Patent ID: 6433882
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
An intermediate file processing device, comprising:a memory; intermediate file forming means for receiving a set of print data for a print job to be printed by a printer, for forming, for the print job, a set of intermediate data which includes a set of one or more intermediate file, independent of a device for treating the print job, based on the set of print data, and for storing the intermediate data set in the memory, each intermediate file representing a single page image to be printed by the printer onto a single sheet; process command means for analyzing the intermediate data set to judge whether the intermediate data set includes process information indicative of a predetermined type of printing, and for producing a command to attain the predetermined type of printing when the intermediate data set includes the process information indicative of the predetermined type of printing; page separation means for, in response to the command, recognizing the set of one or more intermediate file and for separating the one or more intermediate file from one another; and processing means for producing a set of one or more new intermediate file, which is independent of a device for treating the print job and which is for attaining the predetermined type of printing, based on the separated one or more intermediate file and based on the command.