摘要 |
A client personal computer having a hierarchical structure and processing a variable data printing (VDP) document to which metadata can be added includes a UI unit for receiving an instruction to mutually associate a layer of a template corresponding to the VDP document, a print setting editing unit for setting a print setting to the layer of the template according to the instruction, a job ticket output unit for outputting a job ticket including a correspondence relation between the print setting and the VDP document and the print setting, and a VDP job output unit for adding, to the print data, metadata for mutually associating the print setting described in the output job ticket and the layer of the VDP document corresponding to the layer of the template to which the print setting has been set.
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