Print data transmitting apparatus, image forming system, printing condition setting method and printer driver program
First Claim
1. An image forming system for obtaining printed material with facilitating material for accessing to specific pages or areas of the printed material, the image forming system comprising:
- a first feeding section for feeding a recording sheet;
a second feeding section for feeding the facilitating material;
a first input section for obtaining a number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material loaded on the second feeding section;
a second input section for receiving position information with regard to a position where the facilitating material is added into the printed material;
a transmitting section for transmitting print data;
a printing section for recording an image on the recording sheet based on the print data;
wherein the second feeding section feeds the facilitating material based on the position information, and the image forming system guides an input of the position information based on the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; and
wherein the image forming system further comprises;
a display section for displaying input areas for the position information, wherein a number of the input areas is equal to an integral multiple of the number of the sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material;
a judging section which judges whether a number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, after the position information is set in the input areas; and
an urging section which urges a user to rework the input operation of the position information, when the number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is not equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material,wherein the urging section displays a rework message and the input areas for the position information, and a number of the input areas is equal to at least the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material lastly obtained by the first input section.
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Abstract
A print data transmitting apparatus for transmitting print data to an image forming apparatus having a function of creating a printed material including a plurality of pages by inserting a plurality of sheets of special paper constituting one set into a predetermined position one by one. The print data transmitting apparatus comprises a number-of-constituent-sheets acquiring section for acquiring the number of sheets constituting one set of special paper, and an insertion information inputting section for receiving designation of insertion page position where special paper is to be inserted in the printed material, with using a unit of number of the page positions, the number of the page positions being equal to the number of sheets constituting one set of special paper.
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18 Claims
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1. An image forming system for obtaining printed material with facilitating material for accessing to specific pages or areas of the printed material, the image forming system comprising:
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a first feeding section for feeding a recording sheet; a second feeding section for feeding the facilitating material; a first input section for obtaining a number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material loaded on the second feeding section; a second input section for receiving position information with regard to a position where the facilitating material is added into the printed material; a transmitting section for transmitting print data; a printing section for recording an image on the recording sheet based on the print data; wherein the second feeding section feeds the facilitating material based on the position information, and the image forming system guides an input of the position information based on the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; and wherein the image forming system further comprises; a display section for displaying input areas for the position information, wherein a number of the input areas is equal to an integral multiple of the number of the sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; a judging section which judges whether a number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, after the position information is set in the input areas; and an urging section which urges a user to rework the input operation of the position information, when the number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is not equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, wherein the urging section displays a rework message and the input areas for the position information, and a number of the input areas is equal to at least the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material lastly obtained by the first input section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image forming system for obtaining printed material with facilitating material for accessing to specific pages or areas of the printed material, the image forming system comprising:
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a first feeding section for feeding a recording sheet; a second feeding section for feeding the facilitating material; a first input section for obtaining a number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material loaded on the second feeding section; a second input section for receiving position information with regard to a position where the facilitating material is added into the printed material; a transmitting section for transmitting print data; a printing section for recording an image on the recording sheet based on the print data; wherein the second feeding section feeds the facilitating material based on the position information, and the image forming system guides an input of the position information based on the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; wherein input areas and numerical characters of an integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material are displayed in accordance with the number obtained by the first input section; and wherein the image forming system further comprises; a judging section which judges whether a number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, after the position information is set in the input areas; and an urging section which urges a user to rework the input operation of the position information, when the number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is not equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, wherein the urging section displays a rework message and the input areas for the position information, and a number of the input areas is equal to at least the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material lastly obtained by the first input section.
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15. An image forming method for obtaining printed material with facilitating material for accessing to specific pages or areas of the printed material, the image forming method comprising:
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feeding a recording sheet; feeding the facilitating material; obtaining a number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; receiving position information with regard to a position where the facilitating material is added into the printed material; guiding an input of the position information based on the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; transmitting print data to an image forming section, wherein the print data includes the position information; and printing an image on the recording sheet based on the print data, at the image forming section; wherein feeding the facilitating material is conducted based on the position information; and wherein the image forming method further comprises; displaying input areas for the position information, wherein a number of the input areas is equal to an integral multiple of the number of the sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; judging whether a number of positions of the position information set in the input areas is equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, after the position information is set in the input areas; and when the number of positions of the position information is not equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, urging a user to rework the input of the position information by displaying a rework message and the input areas for the position information, wherein a number of the input areas is equal to at least the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material as lastly obtained. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An image forming method for obtaining printed material with facilitating material for accessing to specific pages or areas of the printed material, the image forming method comprising:
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feeding a recording sheet; feeding the facilitating material; obtaining a number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; receiving position information with regard to a position where the facilitating material is added into the printed material; guiding an input of the position information based on the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; transmitting print data to an image forming section, wherein the print data includes the position information; and printing an image on the recording sheet based on the print data, at the image forming section; wherein feeding the facilitating material is conducted based on the position information; and wherein the image forming method further comprises; displaying input areas for the position information and numerical characters of an integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; judging whether a number of positions of the position information is equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material; and when the number of positions of the position information is not equal to the integral multiple of the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material, urging a user to rework the input of the position information by displaying a rework message and the input areas for the position information, wherein a number of the input areas is equal to at least the number of sheets constituting one set of the facilitating material as lastly obtained. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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