JP2004237466A5

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Publication number: JP2004237466A5
Application number: JP2003026383A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2003-02-03
Publication date: 2005-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 2023-02-03

Claims

Image data acquisition means for acquiring image data in which the color of each pixel is expressed in multiple gradations for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
Allocation information acquisition means for acquiring allocation information designating allocation of the image to the print medium;
Print area information acquisition means for acquiring print area information designating a print area in the image;
A part of the image including the print area and the area corresponding to the outside of the print area is extracted from the image data with reference to the print area information, and the extracted image data is arranged on the print page according to the allocation information. Print image data generating means for generating print image data;
A print control apparatus comprising: a print execution unit configured to print a part of the print image data on a print medium to print the print area on the print medium.

2. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the allocation information is information designating an allocation when a plurality of the same images are printed on a print medium.

The print control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the print area information includes at least coordinate information for specifying an edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying an edge of the print area.

When the assignment information specifies an assignment that does not provide an unprinted area of the image outside at least one side of the image located at an edge of the print medium, the print image data generation unit is configured to display at least one side of the image. An image in which an area corresponding to the outside of the print area is provided outside is generated to generate print image data, and the print execution unit executes printing while matching the edge of the print area with the edge of the print medium The printing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing control apparatus is a printing control apparatus.

When the layout information designates a layout in which a plurality of images are arranged adjacent to each other and an unprinted area is not provided at each boundary, the print image data generation unit performs the printing on the side of the adjacently arranged image. The print control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein both images are arranged while the edges of the print area are made coincident without providing an area corresponding to the outside of the area.

The allocation information acquisition unit acquires any of a plurality of types of default allocation information defined in advance, and the print image data generation unit corresponds to the outside of the print area determined in advance for each type of default allocation and allocation position. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein print image data is generated by extracting an area to be printed and the print area and arranging the extracted area on a print page.

Image data acquisition means for acquiring image data in which the color of each pixel is expressed in multiple gradations for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
Allocation information acquisition means for acquiring allocation information designating allocation of the image to the print medium;
Print area information acquisition means for specifying print area in the image and acquiring print area information including at least coordinate information for specifying an edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying an edge of the print area;
A part of the image including the print area and the area corresponding to the outside of the print area is extracted from the image data with reference to the print area information, and the extracted image data is arranged on the print page according to the allocation information. A print control apparatus comprising: print image data generation means for generating print image data.

Display means for displaying an image and a print area to be printed on the print medium irrespective of the layout position;
A print area instruction accepting means for accepting an instruction to change the position and / or size of the print area displayed on the display means;
Print area information generating means for generating coordinate information for specifying the edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying the edge of the print area from the relative positional relationship between the print area and the image received by the print area instruction receiving means; A printing area information creating apparatus comprising:

Print image data in which image data to be printed is acquired by a computer device and image data is allocated to a print medium while the image data is arranged is stored in a temporary storage device for each page, and the print image stored in the temporary storage device An arrangement specifying data structure referred to when storing print image data in a temporary storage device when printing an image for each page indicated by data in a larger range than the print medium by the printing device,
Coordinate information that specifies the edge of the image and coordinate information that specifies the edge of the print area, and the side corresponding to the part where the images are adjacent to each other is the edge of the print area, and corresponds to the part where the image protrudes outside the print area When extracting a part of the image with the edge to be used as the edge of the image extracted from the image data and storing it in the temporary storage device, the edge of the print area is determined from the coordinate information specifying the edge of the print area. An arrangement specifying data structure, wherein an edge of the image is determined from coordinate information specifying the edge of the image.

An image data acquisition step of acquiring image data representing a multi-tone representation of the color of each pixel for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
An allocation information acquisition step of acquiring allocation information designating allocation of the image to the print medium;
A print area information acquisition step for acquiring print area information specifying a print area in the image;
Printing that extracts a part of an image including the print area and an area corresponding to the outside of the print area from the image data and generates print image data in which the extracted image data is arranged on a print page according to the allocation information An image data generation process;
And a print execution step of printing the print area on the print medium by printing a part of the print image data on the print medium.

A print control method for controlling a printing apparatus based on created print image data,
An image data acquisition step of acquiring image data representing a multi-tone representation of the color of each pixel for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
An allocation information acquisition step of acquiring allocation information designating allocation of the image to the print medium;
A print area information acquisition step for specifying print area in the image and acquiring print area information including at least coordinate information for specifying an edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying an edge of the print area;
Printing that extracts a part of an image including the print area and an area corresponding to the outside of the print area from the image data and generates print image data in which the extracted image data is arranged on a print page according to the allocation information A print control method comprising: an image data generation step.

A print area information creation method for creating print area information by an input from an operation input device while displaying an image and a print area to be printed on a print medium regardless of an allocation position on a display device. There,
A print area instruction accepting step for accepting an instruction to change the position and / or size of the print area displayed on the display device via the operation input device;
A print area information generating step for generating coordinate information for specifying the edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying the edge of the print area from the relative positional relationship between the print area and the image received in the print area instruction receiving step; A printing area information creating method comprising:

An image data acquisition function for acquiring image data in which the color of each pixel is expressed in multiple gradations for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
An allocation information acquisition function for acquiring allocation information specifying the allocation of the image to the print medium;
A print area information acquisition function for acquiring print area information specifying a print area in the image;
Printing that extracts a part of an image including the print area and an area corresponding to the outside of the print area from the image data and generates print image data in which the extracted image data is arranged on a print page according to the allocation information Image data generation function,
A print control program for causing a computer to realize a print execution function for printing the print area on the print medium by printing a part of the print image data on the print medium.

A print control program for controlling a printing apparatus based on created print image data,
An image data acquisition function for acquiring image data in which the color of each pixel is expressed in multiple gradations for an image composed of a plurality of pixels;
An allocation information acquisition function for acquiring allocation information specifying the allocation of the image to the print medium;
A print area information acquisition function for specifying print area in the image and acquiring print area information including at least coordinate information for specifying an edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying an edge of the print area;
Printing that extracts a part of an image including the print area and an area corresponding to the outside of the print area from the image data and generates print image data in which the extracted image data is arranged on a print page according to the allocation information A print control program for causing a computer to realize an image data generation function.

A print area information creation program for creating print area information by an input from an operation input device while displaying an image and a print area to be printed on a print medium regardless of an allocation position on a display device There,
A print area instruction accepting function for accepting an instruction to change the position and / or size of the print area displayed on the display device via the operation input device;
A print area information generation function for generating coordinate information for specifying the edge of the image and coordinate information for specifying the edge of the print area from the relative positional relationship between the print area and the image received by the print area instruction reception function; A print area information creation program characterized by causing a computer to realize the above.