JP2000190592A - Document processing device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] An object of the present invention is to create a virtual document that can be collectively print-controlled when printing a document including a plurality of types of data such as documents, presentation materials, drawings, and the like. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to edit a print page layout in a virtual document and to improve work efficiency at the time of printing. A computer system edits a print page layout for a virtual document,
The size and orientation of the paper to be printed are set, and if the paper to be printed is of a fixed size, page data of different sizes in the virtual document is automatically reduced / enlarged and printed collectively. In addition, when the page combination is set to “Yes” as the print page layout, page data different from the direction of the printing paper is reduced, and when these page data are adjacent to each other, the page data is set as a vertical or horizontal column. And print.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for creating a document by editing various data such as a document and a table, and a storage medium storing a control program for the document processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, various application programs such as spreadsheets and databases are used in office computers and general-purpose computers mainly for office work. Various application programs such as spreadsheets and databases are also used to create documents prepared for distribution or presentation at meetings, including presentation materials and drawings.

In such a conventional document printing process, when one document includes a plurality of types of data such as documents, presentation materials, drawings, etc., an application program corresponding to each data is individually set. It is necessary to repeatedly print and instruct a predetermined printing process, and since the printed matter output by each application is not given a continuous page number, it is necessary to manually rearrange the page order, There is a problem that even if only one document is printed, the operation is complicated and takes much time. In particular, when a plurality of copies of a document must be prepared, printing and reordering of pages take a great deal of time, thereby lowering work efficiency.

Therefore, documents, presentation materials,
2. Description of the Related Art When printing a document including a plurality of types of data such as drawings, a method has been developed in which a virtual document that can be print-controlled is collectively created to improve work efficiency when printing the document.

[0005] A virtual document (hereinafter also referred to as a virtual document in the embodiments of the present invention) collectively collects spool data for printing such as documents, presentation materials, and drawings created for each application. By outputting this spool file to a printer, data relating to different applications such as documents, presentation materials, drawings, etc. can be printed collectively.

[0006]

However, by enabling batch printing, it is possible to print only a specific page instead of printing all pages of a document, or to fix the paper size. There is a demand that pages larger in size than paper be reduced and stored in the fixed-size paper for printing.

That is, since printing is performed in a batch, only necessary pages cannot be printed, and unnecessary pages are printed or a document cannot be printed on fixed-size paper. After that, it takes time to make the form of the paper unified by performing a reduced copy etc.
Eventually, a situation occurs in which printing is performed for each application.

An object of the present invention is to create a virtual document that can be print-controlled collectively when printing a document including a plurality of types of data such as a document, presentation material, and drawing, and print page layout in the virtual document. To improve the work efficiency at the time of printing.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually designated in a predetermined direction, to a predetermined output sheet in a predetermined direction. Comparing means for comparing the predetermined orientation of the predetermined output paper with the predetermined orientation of the output document; and a result of the comparison, when the predetermined orientation of the output paper is the same as the paper orientation of the page document, the page document concerned. When the predetermined orientation of the output paper and the paper orientation of the page document are different from each other, output is performed in accordance with the output paper in a different orientation. Output means for converting the page document into a size, arranging the page document on the output sheet, and outputting the output document.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually designated in a paper direction, to a predetermined output paper in a predetermined direction. Means, for each page document, comparing the paper orientation of the page document with the predetermined orientation of the predetermined output paper,
As a result of the comparison by the comparing means, if the predetermined orientation of the output paper is the same as the paper orientation of the page document, the page orientation of the page document is arranged on the predetermined output paper and output. If the predetermined orientation of the output sheet and the page orientation of the page document are different, the page document is converted to a size corresponding to the output sheet while maintaining the different orientation, and is arranged on the output sheet. Output.

Therefore, even if a page document has a mixed orientation with respect to a fixed orientation sheet, if the orientation is the same, the page document is converted to the same orientation. After that, batch printing can be performed. For this reason, work such as reduction copying after batch printing, which has been conventionally performed to unify the paper orientation, becomes unnecessary, and the work efficiency can be improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents whose paper sizes are individually specified on an output sheet of a predetermined size. A comparing means for comparing the paper size of the page document with a predetermined size of the output paper, and a result of comparison by the comparing means,
When the predetermined size of the output sheet is the same as the page size of the page document, the page document is placed on the output sheet and output as it is, and the predetermined size of the output sheet and the page size are output. When the paper size of the document is different, output means for converting the paper size of the page document to a predetermined size of the output paper, arranging the output paper on the output paper, and outputting the paper. I have.

According to the invention described in claim 6, there is provided a document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually designated as a paper size, to an output paper of a predetermined size. When the paper size of the page document is compared with the predetermined size of the output paper for each page document, the output unit compares the predetermined size of the output paper with the predetermined size of the page document. If the paper size of the page document is the same, it is arranged and output on the output paper with the paper size of the page document, and when the predetermined size of the output paper and the paper size of the page document are different, The page size of the page document is converted into a predetermined size of the output sheet, and the page document is arranged and output on the output sheet.

Therefore, even if the page document has a mixed paper size for a fixed size paper,
If they are the same size, they can be converted to a size that fits within the paper if they are different sizes, and batch printing can be performed. For this reason, work such as reduced copying after batch printing, which has been conventionally performed to unify paper sizes, becomes unnecessary, and work efficiency can be improved.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 are diagrams showing one embodiment of a computer system 1 to which the present invention is applied.

The computer system 1 edits a print page layout for the virtual document, and collectively and automatically converts data of different paper sizes, such as documents, presentation materials, and drawings, in the virtual document onto fixed-size paper. This is a system that performs printing by performing appropriate reduction / enlargement, and also prints only a specified page.

First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a computer system 1 according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1A, a computer system 1 includes a CPU 2, an input device 3, a RAM 4, a display device 5, a printing device 6, a storage device 7, and a storage medium 8, excluding the storage medium 8. Each unit is connected to the bus 9.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2
Expands an application program specified from a system program stored in the storage medium 8 and various application programs corresponding to the system into a program storage area (not shown) in the RAM 4 and is input from the input device 3. Various instructions or data are temporarily stored in the RAM 4, various processes are executed in accordance with the application instructions developed in the RAM 4 in accordance with the input instructions and the input data, the processing results are stored in the RAM 4, and the display device is displayed. 5 is displayed. Then, the processing result stored in the RAM 4 is input to the input device 3.
Is stored in the storage destination in the storage medium 8 instructed by the user.

The CPU 2 reads and executes a program related to a print page setting process (see FIG. 6) stored in the storage medium 8 in the storage device 7 in response to an instruction signal input from the input device 3. At the same time, a program relating to the page output developing process (see FIG. 7) is read and executed as a subroutine during the execution of the print page setting process.

That is, as a print page setting process, the CPU
Reference numeral 2 designates whether a page to be printed is specified from among the virtual documents, and whether or not to print with a uniform paper size as a print page layout, how to print the paper orientation, When it is set whether or not to perform column printing by combining the pages, a page output developing process is executed to create a print image of the page to be printed, and this print image is output to the printing device 6, Prints the target page in the specified virtual document. Further, the print page number changed by the column is newly numbered and printed together.

Here, the page configuration printed by the print page setting process will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2A shows page 1 of a virtual document designated as a print target.
4 is a diagram showing a configuration of FIG. 4, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a page configuration in which the designated page of FIG. 2A is printed.

In FIG. 2A, pages 1 to 4 designated as print targets all have the same paper size.
This shows a case where the orientation of each page is vertical, horizontal, horizontal, vertical. The page designated as a print target in FIG. 2A is hereinafter referred to as a configuration page, and the printed page is referred to as a print page. The actual data of the configuration page is called page data. FIG. 2B shows a result of executing the print page setting process by designating the print page layout as “unified paper size”, paper orientation “portrait”, and page combination “do”. In FIG. 2B, the configuration page 1 is the same as the paper size and the paper orientation, and there is no change. The configuration page 2 has the same paper size, but the paper orientation is different from that of the configuration page.
Similarly, the configuration page 3 is also printed on the print page 2. Since the print page 2 is in the "portrait" orientation, the configuration page 2 is displayed in the upper row,
It is printed as a column with the configuration page 3 at the bottom. The configuration page 4 has the same paper size and paper orientation as the configuration page 1 and has no change.
Is printed as it is.

The input device 3 includes a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse provided with a cursor key, numeral input keys, various function keys, and the like.
Output to 2.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 4 stores C
The PU 2 forms a program storage area for expanding various programs when executing the various application programs, and forms a memory area for expanding data, table data, and the like processed when the CPU 2 executes the various processing. . In the memory area, an output page buffer for storing a print image created by the CPU 2 for each page in a print page setting process and a page output developing process executed by the CPU 2 is formed.

The display device 5 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tub).
e) and the like, and displays a print layout setting screen 51 in the print page setting process executed by the CPU 2, displays various data input from the input device 3, a print preview screen, and the like.

Here, the print layout setting screen 51 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a print layout setting screen 51 displayed on the display device 5 in the print page setting process. Print layout setting screen 51
Is a screen displayed after the target page to be printed is specified in the print page setting process, and on which the layout of the page to be printed is set. Print layout setting screen 51
Is a paper size selection radio button 51a indicating whether or not to print with a unified paper size, and a paper size input box 5 for setting a paper size for unified printing.
1b, a sheet orientation selection radio button 51c indicating whether the sheet orientation is “as is”, “vertical”, or “horizontal”, which is the same as the orientation of the constituent page, and reduced. Radio buttons 52d, etc., indicating whether or not adjacent constituent pages are to be combined and printed as upper and lower or left and right columns in the set constituent pages.

Here, the print layout setting screen 5
The configuration of the print page according to the item set in 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration page of the virtual document, and FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of a print page when the paper size of the virtual document in FIG. 4 is set to “unified” and other setting items are changed.

In FIG. 4, the constituent pages of the virtual document are such that the constituent page 1 is in the “horizontal” orientation of “A3” size,
Configuration page 2 is in the “B5” size “horizontal” orientation, configuration page 3 is in the “A4” size “vertical” orientation, configuration page 4 is in the “A4” size “vertical” orientation, and configuration page 5 is “B4”
The size page is in the “horizontal” direction and the configuration page 6 is in the “B4” size in the “vertical” direction.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing the configuration of a print page when the paper size of the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified to "A4" and the paper orientation is set to "as is".

In FIG. 5A, on the first page, the constituent page 1 is printed, the size is reduced from "A3" to "A4", and the print is performed with the orientation "sideways" of the constituent page 1.
On the second page, the configuration page 2 is printed and the size is “B”.
From "5" to "A4", orientation is "Landscape" on configuration page 2
Printed as is. On the third and fourth pages, the constituent page 3 and the constituent page 4 are printed, and since they have the same size and the same orientation as the respective constituent pages, they are printed as they are. On the fifth page, the configuration page 5 is printed, the size is reduced from “B4” to “A4”, and the orientation is printed with the configuration page 5 being “landscape”. The sixth page is
The configuration page 6 is printed, and the size is changed from “B4” to “A”.
4 "and the image is printed with the orientation set to" portrait "of the configuration page 6.

FIG. 5B shows the configuration of a print page when the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified with a paper size of "A4", and the paper orientation is set to "vertical" and the combination is set to "no". FIG.

In FIG. 5B, on the first page, the constituent page 1 is printed and the paper orientation is "portrait", so the size is reduced from "A3" of the constituent page 1 to "A5". Printed on the top. The lower part of the first page is blank because it is not combined. On the second page, the configuration page 2 is printed and the paper orientation is “portrait”, so the size is reduced from “B5” to “A5” of the configuration page 2 and printed on the upper row. The lower part of the second page is similar to the first page.
Becomes blank. On the third and fourth pages, the constituent page 3 and the constituent page 4 are printed, and since they have the same size and the same orientation as the respective constituent pages, they are printed as they are. On page 5, component page 5 is printed,
Since the paper orientation is “portrait”, the size is reduced from “B4” to “A5” on the configuration page 5 and printed on the upper row. The lower part of the fifth page is blank as in the first page. On the sixth page, since the configuration page 6 is printed and has the same orientation, only the size is reduced from “B4” to “A4” and printed.

FIG. 5C shows the configuration of a print page when the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified with the paper size "A4", the paper orientation is set to "vertical", and the combination is set to "Yes". FIG.

In FIG. 5C, the first page is composed of 1 page because the orientations of composition page 1 and composition page 2 are “horizontal”.
The constituent page 1 is printed on the upper part of the page and the constituent page 2 is printed on the lower part of the first page, and the size of each constituent page is reduced to “A5” and printed, similarly to FIG. 5B. On the second and third pages, the constituent page 3 and the constituent page 4 are printed and have the same size and the same orientation as the respective constituent pages, so that the constituent pages are printed as they are. On the fourth page, since the orientation of the configuration page 6 is “portrait”, only the configuration page 5 is printed in the upper row, and the size is reduced from “B4” of the configuration page 5 to “A5” and printed. On the fifth page, since the configuration page 6 is printed and has the same orientation, only the size is changed from “B4” to “A4”.
And printed.

FIG. 5D shows the configuration of a print page in the case where the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified with the paper size of "A4", the paper orientation is set to "landscape", and the combination is set to "no". FIG.

In FIG. 5D, on the first page, since the constituent page 1 is printed and has the same orientation, only the size is reduced from "A3" to "A4" and printed. On the second page, since the constituent page 2 is printed and has the same orientation, only the size is enlarged from “B5” to “A4” and printed. On the third page, the constituent page 3 is printed and the paper orientation is “horizontal”, so the size is reduced from “A4” to “A5” of the constituent page 3 and printed on the left. The right side of the third page is blank because it is not combined. On the fourth page, the configuration page 4 is printed, and the size is changed from “A4” to “A” of the configuration page 4 similarly to the third page.
5 "is printed on the left column, and the right column is blank. On the fifth page, since the configuration page 5 is printed and has the same orientation, only the size is reduced from “B4” to “A4” and printed. On the sixth page, since the configuration page 6 is printed and the paper orientation is “horizontal”, the size is reduced from “B4” to “A5” of the configuration page 3 and printed on the left, and the third page is printed. Similarly, the right column is blank.

FIG. 5E shows the configuration of a print page when the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified with the paper size of "A4", the paper orientation is set to "horizontal", and the combination is set to "Yes". FIG.

In FIG. 5E, on the first and second pages, the constituent pages 1 and 2 are printed in the same manner as in FIG. 5D. On the third page, since the orientations of the configuration page 3 and the configuration page 4 are “portrait”, the configuration page 3 is printed on the left and the configuration page 4 is printed on the right, and the size is the same as in FIG. , Each constituent page is reduced to “A5” and printed. On the fourth page, only the size is “B4” because the configuration page 5 is printed and has the same orientation.
Is reduced to “A4” and printed. The fifth page is
Although the orientation of the configuration page 6 is “portrait”, but there is no configuration page 7, only the configuration page 6 is printed on the left and the size is reduced to “A5”.

The above is an example of the configuration of a print page according to the items set on the print layout setting screen 51.

Further, in FIG. 1, the printing device 6
The print image input from U2 is printed on a specified predetermined paper size in a predetermined direction and output.

The storage device 7 has a storage medium 8 in which programs, data and the like are stored in advance, and this storage medium 8 is constituted by a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 8 is fixedly provided in the storage device 7 or is detachably mounted. The storage medium 8 includes the system program and various application programs corresponding to the system,
A print page setting processing program, a page output development processing program, data processed by each processing program, and the like are stored.

A program stored in the storage medium 8;
The data or the like may be configured to be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like, and further provided with the storage medium on the other device side connected via the communication line or the like. A configuration may be adopted in which a storage device is provided and programs and data stored in the storage medium 8 are used via a communication line.

The storage medium 8 stores a virtual document and actual page data constituting the virtual document. Each of the pages constituting the virtual document is accompanied by page management information 81. Page management information 8
It is stored together with 1.

Here, the data structure of the page management information 81 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a data configuration of the page management information 81 included in each configuration page. FIG.
In (b), the page management information 81 includes a page ID 81a, a page size 81b,
It has a page orientation 81c, and has a configuration page number 81d, an arrangement orientation 81e, a size 81f, an arrangement flag 81g, and a print page number 81h as print data related to the print page setting process. .

The page ID 81a is a pointer pointing to the actual page data of the constituent page, the page size 81b is the print size of the actual page data, and the page orientation 81c stores the direction in which the actual page data was created. You. Also,
The constituent page number 81d is a number indicating the page number of the constituent document in the virtual document.
Is the paper orientation set in the page output developing process, the size 81f is the paper size set in the page output developing process, and the arrangement flag 81g is set to “combine” in the page output developing process. Is a flag indicating which of the sheet positions is set above, below, left, or right, and the print page number 81h indicates the number of the constituent page as a serial number of the print page.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the print page setting process executed by the CPU 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, when a virtual document and a page to be printed in the virtual document are designated (step S1), the CPU 2 reads out the designated page data to be printed from the storage medium 8. Then, the page management information 81 of the page data is read (step S2). Then, a serial number is set to the constituent page number 81d of the page management information 81 (step S3).

Next, the CPU 2 outputs the print layout setting screen 51 to the display device 5 and displays it. When the paper orientation and paper size to be printed are designated as the print page layout (step S4), the storage medium is stored. 8, a page output developing program is read out, and a page output developing process is performed (step S5). A print image corresponding to the print page layout specified in step S4 is developed, and each is output to an output page buffer in the RAM 4. Store for each page. The operation of this page output developing process will be described later in detail.

Next, when a page to be printed is designated and an input to execute printing is made (step S6), the CPU
2 determines whether or not designation has been made to print all pages (step S7). If all pages are to be printed, the contents (contents) of the output page buffer of the RAM 4 expanded in step S5 are determined. Is output to the printing device 6 and printed (step S8). If it is determined in step S7 that all pages are not to be printed, the CPU 2 reads out the print image data relating to the designated page from the output page buffer of the RAM 4 in step S6 and develops the data in the output page buffer again. Then, based on the constituent page numbers set in step S3, page printing of only the designated page is performed (step S10).

Then, step S8 or step S10
After finishing the printing in, the CPU 2 ends the print page setting process.

The page output developing process executed by the CPU 2 in step S5 during the above described print page setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
FIGS. 8 (a) to 8 (d) are used to make the description easy to understand.
Will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 8A to 8D show that the output paper is set to “A4” and “vertical” orientation, the configuration page is set to “A4” and “vertical” orientation, and (b) is set to “A4”.
A diagram showing the difference between the print images stored in the output page buffer when the orientation is "horizontal", (c) is "A3", "vertical" orientation, and (d) is "A3", "horizontal" orientation. It is.

In FIG. 7, the CPU 2 first sets an initial value "1" as a print page number and stores it in the RAM 4 (step A1). Next, the CPU 2 sets the flag “F” indicating whether or not the column is already arranged in the upper row or the left row.
Is set to “0” indicating no arrangement and stored in the RAM 4 (step A2). Then, it is determined whether or not there is page data of the print target page that has not been read yet, that is, whether or not processing has been performed on all the print target pages (step A).
3) If it is determined that there is no page data, it is determined that the process has been performed for all the pages to be printed, and the page output developing process ends.

If there is page data that has not been read yet, the page data is read from the storage medium 8 (step A4), and the output sheet specified in the print page setting process and the read page data are read. The page size is compared with the page size 81b in the page management information 81 (step A5). If they are the same, the process proceeds to step A6, and if not, the process proceeds to step A11.

Here, in the case of the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIGS. 8A and 8B, since the size is the same in both cases, the process proceeds to step A6, and FIG.
In the case of (c) and the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIG.

If it is determined in step A5 that the paper size and the page size 81b are the same, the CPU
2 then compares the orientation of the output paper with the page orientation 81c in the page management information 81 (step A6). If they are the same, the process proceeds to step A7, and if not, the process proceeds to step A13.

Here, in the case of the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIG. 8A, the directions are the same, and therefore, the process goes to step A7. In the case of the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIG. Since the directions are not the same, the process proceeds to step A13.

If it is determined in step A5 that the paper size and the page size 81b are not the same,
Next, the CPU 2 outputs the orientation of the output sheet and the page management information 81.
(Step A11), and if they are the same, the page data read out in step A4 is reduced or enlarged to the same size as the size of the output sheet (step A12). ), The process proceeds to step A7, and if not identical, the process proceeds to step A13.

Here, in the case of the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIG. 8C, since the orientation is the same, the page data is reduced so as to be the same as the size of the output sheet, and then the step A7 is executed. In the case of the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page in FIG. 8D, the process proceeds to step A13 because the orientations are not the same.

In summary, the combinations of output sheets and constituent pages in FIGS. 8A to 8D are as shown in FIG.
FIG. 8C in which the page data size is changed to the output paper proceeds to step A7, and FIGS. 8B and 8D proceed to step A13.

In step A7, the CPU 2 forms a new output page buffer in the RAM 4, and develops page data as a print image in this output page buffer (step A7). Then, the CPU 2 adds the current print page number stored in the RAM 4 to the print image developed in the output page buffer (step A8). Further, the CPU 2 updates the page management information 81 by setting the read print page number to the print page number 81h of the page management information 81 of the page data (step A9).
"1" is added to the print page number stored in AM4 to update the print page number (step A10), and the process proceeds to step A2.

At step A13, the CPU 2 reduces the page data read at step A3 to half the size of the output sheet (step A13). Then, in the print page setting process, the CPU 2 determines whether the page combination is set to “Yes” or “No” (Step A14).

When the page combination is set to "Yes", the CPU 2 next determines whether or not the flag "F" is set to "0" indicating that the page is not arranged (step A).
15). If the flag "F" is set to "0", the CPU 2 forms a new output page buffer in the RAM 4, and in step A13, outputs the page data reduced to half the size of the output paper. , The output paper orientation is portrait
If it is, it is developed as a print image in the upper row, and if it is "horizontal", it is rendered in the "left row" (step A16). And CP
U2 sets the flag "F" to "1" indicating that the layout has been completed and stores the flag in the RAM 4 (step A17).
The page management information 81 is updated by setting the arrangement position of the page data in the arrangement flag 81g of the page management information 81 (step A18), and the process proceeds to step A3.

If it is determined in step A14 that page merging is not performed, CPU 2
A new output page buffer is formed in the RAM 4, and in step A13, the page data reduced to half the size of the output paper is placed in the upper row if the output paper orientation is "portrait".
If it is "horizontal", it is developed as a print image in "left column" (step A19). Then, the CPU 2
Is added to the print image developed in the output page buffer (step A).
20).

If the flag "F" is not set to "0" in step A15, the CPU 2
Stores the page data reduced to half the size of the output paper in step A13 in the current output page buffer,
If the output paper orientation is "portrait", it is developed as a print image in the lower row, and if it is "horizontal", it is rendered in the "right row" (step A).
21). Then, the CPU 2 adds the current print page number stored in the RAM 4 to the print image developed in the output page buffer (step A22).

After step A20 or step A22,
The CPU 2 updates the page management information 81 by setting the arrangement position of the page data in the arrangement flag 81g of the page management information 81 (step A23), and proceeds to step A2. The CPU 2 performs the processing for all the pages to be printed by repeatedly executing the processing of steps A2 to A23.

8A to 8D, the combination of the output sheet and the constituent page is performed in steps A7 to A10 in (a) and (c), and (b) and (d) ) Is determined to be “no” in step A19,
The processing of A20 and A23 is performed. In each of the combinations (a), the print image as the page data is developed in the output page buffer, and in the combination (b), the output image is reduced to half the size of the output paper in the output page buffer. In the combination of (c), the print image of the page data reduced to the output paper size is developed in the output page buffer, and in the combination of (d), In the output page buffer, the print image of the page data reduced to half the size of the output paper and arranged in the upper stage of the output paper is developed.

As described above, the computer system 1 of the present embodiment edits the print page layout for the virtual document, sets the paper size and orientation for printing, and if the printing paper is of a fixed size, Page data of different sizes in the virtual document is automatically reduced / enlarged and printed collectively. Also, when the page combination is set to “Yes” as the print page layout, page data different from the orientation of the printing paper is reduced, and when these page data are adjacent to each other, they are set as a vertical or horizontal column. Combine page data and print.

Accordingly, work such as reduced copying after printing, which has been performed because batch printing of documents on fixed-size paper cannot be performed, becomes unnecessary, and the work efficiency can be improved.

Further, before the actual printing, a print image is created once, stored in the output page buffer, and only the designated page is printed, so that only the necessary pages can be printed, and the work efficiency can be improved. Can be further improved.

[0071]

According to the document processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention and the storage medium of the seventh aspect of the present invention, a page document in which paper orientation is mixed with fixed orientation paper. Also, if the orientation is the same, the size can be converted to the orientation if the orientation is different, or if the orientation is different, the size can be accommodated in the paper, and the batch printing can be performed. For this reason, work such as reduction copying after batch printing, which has been conventionally performed to unify the paper orientation, becomes unnecessary, and the work efficiency can be improved.

According to the document processing apparatus of the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, when two page documents having different paper orientations from the predetermined orientation of the output paper continue in succession, The two-page document can be printed in columns.

According to the document processing apparatus of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, the page number can be printed on a sheet.

According to the document processing apparatus of the fourth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the second aspect of the invention, even when only the designated page document is printed,
A page number can be added to the page document and printed.

According to the document processing apparatus of the fifth aspect of the present invention, for a paper of a fixed orientation and size,
Even if the page orientation and paper size are mixed, the page orientation is converted if the orientation is the same, the page orientation is the same if the orientation and size is the same, and the size is converted if the orientation and size are different. Batch printing can be performed after the print data is accommodated in the paper.
For this reason, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the working efficiency can be further improved.

According to the document processing apparatus of the invention described in claim 6 and the storage medium of the invention described in claim 8, even if the page document has a mixed paper size for a fixed size paper, If they are the same size,
If they are different sizes, they can be converted to a size that fits within the paper and then printed collectively. For this reason, work such as reduced copying after batch printing, which has been conventionally performed to unify paper sizes, becomes unnecessary, and work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a main configuration of a computer system 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of page management information 81 included in each configuration page.

FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of pages 1 to 4 designated as a print target in a virtual document. (B)
5A is a diagram illustrating a page configuration in which a designated page in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a print layout setting screen displayed on a display device in a print page setting process executed by a CPU 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration page of a virtual document.

FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print page when the paper size of the virtual document of FIG. 4 is unified to “A4” and the paper orientation is set to “as is”; (B)
Indicates that the virtual document in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print page when paper orientation is set to “portrait” and combination is set to “not”. (C)
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print page when the paper size of the virtual document in FIG. 4 is unified by “A4”, the paper orientation is set to “portrait”, and the combination is set to “do” (D) unifies the virtual document of FIG. 4 with the paper size of “A4”,
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print page in a case where the paper orientation is set to “horizontal” and the combination is set to “no”. FIG. 5E is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a print page when the virtual document in FIG. 4 is unified with a paper size of “A4”, the paper orientation is set to “horizontal”, and the combination is set to “do”.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a print page setting process executed by the CPU 2;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a page output developing process executed by the CPU 2;

FIG. 8 is a drawing in which the output paper is set to “A4” and “portrait”,
(A) is "A4", "vertical" orientation, (b) is "A4", "horizontal" orientation, (c) is "A3", "vertical" orientation, (d) is "A3", FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a difference between print images stored in an output page buffer when the printer is set to “landscape”.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 computer system 2 CPU 3 input device 4 RAM 5 display device 6 printing device 7 storage device 8 storage medium 9 bus

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Eiji Hatano 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Inside Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yukihiro Shindo 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Stock (72) Inventor Takayasu Watanabe 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office F-term (reference) 2C087 AA18 AB05 BD06 BD07 CA03 CB03 CB13 DA17 5B009 NB14 NB15 NE03 RA06 RC01 RC06 RC11 RC14

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually designated in a paper direction, on a predetermined output paper in a predetermined direction. Comparing means for comparing the paper orientation with the predetermined orientation of the predetermined output paper; as a result of the comparison, when the predetermined orientation of the output paper and the paper orientation of the page document are the same, Is arranged and output on the predetermined output paper in the paper orientation of the page document, and when the predetermined orientation of the output paper and the paper orientation of the page document are different, the orientations are kept different. Output means for converting the page document into a size corresponding to the output sheet, arranging the page document on the output sheet, and outputting the output document. . 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an order specifying unit that specifies an order in which the plurality of page documents are to be output, wherein the output unit is configured to output the plurality of page documents from the plurality of page documents whose order is specified by the order specifying unit. As a result of the comparison, when two page documents having different sheet orientations different from the predetermined orientation of the output sheet continue, the two consecutive page documents are combined and arranged on one output sheet. 2. The output of claim 1,
Document processing device as described. 3. The output means according to claim 1, wherein, when laying out the plurality of page documents on the output sheet and outputting the output sheet, a serial number is added to the output sheet from the leading sheet of the output sheet. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: 4. An output means for arranging and outputting the designated page document when a layout output for the desired page document among the plurality of page documents is designated on the output sheet. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a serial number from the first page of the plurality of page documents whose order is specified by the order specifying unit is added to the output sheet to be output. 5. The plurality of page documents, wherein a paper orientation and a paper size are individually designated for each page document, and the predetermined output paper has a paper orientation and a size specified. The comparing means compares, for each page document, the paper orientation and paper size of the page document with the orientation and size of the predetermined output paper, and the output means compares the result by the comparing means.
When the orientation of the output paper is the same as the paper orientation of the page document, the paper orientation of the page document is arranged and output on the predetermined output paper, and the orientation and size of the output paper and the page orientation are set. When the paper orientation and paper size of the document are the same, the paper orientation and paper size of the page document are arranged and output on the predetermined output paper as they are, and the orientation and size of the output paper and the page document are output. When the paper orientation and the paper size are different, the page document is converted to a size that fits in the output paper size, and the paper document is arranged on the output paper and output in the different orientation. Item 2. The document processing device according to Item 1. 6. A document processing apparatus for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually specified in sheet size, to an output sheet of a predetermined size. Comparing means for comparing a predetermined size of the output sheet with a predetermined size of the output sheet. If the result of the comparison indicates that the predetermined size of the output sheet is the same as the page size of the page document, When the predetermined size of the output paper is different from the paper size of the page document, the paper size of the page document is changed to the predetermined size of the output paper. A document processing apparatus, comprising: an output unit for converting the output data, arranging the output data on the output sheet, and outputting the converted output data. 7. A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually specified in a paper direction, on a predetermined output paper in a predetermined direction. For each page document, a computer-executable program code for causing the paper orientation of the page document to be compared with the predetermined orientation of the predetermined output paper; When the orientation of the page document is the same as the paper orientation of the page document, the paper orientation of the page document is arranged and output on the predetermined output paper, and the predetermined orientation of the output paper and the paper of the page document are output. If the orientation is different, the page document is converted to a size corresponding to the output paper while the orientation is different, and the converted document is arranged on the output paper. Storage medium, wherein the program code the computer that is feasible for outputting to, the storage of programs including. 8. A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for sequentially outputting a plurality of page documents, each of which is individually specified in sheet size, to an output sheet of a predetermined size. For each time, a computer-executable program code for comparing the paper size of the page document with the predetermined size of the output paper, and the result of the comparison is determined by comparing the predetermined size of the output paper with the predetermined size of the page. If the document size is the same,
If the predetermined size of the output paper is different from the paper size of the page document, the page document is placed in the predetermined size of the output paper. And a computer-executable program code for converting the sheet size of the output sheet and arranging and outputting the output sheet on the output sheet.