Patent ID: 7715048
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A print controlling apparatus generating print data for performing variable printing of differing print contents, comprising: a template-obtaining unit configured to obtain a template; a variable-information-obtaining unit configured to obtain variable information; a watermark-printing-specifying unit configured to specify whether to perform watermark printing; an item-specifying unit configured to specify an item to be watermark-printed and an item to be printed normally based on the variable information; a normal-image-data-generating unit configured to generate image data to be printed normally; a watermark-image-data-generating unit configured to generate watermark image data to be watermark-printed; and a print-data-output unit configured to output image data for print output, wherein, when watermark printing is specified by the watermark-printing-specifying unit, the item-specifying unit specifies an item to be watermark-printed and an item to be printed normally based on the variable information, the normal-image-data-generating unit generates first image data to be printed normally based on the template obtained by the template-obtaining unit and the item specified by the item-specifying unit to be printed normally, the watermark-image-data-generating unit generates watermark image data based on the item specified by the item-specifying unit to be watermark-printed, and the print-data generating unit combines the first image data to be printed normally and the watermark image data, and outputs the combined image data as image data for print output, and wherein, when no watermark printing is specified, the normal-image-data-generating unit generates second image data to be printed normally based on the template obtained by the template-obtaining unit and the variable information obtained by the variable information obtaining unit, and the print-data-output unit outputs the second image data to be printed normally as image data for print output.