Print control of a print job to be printed to a plurality of printers
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunori Kato
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Abstract
When one print job is distributed and printed by a plurality of printing apparatuses, it is intended that a desired print result of the user can be certainly obtained. A virtual distribution printer 12 detects an attribute of the print job which is inputted from an application 11, sets the minimum division unit, in accordance with the detected attribute, in which even if the inputted print job is divided, the print result is not changed, divides the print job on the basis of the minimum division unit, and distributes and outputs the divided print jobs to a plurality of printers 13 to 16, thereby enabling the print result expected by the user to be certainly obtained.
Claims21
A print control apparatus for controlling a printing operation in a manner such that a plurality of print jobs are generated on the basis of one print request and printed by using a plurality of printing apparatuses, comprising:
- attribute obtaining means for obtaining a print attribute set for said print request;
- minimum division unit setting means for selecting a minimum division unit from among a plurality of division units based on the print attribute obtained by said attribute obtaining means, and for setting a minimum division unit of said print request on the basis of the selected minimum division unit;
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- dividing position deciding means for deciding a dividing position of a plurality of print jobs on the basis of the minimum division unit set by said minimum division unit setting means.
A print control method of controlling a printing operation in a manner such that a plurality of print jobs are generated on the basis of one print request and printed by using a plurality of printing apparatuses, comprising the steps of:
- an attribute obtaining step of obtaining a print attribute set for said print request;
- a minimum division unit setting step of setting a minimum division unit of said print request on the basis of the print attribute obtained by said attribute obtaining step, the minimum division unit being selected from among a plurality of division units based on the print attribute;
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- a dividing position deciding step of deciding a dividing position of a plurality of print jobs on the basis of the minimum division unit set by said minimum division unit setting step.
A print control program for controlling a printing operation in a manner such that a plurality of print jobs are generated on the basis of one print request and printed by using a plurality of printing apparatuses, the program comprising the steps of:
- an attribute obtaining step of obtaining a print attribute set for said print request;
- a minimum division unit setting step of setting a minimum division unit of said print request on the basis of the print attribute obtained by said attribute obtaining step, the minimum division unit being selected from among a plurality of division units based on the print attribute;
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- a dividing position deciding step of deciding a dividing position of a plurality of print jobs on the basis of the minimum division unit set by said minimum division unit setting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.