Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus for processing electronic document data which contains multiple objects and position information on the multiple objects, the multiple objects being configured to be in a structure which is interpretable only when the data is referred to thoroughly to the end, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a determination unit configured to determine a dividing unit for the electronic document data, wherein, when a key included in metadata of the electronic document data indicates information on a record for variable printing, the determination unit (a) searches a record database for the record in the metadata of the electronic document data, (b) based on reference information corresponding to an attribute of a found record, identifies a page group corresponding to the attribute of the record, and (c) determines the identified page group as the dividing unit;
• a generation unit configured to generate, according to the dividing unit determined by the determination unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing an object associated with the dividing unit and position information on the object;
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• a transmission unit configure to sequentially transmit the divided multiple electronic document data items generated by the generation unit, to a printer.

A control method for an information processing apparatus for processing a print job which includes electronic document data containing a shared object to be used wholly in the print job, a non-shared object to be used in part of the print job, and position information on each object, and a job ticket indicating print setting information associated with the electronic document data, the control method comprising:

• determining a dividing unit for the electronic document data, wherein, when a key included in metadata of the electronic document data indicates information on a record for variable printing, the determining step (a) searches a record database for the record in the metadata of the electronic document data, (b) based on reference information corresponding to an attribute of a found record, identifies a page group corresponding to the attribute of the record, and (c) determines the identified page group as the dividing unit;
• generating, according to the determined dividing unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing the shared object and the non-shared object associated with the dividing unit, but not including non-shared object unassociated with the dividing unit;
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• sequentially transmitting the generated divided multiple electronic document data items to a printer.

A control method for an information processing apparatus for processing electronic document data which contains multiple objects and position information on the multiple objects, the multiple objects being configured to be in a structure which is interpretable only when the data is referred to thoroughly to the end, the control method comprising:

• determining a dividing unit for the electronic document data, wherein, when a key included in metadata of the electronic document data indicates information on a record for variable printing, the determining step (a) searches a record database for the record in the metadata of the electronic document data, (b) based on reference information corresponding to an attribute of a found record, identifies a page group corresponding to the attribute of the record, and (c) determines the identified page group as the dividing unit;
• generating, according to the determined dividing unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing an object associated with the dividing unit and position information on the object;
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• sequentially transmitting the generated divided multiple electronic document data items to a printer.