Abstract: To appropriately perform blotting out processing for a portion that a user intends to prevent from being displayed for an electronic document having text information on a character string for search, along with image information. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in a case where the electronic document is an electronic document in a format searchable for a character string and where a character string obtained by performing OCR processing for a character image object existing in an area and a character string of an invisible text object existing in the area do not match with each other, a setting unit performs re-setting of an area to which blotting out processing is applied for at least one of the character image object and the invisible text object so that both the character strings match with each other.

Abstract: In the case where a table region is erroneously recognized, the edition of a character is facilitated. An information processing apparatus selects one selectable region from an image. According to the change of the position of the region selected by a selecting unit, a region that is included in the region before the position change and that is not included in the region after the position change is set to a new selectable region.

Abstract: Even in the case of a document file including an annotation and text within a page, the file size is reduced while retaining annotation and text information. An image processing apparatus that extracts an annotation object and a text object from a page of an input document file, converts other objects included within the page except for the extracted annotation object and text object into one image object, compresses the converted one image object, and generates page data based on the compressed image object and the extracted annotation object and text object.

Abstract: To appropriately perform blotting out processing for a portion that a user intends to prevent from being displayed for an electronic document having text information on a character string for search, along with image information. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in a case where the electronic document is an electronic document in a format searchable for a character string and where a character string obtained by performing OCR processing for a character image object existing in an area and a character string of an invisible text object existing in the area do not match with each other, a setting unit performs re-setting of an area to which blotting out processing is applied for at least one of the character image object and the invisible text object so that both the character strings match with each other.

Abstract: In a case where a position of a recognized cell is shifted from a position of a ruled line of an actual cell, if the recognized cell is deleted, a part of the ruled line of the actual cell is deleted. According to an aspect of the present invention, straight lines are detected from regions around four sides constituting the recognized cell, and an inside of a region surrounded by the detected straight lines is deleted.

Abstract: Even in the case of a document file including an annotation and text within a page, the file size is reduced while retaining annotation and text information. An image processing apparatus that extracts an annotation object and a text object from a page of an input document file, converts other objects included within the page except for the extracted annotation object and text object into one image object, compresses the converted one image object, and generates page data based on the compressed image object and the extracted annotation object and text object.

Abstract: In a case where a position of a recognized cell is shifted from a position of a ruled line of an actual cell, if the recognized cell is deleted, a part of the ruled line of the actual cell is deleted. According to an aspect of the present invention, straight lines are detected from regions around four sides constituting the recognized cell, and an inside of a region surrounded by the detected straight lines is deleted.

Abstract: In the case where a table region is erroneously recognized, the edition of a character is facilitated. An information processing apparatus selects one selectable region from an image. According to the change of the position of the region selected by a selecting unit, a region that is included in the region before the position change and that is not included in the region after the position change is set to a new selectable region.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus. When an information processing apparatus receives a selection of a position under a situation where an image including a plurality of recognized cells is displayed on a display unit, the information processing apparatus displays an editing region for allowing a user to edit a text included in a recognized cell including the position, and a handle for changing the position of the recognized cell including the position which has been received a selection.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on a preprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by a reading unit is a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. The image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on an unprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by the reading unit is not a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet.

Abstract: A print control apparatus may include a determination unit and a print data generation unit to process variable data. The determination unit determines an imposition method used for defining layout of the variable data including a plurality of pages where stationary content used for a plurality of records and variable content that differs for each record are arranged on one physical page. The print data generation unit generates print data used for arranging the layout of the plurality pages and performs printing. The print data generation unit acquires information for identifying a physical page on which each page of each record included in the variable data is printed based on the variable data and the imposition method determined by the determination unit and generates the print data including the acquired information used for identifying the physical page on which each page of each record is printed.

Abstract: At the time of printing by reuse of a backing sheet, a print can not be performed on a blank area thereof. According to an image forming apparatus in the present invention it is determined whether or not a print content is enabled to be printed on a blank area of a document read by a reading unit, and in a case where it is determined that the print content is enabled to be printed, the print content is on the blank area of the document read by the reading unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for editing a document including a first layer and a second layer. The information processing apparatus determines, when a first layer is selected as a target layer, whether an object in a second page of the first layer, which follows a first page, can be relocated to a blank region in the first page of the first layer. When it is determined that the object in the second page of the first layer can be relocated, the information processing apparatus locates the object in the second page of the first layer to the first page of the first layer.

Abstract: An electronic document generating apparatus adds, if the same attribute as an attribute of a layer to be processed of an original electronic document is not stored in a layer attribute DB, the attribute to the layer attribute DB, and analyzes an OBJ of a layer of the page to be processed in the original electronic document, and if the OBJ is an OBJ whose size-reduction is not permitted, stores “reduction-inhibited OBJ: ON” in the layer attribute DB as one of the attributes of the layer, and if the OBJ is an OBJ that includes personal data, stores “personal data: ON” in the layer attribute DB as one of the attributes of the layer, and further performs imposition of the page to be processed in the original electronic document according to the content of the layer attribute DB and an imposition method designated by the user.

Abstract: When the processing of process steps of a print job that includes job definition information showing the process steps of a printing process and information relating to drawing data used in printing is executed by devices, a printing control apparatus connected to the devices determines whether the processing content of a target print job has been changed by the devices from a processing content defined by the job definition information, and, if determined that the processing content has been changed, collects the job definition information defining the changed processing content.

Abstract: A method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes: storing data in which pages are defined; specifying insertion data to be inserted into the data; providing instructions to insert the insertion data specified at a specific page of the data stored; determining whether the insertion data specified has been input by using the input device specified by the specifying unit; and inserting the input insertion data at the specific page indicated if it is determined that the insertion data specified has been input.

Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which adjusts printing according to a color attribute of an original determined by reading when printing is executed for an original to be read, a control method thereof, and a program. To accomplish this, this printing apparatus reads an original to determine a color attribute of the original, converts data of a print image so that a color attribute of the data of the print image corresponds to the determined color attribute of the original, and prints the print image on the original.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on a preprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by a reading unit is a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. The image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on an unprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by the reading unit is not a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet.

Abstract: A print processing apparatus includes a margin reduction processing unit that saves printed papers by changing the positions of objects such as texts or drawings configuring document data in a predetermined layout direction. The margin detection unit specifies the distances of the margin portions between objects adjacent in the layout direction. The margin reduction effect prediction unit sums the distances of the margin portions, and multiplies the percentage of the summation result relative to the number of pages processed by the number of pages for the entire document to thereby calculate reduction prediction information about printed papers when performing margin reduction print processing. The prediction display unit displays the reduction prediction information about printed papers prior to margin reduction print execution.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string from a document including layout information, a character width acquisition unit configured to acquire space character width information, and a spacing amount determination unit configured to determine a spacing amount of each inter-character space based on the character string extracted by the character extraction unit and the layout information. The apparatus further includes an insertion unit configured to determine whether a space character is to be included in each inter-character space based on the spacing amount of each inter-character space determined by the spacing amount determination unit and the space character width information acquired by the character width acquisition unit, and to insert a space character code into an inter-character space in which a space character is determined to be included.