Print data transmission to imager of print data for downloadable font in data transmitting sequence reflecting differences in page sequence between original pages and print pages

摘要

A print management apparatus is disclosed which includes a print-data producing device that produces print data based on original data, and which allows a downloading of font data from the print management apparatus to an image forming apparatus. The print management apparatus further includes: a sequence modifier modifying a sequence in which the print management apparatus outputs the print data to the image forming apparatus, from an original sequence in which original pages represented by the original data are arranged, into a printing sequence in which print pages printed by the image forming apparatus are arranged; and a redundant-range detector detecting a redundant range over which an identical downloadable font is redundantly used within the print pages arranged in the printing sequence. The print-data producing device outputs the print data to the image forming apparatus in the printing sequence, without a redundant output of at least one portion of data identical to the font data previously outputted to the image forming apparatus.