JP4120143B2 - Printing system and computer-readable medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printing system and a computer-readable medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent application software, there is software (spreadsheet software or word processor software) in which a page for portrait printing and a page for landscape printing can be mixed in one document. Here, portrait printing refers to printing in which a print line is parallel to the short side of the paper (printing that outputs a print result viewed by placing the paper vertically). Landscape printing refers to printing in which a print line is parallel to the long side of the paper (printing that outputs a print result viewed by placing the paper horizontally long). Hereinafter, a page for which portrait printing is performed is referred to as “vertical page”, and a page for which landscape printing is performed is referred to as “horizontal page”.
[0003]
There is also a printing system (a computer in which a printer and a printer driver for the printer are installed) that can print a vertical page and a horizontal page respectively on the back and front of a sheet of paper.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional printing system capable of performing such double-sided printing, when a certain type of printing is performed, a printed matter in which a spread that is difficult to read is formed is obtained.
[0005]
Specifically, double-sided printing of all 8-page documents in which the first to third pages are horizontal pages, the fourth to seventh pages are vertical pages, and the eighth page is horizontal pages is left-binding. When specified, the conventional printing system discharges four sheets (eight pages) of paper printed on each side as shown in FIGS. 17A to 17D. In each figure, the graphic shown on the left side shows the printing result on the front surface, and the graphic shown on the right side shows the printing result on the back side. Done by turning it over.) Further, the shaded portion is a binding margin provided because the left binding is designated. Further, in this figure, the character strings such as “first page” and “second page” indicate in what direction the document for one page is printed on the paper, and how many pages the page is. Is shown.
[0006]
As shown in FIG. 18 (a), the spread pages of the second and third pages of the document in which these four sheets are bound at the binding margin portion, the second page is on the left and the third page is on the right. It will be readable in a certain state. That is, the contents of pages 1 to 3 of this document can be read in the same way as a normal left-open book.
[0007]
However, as shown in FIG. 18B, the spread portion of the fourth and fifth pages of this document cannot be read unless the fourth page, which is the first page, is placed on the lower side. Similarly, the spread pages of the sixth and seventh pages (FIG. 18C) cannot be read unless the top page is placed on the lower side.
[0008]
In the conventional system, double-sided printing of a document in which the first page is a vertical page and a mixture of horizontal pages is performed by upper binding, and both sides of a document in which the first page is a vertical page and a mixture of horizontal pages are performed. The same problem occurs when printing is performed with right binding.
[0009]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printing system capable of performing double-sided printing of a document in which vertical pages and horizontal pages are mixed so that there is no spread that makes it difficult to view the printed result.
[0010]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable medium for realizing such a printing system with a printing apparatus and a computer connected thereto.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention applies a certain size of paper. In horizontal writing For landscape pages that should be printed on landscape and paper of that size In horizontal writing A receiving unit that receives a double-sided print request for document data representing a document including a vertical page that is a page to be portrait printed, and binding at a predetermined position based on the document data for which the double-sided print request is received by the receiving unit As a result, each of the two pages constituting each spread is formed with a plurality of sheets on which a document that can be read can be formed in a state where the top page is arranged on the left side or the top side with respect to the last page. A printing direction determining unit that determines a printing direction for obtaining a double-sided printed product for each page, and a printing unit that performs printing of each page of the document based on the document data in accordance with the printing direction determined by the printing direction determining unit. Configure the printing system.
[0012]
In other words, the printing system of the present invention has a configuration in consideration of obtaining a double-sided printed material that is easy to read in a bound state when double-sided printing of a document in which vertical pages and horizontal pages are mixed is performed. The printing direction determining means that functions as described above can be of various configurations, but each page is based on whether the first page of the document represented by the document data is a horizontal page or a vertical page. If the printing direction is determined to be either a normal printing direction or a printing direction obtained by rotating the normal printing direction by 180 degrees, the printing direction determining means can be realized very simply.
[0013]
When realizing the printing system of the present invention, a means for accepting a binding position designation request is adopted as the accepting means, and the printing direction determining means is bound at the binding position at which the designation request is accepted by the accepting means. In order to obtain a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read can be formed in a state where each of the two pages constituting each spread is arranged such that the first page is on the left side or the upper side with respect to the last page A means for determining the printing direction can be employed.
[0014]
In other words, the printing system may be configured so that only double-sided printed materials for binding at a specific position can be printed. However, the printing system should be configured so that the user can specify the binding position. Is desirable. The printing system of the present invention may be realized as a system including a computer and a printing apparatus, or may be realized as a so-called printing apparatus (an apparatus that receives document data from a computer and performs printing).
[0015]
Further, the computer-readable medium of the present invention allows a computer connected to a printing apparatus capable of duplex printing to be printed on a certain size paper. In horizontal writing For landscape pages that should be printed on landscape and paper of that size In horizontal writing A receiving unit that receives a double-sided print request for document data representing a document including a vertical page that is a page to be portrait printed, and binding at a predetermined position based on the document data for which the double-sided print request is received by the receiving unit As a result, each of the two pages constituting each spread is formed with a plurality of sheets on which a document that can be read can be formed in a state where the top page is arranged on the left side or the top side with respect to the last page. A print direction determining unit that determines a print direction for obtaining a double-sided printed product for each page, and a print job in which printing of each page of the document based on the document data is performed according to the print direction determined by the print direction determining unit. A program for operating as a device having print job data supply means for creating data and supplying the data to the printing device is described. And composed.
[0016]
If this computer-readable medium is used, the computer and the printing apparatus can be operated as a system equivalent to the printing system of the present invention.
[0017]
In realizing the computer readable medium of the present invention, the printing direction determining means determines the printing direction of each page based on whether the first page of the document represented by the document data is a horizontal page or a vertical page. A program serving as a means for determining may be recorded in either the print direction or the print direction obtained by rotating the normal print direction by 180 degrees, and the accepting means functions as a means for accepting a binding position designation request. The printing direction determining means is bound at the binding position at which the designation request is accepted by the accepting means, so that each of the two pages constituting each spread has the first page on the left side or the last page. A program that functions as a means for determining a printing direction for obtaining a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read is arranged in an upper side. It may be previously recorded.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0019]
First, the outline of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
[0020]
As illustrated, the printing system according to the present embodiment includes a computer 10 and a printer 30 connected to the computer 10.
[0021]
The printer 30 is a device (details will be described later) that can print a vertical page and a horizontal page on each side of one sheet.
[0022]
The computer 10 includes a computer main body 11, a display 12, and an input device 13 including a CPU 21 and peripheral devices (HDD 26, CD-ROM drive 27, etc.). A printer driver 31 for the printer 30 is installed from the CD-ROM 32 in the computer 10 (HDD 26).
[0023]
The printer driver 31 recorded in the CD-ROM 32 is created to operate on Windows 95/98 / NT / 2000 (registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries). That is, the CD-ROM 32 assumes that the computer 10 includes the CD-ROM drive 27 and that the OS is Windows 95/98 / NT / 2000 (hereinafter simply referred to as Windows). Yes.
[0024]
The operation of this printing system will be described below.
[0025]
First, the operation (specification) of the printer 30 will be described. Note that the printer 30 according to the present embodiment is a device that can perform double-sided printing by conveying a sheet in a landscape direction (in a direction parallel to the short side) depending on the sheet size. It is assumed that the paper is conveyed vertically (in a direction parallel to the long side) during printing. In each figure in which paper is shown, it is assumed that the paper is conveyed upward in the figure (the paper is turned upside down in the figure during double-sided printing).
[0026]
During duplex printing, the printer 30 is supplied with print data for each page with the printing direction, binding direction, front TO, front LO, back TO, and back LO set.
[0027]
The print direction is information that defines how to print on the paper. The printer 30 has four types of printing directions named “Portrait”, “Landscape”, “Reverse Landscape”, and “Reverse Portrait” (hereinafter also referred to as “P”, “L”, “RP”, and “RL”, respectively). One of them is set by a print direction setting command.
[0028]
When the portrait is set, the printer 30 performs printing in such a manner that the print line ("ABC" in the figure) is parallel to the short side of the paper, as schematically shown in FIG. Do. When the landscape is designated, the printer 30 performs printing in such a way that the print lines are parallel to the long side of the paper, as schematically shown in FIG.
[0029]
When the reverse portrait is designated, the printer 30 is configured so that the print line is parallel to the short side of the paper as schematically shown in FIG. Printing is performed so that the direction in which the characters are arranged is 180 degrees different from the portrait printing. When the reverse landscape is designated, the printer is arranged so that the print lines are parallel to the long side of the paper and the print direction is 180 degrees different from the landscape, as schematically shown in FIG. , Print.
[0030]
The binding direction is information for designating whether the binding margin is provided on the short side or the long side of the sheet. In other words, the binding direction is information indicating whether the side where the binding margin is provided is the short side or the long side, but the side where the binding margin is provided is the two sides of the sheet (two short sides or two sides). It is information that does not indicate which of the two long sides).
[0031]
When “LE” that provides a binding margin on the long side is designated as the binding direction, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the printer 30, the designation of the print direction is “P”, “L”, Regardless of “RP” or “RL”, printing is performed on the back surface of the paper with the print direction different from the front surface by 180 degrees. In addition, when “SE” is specified as the binding direction and the binding margin is provided on the short side, the designation of the print direction is “P”, “L”, “RP”, or “RL”. Printing is performed on the back side of the paper with the printing direction in the same direction as the front side. Note that the above description regarding the printing direction is valid only when the paper is transported vertically. When the paper is conveyed sideways, conversely, when the binding direction is “SE”, printing is performed on the back surface of the paper with the print direction different from the front by 180 degrees.
[0032]
Table TO (Top Offset) and Table LO (Left Offset) are offsets in the Y direction and X direction of the print start position at the time of front side printing, respectively, and the back TO and back LO are the start of printing at the time of back side printing, respectively. This is the offset in the Y direction and X direction of the position. In the printer 30, the X direction is a direction that coincides with the printing direction, and the Y direction is a direction orthogonal to the printing direction (a direction in which the printing direction is rotated 90 degrees clockwise). It is.
[0033]
That is, when portrait printing is performed, as shown in FIG. 5A, the X direction is parallel to the short side of the paper, and the Y direction is parallel to the long side of the paper. Become. When landscape printing is performed, as shown in FIG. 5B, the X direction is a direction parallel to the long side of the paper, and the Y direction is a direction parallel to the short side of the paper. .
[0034]
Then, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C, the front surface is printed from the position specified by the table TO and the table LO. That is, when the table LO is m (> 0) and the table TO is “0”, printing is performed in such a manner that the print start position on the paper is shifted to the right by “m” (FIG. 6A). )). When the table LO is “0” and the table TO is m, printing is performed with the print start position on the paper shifted downward by “m” (FIG. 6B). When the table LO is “−m” and the table TO is “0”, printing is performed with the printing start position on the paper shifted to the left by “m” (FIG. 6C). The same applies to landscape printing. Further, when processing the back surface, the same printing is performed based on the back LO and the back TO at that time.
[0035]
Next, the operation of the computer 10 (CPU 21 according to the printer driver 31) will be described.
[0036]
FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of processing executed by the CPU 21 in accordance with the printer driver 31 when a double-sided printing of a certain document is instructed. Note that the processing shown in this figure is normally started in a state in which the binding margin m (> 0) and the binding position (designation of whether the binding margin is provided on the left, right, or top) are designated. . If the binding margin m is not specified (when m = 0; double-sided printing where the binding position is not explicitly specified), it is assumed that the binding position is “left” and the processing shown in FIG. Is executed.
[0037]
As shown in the figure, when a double-sided printing of a certain document is instructed, first, variables used for processing are initialized (step S101). The variables initialized in step S101 include an old page type and an old paper size. The old page type is a variable for storing whether the page that has been printed so far is a vertical page or a horizontal page. The old paper size is a variable for storing the paper size of the paper that has been printed so far. In step S101, the old page type and the old paper size are each initialized to information “undecided” indicating that printing has not been performed.
[0038]
Next, it is determined whether or not there is page data to be processed (whether or not the processing of the print request from the application / OS is completed or not) (step S102). If page data to be processed remains (step S102; YES), the paper size of the paper on which the page is to be printed and the page type of the page are recognized as the new paper size and the new page type, respectively (step S102). S103). The page type is information indicating whether the page is a vertical page or a horizontal page. Hereinafter, page types indicating that a page is a vertical page and a horizontal page are denoted as “vertical” and “horizontal”, respectively.
[0039]
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the old paper size matches the new paper size (step S104).
[0040]
If the two do not match (step S104; NO), that is, when the processing of page data for the first page whose old paper size is “undecided” and when the paper size is actually up to that point, what is the paper size? At the start of processing the different page data, the new paper size is stored as the old paper size (step S105). Next, a paper size command for instructing use of a new paper size is transmitted to the printer 30 (step S106). Then, a binding direction setting process (step S107) is executed.
[0041]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the binding direction setting process. As illustrated, in this process, when the new page type is “horizontal” (step S201; horizontal) and the binding position is “left” (step S202; left), the variable CASE is set to “3”. Is set, and “SE” is set in the variable MDRC (step S204).
[0042]
When the new page type is “horizontal” (step S201; horizontal) and the binding position is “right” (step S202; right), “5” is set in CASE and “SE” is set in MDRC. "Is set (step S205). When the new page type is “horizontal” (step S201; horizontal) and the binding position is “up” (step S202; upper), “1” is set in CASE and “LE” is set in MDRC. (Step S206).
[0043]
When the new page type is “vertical” (step S201; vertical) and the binding position is “left” (step S203; left), “1” is set in CASE and “SE” is set in MDRC. It is set (step S206). When the new page type is “vertical” (step S201; vertical) and the binding position is “right” (step S203; right), “4” is set in CASE and “LE” is set in MDRC. (Step S207). When the new page type is “vertical” (step S201; vertical) and the binding position is “top” (step S203; top), “2” is set in CASE and “SE” is set in MDRC. It is set (step S208).
[0044]
After one of steps S204 to S208 is executed, a binding direction setting command corresponding to the value of the variable MDRC at that time is transmitted to the printer 30 (step S210), and the binding direction setting process is terminated. The CASE value is a value used during the print direction / offset setting process executed in step S111. The CASE value is held in the computer 10 without being rewritten until the binding margin setting process is executed again.
[0045]
After the binding direction setting process is completed, it is determined whether or not the new page type matches the old page type (FIG. 7: Step S110). If the new paper size matches the old paper size (step S104; YES), step S110 is executed without executing steps S105 to S107.
[0046]
If the new page type and the old page type do not match (step S110; NO), the print direction / offset setting process (step S111) is executed.
[0047]
In the print direction / offset setting process, the print direction and offset corresponding to the CASE value and the new page type at that time are set in the printer 30.
[0048]
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the CASE value is “1” (step S301; = 1) and the new page type is “vertical” (step S311; vertical), the variable ORNT is set. “P” is set and “A” is set to the variable OTYP (step S312). As will be described later, in the printing direction / offset setting process, the value set in the variable ORNT is set in the printer 30 as the printing direction. Further, based on the value set in the variable OTYP, the front LO, the front TO, the back LO, and the back TO are determined, and the determined offset values are set in the printer 30.
[0049]
When the CASE value is “1” (step S301; = 1) and the new page type is “horizontal” (step S311; horizontal), “L” is set to ORNT and “B” is set to OTYP. (Step S312).
[0050]
When the CASE value is “2” (step S301; = 2) and the new page type is “vertical” (step S321; vertical), “P” is set in ORNT and “B” is set in OTYP. (Step S322). When the CASE value is “2” (step S301; = 2) and the new page type is “horizontal” (step S321; horizontal), “RL” is set in ORNT and “A” is set in OTYP. (Step S323).
[0051]
When the CASE value is “3” (step S301; = 3) and the new page type is “vertical” (step S331; vertical), “RP” is set in ORNT and “A” is set in OTYP. (Step S332). When the CASE value is “3” (step S301; = 3) and the new page type is “horizontal” (step S331; horizontal), “L” is set in ORNT and “B” is set in OTYP. (Step S333).
[0052]
When the CASE value is “4” (step S301; = 4) and the new page type is “vertical” (step S341; vertical), “P” is set to ORNT and “C” is set to OTYP. (Step S342). When the CASE value is “4” (step S301; = 4) and the new page type is “horizontal” (step S341; horizontal), “RL” is set to ORNT and “B” is set to OTYP. (Step S343).
[0053]
When the CASE value is “5” (step S301; = 5) and the new page type is “vertical” (step S311; vertical), “P” is set to ORNT and “B” is set to OTYP. (Step S321). When the CASE value is “5” (step S301; = 5) and the new page type is “horizontal” (step S351; horizontal), “L” is set to ORNT and “C” is set to OTYP. (Step S353).
[0054]
After the CASE value and the value corresponding to the new page type are set in the variable ORNT and the variable OTYP, four types of offset values to be set in the printer 30 are determined based on the value of the variable OYTP and the binding width m. (Steps S361 to S364).
[0055]
Specifically, when OTYP is “A” (step S361: = A), the front LO, the front TO, the back LO, and the back TO are “m”, “0”, “−m”, and It is set to “0” (step S362). When OTYP is “B” (step S361: = B), the front LO, front TO, back LO, and back TO are set to “0”, “m”, “0”, “−m”, respectively. (Step S363). When OTYP is “C” (step S361: = B), the front LO, front TO, back LO, and back TO are “−m”, “0”, “m”, “0”, respectively. (Step S364).
[0056]
Then, the printing direction setting command for causing the printing to be performed in the printing direction stored in the variable ORNT, and the front LO, the front TO, the back LO, and the back TO set in any of steps S362 to S364 are performed. The offset setting command is transmitted to the printer 30 (step S365), and the printing direction / offset setting process is terminated.
[0057]
After the print direction / offset setting process is completed, the new page type is stored as the old page type (FIG. 6: Step S112). Next, a process of interpreting the page data, generating print data in the language for the printer 30 and supplying it to the printer 30 (step S113) is executed. That is, a part of the print job data is created and supplied to the printer 30. If the new page type matches the old page type (step S110; YES), this step S113 is executed without executing the print direction / offset setting process or the like.
[0058]
When step S113 is completed, a page break command is transmitted to the printer 30 (step S114).
[0059]
After the execution of step S114, the processing from step S102 is executed again. If the next page data exists (step S102; YES), the processing after step S103 is executed for the page data. . Then, when there is no page data to be processed (step S102; NO), the illustrated process is terminated.
[0060]
Hereinafter, the operation of the printing system will be described more specifically with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11 are diagrams showing the correspondence between the binding direction, the printing direction, and the offset, and the printing result of each surface.
[0061]
As described with reference to the flowchart, in the present printing system, when it is instructed to perform double-sided printing of a document with a horizontal page as a first page with left binding, , The CASE value is set to “3”, and the binding direction “SE” is notified to the printer 30. In the print direction / offset setting process executed because the new and old page types do not match, the CASE value is “3” and the new page type is “horizontal”. ", The front LO, the front TO, the back LO, and the back TO are notified to the printer 30 as" 0 "," m "," 0 ", and" -m ", respectively.
[0062]
The printer 30 operates as described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 for the combination of the binding direction and the printing direction, and operates as described with reference to FIG. 5 for the offset.
[0063]
Accordingly, when the binding direction and the like are set as described above, the printer 30 takes a state in which printing on the front surface and the back surface is performed in the form shown in FIG. 10 with the symbols F4 and B4. .
[0064]
In this state, after print data for several pages is supplied to the printer 30, if the page to be printed is changed to a vertical page, a branch to “NO” is performed in step S110. That is, the print direction / offset setting process is executed in a state where the CASE value is “3” and the new page type is “vertical”. As a result, the printer 30 is notified that the printing direction is “RP”, front LO, front TO, back LO, and back TO are “m”, “0”, “−m”, and “0”, respectively. Is done.
[0065]
Accordingly, the printer 30 takes a state in which the front side printing is performed in the form as shown in F6 (FIG. 11) and the back side printing is performed in the form as shown in B6. As a result of executing step S113, the horizontal page is actually printed in a form such as F6 or B6.
[0066]
Thereafter, when the horizontal page appears again, the print direction / offset setting process is executed in a state where the CASE value is “3” and the page type is “horizontal”. The printer 30 is again notified that the LO, front TO, back LO, and front TO are set to “0”, “m”, “0”, and “−m”, respectively. Therefore, the printer 30 returns to the state where the front side printing is performed in the form as F4 and the back side printing is performed in the form as B4.
[0067]
That is, when the first page is instructed to perform double-sided printing of a document with a horizontal page on the left side, in this printing system, the horizontal page to be printed on the front side is printed as F4 and should be printed on the front side. The vertical page is printed as in F6. Further, the horizontal page to be printed on the back side is printed as B4, and the horizontal page to be printed on the back side is printed as B6.
[0068]
Similarly, according to the flowchart, when the first page is instructed to print a double-sided document with a left page and the first page is instructed to perform double-sided printing with a top page of a document with a horizontal page. In this case (in these cases, the CASE value is “1”), it can be confirmed that printing is performed with a combination of F1, F2, B1, and B2.
[0069]
Also, when it is instructed to print a double-sided document with top-stitched first page (in this case, the CASE value is “2”), the combination of F3, F7, B3, and B7 is used. It can be confirmed that printing is performed. Furthermore, when it is instructed to print a double-sided document with the first page being a vertical page (in this case, the CASE value is “4”), the combination of F5, F8, B5, and B8 is used. It can be confirmed that printing is performed. Then, when it is instructed to print a double-sided document with right-side binding on the first page (in this case, the CASE value is “5”), the combination of F3, F9, B3, and B9 is used. It can be confirmed that printing is performed.
[0070]
Accordingly, when the printing system performs, for example, duplex printing of a document in which the first to third pages are vertical pages, the fourth to seventh pages are horizontal pages, and the eighth page is a vertical page. When the binding position is “left”, as schematically shown in FIG. 12, the first to eighth pages are printed as F1, B1, F1, B2, F2, B2, F2, respectively. , B1 is performed. When the binding position is “up”, the first to eighth pages are printed in the forms of F3, B3, F3, B7, F7, B7, F7, and B3, respectively. . When the binding position is “right”, the first to eighth pages are printed in the forms of F8, B8, F8, B6, F6, B6, F6, and B8, respectively. .
[0071]
In addition, when the printing system performs double-sided printing of a document in which the first to third pages are horizontal pages, the fourth to seventh pages are vertical pages, and the eighth page is a horizontal page, When the binding position is “left”, as schematically shown in FIG. 13, the first to eighth pages are printed as F4, B4, F4, B6, F6, B6, F6, respectively. Performed at B4. When the binding position is “up”, the first to eighth pages are printed at F2, B2, F2, B1, F1, B1, F1, and B2, respectively. When the binding position is “right”, the first to eighth pages are printed at F9, B9, F9, B9, F3, B3, F3, and B9, respectively.
[0072]
Each of these six types of printed matter has no spread that is difficult to see when bound at a portion where a binding margin is provided. For example, in the conventional printing system, when double-sided printing is performed on a document that can obtain the results shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 (corresponding to “left” in FIG. 12), The four printed results shown in a) to (d) are discharged. If these four sheets are bound at the portion where the binding margin is provided, as shown in FIGS. 15A to 15C, each of the two pages constituting each spread is the top page. A document that can be read is formed in a state where is placed on the left or top of the page on the end side.
[0073]
The operation of the present printing system has been described as performing vertical conveyance, but the operation on the computer 10 side when the printer 30 performs horizontal conveyance is exactly the same as described above. . However, in this case, as schematically shown in FIG. 16, on the printer 30 side, when the binding direction “SE” is designated, the printing on the back side of the paper is 180 degrees different from the front side in the printing direction. It will be done in an oriented manner. FIG. 16 corresponds to FIG. 10, and the paper conveyance direction in FIG. 16 is upward as in FIG.
[0074]
<Deformation>
The printing system according to the embodiment can perform various modifications. For example, the printing system can be modified so that the process for determining the printing direction and the like is performed on the printer 30 side. That is, the CASE value is managed on the printer 30 side, and when the page type is changed, not the printing direction (P, L, RP, RL) but the new page type is notified to the printer 30, The printing system may be configured so that the printing direction is determined on the printer side according to the notification content. The printer 30 may be a device that receives a notification of the binding margin m from the computer 10 instead of the table TO, the table LO, and the like.
[0075]
Of course, the printer driver 31 may be operated on an OS other than Windows, and the recording medium on which the printer driver 31 is recorded may not be a “CD-ROM”.
[0076]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a double-sided printed material in which vertical pages and horizontal pages are mixed and the bound result is difficult to read and has no spread.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a printing direction.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a binding direction and a printing direction and a printing result of each surface.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a binding direction and a printing direction and a printing result of each surface.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram in the X and Y directions.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of offset.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure at the time of duplex printing of a computer in which a printer driver is installed.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a binding direction setting process.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a printing direction / offset setting process.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a binding direction, a printing direction, and an offset, and a printing result of each surface.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a binding direction, a printing direction, and an offset, and a printing result of each surface.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for printing a document in which the first page is a vertical page by the printing system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for printing a document in which the first page is a horizontal page by the printing system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a printed matter generated by the printing system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a result of binding a printed matter generated by the printing system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the printer when horizontal conveyance is performed in the printing system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a printed matter generated by a conventional printing system.
FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a result of binding a printed matter generated by a conventional printing system.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Computer
11 Computer body
12 display
13 Input device
21 CPU
26 HDD
27 CD-ROM drive
30 Printer
31 Printer driver
32 CD-ROM

Claims (6)

And horizontal page paper of a certain size is a page to be subjected to landscape printing with horizontal, two-sided printing requests for documents data representing a document that includes a vertical page is a page to be subjected to portrait printed in horizontal writing on paper of the size Accepting means for accepting,
Each of the two pages that constitute each spread by binding at a predetermined position based on the document data for which the double-sided print request has been received by the receiving unit is changed from the first page to the last page. A printing direction determining means for determining, for each page, a printing direction for obtaining a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read in a state of being arranged on the left side or the upper side is formed;
A printing system comprising: a printing unit configured to print each page of the document based on the document data according to the printing direction determined by the printing direction determination unit. The print direction determining means determines whether the first page of the document represented by the document data is a horizontal page or a vertical page, the print direction of each page is a normal print direction, and the normal print direction is 180 degrees. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing system determines one of the rotated printing directions. The accepting means also accepts a binding position designation request;
The printing direction determining means is bound at the binding position at which the designation request is accepted by the accepting means, so that each of the two pages constituting each spread has a leading page on the left side with respect to the trailing page. The printing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a printing direction for obtaining a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read is arranged in a state of being arranged on the upper side is determined. A computer connected to a printer capable of duplex printing
And horizontal page paper of a certain size is a page to be subjected to landscape printing with horizontal, two-sided printing requests for documents data representing a document that includes a vertical page is a page to be subjected to portrait printed in horizontal writing on paper of the size Accepting means for accepting,
Each of the two pages that constitute each spread by binding at a predetermined position based on the document data for which the double-sided print request has been received by the receiving unit is changed from the first page to the last page. A printing direction determining means for determining, for each page, a printing direction for obtaining a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read in a state of being arranged on the left side or the upper side is formed;
Print job data supply means for generating print job data to be printed in accordance with the print direction determined by the print direction determination means and printing each page of the document based on the document data to the printing apparatus; A computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program for operating as an apparatus. The print direction determining means determines whether the first page of the document represented by the document data is a horizontal page or a vertical page, the print direction of each page is a normal print direction, and the normal print direction is 180 degrees. 5. The computer readable medium according to claim 4, wherein one of the rotated printing directions is determined. The accepting means also accepts a binding position designation request;
The printing direction determining means is bound at the binding position at which the designation request is accepted by the accepting means, so that each of the two pages constituting each spread has a leading page on the left side with respect to the trailing page. 6. The computer-readable medium according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a printing direction for obtaining a plurality of double-sided printed materials on which a document that can be read is arranged so as to be on the upper side is determined.

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