JP6540122B2 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is an information processing apparatus equipped with a function of reading a document and causing a reading device to generate scan data, and a function of causing a recording device to record an image indicated by print data on a sheet. The present invention relates to a recording system including the program, and a program causing an information processing apparatus to execute the function.

  Conventionally, a reading device capable of executing a reading process of reading an image recorded on a document and generating scan data, and a recording device capable of executing a recording process of recording an image indicated by print data on a sheet An information processing apparatus is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus for converting scan data of a first format acquired from a reader into converted data of a second format different from the first format.

JP, 2014-44534, A

  Here, there is a recording apparatus which can not execute the recording process on the data of the second format. In such a case, when the conversion data of the second format is selected as print data, the above-described information processing apparatus needs to convert the conversion data from the second format back to the first format and transmit the converted data to the recording device. is there. In this case, there is a problem that the throughput from the acceptance of the selection of the conversion data to the execution of the recording process is reduced. And this subject becomes so remarkable that the data amount of conversion data becomes large.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a program that suppresses the decrease in throughput of recording processing when data of the second format is selected as a target of recording processing. It is.

  (1) The program described in the present specification includes an operation unit, a reader for reading an image recorded on a document to generate data of a first format, and an image represented by the data of the first format on a sheet It can be executed by a computer connected to a recording device that executes a recording process to record. The program includes a first data acquisition process for acquiring first data of the first format from the reading device, and a conversion process for converting the first data to second data of a second format different from the first format. A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other; a reception process for receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit; First recording instruction processing for causing the recording apparatus to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data in response to acceptance of selection of data in the acceptance processing And execute the program on the computer.

  According to the above configuration, when the selection of the second data is received in the reception process, the recording apparatus can cause the recording device to record the image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. it can. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the throughput of the recording process due to the reverse conversion of the second data.

  (2) Preferably, the computer further includes a storage unit. The program includes an ability information acquiring process for acquiring ability information on processing ability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format, and the inverse conversion program for inverting the second data The computer is caused to execute the first storage processing based on the first determination processing of determining whether conversion is possible based on the capability information and the fact that reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination processing.

  (3) More preferably, the program determines, in the first determination processing, the second determination processing that determines whether or not the data amount stored in the storage unit is less than a threshold, and the reverse conversion is impossible. In response to the determination in the second determination process that the amount of data is less than the threshold value, the computer is caused to execute the first storage process.

  According to the above configuration, the first data is not stored in the storage unit when the inverse conversion program can inversely convert the second data, or when the amount of data stored in the storage unit is equal to or more than the threshold. As a result, excessive compression of the storage capacity of the storage unit is suppressed.

  (4) As an example, the program generates generation processing for generating preview data in which the data amount of the first data is reduced according to the determination in the first determination processing that inverse conversion is possible, and the second data And causing the computer to execute a second storage process of storing the preview data in the storage unit in association with each other.

  (5) As another example, the program causes the computer to execute the first determination process in response to the fact that the recording device can not record the image represented by the data of the second format on the sheet, and According to the fact that the recording apparatus can record an image represented by two types of data on a sheet, the generation processing for generating preview data in which the data amount of the first data is reduced, the second data and the preview data And causing the computer to execute a second storage process to be stored in the storage unit.

  According to the above configuration, the preview data is stored in the storage unit instead of the first data. As a result, when selecting data to be recorded, the display unit can preview the image indicated by the first data or the preview data.

  (6) Preferably, the computer further includes a display unit. The program displays a list display process for displaying, on the display unit, only identification information identifying the second data among the first data and the second data stored in the storage unit, and the display unit Corresponding to the second data identified by the identification information received in the reception process and the reception process for receiving a user operation for selecting one of the identification information displayed in a list via the operation unit The computer is caused to execute preview processing for causing the display unit to display the attached first data or the image indicated by the preview data.

  According to the list display process of the above configuration, the identification information of the second data is displayed in a list, and the presence of the first data is not recognized by the user. As a result, confusion of the user is suppressed by the presence of two pieces of data having common contents and different data types.

  (7) Preferably, the computer further includes a communication unit. The communication unit can communicate with the recording apparatus and a server capable of executing the inverse conversion program. The program determines whether or not the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit in response to the selection of the second data being received in the reception process. 3 Make the computer execute the determination process. Then, the program causes the computer to execute the first recording instruction process in response to the determination in the third determination process that the first data is stored. On the other hand, according to the program judging that the first data is not stored in the third judgment processing, the communication request unit for inversely converting the selected second data is the communication unit. Conversion request processing to be sent to the server through the above, inverse conversion data reception processing to receive the inverse conversion data from the server through the communication unit as a response to the conversion request information, and a sheet of an image indicated by the inverse conversion data And causing the computer to execute the second recording instruction process of transmitting recording instruction information to be recorded to the recording apparatus through the communication unit.

  According to the above configuration, even if the first data is not associated with the selected second data, it is possible to cause the recording apparatus to record the image indicated by the inverse conversion data on the sheet.

  (8) Preferably, the program stores the inverse conversion data received in the inverse conversion data reception process in the storage unit in association with the second data selected in the reception process. The processing is executed on the computer.

  According to the above configuration, when the second data is selected again, it is not necessary to cause the server to perform reverse conversion. As a result, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the throughput of the second and subsequent recording processes for the second data.

  (9) Preferably, the program causes the recording apparatus to record the image indicated by the second data on the sheet in response to the recording apparatus being able to record the image indicated by the data of the second format on the sheet. According to the fact that the computer executes the third recording instruction process of transmitting instruction information to the recording device through the communication unit, and the recording device can not record an image indicated by data of the second format on the sheet. And causing the computer to execute the third determination process.

  According to the above configuration, when the recording apparatus can record the image indicated by the data of the second format on the sheet, the determination process, the conversion request process, and the reverse conversion data reception process are omitted, and the second data indicates. The recording image on the sheet. That is, it is possible to further suppress the decrease in the throughput of the recording process.

  (10) Preferably, the program performs a second determination process of determining whether the amount of data stored in the storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold, and the second determination that the amount of data is equal to or greater than the threshold In response to the determination in the processing, the reverse conversion program causes the computer to execute the deletion processing for deleting the first data associated with the second data that can be inversely converted from the storage unit.

  According to the above configuration, when the processing capacity of the inverse conversion program is improved, etc., the first data associated with the second data whose inverse conversion has become possible after the fact is deleted. As a result, excessive compression of the storage capacity of the storage unit is suppressed.

  (11) For example, the processing capability indicated by the capability information indicates at least one of the number of pages of the second data that can be inversely transformed by the inverse transformation program, and the data amount of the second data that can be inversely transformed. . The program compares at least one of the number of pages and the data amount of the second data with the capability information in the first determination process to determine whether reverse conversion is possible.

  (12) The information processing apparatus described in the present specification includes an operation unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with a reading device that reads an image recorded on a document and generates data of a first format, and a recording device that executes recording processing that records an image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet It is possible. Then, the control unit performs a first data acquisition process of acquiring the first data of the first format from the reading device through the communication unit, and a second format of the second data different from the first format. A conversion process for converting data, a first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other, and a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process are received via the operation unit Reception processing and, in response to reception of selection of the second data in the reception processing, an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data in the recording device with respect to a sheet The first recording instruction process for recording is executed.

  (13) The recording system described in the present specification includes an operation unit, a reader that reads an image recorded on a document to generate data of a first format, and a sheet of an image represented by the data of the first format. And a control unit. The control unit performs a first data acquisition process of acquiring the first data from the reader, a conversion process of converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format, and A first storage process for storing one data and the second data in association with each other, a reception process for receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit, and a selection of the second data Executing a first recording instruction process for causing the recording apparatus to record an image represented by the first data stored in association with the second data in response to the reception process being performed in the reception process; Do.

  According to the present invention, when the selection of the second data is accepted in the acceptance process, the image indicated by the first data associated with the second data is recorded on the sheet by the recording device, so that the recording process is performed. It is possible to suppress the decrease in throughput of

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a recording system 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2A is a functional block diagram of the MFP 10, and FIG. 2B is a functional block diagram of the portable terminal 50. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an example of data stored in the data storage area 62B, where (A) shows a PDF file, page number information associated with the PDF file, size information, a JPEF file, a preview file, and the reverse. (B) indicates scanner information and printer information. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the image reading process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the image recording process. FIG. 6 is a display example of the display unit 53, in which (A) shows a file selection screen and (B) shows a preview screen.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. The embodiments described below are merely examples of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the embodiments of the present invention can be appropriately modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a recording system 100 in the present embodiment. The recording system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is configured of a multifunction machine 10, a portable terminal 50, and a server 70. The MFP 10, the portable terminal 50, and the server 70 can communicate with each other via a communication network. The specific example of the communication network is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, the Internet 101, a wired LAN (abbreviation of Local Area Network), the wireless LAN 102, or a combination thereof.

  The MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50 belong to the wireless LAN 102 as shown in FIG. The wireless LAN 102 is connected to the Internet 101 through a router or the like (not shown). Note that “belonging to the wireless LAN 102” indicates that the setting for belonging to the wireless LAN 102 is made and that communication with another device belonging to the wireless LAN 102 is possible. More specifically, the same SSID as that of the access point 102A of the wireless LAN 102 is set in the MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50, and a network address assigned to the wireless LAN 102 is assigned.

  Note that wireless communication is not limited to wireless communication being performed in the entire communication zone. That is, the phrase “the MFP 10 wirelessly transmits or wirelessly receives information or data via the access point 102A” is only required to execute wireless communication between the MFP 10 and the access point 102A. The same applies to the portable terminal 50.

  The server 70 is also connected to the Internet 101. Then, the MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50 can communicate with the server 70 via the Internet 101 from the access point 102A and a router (not shown). Furthermore, the portable terminal 50 may be connected to the Internet 101 through a base station (not shown). Then, the mobile terminal 50 may be able to wirelessly communicate with the server 70 from the base station via the Internet 101. A router and a base station (not shown) are examples of communication devices.

[MFP 10]
As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the MFP 10 communicates with the printer unit 11, the scanner unit 12, the display unit 23, the operation unit 24, the communication unit 25, the CPU 31, the storage unit 32, and the communication unit 25. The bus 33 is mainly provided. The components constituting the multifunction machine 10 are mutually connected via the communication bus 33.

[Printer 11 and Scanner 12]
The printer unit 11 executes recording processing for recording an image indicated by image data on a recording sheet. The recording sheet is an example of a sheet or a recording medium. As a recording method of the printer unit 11, a known method such as an inkjet method or an electrophotographic method can be adopted. The printer unit 11 is an example of a recording unit or a recording apparatus. The scanner unit 12 executes a scan process of reading an image recorded on a document and generating image data. The scanner unit 12 is an example of a reading unit or a reading device. The multifunction machine 10 may further have a fax function for transmitting and receiving a fax, and a copy function for reading an image recorded on a recording sheet and recording the image on another recording sheet.

  The multi-function device 10 can cause the printer unit 11 to record the image indicated by the JPEG file on the recording sheet, and can not record the image indicated by the PDF file on the recording sheet. That is, the JPEG format is an example of a first format in which the multifunction machine 10 can execute the recording process. The JPEG file is an example of the first data. However, the first format is not limited to the JPEG format, and may be, for example, the BMP format, the TIFF format, or the like. The PDF format is an example of a second format in which the multifunction machine 10 can not execute the recording process. The PDF file is an example of the second data. However, the second format is not limited to the PDF format, and may be, for example, a document format, a presentation format, a spreadsheet format, or the like. However, there may be a recording device capable of recording an image indicated by the PDF file on a recording sheet (hereinafter, may be referred to as a "PDF compatible printer").

[Display 23]
The display unit 23 includes a display screen for displaying various information. As the display unit 23, a liquid crystal display (abbreviation of Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL display (abbreviation of Organic Electro-Luminescence Display), or the like can be adopted.

[Operation 24]
The operation unit 24 receives an operation of a user who selects an object displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23. Specifically, the operation unit 24 has a button, and outputs various operation signals associated with the pressed button to the CPU 31. Furthermore, the operation unit 24 may have a film-like touch sensor superimposed on the display screen of the display unit 23. That is, the display unit 23 may be configured as a touch panel display.

  Note that “object” refers to an image that can be selected by the user operating the operation unit 24. As an example, the object is a character string displayed on the display unit 23. One of the objects is highlighted when the direction key of the operation unit 24 is pressed, and high when the determination button of the operation unit 24 is pressed. An object displayed in light may be selected. As another example, the object when the operation unit 24 is a touch panel may be an icon, a button, a link, or the like displayed on the display unit 23, and an object displayed at the touch position may be selected.

  The operation unit 24 realized as a touch panel receives a user operation of touching the display screen of the display unit 23. The operation unit 24 also outputs position information indicating the position on the display screen touched by the user. The position information can be expressed, for example, as coordinates (x, y) on the xy plane with the upper left end of the display screen as the origin, the right direction as the positive direction of the x axis, and the downward direction as the positive direction of the y axis. A well-known system such as an electrostatic capacity system or a resistive film system can be adopted as the touch sensor.

  Note that “touch” in the present specification includes all operations for causing an input medium to contact a display screen. That is, a tap operation to separate the touched input medium from the display screen within a predetermined time, a long touch operation to stop the touched input medium on the display screen, a slide operation to slide the touched input medium on the display screen, the display screen Flick operation where the acceleration of the input medium sliding on the top is above the threshold, pinch-in operation to slide the two input media touched at different positions on the display screen towards each other, two touched at different positions on the display screen A pinch out operation or the like in which the input media are slid away from each other is an example of a touch.

  Further, even if the input medium does not touch the display screen, bringing the input medium close to a position where the distance to the display screen is very small may be included in the concept of “touch” described above. Furthermore, the input medium may be a finger of the user, a touch pen, or the like.

[Communication unit 25]
The communication unit 25 is an interface for performing wireless communication with an external device. The MFP 10 can transmit and receive various information or data through the communication unit 25 with, for example, the portable terminal 50 and the server 70 or the like. The communication unit 25 performs communication in accordance with, for example, the IEEE 802.11 standard.

[CPU31]
A CPU (abbreviation of Central Processing Unit) 31 controls the overall operation of the multifunction machine 10. The CPU 31 acquires various programs to be described later from the storage unit 32 based on various information output from the operation unit 24 and various information acquired from an external device through the communication unit 25 and executes the programs. The CPU 31 and the storage unit 32 constitute an example of a control unit.

[Storage unit 32]
The storage unit 32 has a program storage area 32A and a data storage area 32B. The program storage area 32A stores an OS (abbreviation of Operating System) 34 and a control program 35. The OS 34 and the control program 35 are programs built in binary format. The control program 35 may be a single program or a collection of a plurality of programs. Data or information necessary for the execution of the control program 35 is stored in the data storage area 32B.

  Note that "data" and "information" in the present specification are common in that they are bits or bit strings that can be handled by a computer. "Data" refers to data that can be handled without the computer taking into consideration the semantic content indicated by each bit. On the other hand, "information" indicates that the operation of the computer branches depending on the meaning content indicated by each bit. Furthermore, the "instruction" is a control signal for prompting the destination apparatus to perform the next operation, which may include information, and itself has an information property. There is also.

  Also, "data" and "information" have the same data and information as long as they are recognized as having the same semantic content even if the format (for example, text format, binary format, flag format, etc.) is changed for each computer. Treated as For example, information indicating "two" is held as text information of "0x32" in ASCII code in one computer, and held in binary notation of "10" in binary notation in another computer. It may be done.

  However, the above distinction between "data" and "information" is not strict, and exceptional handling is also permitted. For example, data may be temporarily treated as information, or information may be temporarily treated as data. Also, what is treated as data in one device may be treated as information in another device. Furthermore, information may be extracted from the data, and data may be extracted from the information.

  The storage unit 32 includes, for example, RAM (abbreviation of Random Access Memory), ROM (abbreviation of Read Only Memory), EEPROM (abbreviation of Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), HDD (abbreviation of Hard Disk Drive), and CPU 31. It is configured by a buffer or the like, or a combination thereof.

  The storage unit 32 may be a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium is a non-transitory medium. The non-transitory medium also includes a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, etc. in addition to the above example. In addition, non-transitory media are tangible media. On the other hand, an electrical signal carrying a program downloaded from a server or the like on the Internet is a computer readable signal medium, which is a type of computer readable medium, but a non-transitory computer readable storage. It is not included in the medium.

  The programs stored in the program storage area 32A are executed by the CPU 31. However, in the present specification, the operation of each program may be described with the CPU 31 omitted. That is, in the following description, the description that "the program A executes the process A" may indicate that "the CPU 31 executes the process A described in the program A".

  The program stored in the program storage area 32A determines an event and operates according to the determination result. However, in the present specification, the operation of each program may be described by omitting judgment. That is, in the following description, the description that "the control program executes the process A according to the condition A" determines whether the control program is the condition A. The control program makes a positive determination. May be referred to as “performing process A”.

  The OS 34 provides an API (abbreviation of application programming interface) for controlling the printer unit 11, the scanner unit 12, the display unit 23, the operation unit 24, the communication unit 25 and the like which are hardware components of the MFP 10. It is a basic program. That is, each of the above programs controls each hardware by calling an API provided by the OS 34. However, in this specification, the OS 34 may be omitted to explain the operation of each program. That is, in the following description, the description that “the program B controls the hardware C” may indicate that “the program B controls the hardware C through the API of the OS 34”.

[Mobile terminal 50]
As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the portable terminal 50 mainly includes a display unit 53, an operation unit 54, a communication unit 55, a CPU 61, a storage unit 62, and a communication bus 63. The display unit 53, the operation unit 54, the communication unit 55, the CPU 61, the storage unit 62, and the communication bus 63 included in the portable terminal 50 are included in the display unit 23, the operation unit 24, the communication unit 25, the CPU 31, Since the same as the storage unit 32 and the communication bus 33, the description thereof will be omitted. The portable terminal 50 is an example of an information processing apparatus. However, the information processing apparatus is not limited to the portable terminal 50 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and may be a PC (abbreviation of Personal Computer) or the like.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the data storage area 62B stores a PDF file and page number information and size information associated with the PDF file. The page number information indicates the number of pages included in the corresponding PDF file. The size information indicates the amount of data of the corresponding PDF file. Further, a JPEG file, a preview file, and part or all of a reverse conversion file are associated with the PDF file. In the example of FIG. 3A, the preview file is not associated with the PDF file “delivery note. PDF”, and the reverse conversion file is not associated with the PDF file “manual. PDF”. The file names of the PDF file, the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file are an example of identification information that identifies the corresponding file.

  The JPEG file is, for example, the image data generated by the scanner unit 12 by the scan processing converted by the CPU 61 into the JPEG format. The CPU 61 may be interlocked with a CPU dedicated to JPEG conversion (not shown). The PDF file is one in which the format of the corresponding JPEG file has been converted to the PDF format by conversion processing described later. The preview file is an example of preview data obtained by reducing the amount of data of the JPEG file. The reverse conversion file is an example of reverse conversion data in which the format of the corresponding PDF file is reversely converted to the JPEG format by reverse conversion processing described later. The conversion of the format in the conversion process and the reverse conversion process may be, for example, changing the data format from the first format to the second format or substantially without changing the contents of the image indicated by the data before conversion. It is processing to convert from the 2 format to the 1st format. Hereinafter, the information shown in FIG. 3A may be collectively referred to as correspondence information or the like.

  Further, the data storage area 62B stores scanner information and printer information, as shown in FIG. 3B, for example. The scanner information includes identification information of a reading apparatus which executes scan processing in image reading processing described later. The printer information includes identification information of a recording apparatus that executes recording processing in image recording processing described later. That is, the portable terminal 50 executes the image reading process using the reading device indicated by the scanner information unless the user explicitly designates another reading device. Similarly, the portable terminal 50 executes the image recording process using the recording device indicated by the printer information unless the user explicitly designates another recording device.

  In the example of FIG. 3B, “printer A” which is identification information of the MFP 10 is set in the scanner information and the printer information. The scanner information and the printer information may be arbitrarily changed by the user through the operation unit 54, for example. Further, in the example of FIG. 3B, the same identification information “printer A” is set in the scanner information and the printer information, but different identification information may be set in each.

[Server 70]
The server 70 executes processing in accordance with various request information received from the MFP 10 or the portable terminal 50. As an example, the server 70 can perform an inverse conversion process of converting a PDF file into an inverse conversion file of JPEG format. The reverse conversion process is realized by a reverse conversion program executed by the server 70. As another example, the server 70 transmits, to the portable terminal 50, capability information regarding the processing capability of the inverse conversion program. The capability information includes, for example, a threshold page number, which is the number of pages of the PDF file that can be inversely converted, and a threshold data amount, which is the data amount of the PDF file that can be inversely transformed.

[Operation of Recording System 100]
The operation of the recording system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. The recording system 100 can asynchronously execute the image reading process shown in FIG. 4 and the image recording process shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the portable terminal 50 in the image reading process and the image recording process will be mainly described.

[Image reading process]
The image reading process is a process of converting the JPEG file generated by the MFP 10 into a PDF file and storing the converted file in the data storage area 62B.

  First, the control program 65 of the portable terminal 50 receives a JPEG file from the MFP 10 indicated by the scanner information through the communication unit 25 (S11: Yes). The JPEG file is generated by the multifunction machine 10 according to the following procedure, for example. However, the acquisition source of the JPEG file is not limited to the following example, and may be received from the storage server (not shown) through the communication unit 55, or it may be photographed by a camera (not shown) installed in the portable terminal 50. It may be. The process of step S11 is an example of a first data acquisition process.

  The control program 35 of the MFP 10 can receive, for example, a user operation instructing execution of scan processing via the operation unit 24 or read instruction information instructing execution of the scan processing through the communication unit 25 to the portable terminal It can be received from 50. Next, the control program 35 causes the scanner unit 12 to execute the scan process when instructed to execute the scan process. That is, the scanner unit 12 reads an image recorded on a document set on a contact glass or an ADF (abbreviation of Auto Document Feeder), and generates image data. Then, the CPU 61 converts the image data generated by the scanner unit 12 into a JPEG file.

  According to the above process, the number of JPEG files generated by the multifunction machine 10 may be one or plural. In addition, the amount of data of the JPEG file differs depending on the designated resolution of the scan processing and the like. The control program 35 transmits all the generated JPEG files to the portable terminal 50 through the communication unit 25.

  Next, the control program 65 of the portable terminal 50 converts the received JPEG file into a PDF file (S12). When the control program 65 receives one JPEG file, the control program 65 generates a PDF file including only one page corresponding to the JPEG file. On the other hand, when the control program 65 receives a plurality of JPEG files, the control program 65 generates a PDF file including a plurality of pages in which each JPEG file is one page. That is, the PDF file generated in step S12 is one regardless of the number of received JPEG files. The process of step S12 is an example of the conversion process.

  Next, the control program 65 determines whether the MFP 10 indicated by the printer information is a PDF compatible printer (S13). As an example, the control program 65 inquires of the multifunction machine 10 whether it is a PDF compatible printer at the timing when the identification information "printer A" of the multifunction machine 10 is set in the printer information, and associates the result with the printer information It may be stored in the storage area 62B. As another example, the control program 65 may inquire of the multifunction machine 10 whether or not it is a PDF compatible printer in step S13. Further, as another example, the control program 65 may receive model information indicating the model of the MFP 10 from the MFP 10. Then, the control program 65 may inquire of the information server (not shown) whether or not the model indicated by the received model information is the model of the PDF compatible printer.

  Next, when the control program 65 determines that the MFP 10 is not a PDF compatible printer (S13: No), the control program 65 acquires capability information from the server 70 through the communication unit 55 (S14). Specifically, the control program 65 transmits transmission request information for requesting transmission of capability information to the server 70 through the communication unit 55. Then, the control program 65 receives capability information from the server 70 through the communication unit 55 as a response to the transmission request information. The capability information indicates the processing capability of the inverse conversion program installed in the server 70. The process of step S14 is an example of the capability information acquisition process. In the present embodiment, the following processing will be described on the assumption that the capability information indicating the threshold page number = 20 pages and the threshold data amount = 5 MB is acquired.

  Next, the control program 65 determines whether the reverse conversion program of the server 70 can reverse convert the PDF file generated in step S12 based on the capability information acquired in step S14 (S15). Specifically, when the number of pages of the PDF file is less than the threshold number of pages and the data amount of the PDF file is less than the threshold data amount, the control program 65 performs reverse conversion program of the server 70 for the PDF file. It is judged that reverse conversion is possible. On the other hand, when the number of pages of the PDF file is equal to or larger than the threshold number of pages or the data amount of the PDF file is equal to or larger than the threshold data amount, the control program 65 can not reversely convert the PDF file I will judge. The process of step S15 is an example of a first determination process.

  Next, when the control program 65 determines that the PDF file can not be reversely converted (S15: No), the data already stored in the data storage area 62B, that is, the correspondence shown in FIG. It is determined whether the amount of data such as information is equal to or greater than a threshold (S16). The process of step S16 is an example of a second determination process.

  The threshold in step S16 may be determined, for example, according to the physical capacity of the data storage area 62B. For example, if the storage capacity of the data storage area 62B is less than 500 megabytes, the threshold may be 100 megabytes, and if the storage capacity of the data storage area 62B is 500 megabytes or more, the threshold may be 200 megabytes. Also, the threshold value in step S16 may be determined according to the storage capacity allocated for storing the correspondence information etc. shown in FIG. 3 (A). For example, when the storage capacity allocated for correspondence information or the like is 200 megabytes, the threshold may be 100 megabytes.

  Next, when the control program 65 determines that the amount of data in the data storage area 62B is equal to or greater than the threshold (S16: Yes), the PDF file that the reverse conversion program of the server 70 can reverse convert is the correspondence information etc. Check if it is included in. Specifically, the control program 65 determines whether a PDF file whose page number is less than the threshold page number and whose data amount is less than the threshold data amount is included in the correspondence information or the like. Then, in the case of a positive determination, the control program 65 deletes the JPEG file associated with the PDF file that can be reversely converted by the reverse conversion program from the correspondence information or the like (S17). In the example of FIG. 3A, the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file associated with the PDF file “quotation sheet. PDF” are deleted. The process of step S17 is an example of the deletion process.

  In step S17, the control program 65 deletes the preview file or the inverse conversion file associated with the PDF file that the inverse conversion program installed on the server 70 can be inversely converted at this time from the correspondence information etc. Good. In addition, the control program 65 skips the process of step S17 in response to determining that the data amount of the correspondence information and the like is less than the threshold (S16: No).

  Then, the control program 65 associates the JPEG file acquired in step S11, the PDF file generated in step S12, the page number information, and the size information with the JPEG file, the PDF file, the page number information, and the size information, It is stored in the storage area 62B (S18). The process of step S18 is an example of the first storage process. The file name of the PDF file is designated by the user through the operation units 24 and 54, for example. Also, the file name of the JPEG file is, for example, the file name extension “.PDF” of the corresponding PDF file changed to “.JPEG”.

  A plurality of JPEG files corresponding to each page is associated with the PDF file including the plurality of pages. That is, in the data storage area 62B, for example, a plurality of JPEG files in which numbers indicating page numbers are added to file names, such as "estimate -1. JPEG", "estimate 2. JPEG", etc. It is memorized. However, in the example of FIG. 3B, these are collectively referred to as "estimate sheet. JPEG" or the like. The same applies to the file names of the preview file and the reverse conversion file described later.

  On the other hand, the control program 65 responds that the MFP 10 indicated by the printer information is a PDF compatible printer (S13: Yes) or that the reverse conversion program determines that the PDF file can be reverse converted. Then (S15: Yes), a preview file is generated based on the JPEG file acquired in step S11 (S19). The preview file is a file in which the amount of data of the JPEG file is reduced without substantially changing the contents of the image indicated by the JPEG file in order to display a list on the display unit 53 in preview processing described later. The process of step S19 is an example of a generation process.

  The control program 65 then associates the PDF file generated in step S12, the preview file generated in step S19, the page number information, and the size information with the PDF file, the preview file, the page number information, and the size information, It is stored in the storage area 62B (S20). The process of step S20 is an example of a second storage process. Note that the file name of the preview file is, for example, a file obtained by adding “(P)” to the beginning of the file name of the corresponding PDF file and changing the extension “.PDF” to “.JPEG”.

[Image recording process]
The image recording process shown in FIG. 5 is a process of causing the printer unit 11 of the multifunction machine 10 to execute a recording process of recording the image indicated by the file stored in the data storage area 62B on a recording sheet.

  First, the control program 65 of the portable terminal 50 causes the display unit 53 to display a file selection screen (S31). FIG. 6A is an example of the file selection screen. The file selection screen shown in FIG. 6A includes the file name of the PDF file included in the correspondence information or the like, a check box associated with each file name, and a [preview] icon. The process of step S31 is an example of a list display process.

  The file selection screen does not include the file names of the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file included in the correspondence information and the like. That is, in step S31, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to list only the file names of PDF files among the PDF file, the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file included in the correspondence information. In addition, the control program 65 may display the number of pages and / or the amount of data of each PDF file on the display unit 53 together with the file name.

  Next, the control program 65 receives, via the operation unit 54, a user operation of tapping the position of the check box and a user operation of tapping the position of the [Preview] icon (S32). Then, in response to the position of the [preview] icon being tapped (S32: Yes), the control program 65 temporarily stores the file name corresponding to the checked check box in the data storage area 62B. That is, the control program 65 prepares to read out the PDF file selected by the user among the PDF files included in the correspondence information and the like.

  These user operations are an example of a user operation of selecting one of the identification information displayed in a list or a user operation of selecting a PDF file to be recorded (hereinafter referred to as “selected PDF file”). It is. The process of step S32 is an example of a reception process. In the present embodiment, the following processing will be described on the assumption that the [Preview] icon is selected in a state in which the check box corresponding to "quotation sheet. PDF" is checked.

  Next, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display a preview screen (S33 to S35). FIG. 6B is an example of the preview screen. The preview screen shown in FIG. 6B includes one or more page images, a check box associated with each page image, and a [print] icon. The page image is an image showing a state in which the image of each page included in the selected PDF file is recorded on a recording sheet. That is, the preview screen includes a number of page images matching the number of pages of the selected PDF file. The processes of steps S33 to S35 are an example of the preview process.

  The control program 65 generates a page image from the JPEG data in response to the JPEG file being associated with the selected PDF file in the preview process (S33: Yes) (S34). On the other hand, the control program 65 generates a page image from the preview file in response to the JPEG file not being associated with the selected PDF file and the preview file being associated (S33: No) S35). Furthermore, although illustration is omitted, the control program 65 does not associate the JPEG file and the preview file with the selected PDF file, and according to the inverse conversion file being associated, from the inverse conversion file Generate a page image.

  Next, the control program 65 receives, via the operation unit 54, a user operation to tap the position of the check box and a user operation to tap the position of the [print] icon (S36). Then, the control program 65 indicates a page corresponding to the checked check box (hereinafter referred to as “selected page”) in response to the position of the [print] icon being tapped (S36: Yes). Store page information. The page information is, for example, the page number of the selected page. In the present embodiment, the following processing will be described on the assumption that the [Print] icon is selected in a state where the check boxes corresponding to the page images of the fourth, fifth, and sixth pages are checked.

  Next, the control program 65 determines whether the printing apparatus indicated by the printer information is a PDF compatible printer (S37). Since this process is common to step S13 shown in FIG.

  Then, when the control program 65 determines that the recording device indicated by the printer information is the PDF compatible printer (S37: Yes), the control program 65 transmits the recording instruction information to the MFP 10 through the communication unit 55 (S38) . The recording instruction information transmitted in step S38 is information for causing the printer unit 11 to record an image of a selected page of the selected PDF file on a recording sheet. The recording instruction information includes a selected PDF file and page information indicating a selected page. The process of step S38 is an example of a third recording instruction process.

  Although not shown, the control program 35 of the MFP 10 receives the recording instruction information from the portable terminal through the communication unit 25. Then, the control program 35 causes the printer unit 11 to execute the recording process in accordance with the received recording instruction information. Specifically, when receiving the recording instruction information in step S38, the control program 35 converts the selected page of the PDF file included in the recording instruction information into JPEG data, and records the image indicated by the JPEG data. The sheet may be recorded on the printer unit 11.

  On the other hand, when the control program 65 determines that the printing apparatus indicated by the printer information is not a PDF compatible printer (S37: No), the JPEG file associated with the selected PDF file (hereinafter referred to as "corresponding JPEG file") Is determined to be stored in the data storage area 62B (S39). The process of step S39 is an example of a third determination process.

  Then, upon determining that the corresponding JPEG file is stored in the data storage area 62B (S39: Yes), the control program 65 transmits the recording instruction information to the MFP 10 through the communication unit 55 (S40). . The recording instruction information transmitted in step S40 is information for causing the printer unit 11 to record an image indicated by the corresponding JPEG file of the selected page on a recording sheet. The recording instruction information includes the corresponding JPEG file of the selected page. The process of step S40 is an example of a first recording instruction process.

  Although not shown, when the control program 35 of the MFP 10 receives the recording instruction information in step S40, the control program 35 records the image indicated by the JPEG file included in the recording instruction information on the recording sheet in the printer unit 11 Let

  On the other hand, when the control program 65 of the portable terminal 50 determines that the corresponding JPEG file is not stored in the data storage area 62B (S39: No), conversion request information for requesting reverse conversion of the selected PDF file is , And transmits to the server 70 through the communication unit 55 (S41). The conversion request information includes the selected PDF file. Alternatively, the conversion request information may further include page information indicating the selected page, and request reverse conversion of the selected page of the selected PDF file. The process of step S41 is an example of the conversion request process.

  Although not shown, the server 70 receives conversion request information from the portable terminal 50. Next, the server 70 causes the reverse conversion program to execute reverse conversion processing. The reverse conversion process is a process of converting the format of the selected PDF file included in the received conversion request information into the JPEG format and generating a converted file. Thereby, a plurality of inverse transformation files corresponding to each page included in the selected PDF file are generated. Then, the server 70 transmits the reverse conversion file generated by the reverse conversion program to the portable terminal 50. When page information is included in the conversion request information, the server 70 may reverse convert only the selected page of the selected PDF file, or reverse convert and select all the pages of the selected PDF file. Only the inverse conversion file corresponding to the page may be transmitted to the portable terminal 50.

  Next, the control program 65 of the portable terminal 50 receives the reverse conversion file as a response to the conversion request information from the server 70 through the communication unit 55 (S42). Then, the control program 65 transmits the recording instruction information to the MFP 10 through the communication unit 55 (S43). The recording instruction information transmitted in step S43 is information for causing the printer unit 11 to record the image indicated by the reverse conversion file of the selected page on the recording sheet. The recording instruction information includes the reverse conversion file of the selected page among the reverse conversion files received from the server 70. The process of step S42 is an example of the reception process. The process of step S43 is an example of a second recording instruction process.

  Although not shown, when the control program 35 of the MFP 10 receives the recording instruction information in step S43, the control unit 35 causes the printer unit 11 to print the image indicated by the reverse conversion file included in the recording instruction information. Make a record.

  Further, the control program 65 associates the reverse conversion file received from the server 70 with the selected PDF file and stores the reverse conversion file in the data storage area 62B (S44). Note that the file name of the reverse conversion file is, for example, a file obtained by adding “(reverse)” to the beginning of the file name of the corresponding PDF file and changing the extension “.PDF” to “.JPEG”. Further, the reverse conversion file stored in step S44 may be a reverse conversion file corresponding to all pages of the selected PDF file, or may be a reverse conversion file corresponding to the selected page. The process of step S44 is an example of a third storage process.

  The data storage area 62B may further store a PDF file not included in the correspondence information or the like. In step S31, the control program 65 in this case may include in the file selection screen the file name of the PDF file not included in the correspondence information or the like and the check box associated with each file name. Further, in step S32, the control program 65 may receive, via the operation unit 24, a user operation for selecting a PDF file not included in the correspondence information or the like.

  Further, the control program 65 may execute the same processing as steps S41 to S42 in the preview processing when the selection of the PDF file not included in the correspondence information or the like is received. That is, the control program 65 instructs the server 70 to perform reverse conversion processing of the selected PDF file, and receives from the server 70 a reverse conversion file which has been reverse converted to the JPEG format. Then, the control program 65 generates a page image from the inverse conversion file and displays a preview screen.

  Furthermore, in response to the [Print] icon being selected on the preview screen of the PDF file not included in the correspondence information etc. (S36: Yes), the control program 65 receives the reverse from the server 70 before the preview processing. The processes of steps S43 and S44 may be executed using the conversion file.

[Operation and effect of the embodiment]
According to the above embodiment, when the corresponding JPEG file corresponding to the selected PDF file is present, the recording instruction information including the corresponding JPEG file is transmitted to the multifunction machine 10. As a result, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the throughput of the recording process by causing the server 70 to reversely convert the selected PDF file. On the other hand, when there is no corresponding JPEG file, the selected PDF file is reversely converted by the server 70. As a result, even when the corresponding PDF file is not associated with the selected PDF file, the recording instruction information including the reverse conversion data is transmitted to the multifunction machine 10.

  In addition, the reverse conversion data stored in the data storage area 62B in step S44 may be included in the recording instruction information and transmitted to the multifunction device 10 when the selected PDF file is selected again in step S32 from next time onwards. . As a result, when the PDF file in which the corresponding JPEG file does not exist is selected again, it is not necessary to cause the server 70 to execute the reverse conversion process, and therefore, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the recording process throughput.

  Further, according to the above embodiment, one of the JPEG file and the preview file is stored in the data storage area 62B in association with the PDF file. Then, on the preview screen, a page image indicated by the JPEG file or the preview file is displayed on the display unit 53. As a result, the recording process can be performed after the user confirms the desired page of the desired file.

  The PDF file, the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file shown in FIG. 3A are different in data format, resolution, and the like, but their contents are substantially common. Therefore, among the PDF file, the JPEG file, the preview file, and the reverse conversion file, which are associated with one another, only the file name of the PDF file is displayed in a list on the preview screen. As a result, confusion of the user is suppressed by the presence of a plurality of data having common contents and different data formats.

  Further, according to the above embodiment, when the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the PDF file, or when the amount of data stored in the data storage area 62B is equal to or larger than the threshold value, the corresponding JPEG file is the data storage area Not stored in 62B. Excessive compression of the storage capacity of the data storage area 62B is suppressed.

  In addition, the processing capacity of the inverse conversion program may be improved afterward by the addition of the server 70 or the improvement of the function. Therefore, a PDF file that can not be reversely converted at the time of saving may be able to be reversely converted afterward. Therefore, excessive deletion of the storage capacity of the data storage area 62B is suppressed by deleting the JPEG file or the like associated with the PDF file that has become reversely convertible in step S17. The process of step S17 may be further performed at any timing such as before or after step S20 or before or after step S44.

  Furthermore, when the MFP 10 indicated by the printer information is a PDF compatible printer, the corresponding JPEG file is not saved in the image reading process, and the processes of steps S39 to S44 are omitted in the image recording process. As a result, excessive compression of the storage capacity of the data storage area 62B can be suppressed, and a decrease in throughput of the recording process can be suppressed.

  Note that, according to the above-described embodiment, an example in which the processing illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5 is executed by the portable terminal 50 connected to the MFP 10 and the server 70 through the communication network has been described. However, the form of the recording system 100 is not limited to this. For example, at least one of the portable terminal 50 and the server 70 may be omitted.

  As an example, the inverse conversion program may be executed by the portable terminal 50. The processing capacity in this case varies depending on the clock frequency of the CPU 61 or the storage capacity of the data storage area 62 B used as a work area. As another example, the various information shown in FIG. 3A may be stored in a storage server or the like accessible by the portable terminal 50 via the communication network. As yet another example, each process of FIGS. 4 and 5 may be performed by the multifunction machine 10. That is, the MFP 10 may acquire a JPEG file from the scanner unit 12 connected via the communication bus 33 and cause the printer unit 11 connected via the communication bus 33 to execute the recording process.

  Further, in the MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50 of the embodiment, the control unit of the present invention is executed by the CPUs 31, 61 executing various programs stored in the program storage areas 32A, 62A of the storage units 32, 62. An example has been described in which each process is implemented. However, the configuration of the control unit is not limited to this, and part or all of the control unit may be realized by hardware such as an integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC (abbreviated as Integrated Circuit)).

  Furthermore, the present invention can be realized not only as the MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50, but also as a program that causes the MFP 10 and the portable terminal 50 to execute processing. Then, the program may be provided by being recorded on a non-transitory recording medium. The non-transitory recording medium may include, in addition to a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, etc., a storage unit mounted on a server connectable to the multifunction machine 10 and the portable terminal 50 via a communication network. The program stored in the storage unit of the server may be distributed as information or a signal indicating the program via a communication network such as the Internet.

10: MFP 11: printer unit 12: scanner unit 31, 61: CPU
53 ... display unit 54 ... operation unit 25, 55 ... communication unit 32, 62 ... storage unit 35, 65 ... control program 50 ... portable terminal 70 ... server 100 ...・ Recording system

Claims (19)

Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data obtained by converting the first data by the conversion process in association with each other in a storage unit of the computer;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
It corresponds to the selected second data in response to the selection of the second data being received in the reception process in a state where the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit. A program for causing the computer to execute a first recording instruction process of causing the recording apparatus to record an image indicated by the first data stored in the storage unit on a sheet. The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The program according to claim 1, wherein the program causes the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process. Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The program is
A second determination process of determining whether the amount of data stored in the storage unit is less than a threshold;
A program that causes the computer to execute the first storage process according to the fact that it is determined in the first determination process that reverse conversion is not possible and the data amount is less than the threshold value in the second determination process. . Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The program is
Generation processing for generating preview data in which the data amount of the first data is reduced according to the determination in the first determination processing that reverse conversion is possible;
A program that causes the computer to execute a second storage process that stores the second data and the preview data in the storage unit in association with each other. Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The program is
In response to the fact that the recording device can not record the image represented by the data of the second format on the sheet, the computer makes the computer execute the first determination process,
Generation processing for generating preview data in which the amount of data of the first data is reduced according to the fact that the recording device can record an image represented by data of the second format on a sheet;
A program that causes the computer to execute a second storage process that stores the second data and the preview data in the storage unit in association with each other. The computer further comprises a display unit.
The program is
List display processing for displaying, on the display unit, only identification information identifying the second data among the first data and the second data stored in the storage unit;
The reception process for receiving, via the operation unit, a user operation of selecting one of the pieces of identification information displayed in a list on the display unit;
Preview processing for causing the display unit to display the first data or the image indicated by the preview data associated with the second data identified by the identification information selected by the reception process; The program according to claim 4 or 5 to be executed by a computer. Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The computer further comprises a communication unit,
The communication unit is
The recording device;
Communicate with the server that can execute the reverse conversion program,
The program is
A third determination process of determining whether the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit in response to the selection of the second data being received in the reception process; Let the computer run it,
In response to the determination in the third determination process that the first data is stored, the computer causes the computer to execute the first recording instruction process,
In response to the determination in the third determination processing that the first data is not stored, conversion request information for reversely converting the selected second data is transmitted to the server through the communication unit. Conversion request processing,
Inverse conversion data reception processing for receiving the inverse conversion data as a response to the conversion request information from the server through the communication unit;
A program for causing the computer to execute a second recording instruction process of transmitting recording instruction information for recording an image indicated by the reverse conversion data on a sheet to the recording device through the communication unit.   The program causes the computer to execute a third storage process for storing the reverse conversion data received in the reverse conversion data reception process in the storage unit in association with the second data received as the selection in the reception process. The program according to claim 7, which is to be executed. The program is
The recording instruction information for recording the image indicated by the second data on the sheet according to the fact that the recording device can record the image indicated by the data of the second format on the sheet is the recording instruction information via the communication unit. Causing the computer to execute a third recording instruction process of transmitting to the device;
9. The program according to claim 7, wherein the program causes the computer to execute the third determination process in response to the fact that the recording device can not record an image indicated by the data of the second format on a sheet. Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The program is
A second determination process of determining whether the amount of data stored in the storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold;
The first data associated with the second data that can be inversely transformed by the inverse transformation program according to the determination in the second determination processing that the amount of data is equal to or more than the threshold value from the storage unit A program for causing the computer to execute a deletion process to be deleted. Connected to the operation unit, a reading device that reads the image recorded on the document and generates data of the first format, and a recording device that performs recording processing that records the image indicated by the data of the first format on a sheet A computer executable program,
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Making the computer execute a recording instruction process,
The computer further comprises a storage unit,
The program is
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Causing the computer to execute the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The processing capability indicated by the capability information indicates at least one of the number of pages of the second data that can be inversely transformed by the inverse transformation program, and the data amount of the second data that can be inversely transformed.
The program, in the first determination processing, compares at least one of the number of pages and the data amount of the second data with the capability information to determine whether reverse conversion is possible. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
And a control unit,
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data obtained by converting the first data in the conversion process in the storage unit in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
It corresponds to the selected second data in response to the selection of the second data being received in the reception process in a state where the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit. An information processing apparatus that executes a first recording instruction process of causing the recording apparatus to record an image represented by the first data stored in the storage unit on a sheet; Operation unit,
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
A recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet;
A storage unit,
A recording system comprising a controller;
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data obtained by converting the first data in the conversion process in the storage unit in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
It corresponds to the selected second data in response to the selection of the second data being received in the reception process in a state where the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit. And a first recording instruction process of causing the recording apparatus to record an image represented by the first data stored in the storage unit on the sheet. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
And a control unit,
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
A second determination process of determining whether the amount of data stored in the storage unit is less than a threshold;
An information processing apparatus that executes the first storage process according to the fact that it is determined in the first determination process that reverse conversion is not possible and that the data amount is less than the threshold value in the second determination process. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
And a control unit,
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
Generation processing for generating preview data in which the data amount of the first data is reduced according to the determination in the first determination processing that reverse conversion is possible;
An information processing apparatus that executes a second storage process of causing the storage unit to store the second data and the preview data in association with each other. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
And a control unit,
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The first determination process according to the fact that the recording device can not record an image indicated by the data of the second format on a sheet;
Generation processing for generating preview data in which the amount of data of the first data is reduced according to the fact that the recording device can record an image represented by data of the second format on a sheet;
An information processing apparatus that executes a second storage process of causing the storage unit to store the second data and the preview data in association with each other. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
And a control unit,
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
A recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet;
It is possible to communicate with a server capable of executing an inverse conversion program that inversely converts second data of a second format different from the first format into inverse converted data of the first format,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
A conversion process for converting the first data into the second data of the second format ;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to the processing capability of the inverse conversion program;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
A third determination process of determining whether the first data associated with the second data is stored in the storage unit in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process; ,
The first recording instruction process according to the fact that the first data is stored in the third determination process;
In response to the determination in the third determination processing that the first data is not stored, conversion request information for reversely converting the selected second data is transmitted to the server through the communication unit. Conversion request processing,
Inverse conversion data reception processing for receiving the inverse conversion data as a response to the conversion request information from the server through the communication unit;
An information processing apparatus that executes second recording instruction processing of transmitting recording instruction information for recording an image indicated by the reverse conversion data on a sheet to the recording device through the communication unit; Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
A control unit,
Equipped with
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
The first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
A second determination process of determining whether the amount of data stored in the storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold;
The first data associated with the second data that can be inversely transformed by the inverse transformation program according to the determination in the second determination processing that the amount of data is equal to or more than the threshold value from the storage unit An information processing apparatus that executes deletion processing to be deleted. Operation unit,
Communication department,
A storage unit,
A control unit,
Equipped with
The communication unit is
A reader for reading an image recorded on a document and generating data of a first format;
It is possible to communicate with a recording apparatus that executes a recording process of recording an image represented by data of the first format on a sheet,
The control unit
A first data acquisition process of acquiring first data of the first format from the reader through the communication unit;
Conversion processing for converting the first data into second data of a second format different from the first format;
A first storage process for storing the first data and the second data in association with each other;
A reception process of receiving a user operation for selecting data to be a target of the recording process via the operation unit;
First, in response to reception of the selection of the second data in the reception process, the recording device causes the recording device to record an image indicated by the first data stored in association with the second data. Recording instruction processing,
Capability information acquisition processing for acquiring capability information related to processing capability of an inverse conversion program for inversely converting the second data into the inverse converted data of the first format;
A first determination process of determining whether the reverse conversion program can reverse convert the second data based on the capability information;
Executing the first storage process according to the determination that the reverse conversion is impossible in the first determination process;
The processing capability indicated by the capability information indicates at least one of the number of pages of the second data that can be inversely transformed by the inverse transformation program, and the data amount of the second data that can be inversely transformed.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit compares at least one of the number of pages and the data amount of the second data with the capability information in the first determination process to determine whether reverse conversion is possible.

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