Print control apparatus, print control method, and printer

A print control method comprising the steps of:

• disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language;
• detecting a page break allowable position in the document data;
• storing the page break allowable position detected in the step of detecting the page break allowable position;
• and
• determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the step of storing the page break allowable position and a disposition range in each page for the document data to be disposed in the step of disposing the document data, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page,
• wherein the page break allowable position is detected based on information related to the document data that is used to inhibit a page break.

A computer program product comprising:

• a document data disposing program for disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language;
• a page break allowable position detecting program for detecting a page break allowable position in the document data;
• a page break allowable position storing program for storing, in a memory, the page break allowable position detected by the page break allowable position detecting program;
• and
• a page break position determining program for determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the memory by the page break allowable position storing program and a disposition range in each page for the document data, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page,
• wherein the page break allowable position detecting program considers information related to the document data that is used to inhibit a page break.

A printer comprising:

• a document data disposing unit for disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language;
• a page break allowable position detecting unit for detecting a page break allowable position in the document data;
• a disposition range determining unit for determining a disposition range in each page for the document data to be disposed by the disposing unit;
• a page break allowable position storage unit for storing the page break allowable position detected by the page break allowable position detecting unit;
• a disposition range storage unit for storing the disposition range in each page;
• a page break position determining unit for determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the page break allowable position storage unit and the disposition range in each page stored in the disposition range storage unit, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page;
• and
• a printing unit for printing with inserting a page break in the document data on the basis of the page break position determined by the page break position determining unit,
• wherein the page break allowable position detecting unit considers information related to the document data that is used to inhibit a page break.