Print data generating apparatus, print data generating program, and printing apparatus

Abstract

High speed print output is enabled, while eliminating the burden of rearranging printed matter in page order placed on users. A plurality of pages of print job data are divided into groups of a predetermined number of pages, and the divided plurality of pages are assigned to the print job data to generate a plurality of pieces of divided print job data. The pieces of divided print job data are arranged in reverse order of page numbers, expansion processes are administered on the pieces of divided print job data in the order that they are arranged to generate page data for each page. The page data are output for each piece of divided print job data in reverse order of page numbers and in the order that the expansion processes are administered, to a printing section.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A print data generating apparatus, comprising:
 a print job data receiving section, for receiving print job data having a print data for a plurality of pages for face up printing and which are recognizable by a printing section that executes face up printing;   a divided print job data generating section, for dividing the plurality of pages into groups of a predetermined number of pages, and for assigning the divided plurality of pages to the print job data received by the print job data receiving section, to generate a plurality of pieces of divided print job data; and   an expansion processing section, for arranging the pieces of divided print job data generated by the divided print job data generating section in reverse order of page numbers, for generating page data for each page by administering expansion processes on the pieces of divided print job data in the order that they are arranged, and for outputting the page data for each piece of divided print job data in reverse order of page numbers and in the order that the expansion processes are administered, to the printing section;   the expansion processing section administering expansion processes for pages from a first page of the print data through a last page which is assigned to each of the pieces of divided print job data, and not administering expansion processes for subsequent pages thereafter.   
     
     
         2 . A non transitory computer readable recording medium having a print data generating program recorded therein, the program causing a computer to function as:
 a print job data receiving section, for receiving print job data having a print data for a plurality of pages for face up printing and which are recognizable by a printing section that executes face up printing;   a divided print job data generating section, for dividing the plurality of pages into groups of a predetermined number of pages, and for assigning the divided plurality of pages to the print job data received by the print job data receiving section, to generate a plurality of pieces of divided print job data; and   an expansion processing section, for arranging the pieces of divided print job data generated by the divided print job data generating section in reverse order of page numbers, for generating page data for each page by administering expansion processes on the pieces of divided print job data in the order that they are arranged, and for outputting the page data for each piece of divided print job data in reverse order of page numbers and in the order that the expansion processes are administered, to the printing section;   the expansion processing section administering expansion processes for pages from a first page of the print data through a last page which is assigned to each of the pieces of divided print job data, and not administering expansion processes for subsequent pages thereafter.