Print layout device, print layout method, and storage medium

A print layout method, used with a host computer, for providing a layout for a recording sheet, and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, the print layout method comprising:

• a setting step of setting a margin for a sheet;
• a spooling step for spooling drawing commands based on a print request provided by an application;
• a command editing step of editing the drawing commands spooled in the spooling step in each logical page provided by the application, in consonance with a printable area of a physical page obtained based on the margin set in said setting step;
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• a generating step of generating a print lob comprising a printer control language by a physical page unit, based on the drawing commands edited by said command editing step.

A memory medium on which is stored a program on a host computer, for providing a layout for a recording sheet, and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said program comprising:

• a setting step of setting a margin for a sheet;
• a spooling step for spooling drawing commands based on a print request provided by an application;
• a command editing step of editing the drawing commands spooled in the spooling step in each logical page provided by the application, in consonance with a printable area of a physical page obtained based on the margin set in said setting step;
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• a generating step of generating a print job comprising a printer control language by a physical page unit, based on the drawing commands edited by said command editing step.

A print layout device, which serves as a host computer, for performing a layout process for a recording sheet and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout device comprising:

• a dispatcher unit adapted to receive, from a drawing unit and depending on an operating system being used, common print information that is generated and is based on drawing data prepared by an arbitrary application;
• an intermediate data conversion unit adapted to convert into intermediate data said print information received by said dispatcher unit and for storing said intermediate data in a spooling unit;
• a setting unit adapted to process a margin for said sheet;
• a processing unit adapted to process said intermediate data stored in said spooling unit in consonance with a printable area based on said margin that is acquired, and for outputting said processed intermediate data in said drawing data form to said drawing unit;
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• a print data generation unit adapted to convert said print information received by said dispatcher unit into print data consisting of a control command and for outputting said print data to an external device.

A print layout method, which is stored on a host computer, for performing a layout process for a recording sheet and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout method comprising:

• a reception step of receiving, from a drawing unit and depending on an operating system being used, common print information that is generated and is based on drawing data prepared by an arbitrary application;
• an intermediate data conversion step of converting into intermediate data said print information received at said reception step, and of storing said intermediate data in a spooling unit;
• a setting step of setting a margin for said sheet;
• a processing step of processing said intermediate data stored in said spooling unit in consonance with a printable area based on said margin that is acquired, and of outputting said processed intermediate data in said drawing data form to said drawing unit;
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• a print data generation step of converting said print information received at said reception step into print data consisting of a control command and for outputting said print data to an external device.

A memory medium on which is stored a print layout program, which is stored on a host computer, for performing a layout process for a recording sheet and generates a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout program comprising:

• a reception step of receiving, from a drawing unit and depending on an operating system being used, common print information that is generated and is based on drawing data prepared by an arbitrary application;
• an intermediate data conversion step of converting into intermediate data said print information received at said reception step, and of storing said intermediate data in a spooling unit;
• a setting step of setting a margin for said sheet;
• a processing step of processing said intermediate data stored in said spooling unit in consonance with a printable area based on said margin that is acquired, and of outputting said processed intermediate data in said drawing data form to said drawing unit;
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• a print data generation step of converting said print information received at said reception step into print data consisting of a control command and for outputting said print data to an external device.

A print layout program to be executed by a host computer, for controlling a process of providing a layout for a recording sheet, and a process of generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout program comprising:

• program code for a margin setting step of setting a margin for a sheet;
• program code for a spooling step of spooling drawing commands based on a print request provided by an application;
• program code for a command editing step of editing the drawing commands spooled in the spooling step in each logical page provided by the application, in consonance with a printable area of a physical page obtained based on the margin set in said setting step;
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• program code for a generating step of generating a print job comprising a printer control language by a physical page unit, based on the drawing commands edited in said command editing step.

Program code to be executed by a host computer, for controlling a process of providing a layout for a recording sheet and a process of generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said program code comprising:

• program code for a reception step of receiving, from a drawing unit and depending on which operating system is used, common print information that is generated and is based on drawing data prepared by an arbitrary application;
• program code for an intermediate data conversion step of converting into intermediate data said print information received at said reception step, and of storing said intermediate data in a spooling unit;
• program code for a setting step of setting a margin for said sheet;
• program code for a processing step of processing said intermediate data stored in said spooling unit in consonance with a printable area based on said margin that is acquired, and of outputting said processed intermediate data in said drawing data form to said drawing unit;
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• program code for a print data generation step of converting said print information received at said reception step into print data consisting of a control command and for outputting said print data to an external device.

A print layout device, which serves as a host computer, for providing a layout for a recording sheet and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout device comprising:

• means for setting a margin for a sheet;
• means for spooling drawing commands in a memory based on a print request provided by an application;
• means for editing the drawing commands spooled in the memory in each logical page provided by the application, in consonance with a printable area of a physical page obtained based on the margin set by said means for setting a margin for a sheet;
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• means for generating a print job comprising a printer control language by a physical page unit, based on the drawing commands edited by said means for editing the drawing commands.

A print layout device, which serves as a host computer, for performing a layout process for a recording sheet and generating a print job to be sent to a printer, said print layout device comprising:

• means for receiving, from a means for drawing and depending on an operating system being used, common print information that is generated and is based on drawing data prepared by an arbitrary application;
• means for converting into intermediate data said print information received by said means for receiving and for storing said intermediate data in a means for spooling;
• means for setting a margin for said sheet;
• means for processing said intermediate data stored in said means for spooling in consonance with a printable area based on said margin that is acquired, and for outputting said processed intermediate data in said drawing data form to said means for drawing;
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• means for converting said print information received by said dispatcher unit into print data consisting of a control command and for outputting said print data to an external device.