System and method for producing print instruction information to be transmitted to a printing device
First Claim
1. An image processor, comprising:
- a reference information acquisition unit that acquires reference information for specifying a reference source and a reference target associated with the reference source from an electronic document having the reference information indicated therein; and
a print instruction information production unit that produces print instruction information including an instruction for causing a printing device to print a reference source index for representing a reference source in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference source page specified based on the reference information, and an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference target index for representing a reference target in a region overlapping the region where the reference source index is printed in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference target page specified based on the reference information, the overlapping printed reference source index and printed reference target index providing a visually perceived link between the reference source page and the reference target page, the reference source index representing a first printed visual pattern at the peripheral edge of the reference source page, the reference target index representing a second printed visual pattern different from the first printed visual pattern, at the peripheral edge of the reference target page.
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Abstract
An image processor according to the present invention includes a reference information acquisition unit that acquires reference information for specifying a reference source and a reference target associated with the reference source from an electronic document having the reference information indicated therein, and a print instruction information production unit that produces print instruction information including an instruction for causing a printing device to print a reference source index for representing a reference source in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference source page specified based on the reference information, and an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference target index for representing a reference target in a region overlapping the region where the reference source index is printed in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference target page specified based on the reference information.
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16 Claims
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1. An image processor, comprising:
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a reference information acquisition unit that acquires reference information for specifying a reference source and a reference target associated with the reference source from an electronic document having the reference information indicated therein; and a print instruction information production unit that produces print instruction information including an instruction for causing a printing device to print a reference source index for representing a reference source in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference source page specified based on the reference information, and an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference target index for representing a reference target in a region overlapping the region where the reference source index is printed in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference target page specified based on the reference information, the overlapping printed reference source index and printed reference target index providing a visually perceived link between the reference source page and the reference target page, the reference source index representing a first printed visual pattern at the peripheral edge of the reference source page, the reference target index representing a second printed visual pattern different from the first printed visual pattern, at the peripheral edge of the reference target page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for producing print instruction information given to a printing device, the process comprising:
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acquiring reference information for specifying a reference source and a reference target associated with the reference source from an electronic document having the reference information indicated therein; and producing the print instruction information including an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference source index for representing a reference source in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference source page specified based on the reference information, and an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference target index for representing a reference target in a region overlapping the region where the reference source index is printed in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference target page specified based on the reference information, the overlapping printed reference source index and printed reference target index providing a visually perceived link between the reference source page and the reference target page, the reference source index representing a first printed visual pattern at the peripheral edge of the reference source page, the reference target index representing a second printed visual pattern different from the first printed visual pattern, at the peripheral edge of the reference target page.
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11. A method of producing print instruction information given to a printing device, the method comprising:
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acquiring reference information for specifying a reference source and a reference target associated with the reference source from an electronic document having the reference information indicated therein; and producing the print instruction information including an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference source index for representing a reference source in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference source page specified based on the reference information, and an instruction for causing the printing device to print a reference target index for representing a reference target in a region overlapping the region where the reference source index is printed in a margin region located at a peripheral edge of a reference target page specified based on the reference information, the overlapping printed reference source index and printed reference target index providing a visually perceived link between the reference source page and the reference target page, the reference source index representing a first printed visual pattern at the peripheral edge of the reference source page, the reference target index representing a second printed visual pattern different from the first printed visual pattern at the peripheral edge of the reference target page.
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