Patent ID: 7538896

Claim:
A data processing device for generating a print job for stock printing, storing the print job in a storage unit, and sending the stored print job to a printer in response to an instruction from a user; said data processing device comprising: a print job generating unit which generates a print job in PDL format and a print job in BMI (bit map image) format, each print job representing the same data file in its entirety, and sends both print jobs to the storage unit for storage, wherein each of the print job in PDL format and the print job in BMI format are generated by the data processing device for the same one data file in its entirety and are each stored in the storage unit so that they coexist in the storage unit so that each of the print job in PDL format and the print job in BMI format can be selectively retrieved for printing at respective printers, wherein the data processing device further comprises a display screen; and the print job generating unit creates data for performing stock printing that describes a positional information of the print job in PDL format and the print job in BMI format, said data being stored in the storage unit, and data corresponding to the instruction is displayed on the screen, and wherein the data processing device sends the print job stored in the storage unit to the printer via a network, the data processing device further comprising a search unit for searching an available printer within the network, and said data for performing stock printing contains positional information of the storage unit and the search unit.