreground object, the target object is the essential object that composes the document. This is because it can be determined. Here, it is determined whether the target object is the foreground object, but it may be determined whether the target object is not the backmost object. In this case, if the target object is the backmost object, it can be determined that the target object is an essential object constituting the document.

  If the target object is not the foreground object, the process proceeds to S210. If the target object is the foreground object, the control unit 21 (the analysis unit 28) refers to the setting information acquired in S201 and It is determined whether or not the setting is for not printing (S204). If the setting is not to print the specific object (to print the specific object), the process proceeds to S207. If the setting is not to print the specific object, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) sets the document data (“document. With reference to the description in the “xml” file), it is determined whether the target object is a specific object (S205). Specifically, when the description corresponding to the target object in the “document.xml” file includes a character string such as “circular balloon”, it is determined that the target object is a specific object. When it is determined that the target object is not a specific object, the process proceeds to S207. When it is determined that the target object is a specific object, a deletion flag is set for the target object (S206), and the process proceeds to S207. .

  Next, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) refers to the setting information acquired in S201, and determines whether the setting is such that the annotation object is not printed (S207). If the setting is not to print the annotation object (to print the annotation object), the process proceeds to S210. If the setting is not to print the annotation object, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) sets the document data (“document. With reference to the description of the “xml” file), it is determined whether the target object is an annotation object (S208). Specifically, if the description corresponding to the target object in the “document.xml” file includes a character string such as “caution”, it is determined that the target object is an annotation object. If it is determined that the target object is not an annotation object, the process proceeds to S210. If it is determined that the target object is an annotation object, a deletion flag is set for the target object (S209), and the process proceeds to S210. .

  Next, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) determines whether or not the next object is described in the document data (“document.xml” file) (S210). When the specific process is completed and there is a next object, the object is set as a target object (S211), and the process returns to S203 to repeat the same process.

  Hereinafter, a print result when a specific object or an annotation object is set not to be printed will be described with a specific example.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the application 17 of the client device 10 is used to arrange a required object 41 such as a graphics object or an image object in a page to create a document. Consider a case where a specific object 42 (here, an elliptical figure) is drawn. At the time of direct printing of the document 40a created in this way, as shown in FIG. 8, in the specific object print setting section 31 of the object print setting screen 30, "not print a specific object" is selected. When “Do not print elliptical figure” is selected, the control unit 21 (analyzing unit 28) identifies the object including the character string “oval figure” from the “document.xml” file and sets the deletion flag. When the image processing unit 25 generates print data from the document data (converts OOXML data into intermediate data), the control unit 21 (object deletion unit 29) sets the drawing object with the deletion flag set. The image processing unit 25 is instructed to be deleted from the print data. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9B, the document 40b printed by the print processing unit 26 is in a state where only the specific object 42 (elliptical figure) is deleted from the created document 40a.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 11A, two circular balloon figures are drawn on the essential object 41, and one of them has an annotation keyword (here, the character of “caution”), and the other has other characters. Consider the case. When the document 40a created in this way is directly printed, as shown in FIG. 10, "not print the annotation object" is selected in the annotation object print setting section 32 of the object print setting screen 30, and further, " When “Do not print figure including annotation keyword” is selected, control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) specifies an object (annotation object 43) including the annotation keyword from “document.xml” file and sets a deletion flag. set. At this time, there is also a balloon graphic on the left side of FIG. 11A, but since this balloon graphic does not include an annotation keyword, it is not determined to be an object to be deleted. The control unit 21 (object deleting unit 29) controls the image processing unit 25 to delete the drawing object for which the deletion flag is set from the print data when the image processing unit 25 generates the print data from the document data. Instruct 25. As a result, in the document 40b printed by the print processing unit 26, as shown in FIG. 11B, only the annotation object 43 (a balloon graphic in which the word "attention" is described) is deleted from the created document 40a. It will be in the state that was done.

  FIG. 8 shows a case where one type of specific object is deleted from the print data, and FIG. 10 shows a case where one type of annotation object is deleted from the print data. The object 42 and / or one or more types of annotation objects 43 may be deleted from the print data. For example, as shown in FIG. 13A, one square figure and one ellipse figure are drawn on the essential object 41, and a role keyword (in this case, the character of “in charge”) is described in the ellipse figure. Consider a case where other characters are described in a figure. When direct printing the document 40a created in this way, as shown in FIG. 12, "not print a specific object" is selected in the specific object print setting section 31 of the object print setting screen 30, and " If “Do not print square figure” is selected, “Don't print annotated object” is selected in annotation object print setting section 32, and “Don't print figure containing role keyword” is selected, control is performed. The unit 21 (analysis unit 28) includes, from the “document.xml” file, an object (specific object 42) including a character string of “square figure”, a character string of “oval figure”, and a “role” keyword. An object (annotation object 43) is specified and a deletion flag is set. The control unit 21 (object deleting unit 29) controls the image processing unit 25 to delete the drawing object for which the deletion flag is set from the print data when the image processing unit 25 generates the print data from the document data. Instruct 25. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13B, the document 40b printed by the print processing unit 26 includes only the specific object 42 (square figure) and the annotation object 43 (figure including the role keyword) from the created document 40a. Is deleted.

  The specific object can be set by the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when "designate a figure" is selected in the specific object print setting section 31 of the object print setting screen 30, a desired figure (here, a star figure) is selected from a pull-down menu. In this case, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) specifies an object (specific object 42) including the character string of "star-shaped figure" from the "document.xml" file. Set the delete flag.

  The keyword can be set by the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when “designate keyword” is selected in the annotation object print setting section 32 of the object print setting screen 30, an arbitrary keyword (here, “confirmed”) may be input. In that case, the control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) specifies an object (annotation object 43) including the character string of "confirmed" from the "document.xml" file and sets a deletion flag. .

  Further, FIGS. 9, 11, and 13 illustrate an example in which one specific object 42 and one annotation object 43 are controlled so as not to be printed. For example, as illustrated in FIG. When a plurality of objects including a role keyword (here, “in charge”) are drawn in 40 a, “not print an annotation object” is selected in the annotation object print setting unit 32 of the object print setting screen 30. Further, when “Do not print figure including role keyword” is selected, control unit 21 (analysis unit 28) extracts all objects (annotation object 43) including the role keyword from “document.xml” file. Then, the control unit 21 (the object deletion unit 29) sets all of the drawing for which the deletion flag is set. Object is to be deleted from the print data. As a result, in the printed document 40b, as shown in FIG. 16B, all the objects including the role keywords are deleted.

  FIGS. 9 to 16 show the case where control is performed so that a specific graphic or a graphic including a specific keyword is not printed. However, a combination setting specifying a specific color, a size of a graphic or a character, or the like is performed. May be set, and settings such as not printing a graphic containing text filled with a specific color may be made. By making such a setting, a specific object can be selected and deleted from a print target for a document created by superimposing a large number of objects.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the control unit 21 (print control program) uses the structure of document data such as OOXML, analyzes the description contents of the “document.xml” file, and converts a specific character string. By extracting, by specifying the object to be deleted in the document data and controlling the image processing unit 25 to delete the specified object to be deleted from the print data when generating the print data from the document data, A desired printed matter can be easily created.

  Next, a print control program, an image forming apparatus, and a print control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the client device, and FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image forming apparatus. FIGS. 19 and 20 are flowcharts showing the print instruction processing of the client device. Note that the second example is an example that implements the second method described in the embodiment.

  In the above-described first embodiment, when the image forming apparatus 20 analyzes the document data such as OOXML to identify the object to be deleted and generates print data from the document data, the object to be deleted is deleted from the print data. However, the client device 10 may specify the object to be deleted, and transmit the document data and the specification information for specifying the object to be deleted to the image forming apparatus 20 to instruct direct printing. In that case, the client device 10 and the image forming device 20 have the following configuration.

[Client device]
As shown in FIG. 17A, the client device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a network I / F unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, and the like, and as shown in FIG. Then, the OS 16, the application 17, the direct print utility 18, and the like are executed by the control unit 11 (CPU 11a). Further, the direct print utility 18 includes a display control unit 18a, an analysis unit 18b, an object deletion instruction unit 18c, and the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the direct print utility 18 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  The display control unit 18a causes the display unit 14 to display an object print setting screen for setting whether or not to print the specific object, whether to print the annotation object, and the like. Accept operations such as selection.

  The analysis unit 18b analyzes the document data (structured data such as OOXML data and ODF data) created by the application 17, and deletes an object such as a specific object or an annotation object based on the setting of the object print setting screen. To identify. The analysis unit 18b analyzes the layer structure of a plurality of objects included in the document data, and deletes the objects from the objects arranged at the foreground (or objects other than the objects arranged at the back). Identify the target object. Then, specification information for specifying the deletion target object is generated so that the specified deletion target object is not printed.

  The object deletion instructing unit 18c adds the designation information generated by the analysis unit 18b to the print setting information, transmits the document data and the print setting information to which the designation information is added to the image forming apparatus 20, and instructs the image forming apparatus 20 to perform direct printing.

  The display control unit 18a, the analysis unit 18b, and the object deletion instruction unit 18c constitute a print control program.

[Image forming apparatus]
As shown in FIG. 18A, the image forming apparatus 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a network I / F unit 23, a display operation unit 24, an image processing unit 25, a print processing unit 26, and the like. The control unit 21 functions as an object deletion unit 29, as shown in FIG. That is, the present embodiment has a configuration in which the display control unit 27 and the analysis unit 28 are deleted from the control unit 21 as compared with the first embodiment.

  When controlling the image processing unit 25 to generate print data from OOXML data, the object deletion unit 29 refers to the specification information included in the print setting information received from the client device 10 and refers to the analysis unit of the client device 10. The print data in which the deletion target object identified by 18b is deleted is generated.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the client device 10 having the above configuration at the time of direct printing will be described. The CPU 11a expands the print control program stored in the ROM 11b or the storage unit 12 into the RAM 11c and executes the print control program, thereby performing the processing of each step shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

  When the user creates document data (OOXML data) using the application 17 and saves the data in a predetermined folder, the control unit 11 (direct print utility 18) of the client device 10 accepts direct print (S301), and the control unit 11 (Display control unit 18a) displays an object print setting screen on the display unit 14 and accepts operations such as the presence or absence of printing and selection of an object to be deleted (S302). The configuration of this object print setting screen is the same as in FIGS. 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 of the first embodiment.

  As in the first embodiment, a preview button is provided on the object print setting screen 30, and when the preview button is pressed, the control unit 11 (analyzing unit 18b) performs a process of specifying an object to be deleted, which will be described later. The control unit 11 (the display control unit 18a) generates preview image data in which the deletion target object is deleted from the document data with reference to the designation information, and transitions from the object print setting screen 30 or the object print setting screen 30. May display a preview image.

  When the control unit 11 (the display control unit 18a) receives an instruction to start processing (for example, an operation of an OK button on the object print setting screen 30) (Yes in S303), the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) The document data is analyzed (S304), the object to be deleted is specified, and specification information for specifying the specified object to be deleted is generated (S305). The process of specifying the object to be deleted will be described later. Thereafter, the control unit 11 (the object deletion instructing unit 18c) transmits the document data and the print setting information to which the designation information is added to the image forming apparatus 20, and instructs the direct printing (S306). When the image forming apparatus 20 receives the document data and the print setting information to which the designation information has been added, the control unit 21 (the object deletion unit 29) controls the image processing unit 25, and refers to the designation information to perform the designation. The print data is generated by deleting the deletion target object specified by the information, and the print processing unit 26 executes a print process based on the print data.

[Identification processing of object to be deleted]
As shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 11 (analysis unit 18b) acquires setting information set on the object print setting screen 30 (S401), and is described in document data (for example, a “document.xml” file). The following processing is performed on the first object that has been set (S402).

  First, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) determines whether the target object is the foreground object (or is not the backmost object) as necessary (S403). If the target object is not the foreground object, the process proceeds to S410. If the target object is the foreground object, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) refers to the setting information acquired in S401 and It is determined whether or not the setting is for not printing (S404). If the setting is not to print the specific object, the process proceeds to S407. If the setting is not to print the specific object, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) refers to the description of the document data (“document.xml” file). Then, it is determined whether the target object is a specific object (S405). If it is determined that the target object is not a specific object, the process proceeds to S407. If it is determined that the target object is a specific object, specification information for setting the target object as a deletion target object is generated (S406), and S407. Transitions to.

  Next, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) refers to the setting information acquired in S401 and determines whether the setting is such that the annotation object is not printed (S407). If the setting is not to print the annotation object, the process proceeds to S410. If the setting is not to print the annotation object, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) refers to the description of the document data (“document.xml” file). Then, it is determined whether the target object is an annotation object (S408). If it is determined that the target object is not an annotation object, the process proceeds to S410, and if it is determined that the target object is an annotation object, designation information for generating the target object as a deletion target object is generated (S409), and S410. Transitions to.

  Next, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 18b) determines whether or not the next object is described in the document data (“document.xml” file) (S410). When the specific processing ends and there is a next object, the object is set as a target object (S411), and the process returns to S403 to repeat the same processing.

  In this manner, the client device 10 analyzes the description content of the document data (“document.xml” file) to extract a specific character string, and specifies the object to be deleted in the document data. Printed matter can be easily created.

  Next, a print control program, an image forming apparatus, and a print control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the client device, and FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image forming apparatus. FIGS. 23 and 24 are flowcharts showing the print instruction processing of the client device. Note that the third example is an example that implements the third method described in the embodiment.

  In the above-described second embodiment, when the client device 10 analyzes document data such as OOXML and specifies an object to be deleted, and when the image forming apparatus 20 generates print data from the document data, the object to be deleted is Although the designation information is generated so as to be deleted from the print data, the client device 10 may generate a print job in which the object to be deleted is deleted and instruct the image forming apparatus 20 to perform printing. In that case, the client device 10 and the image forming device 20 have the following configuration.

[Client device]
As shown in FIG. 21A, the client device 10 includes hardware such as a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a network I / F unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, and the like. As shown in (1), the control unit 11 (CPU 11a) executes an OS 16, an application 17, a printer driver 19, and the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the printer driver 19 is executed by the control unit 11 (CPU 11a) instead of the direct print utility 18.

  The printer driver 19 converts a document data (structured data such as OOXML data or ODF data) composed of a plurality of objects created by the application 17 into a print job (PJL) in a language that can be interpreted by the image forming apparatus 20. (Printer Job Language), PS (PostScript), PCL (Printer Control Language) and other PDL (Page Description Language) data described in a page description language. The printer driver 19 includes a display control unit 19a, an analysis unit 19b, an object deletion unit 19c, and the like.

  The display control unit 19a causes the display unit 14 to display an object print setting screen for setting whether to print a specific object, whether to print an annotation object, and the like, as in the second embodiment. , The presence or absence of printing and the selection of the object to be deleted.

  The analysis unit 19b analyzes the document data as in the second embodiment and, based on the setting of the object print setting screen, among a plurality of objects included in the document data, such as a specific object or an annotation object. Identify the object to be deleted. Further, the analysis unit 19b analyzes the layer structure of a plurality of objects included in the document data, and deletes the objects from the objects arranged at the foreground (or objects other than the objects arranged at the back). Identify the target object. Then, specification information for specifying the deletion target object is generated (a deletion flag is set) so that the specified deletion target object is not printed.

  The object deletion unit 19c refers to the specification information (deletion flag) generated by the analysis unit 19b when generating a print job (this print job is called print data in this embodiment) from the document data. Generate a print job in which the object to be deleted has been deleted.

  The display control unit 19a, the analysis unit 19b, and the object deletion unit 19c constitute a print control program.

[Image forming apparatus]
As shown in FIG. 22, the image forming apparatus 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a network I / F unit 23, a display operation unit 24, an image processing unit 25, a print processing unit 26, and the like. That is, as compared with the second embodiment, the configuration is such that the object deletion unit 29 is deleted.

  In the present embodiment, the image processing unit 25 generates intermediate data from a print job (PDL data), rasterizes each page, and generates bitmap image data. The print processing unit 26 performs a print process based on the image data.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the client device 10 having the above configuration at the time of direct printing will be described. The CPU 11a expands the print control program stored in the ROM 11b or the storage unit 12 into the RAM 11c and executes the print control program, thereby performing the processing of each step shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.

  When the user creates document data (OOXML data) using the application 17 and instructs printing, the control unit 11 (printer driver 19) of the client device 10 receives the print instruction (S501), and the control unit 11 (display control). The unit 18a) displays an object print setting screen on the display unit 14 and accepts operations such as the presence or absence of printing and selection of an object to be deleted (S502). The configuration of this object print setting screen is the same as in FIGS. 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 of the first embodiment.

  As in the first and second embodiments, a preview button is provided on the object print setting screen 30, and when the preview button is pressed, the control unit 11 (analyzing unit 19b) performs a process of specifying a deletion target object described later. The control unit 11 (the display control unit 19a) generates preview image data in which the object to be deleted is deleted from the document data with reference to the designation information, and outputs the preview image data from the object print setting screen 30 or the object print setting screen 30. A preview image may be displayed on a transition screen.

  Then, when the control unit 11 (display control unit 19a) receives an instruction to start processing (for example, operation of an OK button on the object print setting screen 30) (Yes in S503), the control unit 11 (analysis unit 19b) The document data is analyzed (S504), the object to be deleted is specified, and specification information for specifying the specified object to be deleted is generated (a deletion flag is set) (S505). The process of specifying the object to be deleted will be described later.

  Then, the control unit 11 (the object deletion unit 19c) deletes the deletion target object (the object with the deletion flag set) specified by the analysis unit 19b to generate a print job (PDL data) (S506), and 11 (the printer driver 19) transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus 20 and instructs printing (S507). When the image forming apparatus 20 receives the print job, the image processing unit 25 generates print data from the print job, and the print processing unit 26 executes a print process based on the print data.

[Identification processing of object to be deleted]
As shown in FIG. 24, the control unit 11 (analysis unit 19b) acquires the setting information set on the object print setting screen 30 (S601), and is described in the document data (for example, the “document.xml” file). The following processing is performed on the first object that has been set (S602).

  First, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 19b) determines whether the target object is the foreground object (or is not the backmost object) as necessary (S603). If the target object is not the foreground object, the process proceeds to S610. If the target object is the foreground object, the control unit 11 (analysis unit 19b) refers to the setting information acquired in S601 and It is determined whether or not the setting is for not printing (S604). If the setting is not to print the specific object, the process proceeds to S607. If the setting is not to print the specific object, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 19b) refers to the description of the document data (“document.xml” file). Then, it is determined whether the target object is a specific object (S605). If it is determined that the target object is not a specific object, the process proceeds to S607. If it is determined that the target object is a specific object, a deletion flag is set (S606), and the process proceeds to S607.

  Next, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 19b) refers to the setting information acquired in S601, and determines whether the setting is such that the annotation object is not printed (S607). If the setting is not to print the annotation object, the process proceeds to S610. If the setting is not to print the annotation object, the control unit 11 (the analysis unit 19b) refers to the description of the document data (“document.xml” file). Then, it is determined whether the target object is an annotation object (S608). If it is determined that the target object is not an annotation object, the process proceeds to S610. If it is determined that the target object is an annotation object, a deletion flag is set (S609), and the process proceeds to S610.

  Next, the control unit 11 (analysis unit 19b) determines whether or not the next object is described in the document data (“document.xml” file) (S610). When the specific process is completed and there is a next object, the object is set as a target object (S611), and the process returns to S603 to repeat the same process.

  As described above, the client device 10 analyzes the description contents of the document data (“document.xml” file) to extract a specific character string, specifies the object to be deleted in the document data, and specifies the object to be deleted. By generating the deleted print job and transmitting it to the image forming apparatus 20, a desired printed matter can be easily created.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the configuration and the method of print control can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, in each of the above embodiments, the OOXML data is illustrated as the structured data. However, the structured data may be any data in which the attribute is described for each object. The method can be applied as well.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the case where the control is performed so that the deletion target object is not printed has been described. However, the control method of the present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the control is performed so that the deletion target object is not displayed. it can.

  The present invention relates to a print control program for controlling the printing of structured data, a recording medium storing the print control program, an image forming apparatus capable of printing structured data, and a print control method in a printing system including the image forming apparatus. Available to

Reference Signs List 10 client device 11 control unit 11a CPU
11b ROM
11c RAM
12 storage unit 13 network I / F unit 14 display unit 15 operation unit 16 OS
Reference Signs List 17 application 18 direct print utility 18a display control unit 18b analysis unit 18c object deletion instruction unit 19 printer driver 19a display control unit 19b analysis unit 19c object deletion unit 20 image forming apparatus 21 control unit 21a CPU
21b ROM
21c RAM
Reference Signs List 22 storage unit 23 network I / F unit 24 display operation unit 25 image processing unit 26 print processing unit 27 display control unit 28 analysis unit 29 object deletion unit 30 object print setting screen 31 specific object print setting unit 32 annotation object print setting unit 40 Document 40a Created document 40b Printed document 41 Required object 42 Specific object 43 Annotation object 44 Auto shape 50 Option setting screen

Claims (20)

A print control program including a display unit and an operation unit, and operated by a device that generates print data from document data,
The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and attributes are described for each object.
In the device,
A first process of displaying an object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object not to be printed from the plurality of objects on the display unit, and receiving a selection operation of the deletion target object by the operation unit;
A second process of analyzing the document data and identifying the selected object to be deleted from the plurality of objects;
Executing a third process of generating the print data in which the deletion target object specified from the document data is deleted ,
In the first process, a graphic object can be specified on the object print setting screen,
The second process refers to the description of the document data by extracting a character string corresponding to the specified graphic object, that identifies the graphic object as the deletion target object,
A print control program characterized by the following. In the first process, a keyword can be specified on the object print setting screen,
In the second process, an object including the keyword is specified as the object to be deleted by extracting a character string of a specified keyword with reference to the description of the document data.
The print control program according to claim 1, wherein: In the first processing, a preview image in which the selected deletion target object is deleted from the plurality of objects is generated and displayed on the display unit.
The print control program according to claim 1, wherein: In the second processing, the layer structure of the plurality of objects is analyzed, and the object to be deleted is specified from objects other than the object arranged at the front or the object arranged at the rear. ,
The print control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The document data is data created by an office suite application,
The print control program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The document data is OOXML (Office Open XML) data.
The print control program according to claim 5 , wherein:   An image forming apparatus, comprising: a display unit, an operation unit, an image processing unit that generates print data from document data, and a print processing unit that performs a print process based on the print data.
  The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and attributes are described for each object.
  A display control unit that displays an object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object that is not a print target from among the plurality of objects on the display unit, and receives a selection operation of the deletion target object by the operation unit,
  An analysis unit that analyzes the document data and specifies the selected deletion target object from among the plurality of objects;
  An object deletion unit that controls the image processing unit to generate the print data in which the deletion target object specified from the document data is deleted,
  The display control unit enables a graphic object to be specified on the object print setting screen,
  The analysis unit identifies the graphic object as the deletion target object by referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string corresponding to the specified graphic object.
  An image forming apparatus comprising: The display control unit allows a keyword to be specified on the object print setting screen,
The analysis unit refers to the description of the document data, extracts a character string of a specified keyword, and specifies an object including the keyword as the object to be deleted.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: The display control unit, from among the plurality of objects, generates a preview image in which the selected deletion target object is deleted, and causes the display unit to display the preview image.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: The analysis unit analyzes the layer structure of the plurality of objects, and identifies the object to be deleted from objects arranged at the foreground or objects other than the object arranged at the back.
The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein: The document data is data created by an office suite application,
The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 10 , wherein: The document data is OOXML (Office Open XML) data.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:   A print control method in a print system, comprising: a client device that creates document data; an image forming device that includes a display unit and an operation unit, and executes a print process based on print data generated from the document data. hand,
  The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and attributes are described for each object.
  The client device,
  Create the document data and send it to the image forming apparatus,
  The image forming apparatus includes:
  Receiving the document data from the client device;
  An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object not to be printed from among the plurality of objects included in the document data is displayed on the display unit, and a selection operation of the deletion target object by the operation unit is received,
  Analyzing the document data, from among the plurality of objects, to identify the selected object to be deleted,
  Generating the print data by deleting the object to be deleted specified from the document data,
  Executing print processing based on the generated print data,
  On the object print setting screen, a graphic object can be specified,
  By referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string corresponding to the designated graphic object, the graphic object is specified as the object to be deleted.
  A print control method characterized by the above-mentioned.   A print control method in a print system, comprising: a client device for creating document data, comprising a display unit and an operation unit, and an image forming device for executing print processing based on print data generated from the document data. hand,
  The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and attributes are described for each object.
  The client device,
  An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object that is not a printing target from among the plurality of objects is displayed on the display unit, and a selection operation of the deletion target object by the operation unit is received,
  Analyzing the document data, from among the plurality of objects, to identify the selected object to be deleted,
  Transmitting the document data and specification information specifying the identified deletion target object to the image forming apparatus;
  The image forming apparatus includes:
  Receiving the document data and the designation information from the client device,
  With reference to the designation information, generate the print data in which the deletion target object is deleted from the document data,
  Executing print processing based on the generated print data,
  On the object print setting screen, a graphic object can be specified,
  By referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string corresponding to the designated graphic object, the graphic object is specified as the object to be deleted.
  A print control method characterized by the above-mentioned. A print control method in a print system, comprising: a client device that creates a document data, comprising a display unit and an operation unit; and an image forming device that executes a print process based on print data generated from the document data. hand,
The document data is structured data composed of a plurality of objects, and attributes are described for each object.
The client device,
An object print setting screen for selecting a deletion target object that is not a printing target from among the plurality of objects is displayed on the display unit, and a selection operation of the deletion target object by the operation unit is received,
Analyzing the document data, from among the plurality of objects, to identify the selected object to be deleted,
Generating the print data in which the deletion target object specified from the document data is deleted and transmitting the generated print data to the image forming apparatus;
The image forming apparatus includes:
Receiving the print data from the client device;
Executing a print process based on the print data,
On the object print setting screen, a graphic object can be specified,
By referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string corresponding to the designated graphic object, the graphic object is specified as the object to be deleted.
A print control method characterized by the above-mentioned . On the object print setting screen, a keyword can be specified,
By referring to the description of the document data and extracting a character string of a specified keyword, an object including the keyword is specified as the object to be deleted.
The print control method according to claim 13, wherein After selecting the object to be deleted, from among the plurality of objects, a preview image in which the selected object to be deleted is deleted is generated and displayed on the display unit,
The printing control method according to claim 13, wherein Analyzing the layer structure of the plurality of objects, from among the objects arranged at the forefront, or objects other than the object arranged at the back, to identify the object to be deleted,
The print control method according to any one of claims 13 to 17 , wherein: The document data is data created by an office suite application,
19. The print control method according to claim 13, wherein The document data is OOXML (Office Open XML) data.
20. The print control method according to claim 19 , wherein:

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