Patent ID: 6783289
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A print control apparatus comprising:a disposing unit for disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language; a page break allowable position detecting unit for detecting a page break allowable position in the document data; a disposition range determining unit for determining a disposition range in each page for the document data to be disposed by the disposing unit; a page break allowable position storage unit for storing the page break allowable position detected by the page break allowable position detecting unit; a disposition range storage unit for storing the disposition range in each page; and a page break position determining unit for determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the page break allowable position storage unit and the disposition range in each page stored in the disposition range storage unit, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page, wherein the page break allowable position detecting unit considers information related to the document data that is used to inhibit a page break.