JPH10320140A - Device, system and method for printing control, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with printing control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily recognize the graphics to be corrected according to position information and to take a speedy measures against an error by storing specific position information regarding the graphics to be drawn as a result of interpretation of printing data. SOLUTION: The printing data are read in by a CPU (step S1). It is decided whether their instruction is a drawing instruction (step S2). When the instruction is the drawing instruction, a procedure for storing representative coordinates as position information relating to the graphics is executed (step S3). Each instruction block is interpreted and a process for conversion to bit map data, etc., is performed (step S4). If such as error as a memory-full state or a failure in interpreting a page description language occurs during the conversion process (step S5), a procedure for reading previously stored representative coordinates out is executed (step S6). Then a procedure for sending the read representative coordinates to a host device is executed (step S7).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing control apparatus, a printing system and a printing control method, which perform a printing process by interpreting a printing process command such as a page description language while detecting an error during the printing process. The present invention belongs to the technical field of a computer-readable recording medium on which a print control method and a print control program are recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a print system in which a client device and a printer device are connected over a network, print data described in a page description language is transmitted from the client device to the printer device, and the page data is transmitted to the printer device. The description language is interpreted and converted into bitmap data or the like.

When an error such as an inability to interpret a command occurs when interpreting the page description language transmitted from the client device, the printer device notifies the client device of the command in which the error occurred and the name of the error. , The interpretation process is interrupted and printing is not executed.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the information given to the user is only the command in which the error has occurred and the error name. Therefore, the user reviews the print data based on the information. Do
It has been necessary to correct the print data and send it to the print control device again.

[0005] However, it is difficult to appropriately correct print data requiring specialized knowledge with only this information.

If it is not possible to correct the print data, another print system is used to check whether or not the print data is correct. It was necessary to perform time-consuming tasks such as looking up.

Therefore, the present invention provides a print control apparatus, a print control system, a print control method, and a computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program is recorded, which can easily repair even when an error occurs. The task is to provide.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control apparatus for receiving print data including print processing instruction data, and interpreting the received print data. Interpretation means, position information storage means for storing predetermined position information relating to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data, and error detection for detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation Means, position information reading means for reading the predetermined position information from the position information storage means when an error is detected by the error detecting means, and notifying means for notifying the read position information.

[0009] According to the print control apparatus of the first aspect,
When the print data including the print processing instruction data is received by the receiving means, the received print data is interpreted by the interpreting means, and a predetermined graphic is drawn. Then, when drawing this figure, predetermined position information related to this figure is stored in the position information storage means. Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected by the error detection unit, the position information stored in the position information storage unit is read by the position information reading unit. The read position information is reported by the reporting means. Therefore, the figure to be corrected is easily recognized based on the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error.

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the print control apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a display unit for displaying the position information notified from the notification unit. .

[0011] According to the printing control apparatus of the second aspect,
Since the position information notified from the notifying means is displayed by the display means, it becomes even easier to recognize the graphic to be corrected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control system, comprising: a print data generating apparatus for generating print data including print processing instruction data; and a print data generating apparatus connected to the print data generating apparatus. A print control system comprising: a print control device that performs print processing based on the print data transmitted from a creation device; wherein the print control device includes a receiving unit that receives the print data; Interpreting means, interpreting the print data, positional information storing means for storing predetermined positional information related to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data, and detecting an error during the printing process executed as a result of the interpretation Error detecting means for reading the predetermined position information from the position information storing means when an error is detected by the error detecting means. And a notifying unit that notifies the read position information to the print data creation device, wherein the print data creation device receives the position information, and a display unit that displays the received position information. It is characterized by having.

According to the printing system of the third aspect,
The print control device is created by the print data creation device,
When print data including print processing instruction data is transmitted from the print data creation device, the print data is received by the receiving unit of the print control device, and the received print data is interpreted by the interpreting unit, The figure will be drawn. Then, when drawing this figure, predetermined position information related to this figure is stored in the position information storage means. Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected by the error detection unit, the position information stored in the position information storage unit is read by the position information reading unit. The read position information is reported to the print data creation device by the reporting means. Then, the notified position information is displayed by the display means of the print data creating apparatus, so that the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized based on the position information, and quick measures against errors can be taken. Will be possible.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the print control system according to the third aspect, the print control device converts the position information into the print processing instruction data, and the conversion means. And a notifying unit for notifying the print data creating device of the print processing command data converted by the receiving unit and the print data received by the receiving unit. And a display means for displaying a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation and the position information.

According to the printing control system of the fourth aspect, the position information read at the time of detecting the error is:
The print processing instruction data converted by the conversion means of the print control device into the print processing instruction data, and converted by the conversion means as the position information, and the print data received by the reception means are printed by the notification means. The data creation device is notified. On the other hand, the print data creating device, which has received the print processing command data and the print data as the position information by the receiving means, interprets the data by the interpreting means, and draws the figure drawn as a result of the interpretation and the position information. Is displayed by the display means. Therefore, the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized visually, and it is possible to take an even quicker measure against an error.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method, comprising: a receiving step of receiving print data including print processing instruction data; an interpreting step of interpreting the received print data; A position information storing step of storing predetermined position information relating to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of data; an error detecting step of detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation; A position information reading step of reading the stored predetermined position information when an error is detected in the step; and a notifying step of notifying the read position information.

According to the printing control method of the fifth aspect,
When print data including print processing instruction data is received,
The received print data is interpreted, and a predetermined figure is drawn. When drawing this graphic, predetermined position information related to the graphic is stored.
Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected, the stored position information is read, and the read position information is notified. Therefore, the figure to be corrected is easily recognized based on the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error.

A print control method according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the print control method according to the fifth aspect, further comprising a display step of displaying the position information notified by the notification step. .

According to the printing control method of the sixth aspect,
Since the position information to be notified is displayed and displayed, the recognition of the graphic to be corrected is further facilitated.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a print data creation device creates and transmits print data including print processing instruction data, and connects to the print data creation device. A print control method for performing print processing based on the print data received by the print control device, wherein the print control device receives the print data and interprets the received print data. An interpreting step, a position information storing step of storing predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data, and an error detection for detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation A position information reading step of reading the stored predetermined position information when an error is detected by the error detecting step; and reading the read position information into the print data. And a notification step of notifying the formed device, by the print data generating apparatus, characterized by comprising a reception step of receiving the location information, and a display step of displaying the position information received.

According to the printing control method of the seventh aspect,
When print data created by the print data creation device and including print processing instruction data is transmitted from the print data creation device, the print data is received by the print control device, the received print data is interpreted, and a predetermined The figure will be drawn. When drawing this graphic, predetermined position information related to the graphic is stored.
Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected, the stored position information is read, and the read position information is sent to the print data creation device. Be informed. Then, the notified position information is displayed in the print data creating apparatus, so that the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized based on the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error. .

The print control method according to claim 8 is the print control method according to claim 7, wherein the print control device converts the position information into the print processing command data. The print data creation device further includes a notification process of notifying the print data creation device of the print processing instruction data converted by the conversion process as the position information and the print data received by the reception process. The method further includes an interpretation step of interpreting the print processing command data and the print data as position information, and a display step of displaying a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation and the position information.

According to the printing control method of the present invention,
The position information read when the error is detected is converted into the print processing instruction data in a print control device, and the print processing instruction data converted as the position information and the received print data are converted into a print data creation device. Will be notified. On the other hand, the print data creation device that has received the print processing command data and the print data as the position information interprets the data, and displays a figure to be drawn and the position information as a result of the interpretation. Therefore, the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized visually, and it is possible to take an even quicker measure against an error.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having a print control program recorded thereon, wherein the print control program causes a computer to transmit print data including print processing instruction data to the computer. A receiving step of receiving, an interpreting step of interpreting the received print data, a position information storing step of storing predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data, and a result of the interpretation An error detecting step of detecting an error during the printing process to be executed; a position information reading step of reading the stored predetermined position information when an error is detected by the error detecting step; and a notifying step of notifying the read position information. Is executed.

By causing a computer to read a computer readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 9 is recorded, when print data including print processing instruction data is received, the received print data The interpretation is performed, and a predetermined figure is drawn. When drawing this graphic, predetermined position information related to the graphic is stored. Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected, the stored position information is read, and the read position information is notified. Therefore, the figure to be corrected is easily recognized based on the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing the print control program according to the ninth aspect, wherein the print control program is notified to a computer by the notification step. A display step of displaying the position information.

By causing a computer to read a computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 10 is recorded, the notified position information is displayed, so that recognition of a graphic to be corrected can be performed. A computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 11 is further easily recorded, wherein the print control program causes the computer to transfer the position information to the computer. A conversion step of converting the print processing instruction data into the print processing instruction data, and a notification step of notifying the print data generation device of the print processing instruction data converted as the position information by the conversion step and the print data received by the reception step. Is further executed.

[0028] By causing a computer to read a computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 11 is recorded, the print data created by the print data creating apparatus and including the print processing instruction data is converted into the print data. When transmitted from the creating device, the print data is received by the print control device, the received print data is interpreted, and a predetermined graphic is drawn. When drawing this graphic, predetermined position information related to the graphic is stored. Here, if an error occurs during the printing process of the figure and the error is detected, the stored position information is read, and the read position information is sent to the print data creation device. Be informed. Then, the notified position information is displayed in the print data creating apparatus, so that the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized based on the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error. .

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, a print data creation device creates and transmits print data including print processing instruction data, and is connected to the print data creation device. A computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program for receiving and displaying error information during print processing from the print control device is recorded, wherein the print control program causes the computer of the print data creation device to Predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of print data in the print control device, the predetermined position information being converted to the print processing command data and transmitted when the error occurs; and A receiving step of receiving the print data; an interpreting step of interpreting the print processing command data as the position information; Further characterized in that to execute a display step of displaying the graphic and the positional information is drawn as.

By causing a computer to read the recording medium according to claim 12, the position information read at the time of detecting the error is converted into the print processing command data by the print control device, and is converted as the position information. The print processing command data and the received print data are notified to a print data creation device. On the other hand, the print data creation device that has received the print processing command data and the print data as the position information interprets the data, and displays a figure to be drawn and the position information as a result of the interpretation. Therefore, the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized visually, and it is possible to take an even quicker measure against an error.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First Embodiment) First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a printing system provided with a printing control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a control program of the printing control device according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the embodiment.

In the present embodiment, a control program is started on a computer generally called a printer server, so that the printer server functions as a print control device. As shown in FIG.
The print control device 10 includes a CPU 1, a ROM 2, an R
AM 3, HDD 4, display device 5, output I / F 6
And an input I / F 7. Each means is a system bus 8 comprising a data bus and an address bus.
Connected through.

The CPU 1 performs its own arithmetic processing based on a control program stored in the ROM 3 or the hard disk 4, or controls each component described later,
A function described by a flowchart described below is executed.

The ROM 2 is a memory capable of storing a print control program or data, and reads out a necessary program at a predetermined timing and outputs it to the bus 8.

The RAM 3 temporarily stores data and the like necessary for processing in the CPU 1 and outputs the data to the bus 8 as necessary.

The HDD 4 is a storage medium capable of storing a print control program, data, and the like. In the present embodiment, the print control program of the present invention having each procedure as shown in FIG. 1B is stored. . In the present embodiment, the print control program is temporarily loaded into the RAM 3, and the CPU 1 interprets the procedure on the RAM 3 and performs processing.

The printing control program can be installed in the HDD 4 by using a CD-ROM or a floppy disk as a recording medium on which the printing control program of the present invention is recorded.

Further, the print control program of the present invention comprises:
The program may be stored in the OM2. If the program is stored in the ROM2, the CPU1 reads the program stored in the ROM2, and the CPU1 interprets the procedure and performs processing. In this case, the ROM 2 is a recording medium on which the print control program of the present invention is recorded.

The display device 5 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tub).
e) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying a print control program or print data.

The output I / F (interface) 6
It enables communication between the printing control device 10 and the printing device 9, and outputs drawing data and the like generated by the printing control device 10 to the printing device 9 via the output cable 6a. The connection between the print control device 10 and the printing device 9 is as follows.
The invention is not limited to the case where the output cable 6a is used, and may be carried out through a network.

The printing device 9 includes an electrophotographic or ink jet printing engine, and performs printing based on drawing data transmitted from the printing control device 10.

The input I / F 7 is an interface that enables data communication between the print control device 10 and the host device 11 via the input cable 7a. Specifically, print data described in a page description language output from the host device 11 via the input cable 7a is input, and the CPU 1 can read the print data via the bus 8. The connection between the print control device 10 and the host device 11 is not limited to the case where the input cable 7a is used, but may be connected through a network.

The host device 11 is composed of a personal computer or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, image data created by drawing application software is further converted to postscript or Hewlett by Adobe Systems by the application software. Hewlett Packard PC
L (Print Control Language) or the like, and converts the data into print data described in a page description language.
The print data is output to the print control device 10 via the.

With the above configuration, the print control device 1
0 interprets the print data output from the host device 11 and converts it to bitmap data or run-length data as shown in FIG. 9 is performed.

However, when interpreting this print data,
Alternatively, when an error occurs during communication with the host device 11, conversion to normal bitmap data cannot be performed.

Therefore, conventionally, the interpretation process of the print data is interrupted, and the command in which the error has occurred and the error name are notified to the host device.

However, with such information alone,
Without specialized knowledge, it is not possible to properly correct print data.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, not only the command and the error name causing the error but also the position information relating to the graphic in which the error has occurred are notified to the host device. Hereinafter, the print control method according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the print control program in the present embodiment comprises a print data interpretation procedure, a representative point coordinate storage procedure, a representative point coordinate readout procedure, and a notification procedure. The procedure is executed by the CPU 1.

First, the print data interpretation procedure will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the print data output from the host device 11 via the input cable 7a is:
It is input by the input I / F 7 and is
It is read by U1 (step S1). Next, CP
At U1, it is determined for each command block of the read print data whether or not the command is a drawing command (step S2), and if it is a drawing command (step S2; Y).
ES), a procedure of storing representative point coordinates as position information related to the figure is executed (step S3).

This procedure is shown in FIG. 4, and the coordinates of the representative point of the figure currently being processed are obtained (step S1).
0), and stored in the storage device of the RAM 3 or the hard disk 4 (step S11).

That is, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, not only an area 20 for storing an instruction in which an error has occurred and an area 21 for storing an error name as in the prior art but also an area for storing coordinates of a representative point. Reference numeral 22 is formed in the RAM 3 or the hard disk 4, and stores such information as information to be notified to the host device 11.

Here, the representative point coordinates are points for representing the position of a figure, and various expression methods are conceivable. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C, one point may be used, or a plurality of points may be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 6D, a specific graphic surrounding the graphic being processed when an error occurs may be defined. Further, an underline located below the graphic in which the error has occurred may be defined.

FIG. 6A shows an example in which the drawing start point of a figure is selected as a representative point, and FIG. 6B shows an example in which the center point of the figure is selected as a representative point. In any case, the point is obtained from the result of the interpretation of the page description language for drawing the figure.

In the case of FIG. 6C, the center of gravity of the figure is defined as a representative point, and in FIG. 6D, a rectangle surrounding the figure is selected as a representative point. In these cases, after the interpretation of the page description language, an operation for calculating the representative point is further required.

When the procedure for storing the representative point coordinates as described above is completed, as shown in FIG. 3, each instruction block is interpreted and a conversion process to bitmap data or the like is performed (step S4).

On the other hand, when an error such as memory full or inability to interpret the page description language occurs due to execution of the conversion process for each instruction block (step S5;
YES), a procedure for reading the previously stored representative point coordinates is executed (step S6).

The details of this procedure are shown in FIG.
From a storage device such as the RAM 3 or the hard disk 4,
A procedure for reading the coordinates of the representative point is executed (step S2).
0).

Then, a procedure for transmitting the read representative point coordinates to the host device 11 is executed (FIG. 3; step S).
7, FIG. 8; Step S30).

FIG. 9 shows an example of an error message displayed on the display 11a of the host device 11 as a result of such notification processing. As shown in FIG. 9, the display 11a displays an error occurrence instruction and an error name, and a message that an error has occurred in the graphic at the coordinates (50, 50). The graphic in which the error has occurred, the command in which the error has occurred, and the error name can be easily specified, and it can be confirmed on the drawing application software whether or not there is any defect in the drawing method or the like.

The size or storage method of the area 22 for storing the coordinates of the representative points described above differs depending on how to obtain the coordinates of the figures and the representative points, and an appropriate area corresponding to each figure and the coordinates of the representative points is secured.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that description of common parts with the first embodiment will be omitted.

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the notification destination of the error information and the representative point coordinate information is the display device 5 of the print control device 10.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 10, the notification procedure of this embodiment is a procedure for transmitting error information and representative point coordinate information to the display device 5.

Then, the error information and the representative point coordinate information are displayed on the display device 5 of the print control device 10, as shown in FIG.

Also in the present embodiment, the user can easily grasp the figure to be corrected, and this is convenient particularly when the host device 11 and the print control device 10 are far apart from each other.

Further, the first embodiment and the second embodiment may be combined to display the error information and the representative point coordinate information on both the host device 11 and the display device 5 of the print control device 10. good.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that description of common parts with the first embodiment will be omitted.

In this embodiment, not only the representative point coordinate information is displayed on the host device, but also the representative point coordinate information is converted into a page description language, and the representative point coordinates are drawn on the host device. However, this is different from the first embodiment.

That is, the notification procedure of this embodiment is the same as that of FIG.
First, the read representative point coordinate information is converted into page description language (PDL) (step S32).
This page description language is the same as that used when creating print data in the host device 11.

The coordinates of the representative point at this time represent a figure surrounding the figure being processed, as shown in FIG. 6 (D).

Then, the data converted as described above is added to the print data (step S33). That is, in the present embodiment, since the print data itself transmitted from the host device 11 is stored in the hard disk 4, a graphic to be surrounded by the graphic is displayed on the host device 11 together with the graphic as the representative point coordinates. To notify the error information, the representative point coordinate information is added to the print data (step S33) and transmitted to the host device 11 (step S34).

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, representative point coordinates are added. In the example of FIG. 13, the instruction “red setcolcor” is an instruction for adding red to the representative point coordinate area in order to facilitate recognition of an error occurrence location. Also, "50 5
“0 10 20 rect” is a command to draw a rectangle A at a position surrounding the star-shaped figure that was being processed when the error occurred, as shown in FIG.

The print data to which the representative point coordinate information has been added is transmitted from the print control device 10 to the host device 11. Since the host device 11 has installed therein an application program for expanding the data described in the PDL into drawing data and displaying the drawing data, as shown in FIG. Will be displayed.

According to the present embodiment, a figure to be corrected can be more easily recognized.

As the representative point coordinate information, an underline drawn below the graphic to be corrected can be used in addition to the rectangle described above.

[0079]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of print data is stored, and the predetermined position information is read when an error is detected. Information, the user can easily recognize the graphic to be corrected based on the position information even if the user does not have specialized knowledge, and can take quick measures against an error. become.

According to the printing control apparatus of the second aspect,
Since the position information notified from the notifying unit is displayed by the display unit, it is possible to further easily recognize the graphic to be corrected.

According to the printing control system of the third aspect, predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of print data is stored, and when an error is detected, the predetermined position information is read out and notified. In addition, since the display is further performed, even if the user does not have the specialized knowledge, the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized based on the position information, and a prompt measure against the error can be taken. Becomes possible.

According to the print control system of the fourth aspect, the position information read when the error is detected is
Since the print data is converted into print processing command data, the converted data is transmitted together with the print data, the print data creating apparatus interprets the data, and displays the figure to be drawn and the position information as a result of the interpretation. In addition, the figure to be corrected can be easily visually recognized, and it is possible to take an even quicker measure against an error.

According to the printing control method of the fifth aspect,
Since predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of the print data is stored and the predetermined position information is read and notified when an error is detected, the user does not have specialized knowledge. Even in this case, the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized on the basis of the position information, and it is possible to take quick measures against an error.

According to the printing control method of the sixth aspect,
Since the notified position information is displayed by the display means, it is possible to further easily recognize the graphic to be corrected.

According to the print control method of the present invention,
The predetermined position information related to the figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data is stored, and when the error is detected, the predetermined position information is read out, notified, and further displayed. Can be easily recognized on the basis of the position information even if the user does not have the, and it is possible to take quick measures for an error.

According to the printing control method of the present invention,
The position information read at the time of detecting the error is converted into print processing instruction data, the converted data is transmitted together with the print data, the print data creating apparatus interprets the data, and a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation. In addition, since the position information is displayed, the figure to be corrected can be easily recognized visually, and it is possible to take quicker measures for an error.

A computer reads a computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to the ninth aspect is recorded, and stores predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of the print data. However, when the error is detected, the predetermined position information is read and notified, so that even if the user does not have specialized knowledge, it is possible to easily recognize the graphic to be corrected based on the position information. It is possible to take quick action for errors.

When the computer reads a computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 10 is recorded, the notified position information is displayed by display means, and should be corrected. Recognition of a figure can be further facilitated.

A computer reads a computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 11 is recorded, and stores predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpretation of print data. However, when the error is detected, the predetermined position information is read out and notified, and further displayed, so that even if the user does not have specialized knowledge, the graphic to be corrected can be easily determined based on the position information. It can be recognized, and prompt measures can be taken for errors.

By causing a computer to read the recording medium according to claim 12, the position information read at the time of detecting the error is converted into print processing command data, and the converted data is transmitted together with the print data, and the print data is transmitted. Since the data creation apparatus interprets these data and displays the figure drawn as a result of the interpretation and the position information, the figure to be corrected can be easily visually recognized, and the processing speed can be further improved. Actions can be taken on errors.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a printing system using a print control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a print control program according to the present embodiment; FIG.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a basic data flow in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a print data interpretation procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a procedure of storing representative point coordinates according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a storage area for error information and representative point coordinate information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 6A to 6D are explanatory diagrams showing examples of representative point coordinates according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline of a representative point coordinate reading procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a schematic configuration of a notification procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of error information and representative point coordinate information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a notification procedure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of error information and representative point coordinate information according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a notification procedure according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of print data to which representative point coordinates are added according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of error information and representative point coordinate information according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU 2 ... ROM 3 ... RAM 4 ... HDD 5 ... Display device 6 ... Output I / F 7 ... Input I / F 8 ... Bus 9 ... Printing device 10 ... Printing control device 11 ... Host device

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 25, 1997

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print control apparatus and a print control system for detecting an error during print processing and performing predetermined processing while performing print processing by interpreting a print processing command such as a page description language. And a print control method and a computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program is recorded.

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[Correction target item name] 0013

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[0013] According to the printing control system of the third aspect, the print control device is configured such that when print data created by the print data creation device and including print processing instruction data is transmitted from the print data creation device, The print data is received by the reception unit of the print control device, and the received print data is interpreted by the interpretation unit, and a predetermined figure is drawn. Then, when drawing this figure, predetermined position information related to this figure is stored in the position information storage means. Here, during the printing process of the figure,
If an error occurs and the error is detected by the error detection means, the position information stored in the position information storage means is read by the position information reading means, and the read position information is sent by the notification means. This is notified to the print data creation device. Then, the notified position information is displayed by the display means of the print data creating apparatus, so that the graphic to be corrected can be easily recognized based on the position information, and quick measures against errors can be taken. Will be possible.

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For example, as shown in FIG. 13, representative point coordinates are added. In the example of FIG. 13, the instruction “red setcolor ” is an instruction to add a red color to the representative point coordinate area in order to facilitate recognition of an error occurrence location. Also, "50 50
“10 20 rect” means a rectangle A at a position surrounding the star-shaped figure that was being processed when the error occurred, as shown in FIG.
Is an instruction to draw.

Claims (12)

[Claims] A receiving unit that receives print data including print processing instruction data; an interpreting unit that interprets the received print data; and predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data. A position information storage unit for storing an error in a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation, an error detection unit for detecting an error during the printing process, and the predetermined position information from the position information storage unit when an error is detected by the error detection unit. A print control device comprising: position information reading means for reading; and notification means for notifying the read position information. 2. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the position information notified from the notification means. 3. A print data creating apparatus for creating print data including print processing instruction data, and printing for performing print processing based on the print data transmitted from the print data creating apparatus connected to the print data creating apparatus. A print control system comprising a control device, wherein the print control device is configured to receive the print data, to interpret the received print data, and to render the print data as a result of the interpretation of the print data. Position information storage means for storing predetermined position information relating to a figure to be read, error detection means for detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation, and the position information when the error detection means detects an error. Position information reading means for reading the predetermined position information from a storage means, and notifying the read position information to the print data creation device And a notifying unit that receives the position information, and a display unit that displays the received position information. 4. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein said printing control device converts said position information into said printing process command data, said printing process command data converted as said position information by said converting device, and said printing device receiving said printing process command data. And a notifying unit for notifying the print data to the print data creation device, wherein the print data creation device interprets the print processing command data and the print data as the position information, and a result of the interpretation. The print control system according to claim 3, further comprising: a display unit configured to display a figure drawn as a pattern and the position information. 5. A receiving step of receiving print data including print processing instruction data; an interpreting step of interpreting the received print data; and predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of interpreting the print data. A position information storage step of storing an error in a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation; and an error detection step of reading the stored predetermined position information when an error is detected by the error detection step. And a notification step of notifying the read position information. 6. The print control method according to claim 5, further comprising a display step of displaying the position information notified by the notification step. 7. A print data creation apparatus creates and transmits print data including print processing instruction data, and performs print processing based on the print data received by a print control device connected to the print data creation apparatus. A print control method for receiving the print data; interpreting the received print data; and interpreting the print data as a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data. A position information storage step of storing related predetermined position information; an error detection step of detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation; and the stored predetermined position when an error is detected by the error detection step. A position information reading step of reading information; and a notifying step of notifying the read position information to the print data creation device. Print control method in apparatus, a reception step of receiving the location information, and a display step of displaying the position information received, characterized in that. 8. A conversion step of converting the position information into the print processing instruction data in the print control device, and receiving the print processing instruction data converted as the position information in the conversion step and the reception step. And a notifying step of notifying the print data creating device of the print data created by the print data creating device, wherein the print data creating device interprets the print processing command data and the print data as the position information, 8. The print control method according to claim 7, further comprising: a display step of displaying a figure drawn as a result of and the position information. 9. A computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program is recorded, wherein the print control program causes a computer to receive print data including print processing instruction data; An interpreting step of interpreting the print data; a position information storing step of storing predetermined position information related to a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation of the print data; and detecting an error during a printing process executed as a result of the interpretation. Performing an error detecting step of performing the following: a position information reading step of reading the stored predetermined position information when an error is detected by the error detecting step; and a notifying step of notifying the read position information. A computer-readable recording medium on which a control program is recorded. 10. A computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program is recorded, wherein the print control program causes a computer to further execute a display step of displaying the position information notified by the notification step. A computer-readable recording medium on which the print control program according to claim 9 is recorded. 11. A computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program is recorded, wherein the print control program causes a computer to convert the position information into the print processing instruction data; 10. A notifying step of notifying a print data creating apparatus of the print processing command data converted as the position information by the control unit and the print data received in the receiving step. And a computer-readable recording medium in which the print control program of the present invention is recorded. 12. A print data creation apparatus creates and transmits print data including print processing instruction data, and receives error information during a print process from a print control device connected to the print data creation apparatus. A computer-readable recording medium on which a print control program to be displayed is recorded, wherein the print control program is drawn on a computer of the print data creation device as a result of interpretation of print data by the print control device. A receiving step of receiving the predetermined position information and the print data, which are predetermined position information related to the graphic, and are converted into the print processing command data and transmitted when the error occurs; and An interpretation step for interpreting the print processing instruction data, and a display for displaying a figure drawn as a result of the interpretation and the position information And a computer-readable recording medium in which a print control program is further recorded.