Patent ID: 8842327
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus configured to process variable data that includes stationary content and variable content for printing, the print control apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a request from a user to print a group of records; a determination unit configured to determine whether an imposition printing method or a printing method other than an imposition printing method is designated for the group of records in response to the request received from the user, wherein the imposition printing method is used to define a layout of a plurality of logical pages of the variable data to be arranged on one physical page, and wherein the plurality of logical pages includes stationary content used for a plurality of records and variable content that differs for each record of the plurality of records; and a print data generation unit configured to acquire information and generate print data that contains the group of records, wherein, in response to the determining unit determining that an imposition printing method is designated for the group of records, the print data generation unit generates, according to the designated imposition printing method, print data that includes information of a first page of each record and of a number of pages in each record, wherein the print data generation unit further is configured to acquire relation information that identifies a relation between logical pages in each record and physical pages on which each logical page of each record is to be printed as designated by the determined imposition printing method, and to include the acquired relation information in the print data with the information of a first page of each record and of a number of pages in each record, wherein the acquired relation information in the generated print data is configured such that a user can cause a printing apparatus receiving the print data to print physical pages containing only logical pages of a specific record from the group of records contained in the print data, even where the print data specifies that a logical page of the specific record and a logical page of another record in the group of records are to be printed on the same physical page.