Printing control device extracting data for constituting duplication objects, printing control method extracting data for constituting duplication objects, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 8,873,088 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Kotake, Kanako
• Primary Examiner(s): Tieu, Benny Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ngo, Quyen V
• Application Number:
  US13/070,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20110292440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/505, 358/1.11, 358/538, 358/448, 358/462
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1244 Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

A printing control device includes a web page data acquiring portion configured to acquire web page data of a prescribed web page from the web server and a display configured to display the prescribed web page. The printing control device further includes an extraction portion configured to extract data for constituting a duplication object. The printing control device still further includes a print data creation portion configured to create print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object based on the extracted data. Moreover, the printing control device includes a printing instruction portion configured to instruct the printing unit to form an image on the recording medium based on the created print data.

Claims

1. A printing control device for controlling a printing unit that forms an image on a recording medium, comprising:

a web page data acquiring portion configured to access web server on a network and acquire HTML data that is a source code of a prescribed web page from the web server;

a display configured to display the prescribed web page based on the HTML data acquired from the web server;

an object determination portion configured to determine, by searching the HTML data, that the prescribed web page displayed by the display includes a duplication object, which is an object to be duplicated, when the HTML data includes a character string indicating that the duplication object is included and while the duplication object is displayed on the display;

a first extraction portion configured to extract data for constituting the duplication object when the object determination portion determines that the prescribed web page includes the duplication object;

a print data creation portion configured to;

create first print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object on the identical recording medium based on the data extracted by the first extraction portion when the first extraction portion extracts the data for constituting the duplication object; and

create second print data for forming an image of the web page itself based on the web page data when the object determination portion determines that the prescribed web page does not include the duplication object; and

a printing instruction portion configured to instruct the printing unit to;

form a first image on the recording medium based on the first print data created by the print data creation portion when the print data creation portion creates the first print data; and

form a second image on the recording medium based on the second print data created by the print data creation portion when the print data creation portion creates the second print data.

2. The printing control device according to claim 1, further comprising a second extraction portion configured to extract data for constituting a related object relating to the duplication object when the prescribed web page displayed by the display includes the related object,

wherein the print data creation portion is configured to create the print data for forming the at least two duplicated images of the duplication object and an image of the related object on the identical recording medium based on the data extracted by the first extraction portion and the data extracted by the second extraction portion.

3. The printing control device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a history storage portion configured to store a print history of the prescribed web page; and

a history determination portion configured to determine whether or not the print history of the prescribed web page displayed by the display is stored in the history storage portion,

wherein the print data creation portion is configured to create the print data for restricting formation of the image of the related object by the printing unit when the history determination portion determines that the print history of the prescribed web page is stored in the history storage portion.

4. The printing control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a period acquiring portion configured to acquire period information indicating an effective period of the duplication object; and

a calculation portion configured to calculate a number of the duplicated images of the duplication object to be formed on the recording medium based on the period information acquired by the period acquiring portion,

wherein the print data creation portion is configured to create the print data for forming the number, as calculated by the calculation portion, of duplicated images of the duplication object.

5. The printing control device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a frequency storage portion configured to store a frequency of using each type of the duplication object; and

a type determination portion configured to determine the type of the duplication object,

wherein the calculation portion is configured to calculate the number of the duplicated images of the duplication object formed on the recording medium based on the frequency stored in the frequency storage portion corresponding to the type determined by the type determination portion.

6. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the duplication object includes a coupon object which is to be printed as a coupon.

7. The printing control device according to claim 2, wherein the related object includes a map object which is to be printed as a map.

8. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the printing instruction portion is configured to instruct the printing unit to form the image on the recording medium via the network.

11. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the character string indicating that the duplication object is included comprises a comment line in the HTML data.

12. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the character string indicating that the duplication object is included comprises text that is not displayed on the prescribed web page.

13. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the character string indicating that the duplication object is included comprises text identifying the duplication object.

14. The printing control device according to claim 1, wherein the object determination portion is further configured to:

determine a type of the duplication object when the object determination portion determines that the prescribed web page displayed by the display includes the duplication object; and

determine whether the type of the duplication object is identified when the object determination portion determines the type of the duplication object.

15. The printing control device according to claim 14, wherein the print data creation portion is further configured to create the second print data, rather than the first print data, when the object determination portion determines that the type of the duplication object is not identified.

16. The printing control device according to claim 15, wherein the type of the duplication object corresponds to a type of commercial facility that issued the duplication object.

9. A printing control method for controlling a printing unit that forms an image on a recording medium, comprising steps of:

accessing a web server on a network and acquiring HTML data that is a source code of a prescribed web page from the web server;

displaying, on a display, the prescribed web page based on the HTML data acquired from the web server;

determining, by searching the HTML data, that the prescribed web page displayed on the display includes a duplication object, which is an object to be duplicated, when the HTML data includes a character string indicating that the duplication object is included and while the duplication object is displayed on the display;

extracting data for constituting the duplication object when it is determined that the prescribed web page includes the duplication object;

creating first print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object on the identical recording medium based on the extracted data when the data for constituting the duplication object is extracted;

creating second print data for forming an image of the web page itself based on the web page data when it is determined that the prescribed web page does not include the duplication object;

instructing the printing unit to form first image on the recording medium based on the first print data when the first print data is created; and

instructing the printing unit to form a second image on the recording medium based on the second print data when the second print data is created.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program which causes, if executed, a processor of a printing control device to perform steps of:

accessing a web server on a network and acquiring HTML data that is a source code of a prescribed web page from the web server;

displaying, on a display, the prescribed web page based on the HTML data acquired from the web server;

determining, by searching the HTML data, that the prescribed web page displayed on the display includes a duplication object, which is an object to be duplicated, when the HTML data includes a character string indicating that the duplication object is included and while the duplication object is displayed on the display;

extracting data for constituting the duplication object when it is determined that the prescribed web page includes the duplication object;

creating first print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object on the identical recording medium based on the extracted data when the data for constituting the duplication object is extracted;

creating second print data for forming an image of the web page itself based on the web page data when it is determined that the prescribed web page does not include the duplication object;

instructing the printing unit to form a first image on the recording medium based on the first print data when the first print data is created; and

instructing the printing unit to form a second image on the recording medium based on the second print data when the second print data is created.