Printing system
View Patent ↗Provided is a printing system capable of printing, when one or more pages are replaced after raster image processing (RIP), by performing RIP of only the page(s) to be replaced. A job ticket is issued from a printing apparatus. In a printing data creating apparatus, information of page data for replacement is added to the content of the job ticket and then sent to the printing apparatus together with the page data for replacement. In the printing apparatus, only the received page data for replacement is subjected to RIP, and then printing after replacement processing is executed in accordance with the job ticket. It is unnecessary to perform again RIP of printing data irrelevant to the replacement. This increases the efficiency of processing and also lowers the cost.
1. A printing system comprising:
(a) a printing apparatus for printing a printed matter on the basis of rasterize-processed printing data, said printing apparatus comprising:
(a-1) a raster image processing element for performing raster image processing of printing data;
(a-2) a storage element for storing said rasterize-processed printing data; and
(a-3) a job ticket issue element for issuing a first job ticket in which setting information for printing a first printed matter is described on the basis of first printing data stored in said storage element;
(b) a printing data creating apparatus for creating printing data, comprising:
(b-1) a layout creating element for creating the layout of a printed matter page by page;
(b-2) a page arrangement processing element for performing page arrangement processing of a plurality of layout pages, said page arrangement processing element being capable of performing page rearrangement processing on the basis of said first printing data being rasterize-processed, by referring to the description of said first job ticket;
(b-3) a job ticket obtaining element for obtaining said first job ticket; and
(b-4) a job ticket update element for creating a second job ticket describing setting information for printing a second printed matter, by rewriting the content of said first job ticket on the basis of the result of said page rearrangement processing, wherein
said printing apparatus executes printing of said second printing matter by referring to said second job ticket.
2. The printing system according to claim 1 wherein
the result of reference to said second job ticket indicating that a new page not contained in said first printed matter is contained in said second printed matter, said printing apparatus performs said raster image processing of page data corresponding to said new page.
3. The printing system according to claim 2 wherein
said printing data creating apparatus and said printing apparatus are connected to each other via a network, data being given and received between said printing data creating apparatus and said printing apparatus via said network.
4. The printing system according to claim 3 wherein said printing apparatus further comprises:
(a-4) a thumbnail creating element for creating a thumbnail image page by page on the basis of said rasterize-processed printing data, and wherein
said printing data creating apparatus obtains said thumbnail image via said network, said page arrangement processing and said page rearrangement processing in said page arrangement processing element being performed by using said thumbnail image.
5. The printing system according to claim 1 wherein
said page arrangement processing element comprises:
(b-2-1) a page replacement processing element for performing replacement processing of replacing page data of at least one page of said first printed matter with page data for replacement, as said page arrangement processing and said page rearrangement processing, and wherein
said job ticket update element creates said second job ticket by adding information related to said replacement processing to said first job ticket, on the basis of the result of said replacement processing, and
said printing apparatus obtains said second job ticket and said page data for replacement and prints said second printed matter on the basis of said printing data and said page data for replacement, in accordance with the description of said second job ticket.
6. The printing system according to claim 5 wherein
said printing apparatus performs raster image processing of only said page data for replacement when printing said second printed matter.