摘要 |
A direct printing unit 35 acquires document formats of document file names read in accordance with information regarding a printing order, which is stored in an output control data storage unit 41 , and activates document file expansion programs corresponding to the acquired document formats with reference to an activation program table stored in advance in an output method storage unit 23 . The direct printing control unit 35 acquires printing intermediate files of document files corresponding to document file names, which are outputted from the activated document file expansion programs, and stores the acquired printing intermediate files in an output data storage unit 24 . Then, an output data editing unit 36 edits the acquired printing intermediate files in accordance with an output format set by a user with reference to an output format storage unit 42.
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