Patent ID: 6662717
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A printing control apparatus for controlling a stencil printing machine wherein a stencil sheet formed on the basis of printing data is wound around a replaceable printing drum with which a print sheet is held in pressured contact to implement a stencil printing operation, said printing control apparatus comprising:a read out section which obtain color image data from a plurality of sequential original pages, each original page having an image thereon in at least one color; an information producing section configured to produce printing order information on the basis of color image data from said read out section and corresponding image ink color information for each page contained in image data representative of an image to be reproduced in said stencil printing operation, in dependence on a page order, in which said stencil printing operation is executed, and based on the number of times said printing drum is replaced; and with an outputting section configured to output said image data and said printing order information to said stencil printing machine.