Patent ID: 8553263
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for processing a print job which includes electronic document data containing a shared object to be used wholly in the print job, a non-shared object to be used in part of the print job, and position information on each object, and a job ticket indicating print setting information associated with the electronic document data, the information processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine a dividing unit for the electronic document data, wherein, when a key included in metadata of the electronic document data indicates information on a record for variable printing, the determination unit (a) searches a record database for the record in the metadata of the electronic document data, (b) based on reference information corresponding to an attribute of a found record, identifies a page group corresponding to the attribute of the found record, and (c) determines the identified page group as the dividing unit; a generation unit configured to generate, according to the dividing unit determined by the determination unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing the shared object and the non-shared object associated with the dividing unit, but not including non-shared object unassociated with the dividing unit; and a transmission unit configured to sequentially transmit the divided multiple electronic document data items generated by the generation unit, to a printer.