Patent ID: 8274693
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A mixed jobs generation apparatus for processing input data in which fixed data and variable data are mixed, in a system in which a first printing device for processing fixed data and a second printing device capable of processing variable data are connected, wherein the first printing device includes a plate printing device, the second printing device includes a plateless printing device, data are processed for each print page, and print data for the first printing device includes plate data for making a press plate used in the first printing device, comprising: a segmentation selection unit for sequentially selecting a plurality of different segmentation methods for input data; a first calculation unit for calculating, in accordance with the selected different segmentation methods, a plurality of assignments for pages of the input data; an assignment selection unit for selecting, from the plurality of assignments calculated in said calculating unit, an assignment which satisfies a predetermined condition; an acquiring unit adapted to acquire a number of pages of fixed data to be printed in succession by the first printing device; a first generation unit adapted to generate a first job which assigns, in accordance with the selected assignment, as the print data of the first printing device, pages of fixed data to be printed in succession within input data in which fixed data and variable data are mixed, when a number of the pages of fixed data to be printed in succession in the input data exceeds the acquired number of pages of fixed data to be printed in succession by the first printing device; a second generation unit adapted to generate a second job which assigns, in accordance with the selected assignment, as print data of the second printing device, remaining pages of the input data obtained by excluding the pages of fixed data assigned for the first printing device from the input data; wherein a memory and a processor are included in the mixed jobs generation apparatus.