JP2013012067A - Information processing device, print setting method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a user interface that allows a user to select an appropriate tab sheet on a sheet feed setting screen in accordance with an upper limit value of the number of types of tab sheets that can be specified in a print job.
[Solution]
In an information processing apparatus that outputs a print job using a plurality of types of tab sheets to the image processing apparatus, the maximum number of tab sheet types that can be used in the image processing apparatus and the maximum number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job are set. It is determined whether or not it exceeds (S1703). If it is determined that the upper limit is exceeded, the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the screen for setting the sheet type to be fed is set to the number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job. Displayed together (S1708). On the other hand, when it is determined that the upper limit number has not been exceeded, control is performed so that the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the page setting screen is displayed in accordance with the number of tab sheet types usable in the image processing apparatus.
[Selection] Figure 17

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a print setting method, and a program for processing a print job using tab paper.

Conventionally, in a document processing method for a document created by an information processing apparatus, a tab sheet that can be inserted into a document can be designated using a user interface screen (UI screen).
Furthermore, tab sheets that can be inserted into a document can be designated in a single document using a user interface screen (UI screen). Some document processing methods that can specify a plurality of tab sheets in one document can prevent a user's erroneous operation.
When two types of tab paper are specified in one document, there is a case in which a warning is displayed when the same paper feed tray is specified for two types of tab paper (Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-028670 A

However, when the upper limit number of tab sheet types that can be specified in one document is different for each printer, the tab sheet type can be specified exceeding the upper limit number in the print job. This is because the tab sheet limit of the print job does not match the tab sheet limit of the printer. In particular, such a problem may occur when a single UI screen on which tab sheet setting is possible corresponds to a plurality of printers. In addition, if the tab sheet can be set to be fed on any page of the print job independently of the interleaving or cover sheet processing, it is also necessary for the user to perform an appropriate operation. The correspondence is desired.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. The object of the present invention is to adapt the upper limit value of the number of types of tab sheets that can be specified in a print job, so that the user can use the appropriate sheet feed setting screen. It is to provide a mechanism capable of displaying a user interface capable of selecting an appropriate tab sheet.

The information processing apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.
An information processing apparatus that outputs a print job using a plurality of types of tab sheets to an image processing apparatus, wherein the number of tab sheet types that can be used in the image processing apparatus is the number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job Determining means for determining whether or not the upper limit is exceeded, and if it is determined that the upper limit is exceeded, the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the screen for setting the type of paper to be fed Displayed in accordance with the number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job, and if it is determined that the upper limit has not been exceeded, the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the page setting screen is used by the image processing apparatus And a control means for controlling to display according to the number of types of possible tab sheets.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation of the user in the tab sheet insertion designation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a document processing system to which an information processing apparatus can be applied. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the software of a document processing system. It is a schematic diagram explaining the book file format of an electronic manuscript file. It is a figure which shows the content of the book attribute shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the content of the chapter attribute shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the content of the page attribute shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the data structure of a job ticket. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows UI screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the document processing method of information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining the document processing method of information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining the document processing method of information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining the document processing method of information processing apparatus.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Description of system configuration>
[First Embodiment]

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a document processing system to which the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment can be applied. This example corresponds to a document processing system in which the host computer 100 and the printer 107 can communicate bidirectionally. An example in which the host computer 100 and the printer 107 communicate via a bidirectional interface such as a network is a good example. Note that a plurality of printers can be connected via a network depending on the system configuration, but will be described as a system to which the printer 107 is connected for explanation. The image processing apparatus shown in the present embodiment includes an apparatus that can process a print job that uses a plurality of types of tab sheets and an image processing apparatus that processes a print job that uses a single type of tab sheets. Be turned. Therefore, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to acquire and hold information related to tab sheet feeding from an image processing apparatus or the like as will be described later.

  In FIG. 1, the host computer 100 performs document processing in which graphics, images, characters, tables (including spreadsheets, etc.) are mixed based on a document processing program stored in the ROM 203 or the external memory 211. The CPU 201 is executed. In the host computer 100, the CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device connected to the system bus 204.

  The program ROM in the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 stores an operating system program that is a control program for the CPU 201. The font ROM in the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 stores font data used for the document processing. Further, the data ROM in the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 stores various data used when performing the document processing or the like. The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

A keyboard controller (KBC) 205 controls key input from a keyboard 209 or a pointing device (not shown). A display controller (DSTC) 206 controls display on the display unit 210. Here, a liquid crystal display or the like is used for the display unit 210.
A disk controller (DKC) 207 controls access to the external memory 211 such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD). The external memory 211 stores a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, a printer control command generation program (hereinafter referred to as a printer driver), and the like.

  A printer controller (PRTC) 208 is connected to the printer 107 via a bidirectional interface (interface) 21 and executes communication control processing with the printer 107. The NC 212 is connected to the network and executes communication control processing with other devices connected to the network.

Note that the CPU 201 executes, for example, outline font development (rasterization) processing on the display information RAM set on the RAM 202 to enable WYSIWYG on the CRT 210.
The CPU 201 opens various windows registered based on commands instructed by a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210 and executes various data processing. When executing printing, the user opens a window relating to print settings, and can set the print processing method for the printer driver including printer settings and print mode selection.

  In the printer 107, the CPU 312 outputs an image signal as output information to the printing unit (printer engine) 317 connected to the system bus 315 via the printing unit I / F 316 based on the control program. Here, the control program includes a control program stored in the program ROM in the ROM 313 or a control program stored in the external memory 314.

The program ROM in the ROM 313 stores a control program for the CPU 312 and the like. The font ROM in the ROM 313 stores font data used for generating the output information. The data ROM in the ROM 313 stores information used on the host computer in the case of a printer that does not have an external memory 314 such as a hard disk.
Note that the CPU 312 can communicate with the host computer via the input unit 318 and can notify the host computer 100 of information in the printer.
The RAM 319 is a RAM that functions as a main memory of the CPU 312, a work area, and the like, and is configured such that the memory capacity can be expanded by an optional RAM connected to an expansion port (not shown). The RAM 319 is used for an output information expansion area, an environment data storage area, NVRAM, and the like. Access to the above-described external memory 314 such as a hard disk (HD) or IC card is controlled by a memory controller (MC) 320.

  The external memory 314 is connected as an option and stores font data, an emulation program, form data, and the like. Reference numeral 321 denotes an operation panel on which operation switches, an LED display, and the like are arranged. The external memory 314 is not limited to one, and a plurality of external memories 314 are provided, and a plurality of external memories storing an option card and a program for interpreting a printer control language having a different language system in addition to the built-in font can be connected. May be. Furthermore, an NVRAM (not shown) may be provided, and printer mode setting information from the operation panel 321 may be stored.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration of the document processing system shown in FIG. In the following, the module for the host computer 100 shown in FIG. 1 to output print information to the printer 107 will be mainly described. The document processing system is an example realized by the host computer 100.
In this document processing system, the data file created by the general application 101 is converted into an electronic document file by the electronic document writer 102. The bookbinding application 104 provides a function for editing the electronic document file. In this example, the general application 101, the electronic document writer 102, the bookbinding application 104, and the electronic document despooler 105 are shown separately so that their functions become clear. However, the package provided to the user is not limited to these. You may provide as an application and graphic engine which combined these. Details will be described below.

  In FIG. 2, a general application 101 is an application program that provides functions such as word processing, spreadsheet, photo retouching, drawing or painting, presentation, and text editing, and has a printing function for the OS.

These applications use a predetermined interface (generally called GDI) provided by an operating system (OS) when printing application data such as created document data and image data. That is, the general application 101 transmits an OS-dependent output command (referred to as a GDI function) to the OS output module that provides the interface in order to print the created data.
Upon receiving the output command, the output module converts the command into a format that can be processed by an output device such as a printer, and outputs the converted command (referred to as a DDI function). Since the format that can be processed by the output device differs depending on the device type, manufacturer, model, etc., a device driver is provided for each device.
In the operating system (OS), command conversion is performed using the device driver, print data is generated, and a print job is generated by using JL (Job Language). When using Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) as the OS, a module called GDI (Graphic Device Interface) corresponds to the output module described above.

  The electronic manuscript writer 102 is an improvement of the above-described device driver and is a software module provided for realizing the document processing system. However, the electronic document writer 102 is not intended for a specific output device, and converts the output command into a format that can be processed by the bookbinding application 104 and the printer driver 106 described later. The format after conversion by the electronic document writer 102 (hereinafter referred to as “electronic document format”) is not particularly limited as long as a document in units of pages can be expressed in a detailed format. Among substantial standard formats, for example, a PDF format by Adobe Systems, an SVG format, or the like can be adopted as an electronic document format.

When the electronic application writer 102 is used by the general application 101, printing is executed after the electronic application writer 102 is designated as a device driver used for output. However, the electronic document file as created by the electronic document writer 102 does not have a complete format as the electronic document file. Therefore, the bookbinding application 104 designates the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver, and conversion of application data into an electronic document file is executed under the management of the bookbinding application 104.
The bookbinding application 104 completes the new incomplete electronic document file generated by the electronic document writer 102 as an electronic document file having a format to be described later. Hereinafter, when it is necessary to clearly identify this point, a file created by the electronic manuscript writer 102 is called an electronic manuscript file, and an electronic manuscript file given a structure by the bookbinding application is called a book file. When there is no need to distinguish between them, a document file, an electronic document file, and a book file generated by the general application 101 are all referred to as a document file (or document data).

In this way, by specifying the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver and printing the data by the general application 101, the application data is converted into an electronic document format in units of pages defined by the general application 101. The above pages are hereinafter referred to as “logical pages” or “original pages”.
Further, the data converted into the electronic document format is stored as an electronic document file 103 in a storage medium such as a hard disk. The hard disk may be a local drive included in a computer that implements the document processing system of the present embodiment, or may be a drive provided on the network when connected to the network. .

  The bookbinding application 104 provides a user with a function for reading an electronic document file or book file 103 and editing it. However, the bookbinding application 104 does not provide a function for editing the contents of each page, but provides a function for editing the structure of a chapter or book, which will be described later, configured with a page as a minimum unit.

When the book file 103 edited by the bookbinding application 104 is printed, the bookbinding application 104 activates the electronic document despooler 105. The electronic document despooler 105 is a program module installed in the host computer 100 together with the bookbinding application 104. Here, the electronic document despooler 105 functions as a module used to output drawing data to the printer driver 106 when printing a document (book file) used by the bookbinding application 104.
The electronic document despooler 105 reads the designated book file from the hard disk and prints each page in the format described in the book file. For this purpose, the electronic document despooler 105 generates an output command suitable for the OS output module described above and outputs it to an output module (not shown). At that time, the printer driver 106 of the printer 107 used as the output device is designated as the device driver.
The output module converts the output command received using the printer driver 106 of the designated printer 107 into a device command that can be interpreted and executed by the printer 107. The device command is transmitted to the printer 107, and an image corresponding to the command is printed by the printer 107.

<Example format of electronic manuscript data>
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the book file format of the electronic document file 103 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the concept of the book file will be described.
The book file has a three-layer structure imitating a paper medium book. The upper layer is called a “book”, imitating one book, and attributes related to the whole book are defined. The middle layer below it corresponds to the chapter in the book and is also called “chapter”. For each chapter, attributes for each chapter can be defined. The lower layer is a “page” and corresponds to each page defined by the application program. You can define attributes for each page. One book may include a plurality of chapters, and one chapter may include a plurality of pages.

Further, the book, chapter, and page in the book file are indicated by corresponding nodes. One book file includes one book. Since the book and chapter are concepts for defining the structure of the book, they include defined attribute values and links to lower layers as entities.
The page has data for each page output by the application program as an entity. Therefore, the page includes an original page entity (original page data) and a link to each original page data in addition to the attribute value. Note that a print page when outputting to a paper medium or the like may include a plurality of document pages. This structure is not displayed by a link, but is displayed as an attribute in each hierarchy of a book, chapter, and page.
As shown in FIG. 3, since the book file does not have to be one complete book, “book” is generalized as “document”.

  In FIG. 3, the document information 301 is at the top. The document information 301 can be roughly divided into three parts. The first part is document control information 302, which holds information such as a path name in the file system of the document file. The second part is document setting information 303, which holds layout information such as page layout and printing apparatus function setting information such as stapling, and corresponds to book attributes. The third part is a chapter information list 304, which holds a set of chapters constituting a document in a list format.

  The list holds chapter information 305. The chapter information 305 can be roughly divided into three parts. The first part is chapter control information 306, which holds information such as the chapter name. The second part is chapter setting information 307, which holds page layout and stapling information unique to the chapter, and corresponds to chapter attributes. By having setting information for each chapter, it is possible to create a document having a complicated layout such that the first chapter has a 2UP layout and the other chapters have a 4UP layout. The third part is a page information list 308 which is held in the form of a set list of manuscript pages constituting each chapter. The page information list 308 indicates page information 309.

  The page link information 309 is also roughly divided into three parts. The first part is page control information 309-1 and holds information such as a page number to be displayed on the tree. The second part is page setting information 309-2, which holds information such as page rotation angle and page layout position information, and corresponds to the original page attribute. The third part is page link information 309-3, which is document data corresponding to the page. In this example, the page information 309 does not directly have document data, but has only link information 309-3, and actual document data is held in the page data list 310.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the book attribute (document setting information 303) shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, normally, for items that can be defined overlapping with the lower layer, the attribute value of the lower layer is preferentially adopted. Therefore, for items included only in the book attribute, the value defined in the book attribute becomes a valid value throughout the book. However, items that overlap the lower layer have meanings as default values when they are not defined in the lower layer. However, in this example, as described later, it is possible to select whether to give priority to the attribute value of the lower layer. Each item illustrated does not specifically correspond to one item, but may include a plurality of related items.

  In FIG. 4, the items unique to the book attributes are four items: printing method, bookbinding details, front / back cover, and chapter break. These are items defined throughout the book. As the printing method attribute, three values of single-sided printing, double-sided printing, and bookbinding printing can be designated. Bookbinding printing is a method of printing in a format that enables bookbinding by bundling a separately designated number of sheets into two and folding the bundle. As the bookbinding details attribute, when bookbinding printing is designated, the spread direction, the number of sheets to be bundled, and the like can be designated.

The front cover / back cover attribute includes designation of adding sheets as a front cover and a back cover when printing an electronic document file to be collected as a book, and designation of print contents on the added sheet.
The tab sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of tab sheets with ears separately prepared in the printing apparatus as chapter breaks and designation of print contents in the index (ear) portion. This attribute can be used when a printing device used by an inserter having an insert function for inserting a sheet prepared separately from the printing sheet into a desired position, or a plurality of paper cassettes can be used. Effective in some cases. The same applies to the slip sheet attribute. If this attribute is specified, a tab sheet is inserted before the first page of the chapter.
The slip sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of a sheet supplied from an inserter or a sheet feed cassette as a chapter break, and designation of a sheet feed source when a slip sheet is inserted.

  The chapter break attribute includes designation of whether to use a new sheet, use a new print page, or do nothing in particular at the chapter break. During single-sided printing, the use of new paper and the use of a new print page have the same meaning. In double-sided printing, if “use new paper” is specified, consecutive chapters will not be printed on one sheet, but if “use new print page” is specified, consecutive chapters will be 1 It may be printed on the front and back of a sheet of paper.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of the chapter attributes (chapter setting information 307) shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of the page attribute (page setting information 311) shown in FIG. The relationship between chapter attributes and page attributes is the same as the relationship between book attributes and lower layer attributes.

  As for chapter attributes, there are no items specific to chapters, and all items overlap with book attributes. Therefore, normally, if the definition in the chapter attribute is different from the definition in the book attribute, the value defined in the chapter attribute has priority. However, in this example, as described later, it is possible to select whether to give priority to the attribute value of the lower layer.

Items common to only the book attribute and chapter attribute are seven items: paper size, paper orientation, N-up printing designation, enlargement / reduction, paper discharge method, tab paper, and slip sheet.
Among these, the N-up print designation attribute is an item for designating the number of document pages included in one print page. Examples of arrangements that can be specified include 1 × 1, 1 × 2, 2 × 2, 3 × 3, and 4 × 4. The paper discharge method attribute is an item for designating whether or not stapling is performed on the discharged paper, and the validity of this attribute depends on whether the printing apparatus to be used has a stapling function.
Of the printing methods, in the case of single-sided double-sided printing, it may be configured to have a printing method attribute placed in a chapter and to switch between single-sided printing and double-sided printing in the chapter.

Items unique to the page attribute include a page rotation attribute, zoom, layout designation, annotation, and page division. The page rotation attribute is an item for designating a rotation angle when placing an original page on a print page.
The zoom attribute is an item for designating the scaling factor of the original page. The scaling factor is specified with the size of the virtual logical page area as 100%. The virtual logical page area is an area occupied by one manuscript page when the manuscript page is arranged in accordance with designation of N-up or the like. For example, if it is 1 × 1, the virtual logical page area is an area corresponding to one print page, and if it is 1 × 2, each side of one print page is an area reduced to about 70%.

Attributes common to the book, chapter, and page include a watermark attribute and a header / footer attribute. A watermark is a separately designated image or character string that is printed over data created by an application.
The header / footer is a watermark printed on the upper margin and the lower margin of each page. However, items that can be specified by variables, such as page numbers and date / time, are prepared in the header / footer.
The contents that can be specified in the watermark attribute and the header / footer attribute are common to the chapter and the page, but the book is different from them. In the book, the contents of the watermark and header / footer can be set, and how the watermark, header and footer are printed throughout the book can be specified.
On the other hand, for a chapter or page, whether or not to print a watermark or header / footer set in the book can be specified for the chapter or page.

<Example of Operation Procedure of Document Processing System of Present Embodiment>
(Book file generation procedure example)
The book file shown in FIG. 2 has the structure and contents as shown in FIG. Next, a procedure for creating a book file by the bookbinding application 104 and the electronic document writer 102 will be described. Creation of the book file is realized as part of the book file editing operation by the bookbinding application 104.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 shown in FIG. This example is an example of a UI screen provided by the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the UI screen 700 includes a tree portion 701 that shows a book structure and a preview portion 702 that displays a printed state. In the tree portion 701, chapters included in the book and pages included in each chapter are displayed so that a tree structure as shown in FIG. 3 can be seen.

  The page displayed in the tree portion 701 is a manuscript page. In the preview portion 702, the contents of the print page are reduced and displayed. The display order reflects the structure of the book. The user can change the state of the corresponding chapter to the selected state by selecting the chapter node 704. When a chapter is selected, all pages included in the chapter are also selected. The tree portion 701 and the preview portion 702 correspond to each other, and the page selected in the tree portion is also selected in the preview portion, and conversely, the page selected in the preview portion 702 is also selected in the tree portion 701.

  When the selection state is changed, the operability is improved by displaying the selected page. When the selection state is changed, the bookbinding application 104 scrolls the selected page so that the top page of the selected pages is displayed in the tree unit 701 and the preview unit 702 when a plurality of pages are selected. .

(Book file editing example)
As described above, a book file can be created from application data. With respect to the generated book file, the following editing operations are possible for chapters and pages.
(1) New addition (2) Delete (3) Copy (4) Cut (5) Paste (6) Move (7) Rename chapter (8) Rename page number (9) Insert cover (10) Insert paper Insert (11) Tab sheet insert (12) Page layout for each document page.

In addition, an operation for canceling an editing operation once performed and an operation for redoing the canceled operation are possible. Using these editing functions, for example, integration of multiple book files, rearrangement of chapters and pages in the book file, deletion of chapters and pages in the book file, change of manuscript page layout, insertion of slip sheets and tab sheets, etc. Operation becomes possible.
When these operations are performed, the operation results are reflected in the attributes shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 or the structure of the book file. For example, if a blank page new addition operation is performed, a blank page is inserted at a designated location. This blank page is treated as a manuscript page. If the layout of the original page is changed, the changed content is reflected in attributes such as a printing method, N-up printing, front / back cover, tab sheet, slip sheet, and chapter break. The display and operation example during editing in this example will be described in detail below.

(Book file output example)
The book file created and edited as described above has the final purpose of print output. When the user selects a file menu from the UI screen 700 of the bookbinding application shown in FIG. 7 and selects printing from the file menu, it is printed out by the designated output device.
At this time, the bookbinding application 104 first creates a job ticket from the currently opened book file and passes it to the electronic document despooler 105. The electronic document despooler 105 converts the job ticket into an OS output command, for example, a Windows (registered trademark) GDI command, and transmits it to an output module, for example, GDI.
The output module generates a command suitable for the device by the designated printer driver 106 and transmits the command to the printer 107.

That is, the graphic engine of the output module (not shown) loads the printer driver 106 prepared for each printing apparatus from the external memory 211 to the RAM 202 and sets the output to the printer driver 106.
The output module converts the received GDI (Graphic Device Interface) function into a DDI (Device Driver Interface) function, and outputs the DDI function to the printer driver 106. Based on the DDI function received from the output module, the printer driver 106 converts the command into a control command that can be recognized by the printer 107, for example, PDL (Page Description Language). The converted printer control command is output as print data to the printer 107 via the interface 21 via the system spooler loaded into the RAM 202 by the OS.

  Here, the job ticket is data having a structure in which an original page is a minimum unit. The structure in the job ticket defines the layout of the manuscript page on the paper. One job ticket is issued per job. For this reason, there is a document node at the top, and attributes of the entire document, such as double-sided printing / single-sided printing, are defined. Below that, a paper node belongs, and includes attributes such as an identifier of a paper to be used and designation of a paper feed port in the printer.

  Each paper node includes a node of a sheet printed on the paper. One sheet corresponds to one sheet. A print page (physical page) belongs to each sheet. For single-sided printing, one physical page belongs to one sheet, and for double-sided printing, two physical pages belong to one sheet. Each physical page has an original page arranged thereon. The physical page attribute includes the layout of the original page.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the job ticket created by the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. In the data for printing, a document is composed of a set of sheets, each sheet is composed of two sides, a front side and a back side, and each side has an area (physical page) for laying out a document. A physical page is composed of a set of manuscript pages which is the minimum unit.
In FIG. 8, reference numeral 801 denotes data corresponding to a document, which is composed of data related to the entire document and a list of paper information constituting the document. The paper information 802 includes information on paper such as paper size and a list of surface information arranged on the paper. The surface information 803 includes data unique to the surface and a list of physical pages arranged on the surface. The physical page information 804 includes information such as the physical page size and header / footer, and a list of document pages constituting the physical page. Reference numeral 805 denotes document page information.
The electronic document despooler 105 converts the above-described job ticket into an output command to the output module.

(Example of preview display)
As described above, when the book file is opened by the bookbinding application, the user interface screen 700 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.
As shown in FIG. 7, a tree showing the structure of an open book (hereinafter referred to as “target book”) is displayed in the tree portion 701. The preview unit 702 is provided with three display methods (display modes) according to the user's designation.

The first mode is a mode called a document view that displays a document page as it is. In the document view mode, the content of the document page belonging to the book of interest is reduced and displayed. The layout is not reflected in the preview display.
The second mode is a print view mode, in which a document page is displayed on the preview unit 702 in a form that reflects the layout of the document page. The third mode is a simple print view mode, in which the contents of each original page are not reflected in the display of the preview portion, but only the layout is reflected.

<Attribute Setting Example of Document Processing System of this Embodiment>
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a “document detailed setting” window 900 of the bookbinding application 104.
In this window 900, “document setting information 303” can be displayed / set. This window 900 is activated from a “Detailed Setting for Document” menu in the Print Form menu on the user interface screen 700 or a “Detailed Setting for Document” button on the toolbar.

  A window 900 is a window for setting attributes that affect the entire document, and is composed of four sheets, Page Setup, Detection, Edit, and Paper Source. The example shown in FIG. 9 shows a state in which a Page Setup sheet is displayed. In this Page Setup sheet, settings relating mainly to layout can be made, and settings such as paper size and orientation, N-page printing, etc. can be instructed. In this window, zoom check boxes 901 and 902 are arranged.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a “chapter detailed setting” window 1000 of the bookbinding application 104.

In this window 1000, “chapter setting information 307” can be displayed / set. This window 1000 is activated from the “Detailed Setting for Chapter” menu in the Print Form menu on the user interface screen 700 or a corresponding button on the toolbar.
The window 1000 is a window for setting chapter-specific attributes, and is composed of four sheets: Page Setup, Detection, Edit, and Paper Source. The example shown in FIG. 10 shows a state in which a Page Setup sheet is displayed. In this Page Setup sheet, settings relating to a layout unique to each chapter can be mainly made, and settings such as paper size and orientation, N-page printing, and the like can be instructed. For the setting items that overlap between “detailed document settings” and “detailed chapter settings”, check boxes 1001, 1002, and 1003 of “Follow Book Attribute” are arranged.
For the item group whose check box is checked, the setting value of the document is applied to the chapter. FIG. 11 shows the case where this check is removed. There are two types of chapter-specific settings. One is a setting item that only has a chapter. The other is a case where unique setting values different from those in the upper hierarchy document are held in the chapter hierarchy.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. In this example, the check boxes 1001 and 1002 are unchecked in “Detailed Settings for Chapter” in FIG.
In this case, even if the entire document uses A3 paper, the pages constituting this chapter are set to A4 paper size. Also, even if the layout is 1 Page Par Sheet in the document, this chapter is specified to be laid out in 4 Page Per Sheet. Since “MS Arrange” is checked, the setting value of the document in the upper hierarchy is used as the setting value of this chapter. When the user selects an arbitrary chapter from Chapter 1 or Chapter 2 in FIG. 7 and displays FIG. 10 or FIG. 11, the bookbinding application 104 can recognize the setting target as the selected chapter.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a window 1200 for “detailed page settings” of the bookbinding application 104.

In this window 1200, “page setting information 311” can be displayed / set. This window is activated from the “Detailed Setting for Page” menu in the Print Form menu on the application operation screen of FIG. 7 or the “Detailed Setting for Page” button on the toolbar.
A window 1200 is a window for setting unique attributes in each page. This window is composed of four sheets: Page Setup, Edit, Paper Source, and Quality. This example shows a state in which a Page Setup sheet is displayed. In this Page Setup sheet, it is possible to mainly make settings related to the layout on each page, and to instruct settings such as the rotation angle and enlargement / reduction ratio when placing the original page.
A check box 1201 of “Use Settings Different from Chapter For The Flowing Settings” is arranged for the setting items that overlap in the “chapter detailed settings” and the “page detailed settings”. For items for which this check box is not checked, the setting value of the chapter is applied to the page.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a state in which the Paper Source sheet is displayed in the “detailed page settings” shown in FIG.
A check box 1301 of “Use Settings Different from Chapter For The Flowing Settings” is arranged for the setting items that overlap in the “chapter detailed settings” and the “page detailed settings”.
Since the check box 1301 is checked, the setting value specified by the page is applied to the paper feed instead of the setting value of the book or chapter. A radio button 1302 can be used to select a setting method from Paper Source and Paper Type. In FIG. 13, the setting is made with designation of Paper Type, and the page is printed on the sheet displayed in the setting item 1303. To change the designation of Paper Type, the setting button 1304 is pressed. Note that when the user selects an arbitrary page in 1-1 to 2-9 in FIG. 7 and displays FIG. 10 or FIG. 11, the bookbinding application 104 can recognize the setting target as the selected page.

The check box information set on the setting screen may be held in a dedicated area, but is preferably held as one of the attributes in the setting information shown in FIG. In this case, an area for holding check box information is added to FIGS. 5 and 6.

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FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a “Front Cover / Inserted Sheet Settings” window 1400 of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. The window 1400 is an example of a screen for setting a reference tab sheet.

In FIG. 14, by checking a check box 1401, it can be specified that a tab sheet is to be inserted into the document. A radio button 1402 can be used to select a paper feed designation method for the tab paper from Paper Source and Paper Type. FIG. 14 shows an example when Paper Source is selected.
In the setting item 1403, a cassette for feeding tab sheets is designated as Drawer3. Note that the paper feed destination for feeding the tab paper is configured to be able to designate a paper feed stage such as an inserter or a cassette. In the setting item 1404, it is possible to specify how many tab sheets are one set. In FIG. 14, one set of five sheets is selected. In a setting item 1405, a tab sheet type can be designated. In FIG. 14, “Tab Paper1 [151-180 g / sm]” is selected.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a “Paper Type Settings” window 1500 of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. This window is opened by pressing the setting button 1304 from the Paper Source sheet in “Detailed setting of page” in FIG. Windows 1500 and 1501 are examples of a page setting screen.
A sheet to be fed can be selected from the sheet types listed in the list 1501. In FIG. 15, the list is sorted in the order of “Type”, indicating that three types of “Tab Paper” meaning tab sheets can be designated.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen (UI screen) displayed on the display unit 210 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a “Paper Type Settings” window 1500 of the bookbinding application 104 as in FIG. This window is also opened by pressing the setting button 1304 from the Paper Source sheet in “Detailed page settings” in FIG. In this example, the list 1502 displays only one type of “Tab Paper” meaning tab paper, indicating that only “Tab Paper...” Can be specified for tab paper. The contents set in FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 are recognized by the bookbinding application 104 as the setting information of the page selected when displaying FIG. 12 or FIG. That is, the setting information set via the setting screen of FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 is page-specific setting information.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the document processing method of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In this example, the bookbinding application 104 illustrated in FIG. 2 is an example of processing for controlling the sheets listed in the list 1501. Note that the bookbinding application 104 program related to this flow is stored in the external memory 211 of the host computer 100, read into the RAM 202, and executed by the CPU 201. Hereinafter, the control will be described with the module shown in FIG. 2 as a main component.

  First, in step S1701, the bookbinding application 104 acquires paper types that can be specified. Specifically, the bookbinding application 104 communicates with the printer 107 or the printer driver 106 to acquire the paper type from the printer 107 or the printer driver 106. If the paper type is recorded in the document control information 302, the bookbinding application 104 may read a list of paper types from the document control information 302.

Further, the bookbinding application 104 may have a GUI (not shown) without communicating with the printer 107 or the printer driver 106, and the bookbinding application 104 may acquire the paper type and record it in the document control information 302 according to a user instruction.
In step S <b> 1702, the bookbinding application 104 acquires the number of tab types that can be specified in the job. An example of this processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In step S1703, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the upper limit of the types of tab sheets that can be used is one. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit is one type, that is, only one type of tab sheet can be set in the document, the process advances to step S1704. If not, the process ends.
In step S1704, the bookbinding application 104 acquires a reference tab sheet feed setting. When the user designates a tab sheet in the “Front Cover / Insert Sheet Settings” window 1400, the values of the setting items 1403-1405 are recorded in the document setting information 303 of the document information 301 when the OK button is pressed in the window 1400. In this step, the bookbinding application 104 may read the tab sheet designation from the document setting information 303.
When the user sets the check box 1401 to Off, since the setting value indicating that no tab sheet is specified is recorded in the document setting information 303, the bookbinding application 104 reads that value.

  In step S <b> 1705, the bookbinding application 104 deletes all sheets whose Type is “Tab Paper” from the list of sheet types acquired in step S <b> 1701. In step S1706, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the tab sheet setting value has been acquired from the document setting information 303 in step S1704. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that a tab sheet has been specified, the process advances to step S1707. If not, the process ends.

In step S <b> 1707, the bookbinding application 104 determines from the document setting information 303 whether an inserter is designated as a tab sheet feed source. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that paper feed from the inserter is set, the process ends. If not, the process advances to step S1708.
In step S1708, the bookbinding application 104 adds the reference tab sheet acquired in step S1704 to the sheet list from which the tab sheet has been deleted in step S1705, and the process ends. Here, S1707 will be described. The paper fed from the cassette passes through the engine unit of the printer. In other words, since the paper fed from the cassette may be printed by the engine unit, it is necessary to notify the printer of the paper type in order to determine the fixing temperature by the printer. Therefore, when it is determined No in S1707 (when paper is fed from the cassette), it is added to the list of FIG. 15 in order to set the paper type. On the other hand, the paper fed from the inserter does not pass through the engine unit. That is, since the paper fed from the inserter is not printed by the engine unit, there is no need to notify the printer of the fixing temperature. Therefore, since it is not necessary to add to the list of FIG. 15, in the case of Yes in S1707, S1708 is not executed.

  Even when a plurality of tab sheet types that can be specified acquired in S1701 are displayed, even if a plurality of tab sheets are enumerated as shown in FIG. 15, only one tab sheet is enumerated after the process of S1708 in the process of this flowchart. Will come to be. Specifically, as shown in a list 1502 in FIG. 16, only one tab sheet for which tab sheets are specified in the window 1400 is listed.

In step S <b> 1704, the bookbinding application 104 reads tab sheet setting information from the document setting information 303. On the other hand, the tab sheet setting information can be read out by reading out what type of paper is used by the bookbinding application 104 from the paper information 802 in the job ticket information.
Print data is generated such that a printed matter corresponding to the print setting information set according to the above processing is output by the printer.
As described above, in a situation where only one type of tab sheet can be inserted, if FIG. 15 is displayed after the reference tab sheet type is set according to the instruction input via the screen of FIG. 14, a plurality of types of tab sheets are displayed. May be selected. That is, there is a possibility that accurate tab sheet insertion setting processing cannot be performed. On the other hand, in a situation where only one type of tab sheet can be inserted, FIG. 16 is displayed by the process of FIG. 17 after the reference tab sheet type is set in accordance with the instruction input via the screen of FIG. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation that multiple types of tab sheets are selected.
[Second Embodiment]

In the first embodiment, the number of tab sheets listed in the GUI for setting sheets, that is, the “Paper Type Settings” window 1500 is limited.
If there is only one tab sheet type, as shown in FIG. 14, only one setting item 1405 for specifying the sheet type of the tab sheet in the “Front Cover / Insert Sheet Settings” window 1400 is sufficient.
However, when a plurality of types of tab sheets can be specified in one job, it is necessary to change the GUI configuration.
In addition, when only one type of tab sheet is displayed in the “Paper Type Settings” window 1500 even though a plurality of tab sheets are registered among the sheet types that can be specified, the user may be confused. .
Therefore, the second embodiment is an example in which a warning is issued when a user actually sets a tab sheet type that exceeds the upper limit number.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the document processing method of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In this example, the bookbinding application 104 issues a warning when the tab sheet type specified by the user exceeds the upper limit. Specifically, it is a process for giving a warning when the upper limit is exceeded when the OK button is pressed in the window 1500 and stopping the setting so as not to exceed the upper limit. Note that the bookbinding application 104 program related to this flow is also stored in the external memory 211 of the host computer 100, read into the RAM 202, and executed by the CPU 201. Hereinafter, the control will be described with the module shown in FIG. 2 as a main component.

In step S1801, the bookbinding application 104 acquires the number of tab types that can be specified in the job. This is the same as S1702. In step S1802, the bookbinding application 104 acquires tab sheet settings already specified in the document by sequentially reading out the document information 301, chapter information 305, and page information 309.
In step S1803, the bookbinding application 104 acquires the setting of the paper selected when the user presses the OK button in the window 1500. In step S1804, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether a tab sheet is designated in step S1802. If it is determined that there is no tab sheet specified for the document, the process proceeds to step S1808. If not, the process proceeds to step S1805. move on.

In step S1805, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the paper setting acquired in step S1803 is tab paper. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that it is tab paper, the process advances to step S1806, and if it is not, the process advances to step 1808.
In step S1806, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the tab sheet setting type acquired in step S1802 has reached the upper limit. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit is not reached, the process advances to step S1808. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit is set, the process advances to step S1807.
For example, if there are two tab sheet types that can be specified in the job and two types of tab sheet have already been specified, the process reaches S1807 because the upper limit has been reached. If the number of tab sheets is still less than two, the process advances to step S1808.

  In step S1807, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the paper setting acquired in step S1803 is included in the tab sheet already specified in the document acquired in step S1802. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the tab sheet type is the same as the specified tab sheet type, the tab sheet type in the document does not increase, and the process advances to step S1808. On the other hand, if the bookbinding application 104 determines that the tab sheet type is not the same as the already specified tab sheet type, the tab sheet type exceeding the upper limit is specified for the document, and the process advances to step S1809.

For example, when two types of tab sheets can be specified in the job, two types of tab sheets have already been specified in the job, and the newly specified tab sheet acquired in step S1803 is the third type. In this case, the process proceeds to S1809.
In S1808, the setting is changed by writing the setting for feeding the paper acquired in S1803 to the page setting information 311 of the page information 309 for the page selected by the bookbinding application 104, and the process ends. To do.
In step S1809, the bookbinding application 104 displays a warning on the display unit 210 using a UI screen (not shown), and the process ends. As a result of this processing, the designation of the paper designated in the window 1500 is cancelled.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the document processing method of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example is another example of processing in which the bookbinding application 104 controls the sheets listed in the list 1501. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 17 shows processing when the upper limit is one type, but this flowchart also supports the case where the upper limit is a plurality of types. Note that the bookbinding application 104 program related to this flow is also stored in the external memory 211 of the host computer 100, read into the RAM 202, and executed by the CPU 201. Hereinafter, the control will be described with the module shown in FIG. 2 as a main component.

In step S1901, the paper type that can be specified by the bookbinding application 104 is acquired as in step S1701. In S1902, the number of tab types that can be specified in the job by the bookbinding application 104 is acquired as in S1702. In step S1903, the bookbinding application 104 acquires the designation of the tab sheet that has already been designated in the document. Similar to S1802, the document information 301, chapter information 305, and page information 309 are read in order, and the bookbinding application 104 collects tab sheet setting information.
In step S1904, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether a tab sheet has already been set in the document in step S1903. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the tab sheet has not been set, the process ends. If there is a tab sheet setting, the process advances to 1905.

  In step S1905, the bookbinding application 104 further compares the number of tab sheet types set in the document acquired in step S1903 with the upper limit number acquired in step S1901. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit is satisfied, the process ends in S1906. If it is determined that this is not the case, that is, if it is determined that the upper limit is not yet satisfied, this processing ends. In step S1906, the bookbinding application 104 deletes all tab sheets from the list of sheet types acquired in step S1901.

In step S1907, the bookbinding application 104 deletes the tab sheet setting specified by a method other than the sheet type from the tab sheet setting list acquired in step S1903. For example, the inserter is deleted from the list. In step S1908, the bookbinding application 104 adds the tab sheet list created in step S1907 to the sheet type list created in step S1908, and the process ends.
By this process, the tab sheet can be set freely until the upper limit is reached, but when the upper limit is reached, the list is limited, so it is not possible to set the upper limit.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining the document processing method of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In this example, the bookbinding application 104 acquires the number of tab types that can be specified in a job. Note that the bookbinding application 104 program related to this flow is also stored in the external memory 211 of the host computer 100, read into the RAM 202, and executed by the CPU 201. Hereinafter, the control will be described with the module shown in FIG. 2 as a main component.

  In step S2001, the bookbinding application 104 first inquires of the printer driver 106 whether there is an upper limit on the types of tab sheets that can be used in the job. For example, when the printer driver 106 does not have an upper limit acquisition I / F, or when the bookbinding application 104 or the electronic document despooler 105 does not support the upper limit acquisition I / F of the printer driver 106, the upper limit is acquired. I can't.

In step S2002, the bookbinding application 104 determines whether the upper limit value can be acquired from the printer driver 106 in step S2001. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit value has been acquired, the process ends.
On the other hand, if the bookbinding application 104 determines in step S2001 that the upper limit value of the tab sheet type cannot be acquired from the printer driver 106 in step S2001, the bookbinding application 104 inquires the printer 107 about the upper limit value in step S2003. In this case, it is possible to use a standard I / F or a special I / F like MIB (Management Information Base).

For example, when the printer 107 does not have an upper limit acquisition I / F, or when the bookbinding application 104 or the electronic document despooler 105 does not support the upper limit acquisition I / F of the printer 107, the upper limit value is acquired. I can't.
In S2004, it is determined whether the bookbinding application 104 has acquired the upper limit value in S2003. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit value cannot be acquired, the process advances to step S2005. If it is determined that the upper limit value has been acquired, the process ends.
In S2005, the bookbinding application 104 inquires the information management server (not shown) for information corresponding to the upper limit value via the network. For example, when the bookbinding application 104 operates in cooperation with an upper system such as MIS, it is possible to make an inquiry to the upper system.

In S2006, it is determined whether the bookbinding application 104 has acquired information corresponding to the upper limit value from the management server in S2005. If the bookbinding application 104 determines that the upper limit value cannot be acquired from the management server, the process proceeds to S2007. If it is determined that the upper limit value can be acquired, the process ends.
In S2007, since all the destinations to be inquired are addressed, the bookbinding application 104 refers to the table held internally and uses the upper limit information to end the processing.
The upper limit information may be stored in a table for each device (for each printer) or may have one value common to all devices. The effect of this processing does not change even if the order of inquiries is changed and inquiries are made from the management server or the inquiry destination is omitted.
In the flowcharts shown in the embodiments, the order of the steps can be appropriately changed as long as the order of the steps conforms to the gist of the present invention. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which combined the process shown to each embodiment. According to the present invention, it is possible to display a user interface that allows the user to select an appropriate tab sheet on the sheet feed setting screen in accordance with the upper limit value of the number of types of tab sheets that can be specified in a print job.

  Further, the present invention can be applied to a system (copier, printer, facsimile machine, etc.) consisting of a single device even if it is applied to a system consisting of a plurality of devices (eg, host computer, interface device, reader, printer, etc.). You may apply.

  Another object of the present invention is to store a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments, and a program code stored in the storage medium by a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus. This can also be achieved by performing a read operation. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, or the like is used. be able to.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. A case where part or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.
Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instruction of the program code. Also included is a case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

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An information processing apparatus that outputs a print job using a plurality of types of tab sheets to an image processing apparatus,
Determining means for determining whether the number of types of tab sheets usable in the image processing apparatus exceeds an upper limit number of types of tab sheets that can be specified in the print job;
If it is determined that the number exceeds the upper limit, the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the screen for setting the sheet type to be fed is matched with the number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job. Display and control to display the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the page setting screen in accordance with the number of tab sheet types usable in the image processing apparatus when it is determined that the upper limit number is not exceeded. Control means to
An information processing apparatus characterized by comprising: A setting unit is provided for setting a reference tab sheet to be fed as a cover sheet or slip sheet.
2. The control tab according to claim 1, wherein when the control unit determines that the upper limit number is exceeded, the reference tab sheet is displayed on a page setting screen as a tab sheet type that can be specified by the print job. Information processing device. The plurality of paper feeding means for feeding the tab paper includes an inserter and a paper feed stage,
3. The control unit does not display a tab sheet type that can be specified by the print job on a page setting screen when the paper feed destination of the reference tab sheet set by the setting unit is an inserter. Information processing device.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire an upper limit number of types of tab sheets that can be used in the image processing apparatus.   If it is determined that the upper limit is exceeded, the control means displays the number of tab sheet types that can be used on the page setting screen until the number of tab sheet types that can be used by the image processing apparatus is exceeded. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein A print setting method in an information processing apparatus for outputting a print job using a plurality of types of tab sheets to an image processing apparatus,
A determination step of determining whether the number of types of tab sheets usable in the image processing apparatus exceeds an upper limit number of types of tab sheets that can be specified in the print job;
If it is determined that the number exceeds the upper limit, the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the screen for setting the sheet type to be fed is matched with the number of tab sheet types that can be specified in the print job. Display and control to display the number of tab sheet types to be displayed on the page setting screen in accordance with the number of tab sheet types usable in the image processing apparatus when it is determined that the upper limit number is not exceeded. A control process,
A print setting method characterized by comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the print setting method according to claim 6.

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