Information processing apparatus having a capability of halting a printing process for off-line processing, and method and program for controlling printing process including halting the printing process for off-ling processing
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus that processes document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and transfers the print job to a printer, comprising:
- setting means for setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
command generation means for generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer after starting the print job, in accordance with the setting made by the setting means;
determination means for, when the off-line processing is set to be performed at the current page, determining whether an operation for resuming the printing process has been performed on the printer; and
resuming means for resuming the printing process of the printer for the document data including the pages at which the off-line processing is set to be performed, in accordance with the result of the determination made by the determination means.
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Abstract
A printing process is preset for each page of a print job such that the printing process is halted when a page needs off-line processing, and the printing process is resumed in response to an operation to resume the printing process. After the print job is started, a CPU determines for each page whether off-line processing is specified to be performed. If the current page is specified to be subjected to off-line processing, the printing process is halted. If an operation to resume the print processing is detected, the printing process is resumed. Thus, after the print job is started, a user can make a confirmation in terms of the printing state of the printer before printing for the particular page is started.
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1. An information processing apparatus that processes document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and transfers the print job to a printer, comprising:
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setting means for setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
command generation means for generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer after starting the print job, in accordance with the setting made by the setting means;
determination means for, when the off-line processing is set to be performed at the current page, determining whether an operation for resuming the printing process has been performed on the printer; and
resuming means for resuming the printing process of the printer for the document data including the pages at which the off-line processing is set to be performed, in accordance with the result of the determination made by the determination means.
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2. An information processing apparatus that processes document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and outputs the print job to a printer to print the print job, comprising:
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setting means for setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
command generation means for generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer, in accordance with the setting made by the setting means;
job generation means for generating the print job on the basis of the document data such that the off-line command generated by the command generation means is inserted in each specified page; and
job output means for outputting the print job, including the off-line command generated by the job generation means and inserted in each specified page, to the printer to print the print job. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A printing process control method of, in an information processing apparatus, processing document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and transferring the print job to a printer, comprising the steps of:
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setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer after starting the print job, in accordance with the setting made in the setting step;
when the off-line processing is set to be performed at the current page, determining whether an operation for resuming the printing process has been performed on the printer; and
resuming the printing process of the printer for the document data including the pages at which the off-line processing is set to be performed, in accordance with the result of the determination made in the determination step.
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8. A printing process control method of, in an information processing apparatus, processing document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and outputting the print job to a printer to print the print job, comprising the steps of:
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setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer, in accordance with the setting made in the setting step;
generating the print job on the basis of the document data such that the off-line command generated in the command generation step is inserted in each specified page; and
outputting the print job, including the off-line command generated in the job generation step and inserted in each specified page, to the printer to print the print job. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A printing process control program executed in an information processing apparatus to process document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and transfer the print job to a printer, comprising the steps of:
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setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer after starting the print job, in accordance with the setting made in the setting step;
when the off-line processing is set to be performed at the current page, determining whether an operation for resuming the printing process has been performed on the printer; and
resuming the printing process of the printer for the document data including the pages at which the off-line processing is set to be performed, in accordance with the result of the determination made in the determination step.
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14. A printing process control program executed in an information processing apparatus to process document data including a plurality of pages as one print job and output the print job to a printer to print the print job, comprising the steps of:
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setting whether to halt the printing process of the printer, for each page of the print job;
generating an off-line command for each page at which to halt the printing process of the printer, in accordance with the setting made in the setting step;
generating the print job on the basis of the document data such that the off-line command generated in the command generation step is inserted in each specified page; and
outputting the print job, including the off-line command generated in the job generation step and inserted in each specified page, to the printer to print the print job. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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