US 2003/0159114 A1 · Document processing apparatus and method

Abstract

The object of this invention is to automatically determine by a printing system on the basis of print settings and the like whether to output all records by a single print job or respective records by independent print jobs in variable printing. For this purpose, in the printing system according to this invention, saved print settings are loaded, and of these print settings, the value of a predetermined setting item which requires variable job division is determined. If the item which requires variable job division is determined to be set, a despool table is so set as to generate independent print jobs for respective records. If job division is necessary for respective records in accordance with print settings, independent print jobs are generated for the respective records.

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Dependent claims

A document processing apparatus capable of issuing to a printing apparatus a print job of variable printing in which designated variable data is embedded in a designated region of printing document data, comprising:

setting means for setting print attributes for the document data;
determination means for, when variable printing is to be performed for a plurality of records, determining on the basis of the print attributes set by said setting means whether to issue a plurality of print jobs for the plurality of records or a single print job for the plurality of records;
and
issuing means for issuing a plurality of print jobs or a single print job on the basis of determination.

1 more element

A document processing method capable of issuing to a printing apparatus a print job of variable printing in which designated variable data is embedded in a designated region of printing document data, comprising:

a setting step of setting print attributes for the document data;
a determination step of, when variable printing is to be performed for a plurality of records, determining on the basis of the print attributes set in the setting step whether to issue a plurality of print jobs for the plurality of records or a single print job for the plurality of records;
and
an issuing step of issuing a plurality of print jobs or a single print job on the basis of determination.

1 more element

A program which causes a computer to issue to a printing apparatus a print job of variable printing in which designated variable data is embedded in a designated region of printing document data, wherein the computer is caused to execute

a setting step of setting print attributes for the document data,
a determination step of, when variable printing is to be performed for a plurality of records, determining on the basis of the print attributes set in the setting step whether to issue a plurality of print jobs for the plurality of records or a single print job for the plurality of records, and
an issuing step of issuing a plurality of print jobs or a single print job on the basis of determination.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Document processing apparatus and method

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Document processing apparatus and method

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