Patent ID: 9609153
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A non-transitory recording medium having a program recorded therein that is executable by a computer, the program when executed causing the computer to implement functions of: a preview image generation condition creation unit configured to create, as condition files, conditions for generating a preview image prior to printing, wherein a plurality of attribute information items are designated in each of the condition files; a condition storage unit that stores the condition files; a determination unit configured to select a condition file from the condition files stored in the storage condition unit, to compare attribute information items in the condition file to each of multiple print jobs in an output data storage unit, to identify print jobs that match attribute information items in the condition file based on the comparison, and to determine that preview images should be generated only for the identified print jobs; and a preview image generation unit configured to generate preview images only for the identified print jobs.