System for printing documents

摘要

Edited data for text, patterns, graphs, and the like can be provided by editing programs dedicated to edition of each of such data. A system for editing and printing documents includes a plurality of printing program each corresponding with each of the editing programs and operating independently of one another for generating graphics commands in accordance with the edited data a printing control program for generating print images composed of dots in accordance with the graphics commands from the printing programs and a printing management program for controlling operations of the printing programs in accordance with data in a control data file which stores therein data related to printing programs such as print positions of individual edited data. The system also provides an operating system capable of multitask control, which controls a printing conditions set up program independently of the operation of the printing management program, whereby printing requests are enabled to be received in succession if such requests are made in the course of printing.