Image forming system, data processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, recording medium and display method

An image forming system including a data processing apparatus that creates document data for an image to be formed and displays a preview image corresponding to the document data on a display, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image based on data acquired, wherein the data processing apparatus comprises:

• an image data generator that generates image data for the preview image:
• a setting receiver that sets post-image-formation processing conditions for the document data;
• an image modifier that modifies the image data for the preview image, according to the post-image-formation processing conditions received by the setting receiver;
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• an image display that displays at least one preview image on the display in either way of a list display in which the preview images are enumerated and displayed, a three-dimensional display of a finished state or a two-dimensional display of the finished state, according to the image data generated by the image data generator or the image data modified by the image modifier,
• the image forming apparatus comprises:
• an acquirer that acquires the data acquired for image formation from the data processing apparatus;
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• an image former that forms an image based on the acquired data for image formation.

A data processing apparatus that creates document data for an image to be formed and displays a preview image corresponding to the document data on a display, the data processing apparatus comprising:

• an image data generator that generates image data for the preview image;
• a setting receiver that receives post-image-formation processing conditions for the document data;
• an image modifier that modifies the image data for the preview image, according to the post-image-formation processing conditions received by the setting receiver;
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• an image display that displays at least one preview image on the display in either way of a list display in which the preview images are enumerated and displayed, a three-dimensional display of a finished state or a two-dimensional display of the finished state, according to the image data generated by the image data generator or the image data modified by the image modifier.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium readable by a computer and storing a computer program that causes the computer constituting a data processing apparatus, which includes a display and creates document data for an image to be formed, to perform a method of displaying a preview image corresponding to the document data, the method comprising:

• causing the computer to generate image data for the preview image;
• causing the computer to receive post-image-formation processing conditions for the document data;
• causing the computer to modify the image data for the preview image, according to the post-image-formation processing conditions received in the receiving step;
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• causing the computer to display at least one preview image on the display in either way of a list display in which the preview images are enumerated and displayed, a three-dimensional display of a finished state or a two-dimensional display of the finished state, according to the image data generated in the image data generating step or the image data modified in the modifying step.

A display method for use with a data processing apparatus, which includes a display and creates document data for an image to be formed, to display a preview image corresponding to the document data, the display method comprising:

• generating image data for the preview image:
• receiving post-image-formation processing conditions for the document data;
• modifying the image data for the preview image, according to the post-image-formation processing conditions received in the receiving step;
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• displaying at least one preview image on the display in either way of a list display in which the preview images are enumerated and displayed, a three-dimensional display of a finished state or a two-dimensional display of the finished state, according to the image data generated in the image data generating step or the image data modified in the modifying step.