JP7238482B2 - program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to technology for generating print data.

2. Description of the Related Art A printer driver, which is a program that transmits print data such as PDL (abbreviation of Page Description Language) to a printer and causes the printer to execute printing, is known (see, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-200013).

In some cases, a printer is used to print an address indicating a delivery destination, a bar code, and the like on an invoice attached to a package. An invoice has a plurality of predetermined print areas, such as a print area for writing an address and a print area for printing a bar code. The shipping label is pre-printed with a frame line surrounding the printing area, the name of the carrier, and the like.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2016-31728

If the print position of characters or barcodes is misaligned, characters or barcodes may overlap pre-printed characters, frame lines, perforations, etc., making the characters illegible or the barcodes unreadable by the reading device. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for printing characters and graphics at appropriate print positions.

Various disclosures are made herein. The program of the disclosed example is executed by the computer of the information processing apparatus. The program causes the computer to execute an acquisition process of acquiring image data generated by an application and a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data. The generation process includes a correction process of correcting the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. . The correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data, which is the image data generated by the second application.

The program corrects the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data with the correction amount in response to obtaining the first image data. The amount of correction differs by a predetermined amount from the amount of correction of the layout position of the image indicated by the second image data generated by the second application. Therefore, whether the application is the first application or the second application, characters and graphics can be printed at appropriate print positions.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an information processing device 10 and a server 12 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an invoice 15. As shown in FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a correction table according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a correction table according to Modification 1. FIG. 4A shows an invoice name selection screen, FIG. 4B shows a print screen, and FIG. 4C shows a correction type selection screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing processing of the special printer driver 29 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of print data generation processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a proper placement table according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a proper placement table according to the third embodiment. FIG. 8A is an explanatory diagram explaining the enclosing rectangle according to the second embodiment, and FIGS. 8B and 8C are explanatory diagrams explaining the enclosing rectangle according to the modification 3. FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of print data generation processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a proper placement table according to Modification 3. As shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. It goes without saying that the embodiment described below is merely an example of disclosure, and can be modified as appropriate without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the execution order of each process to be described later can be changed as appropriate without changing the gist of the present invention.

[First embodiment]
In this embodiment, the special printer driver 29 installed in the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The information processing device 10 is a personal computer, a tablet, or the like.

The information processing apparatus 10 is communicably connected to a printer 11 via a communication line 13 such as a wired LAN, wireless LAN (registered trademark), USB (registered trademark) cable, or the like. The information processing device 10 is also communicably connected to a server 12 via a router (not shown) and the Internet 14 .

The printer 11 includes a tray on which various types of sheets can be placed, a print engine that conveys the sheet placed on the tray and prints an image on the sheet, and a controller. The controller receives input of print data and drives the print engine based on the received print data. The driven print engine prints an image indicated by the print data on a sheet. Various types of sheets include, for example, plain A4 size plain paper, plain A5 size plain paper, and A4 size invoice 15 shown in FIG. The invoice 15 is an example of a specific sheet.

The invoice 15 is preprinted with characters 61 such as "delivery address", "client", "product name", and "receipt date", ruled lines 62 and frame lines 63. As shown in FIG. The invoice 15 has a print area 64 printed with a "telephone number", a print area 64 printed with a "zip code", a print area 64 printed with a "destination address", and a print area 64 printed with an "address". is printed, a print area 64 is printed with a "barcode", and a print area 64 is printed with a "QR code" (registered trademark). In FIG. 2, the print area 64 is indicated by thin and dashed lines.

Characters such as “telephone number” and figures such as “barcode” and “QR code” are printed in each print area 64 by the printer 11 .

The invoice 15 has perforations 66 . The invoice 15 is cut off at perforations. The separated invoice 15 is used, for example, attached to a package or placed in a bag attached to the package.

The information processing apparatus 10 includes a controller 21, a display 41, a user I/F 42, and a communication I/F 43, as shown in FIG. "I/F" means an interface.

The user I/F 42 is a keyboard, mouse, microphone, and the like. The microphone converts the user's voice into an audio signal and inputs it to the controller 21 . A user inputs an instruction to the information processing apparatus 10 through the user I/F 42 .

The controller 21 has a CPU 22 , a memory 23 and a bus 24 . The CPU 22 executes programs such as an OS 27, a standard printer driver 28, and a special printer driver 29, which will be described later, by executing instructions written in the programs. The CPU 22 is an example of a computer.

CPU 22 , memory 23 , display 41 , user I/F 42 and communication I/F 43 are connected to bus 24 . That is, the program executed by the CPU 22 acquires information and data from the memory 23, stores the information and data in the memory 23, displays an image on the display 41, accepts user input through the user I/F 42, communicates I Information and data can be sent to or received from the printer 11 or the server 12 through the /F43.

The memory 23 has a program storage area 25 for storing various programs and a data storage area 26 for storing information and data. The memory 23 is, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, a portable storage medium such as a USB memory, an EEPROM, a buffer provided in the CPU 22, or the like.

The memory 23 may be a computer-readable storage medium. A computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitory medium. In addition to the above examples, non-transitory media include recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. A non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium. On the other hand, an electrical signal that carries a program downloaded from a server on the Internet is a computer-readable signal medium, which is a kind of computer-readable medium, but is a non-transitory computer-readable storage. Not included in media.

The program storage area 25 stores an operating system OS 27 , a standard printer driver 28 , a special printer driver 29 , a first browser 31 , a second browser 32 and an application 33 . Special printer driver 29 is an example of a program. Application 33 is an example of a second application.

The standard printer driver 28 is a printer driver that generates print data printable by the printer 11 . The standard printer driver 28 displays, for example, a print setting screen on the display 41 of the information processing device 10 . The user selects a sheet size such as A4 or A5, a sheet type such as plain paper or glossy paper, and a color such as color or monochrome on the print setting screen. The standard printer driver 28 generates print data according to the user's selections.

The standard printer driver 28 is registered in the OS 27 with the printer name indicating the name of the printer 11 as its name. Specifically, the standard printer driver 28 associates the printer name “MFP-A” with the model name indicating the type of the printer 11 and the port name indicating the port set by the OS 27 for the printer 11. are stored in the memory 23.

The special printer driver 29 is a printer driver that generates print data that can be printed on a specific type of sheet by the printer 11 . The specific type of sheet is, for example, the invoice 15 . The user selects the special printer driver 29 instead of the standard printer driver 28 when printing an image on a specific type of sheet such as the invoice 15 . The special printer driver 29 has in advance print settings corresponding to a specific type of sheet. Therefore, by selecting the special printer driver 29, the user can save the trouble of inputting various print settings.

The special printer driver 29 is registered in the OS 27 with a printer name indicating the name of the printer 11 and an invoice name indicating the type of sheet. Specifically, the special printer driver 29 sets the name of "first business operator A4MFP-A", which is a combination of the printer name "MFP-A" and the invoice name "first business operator A4". and the port name indicating the port set by the OS 27 for the printer 11 are stored in the memory 23 in association with each other. The invoice name is an example of sheet type information. A model name is an example of printer information.

More specifically, a setup program (not shown) for registering the special printer driver 29 with the OS 27 causes the display 41 to display an invoice name selection screen shown in FIG. 4(A). The invoice name selection screen has a pull-down menu for selecting an invoice name, an "OK" icon, and a "Cancel" icon. The user selects an invoice name from the pull-down menu and then selects the "OK" icon. The setup program associates the name of "first business operator A4MFP-A", which is a combination of the invoice name selected by the user on the invoice name selection screen and the printer name, with the port name and stores the name in the memory 23, and stores the name in the memory 23 as a special printer driver. 29 is registered with OS 27 .

When the OS 27 receives a print instruction from an application 33 (to be described later) or the like, the OS 27 displays a list of printer driver names on the display 41 . That is, the display 41 displays the name of “first operator A4MFP-A” stored in the memory 23 . When the user wants the printer 11 with the printer name "MFP-A" to print an image on the invoice 15 of "first business operator A4", the name "first business operator A4MFP-A" is displayed on the display 41. Select the special printer driver 29 provided.

The special printer driver 29 is a program for generating print data from image data, and has a drawing program for generating print data. A drawing program is, for example, Canvas.

The special printer driver 29 has a correction table shown in FIG. 3A in order to correct the placement position of the image to be printed when generating print data from image data. More specifically, the arrangement of the image indicated by the image data on the invoice 15 depends on the type of application, such as the application 33 and the web application 56, which will be described later, and also on the type of browser used when the web application 56 generates the image data. The position may change. That is, depending on the type of application and the type of browser, the layout position of the individual images 65 such as characters and barcodes may deviate from the proper layout of the print area 64 (FIG. 2). When the layout position of the individual images 65 such as characters and barcodes is out of the printing area 64, the individual images 65 such as characters and barcodes printed by the printer 11 are replaced by the characters 61 and the ruled lines 62 previously printed on the invoice 15. There is a risk of overlapping with the frame line 63 or overlapping with the perforations 66 . As a result, the characters printed by the printer 11 may become unreadable, and the reading device may become unable to read barcodes and QR codes. The correction table is used for correction to move the layout positions of images such as characters and barcodes to appropriate layout positions within the print area 64 .

Specifically, the correction table is a table that associates invoice names, application types, and browser types with correction amounts and change correction amounts. The invoice name, application type, browser type, and correction amount are registered in advance in the correction table. After the special printer driver 29 is registered in the OS 27, the changed correction amount is registered in the correction table according to the input value input to the information processing apparatus 10 by the user using the user I/F 42. FIG. The correction table may be registered in the OS 27 by the setup program when the setup program registers the special printer driver 29 in the OS 27 .

The item “invoice name” indicates the type of invoice 15 . In the illustrated example, the item "invoice name" is "first carrier A4", "first carrier A5", "second carrier A4", and "second carrier A5". For example, "first carrier A4" indicates an invoice 15 provided by the first carrier and of A4 size. The same applies to "first carrier A5", "second carrier A4", and "second carrier A5". The reason why the correction table has the item "invoice name" is that the special printer driver 29 can be set up for multiple types of invoice names as described above. If the special printer driver 29 is set up only for one specific type of invoice name, the item "invoice name" may not be provided in the correction table.

The application type is information indicating the type of application, and is compared with the type of application that generated the image data indicating the image to be printed on the invoice 15 in step S33 described later. In the illustrated example, the item "application type" has two types, "desktop version" and "WEB version". “Desktop version” indicates the application 33 implemented by the information processing apparatus 10 . “WEB version” indicates the WEB application 56 implemented by the server 12 . "Desktop version" is an example of the second type. "WEB version" is an example of the first type.

The browser type is information indicating the type of browser, and is compared with the type of browser used by the application that generated the image data representing the image to be printed on the invoice 15 in step S35 described later. In the illustrated example, the item "browser type" includes two types of "first browser" and "second browser". “First browser” indicates the first browser 31 . “Second browser” indicates the second browser 32 .

The correction amount is a value used for correcting the position of the image printed on the invoice 15 . The correction amount includes an x-correction amount, which is an x-direction correction amount, and a y-correction amount, which is a y-direction correction amount. The x direction is the width direction of the invoice 15 and means the horizontal direction in FIG. The y-direction is the longitudinal direction of the invoice 15 and means the vertical direction in FIG.

The change correction amount is the value used to correct the position of the image printed on the invoice 15 . The changed correction amount is input to the information processing apparatus 10 by the user when an image cannot be printed at an appropriate position with the correction amount registered in advance in the correction table. The change correction amount includes an x change correction amount that is a change correction amount in the x direction and a y change correction amount that is a change correction amount in the y direction.

The correction amount when the application type is "WEB version" and the browser type is "first browser" is the first correction amount. The correction amount when the application type is "WEB version" and the browser type is "second browser" is the second correction amount. The correction amount when the application type is "desktop version" is the third correction amount. The first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount are determined by the developer of the special printer driver 29, for example, by actually printing the image indicated by the image data on the invoice 15 and based on the printing result. .

The developer of the special printer driver 29 determines the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount based on the placement position of the image when the application type is "desktop version". That is, the third correction amount, which is the correction amount when the application type is "desktop version", is (0, 0).

The special printer driver 29 selects a correction amount or a modified correction amount corresponding to the "invoice name", "application type", and "browser type" in the correction table. Details will be described later.

The first browser 31 and the second browser 32 are browsers of different types. The first browser 31 and the second browser 32 are, for example, Internet Explorer (registered trademark), Microsoft Edge (registered trademark), Google Chrome (registered trademark), Safari (registered trademark), Firefox (registered trademark), and Opera (registered trademark). trademark), etc.

The first browser 31 and the second browser 32 have a function of transmitting an HTTP request conforming to a communication protocol such as HTTP to the server 12 through the communication I/F 43 and receiving an HTTP response returned by the server 12 through the communication I/F 43. have.

Also, the first browser 31 and the second browser 32 have a function of generating image data representing an image to be displayed on the display 41 . A plug-in program of the WEB application 56 to be described later generates image data to be input to the special printer driver 29 using the function of generating image data for display of the first browser 31 and the second browser 32 . The image data generated by the plug-in program of the web application 56 may differ in the arrangement position of the image indicated by the image data depending on the type of browser used. The special printer driver 29 corrects the layout position of the image printed on the invoice 15 according to the browser type. Details will be described later. In the following description, when the first browser 31 and the second browser 32 are not distinguished from each other, they are simply referred to as "browser."

The application 33 is a program for generating image data indicating characters such as "destination address", "addressee", and "requester's name" to be printed on the invoice 15, and images such as bar codes and QR codes. Application 33 is provided to the user, for example, by the carrier providing invoice 15 .

The application 33 causes the display 41 to display, for example, an input screen for accepting input of characters to be printed on the invoice 15 (hereinafter also referred to as input characters, etc.). The application 33 generates image data representing an image to be printed on the invoice 15 using the input characters and the like. The application 33 instructs the OS 27 to print the image indicated by the generated image data. Upon receiving the instruction, the OS 27 displays a list of registered printer driver names on the display 41 and accepts selection of the printer driver name. The OS 27 activates the special printer driver 29 in response to the user's selection of the name of the special printer driver 29 . The activated special printer driver 29 acquires image data from the application 33 and generates print data based on the acquired image data.

The server 12 is a so-called WEB server that provides WEB pages to the information processing apparatus 10 . Specifically, in response to receiving the HTTP request transmitted by the information processing apparatus 10 , the server 12 returns an HTTP response including a WEB page written in HTML, XHTML, or the like to the information processing apparatus 10 .

The server 12 has a CPU 51 , a memory 52 , a communication I/F 53 and a bus 54 . Configurations of the CPU 51 , the memory 52 , the communication I/F 53 and the bus 54 are the same as those of the CPU 22 , the memory 23 , the communication I/F 43 and the bus 24 of the information processing apparatus 10 .

The memory 52 stores an OS 55 that is an operating system and a WEB application 56 . The WEB application 56, like the application 33, prints characters indicating the "destination address", "addressee", and "requester's name" to be printed on the invoice 15, and image data indicating images such as bar codes and QR codes. It is a program that generates The WEB application 56 is an example of a first application.

The web application 56 will be described in detail. Upon receiving an input of the URL indicating the WEB application 56 through the user I/F 42, the browser transmits an HTTP request to the destination indicated by the received URL to the Internet 14. FIG. The sent HTTP request is received by the OS 55 of the server 12 through the communication I/F 53 . The OS 55 of the server 12 passes the received HTTP request to the WEB application 56 . The WEB application 56 passes reply data for the passed HTTP request to the OS 55 of the server 12 . The OS 55 of the server 12 returns an HTTP response including the return data passed from the WEB application 56 to the information processing device 10 via the communication I/F 53 and the Internet 14 .

The reply data includes web page data indicating a web page. The browser of the information processing apparatus 10 that has received the reply data causes the display 41 to display the WEB page indicated by the WEB page data included in the reply data. The user uses the user I/F 42 to input characters and the like according to the characters and the like displayed on the web page displayed on the display 41 . The browser then transmits an HTTP request including input characters and the like to the server 12 via the communication I/F 43 and the Internet 14 according to the user's instructions. The WEB application 56 acquires the HTTP request through the OS 55 in the same manner as described above, acquires the input characters and the like included in the acquired HTTP request, and uses the acquired input characters and the like to print the image to be printed on the invoice 15. The image data to be displayed or the original data for generating the image data by the browser is generated. The generated image data or original data is described in HTML, XHTML, JPG, PNG, or other data formats.

The WEB application 56 instructs the OS 55 to return an HTTP response including the generated image data or original data to the information processing apparatus 10 . Upon receiving the instruction, the OS 55 transmits the HTTP response passed from the WEB application 56 to the information processing device 10 via the communication I/F 53 and the Internet 14 . The browser of the information processing apparatus 10 acquires image data or original data included in the HTTP response. Then, the browser instructs the OS 27 to print the acquired image data or print the image data generated from the original data according to the user's instruction input using the user I/F 42 . Upon receiving the instruction, the OS 27 displays a list of registered printer driver names on the display 41 and accepts selection of the printer driver name. The OS 27 activates the special printer driver 29 in response to the user's selection of the name of the special printer driver 29 . The activated special printer driver 29 acquires image data from the browser and generates print data based on the acquired image data.

Alternatively, the above-described reply data sent back from the server 12 to the information processing apparatus 10 includes a plug-in program that operates on the browser. The information processing apparatus 10 causes the memory 23 to store the plug-in program included in the reply data. A plug-in program stored in the memory 23 instructs the browser to display an input screen for inputting input characters and the like on the display 41 . And a plug-in program acquires the input character etc. which the user input using user I/F42. The plug-in program instructs the browser to generate image data representing an image to be printed on the invoice using the acquired input characters. The plug-in program then instructs the OS 27 through the browser to print the generated image data. Upon receiving the instruction, the OS 27 displays a list of registered printer driver names on the display 41 and accepts selection of the printer driver name. The OS 27 activates the special printer driver 29 in response to the user's selection of the name of the special printer driver 29 . The activated special printer driver 29 acquires image data from the browser and generates print data based on the acquired image data.

Note that the WEB application 56 may generate an HTTP response according to the type of browser that generated the HTTP request, or may generate an HTTP response regardless of the type of browser. For example, the WEB application 56 generates an HTTP response including image data or original data in response to the fact that the browser that generated the HTTP request is the first browser 31, and the browser that generated the HTTP request is the second browser 32. In response, generate an HTTP response containing the plug-in program. Alternatively, the WEB application 56 may generate image data and original data according to specifications according to the type of browser that generated the HTTP request, and generate an HTTP response including the generated image data and original data. Alternatively, the WEB application 56 may generate an HTTP response including a plug-in program with specifications according to the type of browser that generated the HTTP request.

As described above, the image data representing the image to be printed on the invoice 15 is generated by the application 33 installed in the information processing apparatus 10, generated by the WEB application 56, or generated by the WEB application 56 via the first browser 31. and alternatively by the web application 56 through the second browser 32 . The layout position of the image indicated by the image data changes depending on whether the image data is generated by the application 33 or the WEB application 56 . Even if the image data is generated by the web application 56, the position of the image indicated by the image data depends on whether the image data was generated through the first browser 31 or the second browser 32. Change.

The special printer driver 29 determines how the acquired image data was generated, corrects the arrangement position of the image indicated by the image data on the invoice 15 with the correction amount according to the judgment, and prints at the corrected arrangement position. Generate data. A detailed description will be given below. A case where the web application 56 generates image data using a plug-in program will be described below.

In this specification, basically, the processing of the CPU 22 according to the instructions written in the program will be described. That is, the processes such as "judgment", "extraction", "selection", "calculation", "determination", "specification", "acquisition", "acceptance", "control", "setting", etc. in the following description are It represents the processing of the CPU 22 . Processing by the CPU 22 also includes hardware control via the OS 27 . Note that "acquisition" is used as a concept that does not require a request. That is, the process of receiving data without the CPU 22 requesting it is also included in the concept of "the CPU 22 acquires data." Also, "data" in this specification is represented by a computer-readable bit string. Data having substantially the same meaning and content but different formats are treated as the same data. The same applies to "information" in this specification. Processing such as "command", "response", "request", etc. is performed by communicating information indicating "command", "response", "request", etc. Also, words such as "command", "response", "request", etc. may be described in the sense of information itself indicating "command", "response", "request", etc.

Also, the processing of the CPU 22 in accordance with the instructions written in the program may be described in abbreviated terms. For example, "performed by the CPU 22", "performed by the controller 21", and "performed by the program" may be described.

Also, the processing by the CPU 22 to determine whether or not the information A indicates that the matter B is conceptually described as "determine whether or not the information A is the matter B". There is The process by the CPU 22 to determine whether information A indicates matter B or matter C is defined as "judging whether it is matter B or matter C from information A." It may be described conceptually as

Also, "data" and "information" in this specification are common in that they are bits or bit strings that can be handled by a computer. "Data" refers to anything that can be handled by a computer without considering the semantic content indicated by each bit. On the other hand, "information" indicates that the operation of the computer branches depending on the meaning indicated by each bit. Furthermore, the "instruction" is a control signal for prompting the destination device to perform the next operation, and may contain information, and itself has the property of information. There is also

In addition, "data" and "information" are the same data and information as long as they are recognized as having the same meaning and content, even if the format (for example, text format, binary format, flag format, etc.) is changed for each computer. treated as For example, information indicating "two" is stored as text format information "0x32" in ASCII code on one computer, and stored as binary format information "10" in binary notation on another computer. may be

However, the above distinction between "data" and "information" is not strict, and exceptional handling is permitted. For example, data may be temporarily treated as information, or information may be temporarily treated as data. Also, what is handled as data in one device may be handled as information in another device. Furthermore, information may be extracted from data, and data may be extracted from information.

In addition, "depending on" in this specification indicates that the processing described after the character string is executed when the condition described before the character string is satisfied. Note that the timing at which the process is executed may be after the condition is satisfied, and does not necessarily have to be immediately after the condition is satisfied.

As shown in FIG. 5, the special printer driver 29 acquires a print job including image data from the WEB application 56 or application 33 (S14, S17).

First, the case where the special printer driver 29 acquires a print job from the web application 56 will be described. The WEB application 56 provides the plug-in program to the information processing apparatus 10 by instructing the OS 55 to return an HTTP response including the plug-in program to the information processing apparatus 10 via the communication I/F 53 (S11). The plug-in program accepts the above input characters and the like through the browser and user I/F 42 (S12). The plug-in program generates image data using the received input characters and the like and using the function of the browser (S13). The browser used by the plug-in program is the first browser 31 or the second browser.

Although not shown in the flowchart, the plug-in program instructs the OS 27 to print the generated image data in response to receiving a print instruction from the user through the user I/F 42 . The OS 27 that has received the instruction displays a list of registered printer driver names on the display 41 and receives the selection of the printer driver name through the user I/F 42 . The OS 27 activates the special printer driver 29 in response to the user's selection of the name of the special printer driver 29 .

The activated special printer driver 29 acquires the print job including the image data generated by the plug-in program via the browser and OS 27 (S14). The print job acquired in step S14 has a job name. The job name includes a character string indicating the type of application and the type of browser. That is, the job name is first information indicating that the image data included in the print job was generated by the web application 56, and third information indicating that the image data included in the print job was generated by the first browser 31. Alternatively, it includes fourth information indicating that the image data included in the print job was generated by the second browser 32 . The processing of step S14 is an example of acquisition processing.

Next, a case where the special printer driver 29 acquires a print job from the application 33 will be described.

The application 33 receives the input characters and the like described above through the user I/F 42 (S15). The application 33 generates image data using the received input characters and the like (S16).

Although not shown in the flowchart, the application 33 instructs the OS 27 to print the generated image data in response to receiving a user's print instruction through the user I/F 42 . The OS 27 that has received the instruction displays a list of registered printer driver names on the display 41 and receives the selection of the printer driver name through the user I/F 42 . The OS 27 activates the special printer driver 29 in response to the user's selection of the name of the special printer driver 29 .

The activated special printer driver 29 acquires a print job including image data generated by the application 33 via the OS 27 (S17). The print job acquired in step S17 has a job name. The job name contains a character string indicating that the image data included in the print job was generated by the application 33 . That is, the job name includes second information indicating that the image data included in the print job was generated by the application 33 . The processing of step S17 is an example of acquisition processing.

The special printer driver 29 that has acquired the print job accepts the correction type (S18). Specifically, the special printer driver 29 causes the display 41 to display a correction type selection screen for accepting selection of a correction type. As shown in FIG. 4(C), the correction type selection screen has characters of "Perform automatic adjustment?" and icons of "Yes" and "No". When the user selects the "yes" icon (S18: automatic correction), the special printer driver 29 skips steps S19 and S20 and executes print data generation processing in step S21. The processing of steps S19 and S20 will be described later.

The print data generation process in step S21 is a process of generating print data based on the image data included in the print job and the correction amount registered in the correction table. A detailed description will be given with reference to FIG. The processing of steps S32, S44, S45, and S46 indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 6 will be described in the third embodiment.

The special printer driver 29 identifies the invoice name, application type, and browser type (S31). Specifically, the special printer driver 29 identifies the invoice name "first business operator A4" contained in its own name "first business operator A4MFP-A" as the invoice name. Also, the special printer driver 29 identifies the application type and browser type from the job name included in the acquired print job.

The special printer driver 29 determines whether the type of image data is first image data or second image data based on the identified application type (S33). The first image data means image data generated by the web application 56 . The second image data means image data generated by the application 33 . The processing of step S33 is an example of determination processing.

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S33 that the type of image data is the second image data (S33: second image data), the special printer driver 29 determines the third correction amount (0, 0) as the correction amount (S34). ). Specifically, the special printer driver 29 selects the third correction amount (0, 0), which is the correction amount corresponding to the acquired invoice name and application type (desktop version), from the correction table (FIG. 3A). do.

On the other hand, when the special printer driver 29 determines in step S33 that the type of image data is the first image data (S33: first image data), the browser used to generate the image data is the first browser 31. or the second browser 32 (S35). Specifically, the special printer driver 29 determines whether the browser used to generate the image data is the first browser 31 or the second browser 32 based on the browser type specified in step S31. The processing of step S35 is an example of browser determination processing.

When the special printer driver 29 determines that the browser used to generate the image data is the first browser 31 (S35: first browser), the special printer driver 29 determines whether or not the corresponding changed correction amount is registered in the correction table. (S36). The corresponding change correction amount means the change correction amount associated with the invoice name, application type (WEB version), and browser type (first browser) acquired in step S31.

When the special printer driver 29 determines that there is no corresponding changed correction amount (S36: No), it determines the correction amount as the first correction amount (S37). Specifically, when the acquired invoice name is the first business operator A4, the special printer driver 29 outputs the first correction amount, which is the correction amount corresponding to the application type (WEB version) and browser type (first browser). (a1, b1) is selected from the correction table (FIG. 3A).

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S36 that there is a corresponding change correction amount (S36: Yes), the correction amount is determined as the change first correction amount (S38). Specifically, when the acquired invoice name is the first business operator A5, the special printer driver 29 sets the change first A correction amount is selected from the correction table (FIG. 3A).

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S35 that the browser used to generate the image data is the second browser 32 (S35: second browser), the corresponding change correction amount is corrected in the same manner as described above. It is determined whether or not it is registered in the table (S39). The processing of steps S36 and S39 is an example of change amount determination processing.

When the special printer driver 29 determines that there is no corresponding changed correction amount (S39: No), it determines the correction amount as the second correction amount (S40). Specifically, when the acquired invoice name is the first business operator A4, the special printer driver 29 sets the second correction amount, which is the correction amount corresponding to the application type (WEB version) and browser type (second browser). (a2, b2) is selected and determined from the correction table (FIG. 3(A)).

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S39 that there is a corresponding change correction amount (S39: Yes), the correction amount is determined as the change second correction amount (S41). Specifically, when the acquired invoice name is the first business operator A4, the special printer driver 29 selects the change correction amount corresponding to the application type (WEB version) and browser type (second browser). A correction amount (a2a, b2a) is selected from the correction table (FIG. 3A).

The special printer driver 29 generates print data reflecting the correction amounts determined in steps S34, S37, S38, S40, and S41 (S42, S43). The correction amount can be reflected in the print data by various methods described below.

First, the case where the image data acquired by the special printer driver 29 is in the vector format will be described. Image data in vector format has vector commands. The special printer driver 29 modifies the vector command so that the command reflects the determined correction amount (S42). For example, the vector command is modified so as to specify coordinates reflecting the determined correction amount. Special printer driver 29 then converts the image data with the modified vector commands to raster format. The special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the raster format image data obtained by the conversion, and generates print data (S43).

Alternatively, when the special printer driver 29 converts the vector format image data into the raster format, the special printer driver 29 converts the data into the raster format by reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the raster format image data obtained by the conversion, and generates print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 converts the vector format image data into raster format, and corrects the raster format image data obtained by the conversion by reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). Then, the special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the corrected raster format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 converts vector format image data into raster format. Then, the special printer driver 29 generates a command to be input to the printer 11, which specifies the print position on the sheet, reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates the command generated by reflecting the correction amount into the raster format image data obtained by the conversion to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 modifies the vector command so that the command reflects the determined correction amount (S42). Then, the special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the vector format image data having the corrected vector command to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 modifies the vector command so that the command reflects the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 then converts the vector format image data with the modified vector command into other vector format image data. The special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the converted vector format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 generates a command to be input to the printer 11, which specifies the print position on the sheet, reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates the command generated by reflecting the correction amount into the vector format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the print data reflecting the correction amount may be generated by combining the various methods described above. For example, the special printer driver 29 modifies the vector command by reflecting part of the determined correction amount, converts the vector format image data having the modified vector command into raster format image data, and obtains the The raster format image data obtained is corrected by reflecting the rest of the determined correction amount.

Next, the case where the image data acquired by the special printer driver 29 is in raster format will be described. The special printer driver 29 corrects the raster format image data by reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). Then, the special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the corrected raster format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 generates a command to be input to the printer 11, which specifies the print position on the sheet, reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates the command generated by reflecting the correction amount into the raster format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 corrects the raster format image data by reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 then converts the corrected raster format image data into another raster format. The special printer driver 29 incorporates a command for instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the raster format image data obtained by the conversion to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 converts raster format image data into other raster format image data. Then, the special printer driver 29 corrects the converted other raster format image data by reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates a command instructing the printer 11 to execute printing, etc., into the corrected raster format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 generates a command to be input to the printer 11, which specifies the print position on the sheet, reflecting the determined correction amount (S42). The special printer driver 29 incorporates the command generated by reflecting the correction amount into the raster format image data to generate print data (S43).

Alternatively, the print data reflecting the correction amount may be generated by combining the various methods described above. For example, the special printer driver 29 corrects the raster format image data by reflecting part of the determined correction amount, converts the corrected raster format image data into other raster format image data, and obtains the The obtained raster format image data is corrected by reflecting the rest of the determined correction amount.

The process of step S43 is an example of the generation process. The process of step S43 for generating print data reflecting the third correction amount is an example of the second generation process. The process of step S43 for generating print data reflecting the first correction amount or the second correction amount is an example of the first generation process.

As shown in FIG. 5, the special printer driver 29 causes the display 41 to display the print screen shown in FIG. 4B after executing the print data generation process of step S21 (S22). The print screen has characters "printer model name: MFP-A", characters "invoice name: first carrier A4", a "print" icon, and a "cancel" icon.

When the "print" icon is selected on the print screen, the special printer driver 29 instructs the OS 27 to send the generated print data to the printer 11 as shown in FIG. OS27 which received the said instruction|indication transmits the print data which the special printer driver 29 produced|generated to the printer 11 through communication I/F43 (S23).

The printer 11 receives print data through the communication line 13 . The printer 11 prints the image indicated by the received print data on the invoice 15 placed on the tray.

If the user wishes to manually adjust the layout position of the image printed on the invoice 15, the user selects "No" on the correction type selection screen (FIG. 3C) displayed on the display 41 by the special printer driver 29 in step S18. Select an icon. The special printer driver 29 causes the display 41 to display a changed correction amount input screen for receiving an input of a changed correction amount in response to the selection of the "No" icon on the correction type selection screen. Then, the special printer driver 29 receives input of the change correction amount (S19). The special printer driver 29 registers the received changed correction amount in the correction table (FIG. 3A) (S20). Then, the special printer driver 29 reflects the changed correction amount and generates print data in the same manner as described above. The processing of step S20 is an example of correction amount change processing and storage processing.

[Action and effect of the first embodiment]
When the special printer driver 29 acquires the image data generated by the application 33, the special printer driver 29 determines the third correction amount (0, 0) as the correction amount, and acquires the image data generated by the web application 56. Accordingly, the first correction amount or the second correction amount is determined as the correction amount. The first correction amount and the second correction amount are correction amounts based on the third correction amount (0, 0). That is, the first correction amount and the second correction amount differ from the third correction amount by a predetermined amount. Then, the correction amount is determined from among the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount, and the layout position of the image indicated by the image data is corrected by reflecting the determined correction amount. Therefore, regardless of whether the application that generated the image data is the application 33 or the web application 56, the individual images 65 such as characters and barcodes are moved to appropriate layout positions within the print area 64 and printed. be done. As a result, the special printer driver 29 can allow the user to reliably read the characters printed by the printer 11, and can allow the reading device to reliably read the barcodes and QR codes printed by the printer 11.例文帳に追加

Further, in the present embodiment, the correction amount is determined based on the placement position of the image when the application type is "desktop version", and the third correction amount is (0, 0). Therefore, when the application type is the application 33, the process of moving the image indicated by the image data is unnecessary. As a result, when the application type is the application 33, the special printer driver 29 can shorten the time required to generate print data.

Further, in this embodiment, in response to obtaining the first image data through the first browser 31, the special printer driver 29 changes the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data to reflect the first correction amount. After acquiring the first image data through the second browser 32, the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data is corrected by reflecting the second correction amount. Therefore, regardless of the type of browser used by the web application 56 to generate image data, images such as characters and barcodes can be printed at appropriate positions.

In the present embodiment, the special printer driver 29 can also correct the arrangement position of the image by reflecting the correction amount registered in the correction table. It is also possible to reflect and correct the arrangement position of the image. Therefore, the special printer driver 29 can expand the range of user selection.

Further, in this embodiment, the special printer driver 29 registers the changed correction amount input by the user in the correction table, and reflects the changed correction amount in response to the changed correction amount being registered in the correction table. Correct the placement position of the image. Therefore, the special printer driver 29 can save the user the trouble of inputting the changed correction amount each time printing is performed.

[Second embodiment]
In this embodiment, an example in which the special printer driver 29 has a proper arrangement table shown in FIG. 7A instead of the correction table shown in FIG. 3A will be described. The proper placement table is a table that indicates the proper placement position of the image indicated by the image data on the invoice 15 . A special printer driver 29 identifies the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data, corrects the identified layout position to the proper layout position indicated in the proper layout table, and generates print data. A detailed description will be given below.

The configurations of the information processing apparatus 10, the printer 11, and the server 12 described below are the same as those of the first embodiment. Also, the configurations of the application 33 and the web application 56 are the same as those of the first embodiment. The configuration of the special printer driver 29 is the same as the configuration of the special printer driver 29 explained in the first embodiment, except that it has an appropriate arrangement table instead of the correction table.

The proper placement table is a table showing the correspondence between invoice names, application types, browser types, and proper placement positions and modified proper placement positions. The item "appropriate size" shown in the appropriate placement table will be described in modification 5. FIG.

The invoice name, application type, and browser type are the same as the invoice name, application type, and browser type in the first embodiment.

The proper layout position indicates the proper layout position of the image indicated by the image data. The proper arrangement position is represented by, for example, an x-direction coordinate position and a y-direction coordinate position. The origin (0, 0) of the coordinate position is, for example, the upper left position of the invoice 15 as shown in FIG. 8(A).

A "third proper layout position" is associated with the "desktop version" application type. Also, the "first proper layout position" is associated with the application type "WEB version" and the browser type "first browser". The "second proper layout position" is associated with the application type "WEB version" and the browser type "second browser". The reason why different appropriate placement positions are provided for each application type and browser type is that if the application type and browser type are different, not only the image placement position but also the font and character size may differ. If the font or character size is changed, it becomes necessary to change the appropriate placement position with respect to the invoice 15 as well. Of the first proper placement position, the second proper placement position, and the third proper placement position, any two proper placement positions or all of the proper placement positions may be the same placement position.

The special printer driver 29 executes the processing shown in FIG. 5 as in the first embodiment. However, the special printer driver 29 executes the print data generation process shown in FIG. 9 in the print data generation process of step S21. In the print data generation process shown in FIG. 9, the same processes as those in the print data generation process shown in FIG.

First, the special printer driver 29 executes the process of step S31 as in the first embodiment to specify the invoice name, application type, and browser type. Then, the special printer driver 29 determines whether the image data acquired in step S14 or step S17 is the first image data generated by the web application 56 or the second image generated by the application 33 (S33 ).

When the special printer driver 29 determines that the acquired image data is the second image data (S33: second image data), the special printer driver 29 determines whether or not the modified third proper layout position is registered in the proper layout table. (S51). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the modified third proper layout position is registered (S51: Yes), it determines the modified third proper layout position registered in the proper layout table as the proper layout position used for the correction process. (S52). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the changed third proper placement position is not registered (S51: No), it determines the third proper placement position registered in the proper placement table as the proper placement position to be used for correction processing. (S53).

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S33 that the acquired image data is the first image data (S33: first image data), it determines the type of browser (S35). Then, when the special printer driver 29 determines that the browser type is the first browser (S35: first browser), it determines whether or not the changed first proper layout position is registered in the proper layout table ( S54). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the modified first proper layout position is registered (S54: Yes), it determines the modified first proper layout position registered in the proper layout table as the proper layout position to be used for the correction process. (S55). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the changed first proper placement position is not registered (S54: No), it determines the first proper placement position registered in the proper placement table as the proper placement position to be used for correction processing. (S56). The processing of steps S33 and S35 is an example of acquisition determination processing.

When the special printer driver 29 determines in step S35 that the browser type is the second browser (S35: second browser), it determines whether or not the changed second proper placement position is registered in the proper placement table. (S57). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the modified second proper layout position is registered (S57: Yes), it determines the modified second proper layout position registered in the proper layout table as the proper layout position used for the correction process. (S58). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the changed second proper placement position is not registered (S57: No), it determines the second proper placement position registered in the proper placement table as the proper placement position to be used for the correction process. (S59). The processing of steps S51, S54, and S57 is an example of change position determination processing.

After executing the processing of steps S52, S53, S55, S56, S58, and S59, the special printer driver 29 draws the image indicated by the acquired image data using the drawing program described above. The special printer driver 29 then determines the bounding rectangle of the drawn image (S60). A circumscribing rectangle will be described with reference to FIG.

The bounding rectangle is the rectangle that circumscribes the image drawn by the drawing program. The special printer driver 29 determines, as a circumscribing rectangle, a rectangle circumscribing the outermost individual image 65 among the drawn images. In the illustrated example, the outermost individual images 65 of the entire drawn image are the characters "ABC" on the upper left and the characters "DEF" on the lower right. The bounding rectangle is determined as the rectangle that bounds the characters "ABC" and "DEF". A region surrounded by a circumscribing rectangle is an example of a drawing region.

Next, the special printer driver 29 determines the placement reference position of the circumscribing rectangle (S61). The placement reference position is, for example, the upper left coordinate position of the determined circumscribing rectangle. The placement reference position of the circumscribing rectangle is an example of a drawing reference position. The processing of step S61 is an example of determination processing.

The special printer driver 29 adjusts the layout reference position of the circumscribing rectangle determined in step S61 so that it matches the proper layout position or changed proper layout position determined in steps S52, S53, S55, S56, S58, and S59. Correction processing and generation processing are executed (S62, S63). Specifically, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the vector command is corrected by reflecting the proper placement position or the changed proper placement position, or the raster format image data is corrected, or the command to be input to the printer 11 is changed. Generate or generate print data.

When the special printer driver 29 determines that the type of correction is "user designation" in the process of step S18 in FIG. 5 (S18: user designation), it accepts input of the changed correction amount (S19). Then, the special printer driver 29 executes a process of registering the modified appropriate complementary placement position in the appropriate placement table instead of the process of step S20. Specifically, the special printer driver 29 calculates and determines a modified first proper layout position, a modified second proper layout position, or a modified third proper layout position based on the input modified correction amount, The determined modified proper placement position is registered in the proper placement table. The process of registering the changed appropriate complementary placement position in the appropriate placement table is an example of the change process and the storage process.

[Action and effect of the second embodiment]
The special printer driver 29 determines the reference layout position of the circumscribing rectangle of the image indicated by the acquired image data, and moves the image so that the determined reference layout position matches the proper layout position or the changed proper layout position. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the deviation of the image from the proper position caused by the type of application or the type of browser.

In this embodiment, the special printer driver 29 can also correct the layout position of the image by reflecting the proper layout position registered in the proper layout table, or change the correction amount input by the user. It is also possible to correct the arrangement position of the image by reflecting the proper arrangement position determined from . Therefore, the special printer driver 29 can expand the range of user selection.

In this embodiment, the special printer driver 29 registers the changed proper placement position determined from the change correction amount input by the user in the proper placement table, and confirms that the changed proper placement position is registered in the proper placement table. Accordingly, the arrangement position of the image is corrected by reflecting the changed appropriate arrangement position. Therefore, the special printer driver 29 can save the user the trouble of inputting the changed correction amount each time printing is performed.

[Third embodiment]
In this embodiment, the special printer driver 29 uses the correction table (FIG. 3A) when it is possible to determine the type of the application that generated the image data and the type of the browser based on the acquired print job. If the image layout position is corrected and the type of the application that generated the image data and the browser type cannot be determined, the proper layout table (FIG. 7B) is used to correct the image layout position. A detailed description will be given below.

The configurations of the information processing apparatus 10, the printer 11, and the server 12 described below are the same as those of the first embodiment. Also, the configurations of the application 33 and the web application 56 are the same as those of the first embodiment. The configuration of the special printer driver 29 is the special printer driver described in the first embodiment except that it includes both the correction table described in the first embodiment and the proper arrangement table shown in FIG. The configuration is the same as that of the printer driver 29 .

The proper placement table is a table in which invoice names are associated with proper placement positions and modified proper placement positions. In the proper placement table, the first carrier A4 is associated with the fourth proper placement position, and the first carrier A5 is associated with the fifth proper placement position and the modified proper placement position. , the second carrier A4 is associated with the sixth proper placement position, and the second carrier A5 is associated with the seventh proper placement position.

Special printer driver 29 performs the processing shown in FIG. Then, the special printer driver 29 executes the print data generation process shown in FIG. 6 in the process of step S21.

In the print data generation process shown in FIG. 6, the special printer driver 29 determines whether or not the type of application and the type of browser have been identified after executing the process of step S31 (S32). Specifically, the special printer driver 29 determines that the type of application and the type of browser cannot be specified in response to the fact that the job name is not included in the print job acquired in steps S14 and S17 (FIG. 5). . Also, the special printer driver 29 makes sure that the job name included in the acquired print job has the above-described first information, second information, third information, and fourth information for specifying the type of application and the type of browser. It is determined that the type of application and the type of browser cannot be specified. Then, the special printer driver 29 selects the type of application and the type of browser according to the fact that the job name included in the acquired print job has the first information, second information, third information, or fourth information. is determined to have been identified.

When the special printer driver 29 determines that the type of application and the type of browser have been specified (S32: Yes), the processing from step S33 onward is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. When the special printer driver 29 determines that the type of application and the type of browser cannot be specified (S32: No), the changed proper placement position associated with the invoice name acquired in step S31 is registered in the proper placement table. It is determined whether or not there is (S44).

When the special printer driver 29 determines that the changed proper placement position associated with the acquired invoice name is registered in the proper placement table (S44: Yes), the changed proper placement position is used in the correction process (S42). (S45). When the special printer driver 29 determines that the changed proper placement position associated with the acquired invoice name is not registered in the proper placement table (S44: No), it corrects the proper placement position corresponding to the invoice name (S42). ) (S46).

Then, the special printer driver 29 uses the correction amount determined in steps S34, S37, S38, S49, S40, S41, S45, and S46, the changed correction amount, the proper placement position, or the changed proper placement position to print the second Correction processing and printing processing are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment and the second embodiment (S42, S43). The process of step S43 for generating print data reflecting the proper arrangement position is an example of the third generation process.

[Action and effect of the third embodiment]
In this embodiment, when the special printer driver 29 determines that the type of application and the type of browser have been identified, it corrects the layout position of the image using the correction table. Therefore, when the type of application and the type of browser can be identified, the process of determining the circumscribing rectangle (S60) and the process of determining the layout reference position (S61) are omitted. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to shorten the print data generation time when the application type and the browser type can be specified, as compared with the second embodiment. Further, in this embodiment, when the special printer driver 29 determines that the application type and browser type cannot be specified, it determines the proper layout position using the proper layout table (FIG. 7B). Therefore, even if the type of application and the type of browser cannot be specified, the characters, barcodes, etc. indicated by the image data can be reproduced by the characters 61, ruled lines 62, frame lines 63, and perforations 66 already printed on the invoice 15. can be suppressed from overlapping with As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from being unable to read the characters indicated by the image data and the reading device from being unable to read the bar code or QR code.

[Modification 1]
In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the entire image indicated by the image data is moved has been described. In this modified example, an example in which individual images 65 indicated by image data are individually moved will be described.

The configurations of the information processing apparatus 10, the printer 11, and the server 12 described below are the same as those of the first embodiment. Also, the configurations of the application 33 and the web application 56 are the same as those of the first embodiment. The configuration of the special printer driver 29 is similar to that of the first embodiment except that it has a correction table shown in FIG. 3B instead of the correction table shown in FIG. 3A. The configuration is the same as that of the special printer driver 29 described above.

The correction table shown in FIG. 3B is a table showing the correspondence between the application type, browser type, print area type, correction amount, and change correction amount. The application type, browser type, correction amount, and change correction amount are the same as the application type, browser type, correction amount, and change correction amount described in the first embodiment.

The print area type indicates each print area 64 of the invoice 15 shown in FIG. For example, the first print area of the item "print area type" indicates the print area 64 in which the individual image 65 indicating the destination address is printed. A second print area indicates a print area 64 in which an individual image 65 representing a barcode is printed. A third print area indicates a print area 64 in which an individual image 65 representing a QR code is printed. A fourth print area indicates a print area 64 in which an individual image 65 indicating the client's name is printed. That is, in the correction table, each of the plurality of print areas 64 of the invoice 15 is associated with a correction amount. Specifically, each print area 64 when the invoice name is "first carrier A4", the application type is "WEB version", and the browser type is "first browser", and the first correction amount. In addition, each print area 64 and the second correction associated with the quantity.

A correction amount is set for each printing area 64 included in the invoice 15 .

Also, the first correction amount and the second correction amount are set based on the third correction amount. That is, the amount of correction for the web application 56 is set based on the application 33, which is the desktop version of the application.

The special printer driver 29 selects the correction amount used in the correction process and the generation process (S42, S43) in the print data generation process of FIG. When the correction amount is determined, print data is generated reflecting the determined correction amount in the same manner as in the first embodiment so that each individual image 65 is moved. That is, each individual image 65 is moved by a different amount of correction. Note that each correction amount set in association with each printing area 64 may be set to the same value.

In this modified example, it is possible to individually correct the arrangement positions of the individual images 65 to be printed in the respective print areas 64 of the invoice 15 .

[Modification 2]
In the first modified example described above, an example in which the correction amount is set for each of the print areas 64 included in the invoice 15 has been described. In this modified example, an example in which the correction amount is set only for a specific print area 64 of the invoice 15 will be described.

The print area 64 in which the correction amount is set is, for example, a print area 64 in which an individual image 65 read by a reading device such as a barcode or QR code is printed. Alternatively, it is the print area 64 positioned near the ruled line 62 , the frame line 63 , or the perforation 66 . That is, if the printed characters overlap the ruled lines 62, the frame lines 63, or the perforations 66, they may become illegible. The placement position is corrected. Also, if the printed bar code or QR code overlaps the ruled line 62, the frame line 63, or the perforation 66, it may not be read by the reading device. The layout position of the individual image 65 such as a bar code is corrected.

The first correction amount and the second correction amount are set, for example, so that the individual image does not overlap the ruled line 62 , the frame line 63 , or the perforation 66 .

The special printer driver 29 selects the correction amount used in the correction process and the generation process (S42, S43) in the print data generation process of FIG. When the correction amount is determined, print data is generated reflecting the determined correction amount in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

In this modified example, the arrangement positions of individual images 65 of characters that may become illegible, and individual images 65 such as bar codes and QR codes that are problematic if they cannot be read by a reading device are corrected. Therefore, the time required to generate the print data can be shortened as compared with the case where the arrangement positions of all the individual images 65 are individually corrected (Modification 1).

[Modification 3]
In the second embodiment described above, an example in which the entire image indicated by the image data is moved has been described. In this modified example, an example in which individual images 65 indicated by image data are individually moved will be described.

The configurations of the information processing apparatus 10, the printer 11, and the server 12 described below are the same as those of the first embodiment. Also, the configurations of the application 33 and the web application 56 are the same as those of the first embodiment. The configuration of the special printer driver 29 will be described in the second embodiment, except that it has a proper layout table shown in FIG. 10 instead of the proper layout table (FIG. 7A) described in the second embodiment. The configuration is the same as that of the special printer driver 29 described above.

The proper placement table shown in FIG. 10 is a table showing the correspondence between application types, browser types, and print area types, and proper placement positions and modified proper placement positions. The application type, browser type, correction amount, and change correction amount are the same as the application type, browser type, correction amount, and change correction amount described in the second embodiment.

The print area type is the same as the print area type described in the first modification. That is, in the proper placement table, each of the plurality of print areas 64 of the invoice 15 is associated with a proper placement position. Specifically, each print area 64 when the invoice name is "first carrier A4", the application type is "WEB version", and the browser type is "first browser", 1st proper arrangement position is matched. In addition, each print area 64 and the second proper Layout positions are associated with each other. Further, each print area 64 when the application type is "desktop version" is associated with the third proper layout position.

Appropriate layout positions are set for all the print areas 64 of the invoice 15 .

The special printer driver 29 determines the circumscribed rectangle of the individual image 65 in step S60 of the print data generation process of FIG. Description will be made with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8B shows an individual image 65 of the characters "GHI". FIG. 8C shows an individual image 65 of the barcode. The special printer driver 29 uses a drawing program to draw the image indicated by the image data. Then, the special printer driver 29 determines the circumscribing rectangle and the arrangement reference position of the circumscribing rectangle for each drawn individual image.

The special printer driver 29 adjusts the determined placement reference position of the circumscribing rectangle in the correction processing and generation processing of steps S62 and S63 in FIG. , the correction process and the generation process are executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment to generate print data.

In this modified example, it is possible to individually correct the arrangement positions of the individual images 65 to be printed in the respective print areas 64 of the invoice 15 .

[Modification 4]
In the third modified example described above, an example was described in which the appropriate arrangement positions are set for all the print areas 64 of the invoice 15 . In this modified example, an example will be described in which the proper layout position is set only for a specific print area 64 of the invoice 15 . The specific print area 64 for which the proper layout position is set is an example of the specific print area.

The print area 64 in which the proper arrangement position is set is, for example, the print area 64 in which an individual image 65 read by a reading device, such as a barcode or QR code, is printed. Alternatively, it is the print area 64 positioned near the ruled line 62 , the frame line 63 , or the perforation 66 . That is, if the printed characters overlap the ruled lines 62, the frame lines 63, or the perforations 66, they may become illegible. The placement position is corrected. Also, if the printed bar code or QR code overlaps the ruled line 62, the frame line 63, or the perforation 66, it may not be read by the reading device. The placement position of the individual image 65 such as a bar code is corrected.

The first proper placement position and the second proper placement position are set, for example, so that the individual image does not overlap the ruled line 62 , the frame line 63 , or the perforation 66 .

In the print data generation process of FIG. 9, the special printer driver 29 selects the proper layout position used in the correction process (S62) as the first proper layout position, the second proper layout position, the first modified proper layout position, or the second modified proper layout position. When the layout position is determined, only the individual image 65 to be printed in the printing area 64 for which the proper layout position is set is moved to the determined proper layout position.

In this modified example, the arrangement positions of individual images 65 of characters that may become illegible, and individual images 65 such as barcodes and QR codes that may cause problems if they cannot be read by a reading device are corrected. Therefore, the time required to generate the print data can be shortened as compared with the case where the arrangement positions of all the individual images 65 are individually corrected (Modification 1).

The print area 64 to be corrected may be only the print area 64 in which the destination address is printed.

[Modification 5]
In the second embodiment, an example in which the arrangement position of the image indicated by the image data is corrected to the proper arrangement position has been described. In this modified example, an example will be described in which not only the arrangement position of the image indicated by the image data but also the size is corrected.

The proper placement table shown in FIG. 7A has an item “proper size”. The item "appropriate size" includes the third appropriate size associated with the first carrier A4 and the desktop version, and the first appropriate size associated with the first carrier A4, the WEB version, and the first browser. and a second appropriate size associated with the first carrier A4, the WEB version, and the second browser. The reason why different proper sizes are set according to the application type and browser type is that the character font and character size may change depending on the application type and browser type.

The special printer driver 29 selects the proper size from the proper placement table along with the proper placement position or the changed proper placement position in the print data generation process of FIG. Then, the special printer driver 29 specifies the actual size, which is the size of the circumscribing rectangle determined in step S60, after executing step S60 and before executing the correction processing in step S62. The special printer driver 29 enlarges or reduces the image indicated by the image data so that the specified actual size matches the proper size selected from the proper layout table. Specifically, as in the first embodiment, the selected appropriate size is used to correct the vector command indicating the size of the image, or to correct the raster format image data, or to input the command to the printer 11. to generate print data. After that, the special printer driver 29 executes the processes after step S62.

The special printer driver 29 of this modified example can correct not only the layout position of the image indicated by the image data, but also the size of the image to an appropriate size.

[Modification 6]
In the fifth modification described above, an example in which the size of the entire image indicated by the image data is corrected to an appropriate size has been described. In this modified example, an example in which the size of the individual image 65 is corrected to an appropriate size will be described.

In this modified example, the item "appropriate size" is added to the appropriate position table shown in FIG. 10 described in the fourth modified example. The item "appropriate size" has a plurality of appropriate sizes each associated with each print area of the item "print area type".

The special printer driver 29 selects the proper size from the proper placement table along with the proper placement position or modified proper placement position. Then, in step S60 of FIG. 9, the special printer driver 29 determines the circumscribing rectangle of the individual image 65 and specifies the actual size, which is the size of the circumscribing rectangle of the individual image. The special printer driver 29 generates print data in the same manner as in the first embodiment so that the specified actual size matches the proper size selected from the proper placement table (S62, S63).

The special printer driver 29 of this modification can correct not only the position of the image indicated by the image data, but also the size of the individual image 65 .

Note that the special printer driver 29 properly adjusts the actual size of only the individual image 65 to be printed in a specific print area 64 located near the print area 64 that may overlap with the ruled lines 62, the frame lines 63, the perforations 66, and the like. Correction may be made to reduce the size.

[Other variations]
In the above-described embodiment and modifications, the drawing program is used to draw the image indicated by the image data, the circumscribing rectangle of the drawn image and the layout reference position of the circumscribing rectangle are determined, and the layout position of the image is adjusted to the proper layout position. An example of correction has been described. However, other techniques may be used as long as the arrangement position of the image can be corrected.

In the above-described embodiment, the invoice 15 has been described as an example of the specific sheet. However, the specific sheet may be a postcard, card, or the like.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which both the standard printer driver 28 and the special printer driver 29 are installed in the information processing apparatus 10 has been described. However, only the special printer driver 29 may be installed in the information processing apparatus 10 .

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the web application 56 generates image data using a plug-in program. However, even when the web application 56 acquires input characters and the like from the information processing apparatus 10 through the Internet 14 and generates image data, the arrangement position of the image may be corrected in the same manner as in the embodiment. In this case, the correction amount and the proper arrangement position for the case where the web application 56 generates the image data without using the browser are provided in the correction table and the proper arrangement table.

In the above-described embodiment, examples were described in which there are two types of browsers, the first browser 31 and the second browser 32, in the correction table and the proper placement table. However, in the correction table and proper placement table, correction amounts and proper placement positions may be registered in association with three or more types of browsers.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount are determined based on the layout position of the image in the case of the application type "desktop version". That is, when the third correction amount is (0, 0) and the type of the application that generated the image data is the "desktop version", the process of moving the image indicated by the image data is unnecessary. was done. However, the third correction amount may be other than (0, 0). In that case, even if the application type is "desktop version", the process of moving the image indicated by the image data may be performed. Even in this case, it can be said that both the first correction amount and the second correction amount have different values with respect to the third correction amount.

Also, the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount may be determined based on the layout position of the image in the case of the application type "WEB version" and the browser type "first browser". In that case, the first correction amount is (0, 0). Alternatively, the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount may be determined based on the layout position of the image in the case of the application type "WEB version" and the browser type "second browser". In that case, the second correction amount is (0, 0). Further alternatively, the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount may be determined based on the virtual arrangement position. In that case, the first correction amount, the second correction amount, and the third correction amount are all values other than (0, 0).

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the special printer driver 29 determines the type of application and the type of browser that generated the image data using the job name of the print job. However, if it is possible to determine the type of application and the type of browser that generated the image data, the special printer driver 29 may determine the type of application and the type of browser. For example, the special printer driver 29 may determine the type of application and the type of browser that generated the image data based on the coordinate position of the reference layout position of the circumscribing rectangle. In that case, the special printer driver 29 has in advance the coordinate position that serves as a judgment reference. The coordinate position used as the judgment reference is determined, for example, by causing the printer 11 to actually print the image indicated by the image data using various types of applications and browsers. Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 may determine the type of application and the type of browser that generated the image data based on the type of a predetermined command such as a drawing command included in the image data. Alternatively, the special printer driver 29 may cause the display 41 to display an input screen for allowing the user to input the type of application and the type of browser, and determine the type of application and the type of browser based on the user's input. .

10... Information processing apparatus 11... Printer 12... Server 15... Invoice 22... CPU
29 Special printer driver 33 Application 56 WEB application

Claims (32)

A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
causing the computer to execute a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data;
The generating process includes a correction process of correcting an arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. and the correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data which is the image data generated by the second application which is the application. ,
causing the computer to further execute determination processing for determining whether the acquired image data is the first image data or the second image data;
A program for causing the computer to execute the correction process in response to determining that the acquired image data is the first image data. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
causing the computer to execute a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data;
The generating process includes a correction process of correcting an arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. , the correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data which is the image data generated by the second application which is the application;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet has at least one of a frame line and a perforation that divide the printing area,
the image includes a code image representing a code to be read by a reading device;
A program for correcting the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data so that the arrangement position of the code image is not on the frame line or the perforation in the correction process. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
causing the computer to execute a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data;
The generating process includes a correction process of correcting an arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. , the correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data which is the image data generated by the second application which is the application;
the second application is an application installed in an information processing device and executed by a computer of the information processing device;
The first application is an application that is installed in a server that can communicate with the information processing device via the Internet and that is executed by a computer of the server,
A program for correcting an arrangement position of an image indicated by the first image data generated by the first application with the correction amount in the correction process. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
causing the computer to execute a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data;
The generating process includes a correction process of correcting an arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. , the correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data which is the image data generated by the second application which is the application;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet is an invoice having at least the printing area on which the image indicating the address of the destination is printed,
A program for correcting, in the correction process, the arrangement position of the image showing the address with the correction amount. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
causing the computer to execute a generation process of generating print data that can be printed by a printer using the acquired image data;
The generating process includes a correction process of correcting an arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data in response to acquisition of the first image data, which is the image data generated by the first application. , the correction amount of the arrangement position by the correction process differs by a predetermined amount from the correction amount of the arrangement position of the image indicated by the second image data which is the image data generated by the second application which is the application;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The program is registered in the OS of the information processing apparatus in association with sheet type information indicating the type of the specific sheet and printer information indicating the printer,
generating the print data for the specific sheet of the type indicated by the sheet type information registered in the OS in the generation process;
The program is started in response to the application specifying the printer information and the sheet type information registered in the OS. The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet has at least one of a frame line and a perforation that divide the printing area,
the image includes a code image representing a code to be read by a reading device;
2. The program according to claim 1 , wherein in said correction processing, the arrangement position of the image indicated by said first image data is corrected so that said code image is not arranged on said frame line or said perforation. In the judgment process,
determining that the acquired image data is the first image data in response to the fact that the data acquired in the acquisition process includes the first information together with the image data;
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtained image data is determined to be the second image data in response to the fact that the data obtained by the obtaining process includes second information different from the first information together with the image data. program. obtaining data including a job name and the image data in the obtaining process;
In the judgment process,
determining that the acquired image data is the first image data in response to the fact that the acquired job name includes the first information;
8. The program according to claim 7 , wherein the acquired image data is determined to be the second image data according to the fact that the acquired job name includes the second information. the second application is an application installed in an information processing device and executed by a computer of the information processing device;
The first application is an application that is installed in a server that can communicate with the information processing device via the Internet and that is executed by a computer of the server,
9. The program according to any one of claims 1 , 2, and 6 to 8, wherein, in said correction processing, an arrangement position of an image indicated by said first image data generated by said first application is corrected with said correction amount. A browser that determines whether the first image data is acquired through a first browser or through a second browser different from the first browser, depending on whether the acquired image data is the first image data. cause the computer to further execute a judgment process;
The program, in the correction process,
In response to obtaining the first image data through the first browser, the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data is changed by the correction amount, which is the first correction amount corresponding to the first browser. correct,
In response to obtaining the first image data through the second browser, the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data is changed by the correction amount, which is a second correction amount corresponding to the second browser. 10. The program according to claim 3 or 9 , which corrects. The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet is an invoice having at least the printing area on which the image indicating the address of the destination is printed,
11. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and 6 to 10 , wherein in said correction processing, the arrangement position of said image showing said address is corrected by said correction amount. The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The program is registered in the OS of the information processing apparatus in association with sheet type information indicating the type of the specific sheet and printer information indicating the printer,
generating the print data for the specific sheet of the type indicated by the sheet type information registered in the OS in the generation process;
12. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 11, wherein the program is started in response to the application specifying the printer information and the sheet type information registered in the OS. The information processing device includes a memory that stores the correction amount associated with the sheet type information,
13. The program according to claim 5, wherein in the correction process, the program corrects the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data with the correction amount corresponding to the sheet type information registered in the OS. . 14. The program according to claim 13 , which acquires an instruction to change the correction amount and causes the computer to further execute a correction amount change process of changing the correction amount to a value indicated by the instruction. a storage process for storing the changed correction amount, which is the correction amount changed in the correction amount change process, in the memory;
causing the computer to further execute a change amount determination process for determining whether or not the change correction amount is stored in the memory;
15. The program according to claim 14 , wherein, in said correction processing, said arrangement position is corrected using said changed correction amount in place of said correction amount in accordance with said changed correction amount being stored in said memory. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position ;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
A program for determining the arrangement position of the entire image indicated by the image data in the determination processing . A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
In the determination process, determining the placement position for each of the images to be printed in the print area;
The proper arrangement position is associated with the printing area,
A program for correcting the arrangement position to the proper arrangement position for each printing area in the correction process. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The proper arrangement position is associated with a specific print area, which is the specific print area, among the plurality of print areas,
determining the placement position of the image to be printed in the specific print area in the determination process;
A program for correcting the layout position of the image to be printed in the specific print area to the proper layout position in the correction process. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
In the determining process, a drawing area and a drawing reference position are calculated from the image data, and the arrangement position is decided from the calculated drawing area and the reference position, or an image is drawn from the image data and the arrangement is performed. A program that determines the position. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
In the determination process, in addition to the placement position, an image size indicating the size of the area occupied by the image is determined;
A program for correcting the image size to an appropriate size in addition to the arrangement position in the correction processing. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
causing the computer to further execute acquisition determination processing for determining whether the image data has been acquired through a first browser, through a second browser different from the first browser, or through a browser;
The program, in the correction process,
correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the first proper layout position, which is the proper layout position, in response to obtaining the image data through the first browser;
correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the second proper layout position, which is the proper layout position, in response to obtaining the image data through the second browser;
A program for correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the third proper layout position, which is the proper layout position, in response to obtaining the image data from the application without going through the browser. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet is an invoice having at least the printing area on which the image indicating the address of the destination is printed,
A program for correcting an arrangement position of the image indicating the address to the proper arrangement position in the correction process. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining a layout position of the image indicated by the obtained image data based on the image data;
a correction process for correcting the determined placement position to a proper placement position;
causing the computer to generate print data that can be printed by a printer based on the acquired image data and at the corrected arrangement position;
The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The program is registered in the OS of the information processing apparatus in association with sheet type information indicating the type of the specific sheet and printer information indicating the printer,
generating the print data for the specific sheet of the type indicated by the sheet type information registered in the OS in the generation process;
The program is started in response to the application specifying the printer information and the sheet type information. In the determining process, a drawing area and a drawing reference position are calculated from the image data, and the arrangement position is decided from the calculated drawing area and the reference position, or an image is drawn from the image data and the arrangement is performed. 19. A program according to any one of claims 16 to 18 , for determining a position. In the determination process, in addition to the placement position, an image size indicating the size of the area occupied by the image is determined;
25. The program according to any one of claims 16 to 19 and 24, wherein in said correction processing, said image size is corrected to an appropriate size in addition to said arrangement position. causing the computer to further execute acquisition determination processing for determining whether the image data has been acquired through a first browser, through a second browser different from the first browser, or through a browser;
The program, in the correction process,
correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the first proper layout position, which is the proper layout position, in response to obtaining the image data through the first browser;
correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the second proper layout position, which is the proper layout position, in response to obtaining the image data through the second browser;
from claim 16 , in response to obtaining the image data from the application without going through a browser, correcting the layout position of the image indicated by the image data using the third proper layout position, which is the proper layout position. 26. The program of any of 20, 24 and 25 . The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The specific sheet is an invoice having at least the printing area on which the image indicating the address of the destination is printed,
27. The program according to any one of claims 16 to 21 and 24 to 26, wherein in said correction processing, the arrangement position of said image showing said address is corrected to said proper arrangement position. The image data indicates an image to be printed in a predetermined print area of a specific sheet having a plurality of print areas,
The program is registered in the OS of the information processing apparatus in association with sheet type information indicating the type of the specific sheet and printer information indicating the printer,
generating the print data for the specific sheet of the type indicated by the sheet type information registered in the OS in the generation process;
28. The program according to any one of claims 16 to 22 and 24 to 27, wherein the program is activated in response to the application specifying the printer information and the sheet type information. The information processing device includes a memory that stores the proper arrangement position associated with the sheet type information,
29. The program according to claim 23 or 28, wherein in the correction process, the program corrects the determined arrangement position to the proper arrangement position corresponding to the sheet type information registered in the OS. 30. The program according to claim 29 , which acquires an instruction to change the proper placement position, and causes the computer to further execute change processing for changing the proper placement position to a value indicated by the instruction. a storage process of storing the changed proper placement position, which is the proper placement position changed in the changing process, in the memory;
causing the computer to further execute a change position determination process of determining whether or not the change proper arrangement position is stored in the memory;
31. The method according to claim 30 , wherein, in said correction processing, said arrangement position is corrected using said changed proper arrangement position instead of said proper arrangement position in accordance with said changed proper arrangement position being stored in said memory. program. A program executed by a computer of an information processing device,
Acquisition processing for acquiring image data generated by an application;
a determination process of determining the type of the application that generated the acquired image data;
In response to determining that the type of the application is the first type, the arrangement position of the image indicated by the first image data, which is the image data generated by the application of the first type, is corrected by a first correction amount. a first generation process for generating print data that can be printed by a printer based on the corrected first image data;
In response to determining that the type of the application is the second type different from the first type, the printer generates the second image data, which is the image data generated by the application of the second type. a second generation process for generating print data that can be printed by
determining the layout position of the image indicated by the acquired image data based on the image data, correcting the determined layout position to an appropriate layout position in response to determining that the type of the application cannot be determined; A program for causing the computer to execute a third generation process of generating the print data based on the corrected arrangement position.

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