JP6727273B2 - Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a technique of specifying a print range for printing a plurality of documents (for example, Patent Document 1). According to this technique, any page of each document can be printed by adding information on the page range to be printed in the document to the setting information of each document.

On the other hand, the document handled by the user has many formats such as PDF (Portable Document Format) and PS (PostScript). Therefore, in the print workflow, a format has been proposed in which pages of a plurality of documents can be managed as one job such as JDF (Job Definition Format) so that the user can handle the document without being aware of the format.

JP, 2008-210401, A

If a format that can handle pages of a plurality of documents as one job is used, for example, a job as shown in FIG. 8 is generated by the application. The job 801 includes documents 802a, 802b, and 802c in this order, and the total number of pages is 2, 3 and 2, respectively. The format of each document may be different. A print range designation 803 is added to the job 801 as information on the page range to be printed. The print range designation 803 is designated not by the page number of each document but by the page serial number for the entire job. Here, since pages 4 to 6 are designated as the print range for the job 801 having a total of 7 pages, the second and third pages of the document 802b and the first page of the document 802c are to be printed. At this time, the print range designation is not given to each of the documents 802a to 802c included in the job 801.

Since the printing apparatus does not know the number of pages of each document included in the job at the time of receiving such a job, for example, it cannot know which page of which document corresponds to the fourth page of the job 801. ..

Therefore, the printing apparatus is required to be able to print even a job in which a plurality of documents of different formats are included in the job and the print range is specified by the page serial number for the entire job.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configurations. That is , the image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format. A first acquisition unit for acquiring a print job; a second acquisition unit for acquiring an instruction of a page number indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job; and the first document. The printing of the target page based on at least one of the page number of each page in the second document and the page number of each page in the second document, and the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. is to have a print control unit, the print job is characterized in that it does not contain a page number indicating the position of the target page in all the pages included in the print job.
An image forming apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format. A first acquisition unit that acquires a print job that includes at least the first print job; a second acquisition unit that acquires a page number instruction indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job; Printing the target page based on at least one of the page number of each page in the document and the page number of each page in the second document, and the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. And a specifying unit that specifies the target page based on the result of subtracting at least the number of pages of the first document from the page number indicated by the instruction. Is characterized by performing control to print the target page specified by the specifying unit.
An image forming apparatus according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format. A first acquisition means for acquiring a print job including at least the following: a second acquisition means for acquiring an instruction of a page number indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job; Of the target page based on at least one of the page number of each page in the first document and the page number of each page in the second document, and the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. A print control means for executing printing, wherein the print job is a print job complying with JDF (Job Definition Format).
An image forming apparatus according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format. A first acquisition unit capable of acquiring a print job including at least: a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job; Control for executing the printing of the target page based on the page number indicating the page position in the second document, the page number indicating the page position in the second document, and the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. And a print control unit, wherein the information indicating the position of the target page includes position information of a start page and an end page of the target page.

You can print a job that contains multiple differently formatted documents and whose print range is specified by the page serial number for the entire job.

The figure which shows the structural example of the hardware which concerns on this embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the software which concerns on this embodiment. The flowchart which concerns on 1st embodiment. The whole flowchart which concerns on 2nd embodiment. The flowchart of the detailed process of S403 which concerns on 2nd embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the structure and file of PDF and XPS. The flowchart which concerns on 3rd embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a job processed by the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of job generation according to the present embodiment.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First embodiment>
[Hardware configuration]
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of hardware for receiving a job including a plurality of documents and performing printing in the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. Note that the image forming apparatus according to the present invention corresponds to a network printer, an MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), or the like, but is not particularly limited.

The CPU 101 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The software module described later with reference to FIG. 2 is realized by the CPU 101 reading and executing the program. The memory 102 is a RAM (Random Access Memory) that can be accessed by the CPU 101. The memory 102 is used as a storage destination of a storage area required for the operation of various software, and is also used as a storage destination of the intermediate data generated by the analysis unit 202 of the software module and the bitmap image generated by the renderer 103.

The renderer 103 is hardware that generates a bitmap image from the intermediate data generated by the analysis unit 202 of the software module. The input unit 104 receives an input of a job including a plurality of documents. The engine 105 is a printing unit that outputs the bitmap image generated by the renderer 103 onto printing paper. The ROM 106 is a non-volatile storage unit. A software module described below with reference to FIG. 2 is stored in the ROM 106, read by the CPU 101, and executed.

[Software configuration]
FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of a software module for receiving a job including a plurality of documents and performing printing in the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The job control unit 201 receives a job including a plurality of documents, and requests the analysis unit 202 (one of 202a, 202b, and 202c) capable of analyzing each document to analyze each document. In this embodiment, since the types of formats that define each document are different, it is assumed that a plurality of analysis units having different analyzable formats are provided. Then, the job control unit 201 passes the intermediate data generated by the analysis unit 202 as an analysis result to the renderer 103, and the bitmap image generated by the renderer 103 is output by the engine 105 to a print sheet (recording medium).

The analysis unit 202 analyzes the document requested by the job control unit 201, and generates intermediate data necessary for generating a bitmap image. Examples of the document format include PDF (Portable Document Format), PS (PostScript), XPS (XML Paper Specification), and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). In the present embodiment, the analysis units 202a, 202b, and 202c are analysis units capable of analyzing the PDF, PS, and XPS document formats, respectively. The format of the document is not limited to the above and may be another format. In this case, an analysis unit capable of analyzing the format is separately provided. The data section 203 stores and manages information on the page range to be printed by the job (start_page 203a, end_page 203b) and the number of pages of the document (page_num 203c) in the course of the printing process. The start_page 203a indicates the first page in the page range, and the end_page 203b indicates the last page in the page range. The job control unit 201 and the analysis unit 202 access the data unit 203 and execute print processing.

A configuration example of the job handled in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. The job is generated based on a user's instruction by an application used in an external information processing device such as a PC (not shown) or a mobile terminal (not shown). FIG. 9 shows an example of job generation.

The user opens three documents 903a, 903b, 903c as one group 902 in the application 901. Pages of each document are displayed as thumbnails on the application, and the user selects a thumbnail to specify the page to be printed. Here, it is assumed that the user selects the second and third pages of the document 903b and the first page of the document 903c as pages to be printed. 8 and 9, the selected pages are shown in white and the unselected pages are shown in diagonal lines.

Since the application 901 that has opened the document knows the number of pages of each document, the page to be printed can be designated by the serial number for the entire group 902. In this case, the application 901 determines that the print target is the fourth, fifth, and sixth pages of the group 902, and generates the job 904 (that is, the job 801 in FIG. 8) as a print job. In FIG. 9, the page numbers shown in parentheses are serial numbers for the entire job 904. The print range designation 905 is designated based on the serial number.

On the other hand, the image forming apparatus that receives such a job does not know the number of pages of each document included in the job, and therefore cannot know the page of each document corresponding to the designated serial number. Therefore, in this embodiment, printing is performed by the method described below.

[Processing flow]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing according to this embodiment. This process is realized by the CPU 101 reading and executing a program stored in the ROM 106 or the like. Hereinafter, a specific example will be described using the job configuration shown in FIG.

In step S<b>301, the job control unit 201 confirms whether or not the job has print range designation information. If there is information for specifying the print range (YES in S301), the process proceeds to S302, and if there is no information (NO in S301), the process proceeds to S311.

In step S<b>302, the job control unit 201 stores the print range designation information included in the job in the data unit 203. Here, since the print range designation information of the job is 4 to 6 pages as illustrated in FIG. 8, “4” is stored in the start_page 203a and “6” is stored in the end_page 203b.

In step S303, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202 to analyze the document included in the job, and the document analysis is started. Here, it is assumed that the formats of the three documents 802a, 802b, and 802c included in the job are PDF, PS, and XPS, respectively. In this case, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202a capable of PDF analysis to analyze the first document 802a (PDF).

In S304, the analysis unit 202a initializes the information about the number of pages of the document with "0". As a result of the initialization, “0” is stored in the page_num 203c of the data section 203.

In S305, the analysis unit 202a determines whether the page to be analyzed is within the print range designation. If the page is within the print range (YES in S503), the process proceeds to S306, and if the page is out of the print range (NO in S503), the process proceeds to S307. Specifically, if the following expression is satisfied, it is determined that the page is within the print range specification, and if not, it is determined that the page is outside the print range.
start_page≦page_num+1≦end_page
In this case, start_page=4, end_page=6, and (page_num+1)=0+1=1, and the above expression does not hold. It is determined that the page is outside the print range specification, and the process proceeds to step S307.

In S307, the analysis unit 202a updates the number of pages of the document as follows, and stores the updated value in the page_num 203c of the data unit 203.
page_num=page_num+1
Here, page_num=page_num+1=0+1=1, and “1” is stored in the page_num 203c.

In S308, the analysis unit 202a determines whether or not the document analysis is completed. If there is a next page to be analyzed in the requested document (NO in S308), the process returns to S305 to continue the document analysis. If there is no next page to be analyzed (YES in S308), it is determined that the document analysis is completed, and the process proceeds to S309.

Here, since there is the next page (the second page of the document 802a (PDF)), the process proceeds to S305. Then, after S305, the process proceeds to S309 through the following processes.
S305: start_page=4, end_page=6, (page_num+1)=(1+1)=2→print range not specified S307: page_num=page_num+1=1+1=2
S308: No next page (YES in S308) → Document analysis completed (to S309)

In step S309, the job control unit 201 determines whether the job is finished. If there is a next document in the job (NO in S309), the process proceeds to S310 to perform the analysis process. If there is no next document (YES in S309), it is determined that the job is completed. To do. Here, since there is the next document 802b (PS), the process proceeds to S310.

In step S310, the job control unit 201 updates the print range designation information as follows.
start_page=start_page-page_num
end_page=end_page-page_num
Here, start_page-page_num=4-2=2 and end_page-page_num=6-2=4 are set, so that “2” is stored in the start_page 203a of the data unit 203 and “4” is stored in the end_page 203b.

Returning to step S303, the job control unit 201 starts the document analysis by requesting the analysis unit 202 to analyze the next document included in the job. Here, since the format of the next document 802b is PS, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202b capable of analyzing PS to analyze the document. After that, after S304, the process goes through the following process to reach S306.
S304: page_num=0
S305: start_page=2, end_page=4, (page_num+1)=(0+1)=1→print range not specified (NO in S305)
S307: page_num=page_num+1=0+1=1
S308: Next page exists (NO in S308) → continue document analysis (to S305)
S305: start_page=2, end_page=4, (page_num+1)=(1+1)=2 → within print range designation (YES in S305)

In S306, the analysis unit 202b generates intermediate data of the page to be analyzed. As described above, the job control unit 201 passes this intermediate data to the renderer 103, and the bitmap image generated by the renderer 103 from the intermediate data is output by the engine 105 onto the printing paper. That is, the second page of the document 802b (PS) included in the job 801 is output at this timing. Similarly, after S307, the third page of the document 802b (PS) is output through the following processing, and the process again reaches S309.
S307: page_num=page_num+1=1+1=2
S308: Next page exists (NO in S308) → continue document analysis (to S305)
S305: start_page=2, end_page=4, (page_num+1)=2+1=3 → within print range designation (YES in S305)
S306: Intermediate data generation (output of the third page of the document 802b)
S307: page_num=page_num+1=2+1=3
S308: No next page (YES in S308) → Document analysis completed (to S309)
S309: Next document 802b (XPS) exists (to S310)

In S310, the job control unit 201 updates the print range designations start_page 203a and end_page 203b as follows.
start_page=start_page-page_num=2-3=-1
end_page=end_page-page_num=4-3=1

After updating the print range designation, the process returns to S303. The job control unit 201 starts the document analysis by requesting the analysis unit 202 to analyze the next document included in the job. Here, since the format of the next document 802c is XPS, the analysis unit 202c capable of analyzing XPS is requested to analyze the document. Then, after S304, the first page of the document 802c (XPS) is output through the following processes, and the process reaches S309.
S304: page_num=0
S305: start_page=-1, end_page=1, (page_num+1)=0+1=1 → within print range designation (YES in S305)
S306: Intermediate data generation (output of the first page of the document 802c)
S307: page_num=page_num+1=0+1=1
S308: Next page exists (NO in S308) → continue document analysis (to S305)
S305: start_page=-1, end_page=1, (page_num+1)=1+1=2→print range not specified (NO in S305)
S307: page_num=page_num+1=1+1=2
S308: No next page (YES in S308) → Document analysis completed (to S309)

Since the job 801 does not include the next document (YES in step S309), the job control unit 201 performs this processing flow. As a result, the next three pages are printed.
-The second page of document 802b (PS)-The third page of document 802b (PS)-The first page of document 802c (XPS)

Steps S311 to S314 are processing when there is no print range designation information in the received job that includes a plurality of documents. When there is no information for specifying the print range (NO in S301), the job control unit 201 sequentially analyzes the documents included in the job and prints them.

In step S311, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202 (any of 202a, 202b, and 202c) to analyze the document included in the job, and starts the document analysis. As described above, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit capable of analyzing the document for analysis.

In S312, the analysis unit 202 generates intermediate data of the page to be analyzed. As described above, the job control unit 201 passes the generated intermediate data to the renderer 103, and the engine 105 outputs the bitmap image generated from the intermediate data by the renderer 103 to the print sheet.

In S313, the analysis unit 202 determines whether the document analysis is completed. If there is a next page to be analyzed (NO in S313), the process returns to S312 to continue the document analysis. When there is no next page to be analyzed (YES in S313), the analysis unit 202 determines that the document analysis is completed, and proceeds to the process of S314.

In step S314, the job control unit 201 determines whether the job is finished. If the next document is present in the job (NO in S314), the process proceeds to S311 to analyze the document, and if not (YES in S314), it is determined that the job is completed.

As described above, according to the present exemplary embodiment, the printing apparatus can print a job that includes a plurality of documents in different formats and whose print range is designated by the page serial number of the entire job, which improves user convenience. ..

In the present embodiment, an example in which continuous pages are designated as the print range designation has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be a job in which pages that are not continuous in a plurality of documents are designated by serial numbers.

<Second embodiment>
The process of this embodiment is an improvement of the first embodiment, and a flowchart of the entire process is shown in FIG. The only difference between this embodiment (FIG. 4) and the first embodiment (FIG. 3) is that the processing of S303 of FIG. 1 is changed to the conditional branch of S403 of FIG. The branch process will be described in detail, and the other processes will be omitted. The detailed processing of S403 is shown in FIG. The processes of FIGS. 4 and 5 are realized by the CPU 101 reading and executing a program stored in the ROM 106 or the like.

In step S501, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202 to analyze the document included in the job, and starts the document analysis.

In step S502, the job control unit 201 switches the method of updating the page_num according to the document to be analyzed immediately after the document analysis is started. If the document is PDF, the process proceeds to S503, if it is XPS, the process proceeds to S504, if it is JPEG, the process proceeds to S505, and if it is PS, the process proceeds to S507. Due to the data structure of the PS, the number of pages cannot be known without sequentially analyzing the file from the beginning to the end. Therefore, after S507, each page is sequentially analyzed in the same manner as in the first embodiment to calculate the number of pages of the document.

In step S503, the analysis unit 202a that can analyze the PDF acquires information about the number of pages from the page tree included in the PDF. In the first embodiment, each page is analyzed in order to obtain the page number of the PDF document. However, PDF is a format having a tree structure, and the number of pages of a document can be acquired by referring to the tree of pages.

FIG. 6A is an example showing the tree structure of the PDF of 3 pages and the contents of the file. In this case, “3” of “Count 3” described in the file corresponds to the number of pages, and the analysis unit 202a stores “3” in the page_num 203c of the data unit.

In step S504, the analysis unit 202c that can analyze XPS acquires information about the number of pages from the FixedDocument parts included in XPS. In the first embodiment, each page is analyzed in order to obtain the number of XPS pages. However, XPS is a format having a folder structure, and the number of pages forming a document can be acquired by referring to a file existing in a specific folder.

FIG. 6B is an example showing the folder structure of XPS on page 3 and the contents of the file (FixedDoc.fdoc) existing in a specific folder (Documents). In this case, the number of appearances of </PageContent> described in the file (here, three times) corresponds to the number of pages, and the analysis unit 202c stores “3” in the page_num 203c of the data unit 203.

In step S505, the analysis unit (not shown) capable of analyzing JPEG stores “1” in the page_num 203c of the data unit 203. In the case of JPEG, the number of pages is “1” because it is always one page according to the format standard, and the analysis unit (not shown) of JPEG stores “1” in the page_num 203c of the data unit 203.

In step S506, the analysis unit 202 determines whether the document is within the print range designation based on the number of pages of the document. If the document is within the print range designation (YES in S506), the process proceeds to S507. If the document is out of the print range designation (NO in S506), the process proceeds to S508. Here, if the following expression is satisfied, it is determined that the document is within the print range specification, and if not, the document is outside the print range specification.
num_page≧start_page

In step S507, the analysis unit 202 continues document analysis. That is, the processing of S404 and subsequent steps in FIG. 4 is continued.

In S508, analysis unit 202 ends the document analysis. That is, the processing from S409 onward in FIG. 4 is continued.

Similar to the first embodiment, three documents 802a, 802b, 802c included in the job 801 of FIG. 8 are PDF, PS, and XPS, respectively. In this case, after S401 (of FIG. 4) and the following processes, the process reaches S506.
S401: Print range specified (YES at S401)
S402: start_page=4, end_page=6
S501: Document analysis start S502: Document=PDF
S503: page_num=2

In step S506, since start_page=4 and page_num=2, the document 802a (PDF) is determined to be a document whose print range is not specified (NO in step S506). Then, in step S508, the analysis unit 202a ends the PDF document analysis, and proceeds to the processing in step S409 and subsequent steps in FIG. By performing the processing in this way, it is possible to start the analysis of the next document 802b (PS) earlier than in the first embodiment without analyzing each page of the document 802a (PDF) outside the print range specification.

According to the present embodiment, the number of pages is calculated for a document for which the number of pages can be calculated at low cost, and by omitting the analysis processing of the document out of the print range designation, the printing process is made faster than in the first embodiment. Will be possible.

<Third embodiment>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing according to the third embodiment. In the first and second embodiments, the analysis and printing of documents are executed in order of the documents included in the job. In this embodiment, all the documents included in the job are analyzed first, and after all the analyzes are completed, the printing of all the documents is executed. The processing of FIG. 7 is realized by the CPU 101 reading and executing a program stored in the ROM 106 or the like.

In step S<b>701, the job control unit 201 repeats the processing up to step S<b>706 for each document [i] (i=0, 1, 2...) Included in the job.

In step S<b>702, the job control unit 201 requests the analysis unit 202 to analyze the document [i] included in the job, and starts the document analysis.

In step S703, the analysis unit 202 initializes the information about the number of pages of the document [i], and stores “0” in the page_num[i] (not shown) of the data unit 203.

In step S704, the analysis unit 202 analyzes the document [i] and updates the page number information. Unlike the first embodiment, the analysis unit 202 only analyzes the document [i] and does not generate intermediate data.

In S705, the analysis unit 202 determines whether the analysis of the document [i] is completed. When the analysis is completed (YES in S705), the process proceeds to S706, and when the analysis is not completed (NO in S705), the process returns to S704 and the analysis process is continued.

If the job control unit 201 determines in step S<b>706 that all the processes up to step S<b>705 have been completed for each document [i] (i=0, 1, 2,...), The process proceeds to step S<b>707.

In step S<b>707, the job control unit 201 stores the print range designation information in the start_page 203 a and the end_page 203 b of the data unit 203.

In step S708, the job control unit 201 repeats the processing up to step S714 for each document [i] (i=0, 1, 2...) Included in the job. In S709 to S712, the document analysis is performed by the analysis unit 202 as in the first embodiment, and intermediate data is generated for pages within the print range designation.

In step S713, the job control unit 201 updates the print range designation information as follows.
start_page=start_page-page_num[i]
end_page=end_page-page_num[i]

If the job control unit 201 determines in step S714 that all the processes up to step S713 have been completed for each document [i] (i=0, 1, 2,... ), the process flow ends. ..

The processing of the present embodiment is effective in a case where the total number of pages of the entire job is immediately obtained or displayed, for example, by previewing the pages included in the job. Further, in the present embodiment, the analysis process is performed twice on the document. Therefore, in order to improve performance, the processing of switching the method of calculating the number of pages of a document depending on the document type, which is shown in the second embodiment, may be used together.

<Other Examples>
The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read and execute the program. It can also be realized by the processing. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

101... CPU, 201... Job control section, 202... Analysis section, 203... Data section, 801... Job, 802... Document

Claims (10)

First acquisition means for acquiring a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
Second acquisition means for acquiring an instruction of a page number indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job;
The target is based on at least one of the page number of each page in the first document and the page number of each page in the second document, and based on the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. And a print control means for executing page printing,
The print job images forming device you characterized by not including a page number indicating the position of the target page in all the pages included in the print job. First acquisition means for acquiring a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
Second acquisition means for acquiring an instruction of a page number indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job;
The target is based on at least one of the page number of each page in the first document and the page number of each page in the second document, and based on the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. Print control means for executing page printing,
From the page number indicated by the instruction, based on the result of subtracting at least the number of pages of the first document, and a specifying unit for specifying the target page,
It said print control means, the specifying unit images forming device you characterized in that performs control to print the target page identified. First acquisition means for acquiring a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
Second acquisition means for acquiring an instruction of a page number indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job;
The target is based on at least one of the page number of each page in the first document and the page number of each page in the second document, and based on the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. And a print control means for executing page printing,
The print job images forming device you being a print job according to the JDF (Job Definition Format). Wherein said instruction second acquisition unit acquires the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that based on a user's instruction. Further having a printing means for printing,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print control unit controls the print unit to execute printing of the target page. A first obtaining step of obtaining a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a page number instruction indicating a position of a target page to be printed in all pages included in the print job;
Based on at least one of the page number of each page in the first document and the page number of each page in the second document, and the page number acquired in the second acquisition step, A print control step for executing printing of the target page ,
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, wherein the print job is a print job according to JDF (Job Definition Format) . First acquisition means capable of acquiring a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
Second acquisition means for acquiring information indicating the position of the target page to be printed in the entire page included in the print job;
The printing of the target page is performed based on the page number indicating the page position in the first document, the page number indicating the page position in the second document, and the page number acquired by the second acquisition unit. A print control means for performing control to be executed,
Wherein the information indicating the position of the target page, images forming device you comprising the positional information of the position information and Hang Up page of the target page. The print control unit performs the control at least when the second acquisition unit acquires the information in which the start page is included in the first document and the end page is included in the second document. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, which is performed. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, comprising:
A first obtaining step of obtaining a print job including at least a first document having a first data format and a second document having a second data format different from the first data format;
A second acquisition step of acquiring information indicating the position of the target page to be printed in all the pages included in the print job;
Printing the target page based on a page number indicating the page position in the first document, a page number indicating the page position in the second document, and the page number acquired in the second acquisition step. and a print control step of performing control to run,
The control method of the image forming apparatus, wherein the information indicating the position of the target page includes position information of the start page and position information of the end page of the target page . A program for causing a computer included in an image forming apparatus to function as each unit of the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, 7, and 8 .

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