Computer readable information recording medium storing preview display program, preview display apparatus and preview display method
| Title: | Computer readable information recording medium storing preview display program, preview display apparatus and preview display method |
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| Patent Number: | 9,317,234 |
| Publication Date: | April 19, 2016 |
| Appl. No: | 13/358031 |
| Application Filed: | January 25, 2012 |
| Abstract: | A computer readable information recording medium stores a preview display program that performs, when executed by one or more processors, functions of a part configured to determine setting information for imposition type; a part configured to determine setting information for finishing; and a part configured to display preview images for a state after bookbinding in a case where the setting information for imposition type, determined by the part configured to determine setting information for imposition type, includes a setting of magazine or mini book and the setting information for finishing, determined by the part configured to determine setting information for finishing, includes a setting for carrying out the bookbinding, and display preview images for a state before the bookbinding in the other cases. |
| Inventors: | Watanabe, Mie (Tokyo, JP); Nishiyama, Hiroyuki (Tokyo, JP); Tanaka, Yoshikazu (Tokyo, JP); Kurihara, Kazuya (Tokyo, JP); Tokuoka, Seiji (Tokyo, JP); Zhu, Shi Zhong (Tokyo, JP) |
| Assignees: | Ricoh Company, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a preview display program for controlling a computer system to, when executed by one or more processors of the computer system, implement a preview display method, the method comprising: receiving, using the one or more processors, print data, imposition setting information, and finishing setting information; determining, using the one or more processors, an imposition type based on the received imposition setting information; determining, using the one or more processors, a finishing type based on the received finishing setting information; generating, using the one or more processors, a job format file based on the received print data, determined imposition type, and received finishing type, the job format file including document structure data, output structure data, and thumbnail data, generating, using the one or more processors, a first preview image and a second preview image based on the job format file, the first preview image being an image of printed output pages of the job format file before bookbinding, and the second preview image being an image of the printed output pages of the job format file after bookbinding based on the determined imposition type, determined finishing type, and the thumbnail data; selecting, using the one or more processors, a preview image for display from either the first or second preview images based on the determined imposition type and the determined finishing type, the selected preview image being the second preview image when the determined imposition type is either a setting of magazine or mini book, and the determined finishing type is a setting for carrying out the bookbinding; and displaying, on a display panel, the selected preview image. |
| Claim: | 2. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the setting for carrying out the bookbinding included in the setting information for finishing includes saddle stitching when the setting for imposition type is magazine and includes half fold when the setting for imposition type is mini book. |
| Claim: | 3. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 2 , wherein when magazine is set as the imposition type, plural sheets of paper are superposed together, and the plural sheets of paper in the superposed state are folded in a lump while the superposed state is kept to form a book having a form of a magazine, and when mini book is set as the imposition type, plural sheets of paper are folded separately, and the plural sheets of separately folded paper are superposed together while the folded states of the respective sheets of paper are kept, to form a book having a form of a mini book. |
| Claim: | 4. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the preview image for the state before the bookbinding in a state of arranging a back side of a sheet and a front side of a subsequent sheet, side by side. |
| Claim: | 5. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 6. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 7. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the preview image for the state before the bookbinding in a state of arranging a back side of a sheet and a front side of a subsequent sheet, side by side. |
| Claim: | 8. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 9. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 10. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when magazine is set as the imposition type, plural sheets of paper are superposed together, and the plural sheets of paper in the superposed state are folded in a lump while the superposed state is kept to form a book having a form of a magazine, and when mini book is set as the imposition type, plural sheets of paper are folded separately, and the plural sheets of separately folded paper are superposed together while the folded states of the respective sheets of paper are kept, to form a book having a form of a mini book. |
| Claim: | 11. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the preview image for the state before the bookbinding in a state of arranging a back side of a sheet and a front side of a subsequent sheet, side by side. |
| Claim: | 12. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 13. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 14. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the preview image for the state before the bookbinding in a state of arranging a back side of a sheet and a front side of a subsequent sheet, side by side. |
| Claim: | 15. The non-transitory computer readable information medium as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 16. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the displaying includes displaying a state of turning a page by using a moving picture showing the state of turning the page. |
| Claim: | 17. A preview display apparatus comprising: a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to, receive print data, imposition setting information, and finishing setting information; determine an imposition type based on the received imposition setting information; determine a finishing type based on the received finishing setting information; generate a job format file based on the received print data, determined imposition type, and received finishing type, the job format file including document structure data, output structure data, and thumbnail data, generate a first preview image and a second preview image based on the job format file, the first preview image being an image of printed output pages of the job format file before bookbinding, and the second preview image being an image of the printed output pages of the job format file after bookbinding based on the determined imposition type, determined finishing type, and the thumbnail data; select a preview image for display from either the first or second preview images based on the determined imposition type and the determined finishing type, the selected preview image being the second preview image when the determined imposition type is either a setting of magazine or mini book, and the determined finishing type is a setting for carrying out the bookbinding; and display, on a display panel, the selected preview image. |
| Claim: | 18. A method, performed by one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, using the one or more processors, print data, imposition setting information, and finishing setting information; determining, using the one or more processors, an imposition type based on the received imposition setting information; determining, using the one or more processors, a finishing type based on the received finishing setting information; generating, using the one or more processors, a job format file based on the received print data, determined imposition type, and received finishing type, the job format file including document structure data, output structure data, and thumbnail data, generating, using the one or more processors, a first preview image and a second preview image based on the job format file, the first preview image being an image of printed output pages of the job format file before bookbinding, and the second preview image being an image of the printed output pages of the job format file after bookbinding based on the determined imposition type, determined finishing type, and the thumbnail data; selecting, using the one or more processors, a preview image for display from either the first or second preview images based on the determined imposition type and the determined finishing type, the selected preview image being the second preview image when the determined imposition type is either a setting of magazine or mini book, and the determined finishing type is a setting for carrying out the bookbinding; and displaying, on a display panel, the selected preview image. |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Beckley, Jonathan R |
| Primary Examiner: | Ghayour, Mohammad |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.09317234 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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