JP2024043423A - Program, information processing device control method, and information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve user convenience regarding printing of an additional image added to an image.

SOLUTION: A program causes a computer of an information processing device to execute: a setting step of receiving an operation for executing printing of an additional image to be added to an image; and a moving step of moving, based on receiving the setting for executing the printing of the additional image, all images and the additional image while maintaining arrangement of all the images and the additional image so that the additional image and all the images arranged in a preview area including a printing area being an area where the image is printed and a non-printing area being an area where the image is not printed fit in the printing area.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a program, a method for controlling an information processing device, and an information processing device.

In recent years, with the advent of large printers that use roll paper, there are increasing opportunities to create multiple works by printing multiple images side by side on large sheets of paper and then cutting them. When cutting is performed after printing, an additional image (for example, a registration mark) may be added to each image and printed to serve as a guide for the cutting position. Conventionally, when setting an additional image, if the additional image protrudes outside the print area, which is an area that is not printed, a method is known in which the additional image is reliably printed by changing the position of the image (Patent Document 1).

JP 2020-195098 Publication

However, in the method described in Patent Document 1, only the images protruding outside the print area are moved independently, so there is a risk that the arrangement (layout) of the images may be disrupted. For example, if a user has arranged multiple images in appropriate positions in advance to make them easier to cut, using the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 will disrupt the arrangement of the images, and the user will have to redo the layout of the images. was there.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to improve convenience for users regarding printing of additional images added to images.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the program of the present invention:

The program of the present invention makes it possible to improve the user's convenience regarding printing of additional images added to images.

Block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the printing system Block diagram showing the software configuration of the printing system Example of application screen in embodiment Example of application screen when register mark printing is on in the embodiment Example of application screen after all image shift processing in embodiment Example of an application screen after some image shift processing in the embodiment Example of application screen after automatic arrangement processing in the embodiment Examples of various layout plans when it is not possible to perform shift processing on all images Flowchart showing the process when registration mark printing is turned on Flowchart showing the process when registration mark printing is turned off

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the present invention according to the claims, and all combinations of features described in the present embodiments are not essential to the solution of the present invention. Not exclusively.

[Embodiment 1]
<Hardware configuration of printing system>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a printing system.
The host computer 101 is an example of an image processing device, and includes an input interface 110, a CPU 111, a ROM 112, a RAM 113, an external storage device 114, an output interface 115, and an input/output interface 116. These are communicably connected via a common bus and are centrally controlled by the CPU 111. Furthermore, input devices such as a keyboard 118 and pointing device 117 are connected to the input interface 110, and display devices such as a display unit 119 are connected to the output interface 115.
The ROM 112 stores an initialization program, and the external storage device 114 stores a group of application programs, an operating system (OS), a printer driver, and other various data. The RAM 113 is used as a work memory, etc. when executing various programs stored in the external storage device 114.
Note that in this embodiment, the CPU 111 executes processes related to functions described later and flowcharts described later in the host computer 101 by performing processes according to the procedures of a program stored in the ROM 112. A printing apparatus 102, which is a device, is connected to a host computer 101 via an input/output interface 116. Although the host computer 101 and the printing device 102 are configured separately here, they may be configured as a single image processing device. Although the printing apparatus will be described using an inkjet printer that prints by ejecting ink onto a paper surface, printing may be performed using other methods (for example, electrophotography). Further, the host computer 101 may be a desktop computer, a smartphone, or a notebook computer.

<Software configuration of printing system>
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the software configuration of a printing system executed by the image processing apparatus in this embodiment. The following description will be made assuming that the OS 201 is equipped with WINDOWS (registered trademark) as one aspect of this embodiment.
The application 202 is software that can arrange a plurality of image data for printing and execute printing.
After creating print data on the application 202, the user makes various print settings for the printer driver 203 provided by the printing device vendor. A screen for making print settings is displayed by the user interface unit 204 called from the application 202 via the OS 201. On the print settings screen, the user can make various settings necessary for printing, such as specifying the paper type and roll paper width. Note that by using OS functions such as PrintTicket and PrintCapabilities, the application 202 can directly receive print setting change instructions from the user on the application screen without displaying the print setting screen described above.

After completing the print settings, the user presses a print button on the application 202 to instruct the application 202 to execute printing. In response to a print instruction from the user, the application 202 creates print data and passes the print data to the graphics processing unit 205 of the printer driver 203 via the OS 201 .
The graphics processing unit 205 performs color processing, rendering, etc. on the print data, converts it into a data format that can be interpreted by the printing device 102, and transmits the print data to the printing device 102 via the communication unit 206. .
Thereafter, ink is ejected from the recording head onto the recording medium fed to the printing device 102 to form an image.
Note that in this embodiment, printing using the printer driver 203 will be described, but the application 202 itself creates print data and sends the print data directly to the printing apparatus 102 without going through the printer driver 203. You can.
A specific embodiment in which a user edits a print layout on the application 202 will be described below.

<Edit print layout>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the application 202 that allows one or more images to be freely arranged and printed on printing paper. Note that although a method for inputting an image is not particularly illustrated, there are, for example, a method in which the user opens Explorer from the file menu of the application 202 and inputs an image, or a method in which the user inputs the image by directly dragging and dropping the image onto the application 202. Furthermore, the image format may be any format that can be interpreted by the application 202; for example, image formats such as Bitmap and Tiff can be considered. Alternatively, a vector format such as XPS (XML Paper Specification) or EMF (Enhanced Metafile) may be used.
A preview area 301 is an area where a paper area 302 and an image 303 placed by the user are displayed. While checking the preview, the user can directly adjust the size, position, etc. of the image 303 using, for example, a pointing device.
The paper area 302 is a paper area printed by the printing device 102. The width of the paper area 302 follows the setting value of the roll paper width setting 307, and the length is variable. The actual length to be printed may be, for example, the minimum length at which all images 303 are printed, or may be a fixed value input by the user. In this embodiment, a printing format using roll paper will be described, but cut paper including standard paper such as A4 and A1 may also be used, and the present invention is not particularly limited.

A boundary line 304 is a boundary line indicating the boundary between the printing area and the non-printing area. The non-printing area is the area at the edge of the paper, and is a margin area that is reserved to prevent the inside of the device from getting dirty, for example, when there is a misalignment between the recording medium and the formed image, or when there is a large amount of ink. . Data placed on this non-print area will not be printed.
The edit setting area 305 includes printer settings 306, roll paper width settings 307, paper type settings 308, registration mark print settings 309, and automatic arrangement button 310. Printer settings 306 is a combo box that accepts designation of the printer driver 203 used for printing. The roll paper width setting 307 is a combo box that accepts specification of the roll paper width used for printing. Paper type setting 308 is a combo box that accepts specification of the type of paper used for printing. The application 202 can obtain capability information that can be set in the roll paper width setting 307 and paper type setting 308 for the printer driver 203 selected in the printer settings 306 by using OS functions such as PrintCapabilities. .

The registration mark print setting 309 is a combo box that accepts a designation as to whether or not to add registration mark drawing to the image 303 (on/off/presence/absence). Note that a registration mark is an additional image (mark) added around the image 303 that is used for positioning when cutting, and is used, for example, as a mark for the cutting position when cutting out an image area from a printed recording medium. Become. Further, although the registration mark is added around the image 303, it may be added at any position as long as it serves as a mark when cutting the image 303.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the application 202 when the registration mark print setting 309 is set to “on” (present), and registration marks 401 are displayed at the four corners of the image 303. With this, the user can cut out the image neatly by cutting along the lines of the register marks 401 after printing. Although not shown here, there are other types of dragonfly, such as a center dragonfly that indicates the vertical and horizontal orientation of the image, and a Japanese-style dragonfly that consists of two lines, and these may be selectable. . Further, in this embodiment, the on/off (presence/absence) state of the registration mark print setting 309 is applied to all images 303, but a configuration may be adopted in which the presence/absence can be set for each image.

The automatic arrangement button 310 is a button that accepts execution of automatic arrangement, and by pressing the button, the user can neatly arrange and arrange all the images 303 on the paper area 302. There are various automatic arrangement algorithms, but for example, the top positions of each image are aligned and the images are arranged horizontally so that they do not overlap, and if the images do not fit on the paper, the images are moved to the next line. There is a way to move and place it. Furthermore, the order and rotation state of the images may be changed to reduce the margins or to make it easier to cut after printing.
The print button 311 prints the setting information set in the roll paper width setting 307 and paper type setting 308 and the layout information (image arrangement information) of the paper area 302 edited by the user to the printer driver specified in the printer settings 306. This is a button for sending to 203. In the example shown in FIG. 4, three images to which register marks are added as additional images are printed on plain paper with a roll paper width of 600 mm.

<Processing flow when register mark printing is turned on>
Next, a process flow when the registration mark print setting 309 is changed to on (present) in the application 202 in this embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. That is, the process of this flowchart is started based on the registration mark print setting 309 being changed to on (present). This is realized by the CPU 111 loading the program of the application 202 onto the RAM 113 and executing it.
First, in S901, the application 202 determines whether the arrangement of the image displayed in the preview area 301 has been manually changed by a user operation. As a determination method, for example, an internal flag is set in advance when a manual change in the arrangement of images is received, and determination can be made by referring to the internal flag. If it is determined that the application 202 has not been manually changed (No in S901), the process moves to S902, and if it is determined that the change has been manually made (Yes in S901), the application 202 performs the process. The process moves to S903. For example, the application 202 moves the process to step S902 when layout editing is started or data has been automatically arranged, and when the position or size of the image 303 has been changed by user operation, the process proceeds to step S902. The process moves to S903.
In S902, the application 202 executes automatic arrangement processing that takes into account the registration mark printing area, and moves the processing to S908. Here, the registration mark printing area is an area in which the registration marks 401 are added to each image 303, and is a larger area than each image 303. Furthermore, the automatic arrangement processing that takes into account the registration mark printing area is a process that automatically adjusts the position of each image 303 so that the registration mark printing areas of each image do not all overlap. Note that this operation may be the same as when the automatic arrangement button 310 is pressed while the registration mark print setting 309 is on (present), or a different algorithm may be used. With this configuration, if the user has not manually changed the layout, the layout is automatically changed to an optimal layout that takes into account the registration mark printing area.
In S903, the application 202 calculates the registration mark printing area of each image 303, and moves the process to S904. This process is executed in S904 to determine whether the register mark printing area of all images 303 falls within the printing area.

In S904, the application 202 determines whether the registration mark printing area of all images 303 fits within the printing area. If the registration mark printing area does not fit within the printing area (No in S904), the application 202 moves the process to S905, and if the registration mark printing area does not fit within the printing area (Yes in S904), the application 202 executes the process. The process moves to S908. If all the registration mark printing areas fit within the printing area, printing defects will not occur even if the image layout manually placed by the user is maintained, so the application 202 will print the registration marks in subsequent processing (S909). is drawn, and the processing of this flowchart ends. If all of the registration marks 401 do not fit within the print area, some of the registration marks 401 will not be printed, so the application 202 corrects the image layout in the processing from S905 onwards.
In S905, the application 202 determines whether the shift process in S906, which will be described later, can be performed, and if the shift process can be performed (Yes in S905), the process moves to S906, and if the shift process cannot be performed. (No in S905), the process moves to S907. Details will be described later.
In S906, the application 202 shifts (moves) all images 303 (executes shift processing), and moves the process to S908.
(Example of shift processing)
As an example, FIG. 5 shows the result of applying the shift process of S906 to the layout of FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, the registration mark printing areas of the "1" and "2" images extend into the non-printing area, so the application 202 in step S906 makes sure that all the registration mark printing areas fit within the printing area. Shift all images 303 to the lower right. This makes it possible to print without missing the register mark printing area while maintaining the state manually laid out by the user.
In addition, in order to print without missing the registration mark printing area, another method is to move only the "1" and "2" images that protrude into the non-printing area into the printing area. , the image layout intentionally arranged by the user as shown in FIG. 6 is disrupted. In this case, when the user cuts the paper after printing, events such as an increase in the number of cuts may occur.
Also, even if you take measures to prevent the loss of the registration mark printing area by forcing automatic alignment, the layout will be different from the user's layout as shown in Figure 7, and the number of cuts may increase, or the images you want to group together may be separated. There is a risk that events such as storage may occur. In addition, the image 303 is generally arranged from the upper left corner of the printing area in many cases, and in that case, when the registration mark printing setting 309 is set to on (present), the registration mark printing area overlaps the non-printing area. There will be many cases where this happens. However, by applying the present embodiment, it becomes possible to perform registration mark printing while maintaining the state manually laid out by the user as much as possible.

As for the image shift amount, for example, the entire image 303 is shifted downward by the maximum amount of overflow of the register mark print area that overflows into the non-print area at the upper end of the paper. In addition, the entire image 303 is shifted to the right by the maximum amount of the registration mark printing area that extends into the non-printing area at the left end of the paper. If the registration mark printing area protrudes from the right or bottom edge of the paper instead of the top or left edge, shift it in the opposite direction. Note that the shift amount may be the maximum value of the amount of protrusion as described above, or may be a fixed value that takes into account the registration mark printing area.
(Method for determining whether shift is possible)
Here, a method for determining in S905 whether or not the shift processing in S906 can be performed will be explained. First, if any registration mark printing area covers three or more of the top, left, bottom, and right ends of the non-printing areas, it is determined that shifting is not possible because no avoidance measures can be taken by shifting. Next, each registration mark printing area when the entire image 303 is shifted is calculated based on the shift amount calculated by the above-described method. If the calculated registration mark printing area falls within the non-printing area, it is determined that the shift is not possible because there is no way to avoid this by shifting. In other cases, it is determined that shift is possible.

Next, in S907, the application 202 displays a warning and changes the layout of the image 303, and the process moves to S908. This process will now be described in detail using FIG. 8. FIG. 8(a) shows the state in which the user has arranged five images, and FIGS. 8(b), (c), (d), and (e) show the registration mark printing for FIG. 8(a). A state in which the setting 309 is turned on is shown. FIG. 8B shows a case where the shift process to the lower right was performed in S906, and it can be seen that the shift process cannot be performed because the "3" image protrudes into the non-print area. Therefore, in S907, a warning such as "Register marks may not be printed correctly. We recommend changing the image layout" is displayed to the user. This allows the user to notice that the current image layout cannot be maintained, and allows the user to change the image arrangement themselves.
Alternatively, an embodiment may be adopted in which the arrangement of images is automatically changed as shown in FIGS. 8(c), (d), and (e) without displaying a warning.
FIG. 8(c) shows a case in which automatic arrangement is forcibly performed in consideration of the registration mark printing area.
Figure 8(d) shows a case where, when there is a sufficient gap between each image, the registration mark print area is kept within the print area while maintaining the image layout as much as possible by reducing the gap between each image at a certain rate. It shows.
FIG. 8(e) shows a case in which only the image that has protruded into the non-print area in the process of FIG. 8(b) is moved into the print area.
According to these embodiments, even if shift processing is not possible, it is possible to maintain the image layout state arranged by the user to the extent possible without any effort on the part of the user. Note that a warning message may be displayed to ask the user whether or not automatic changes are to be made, such as ``Register marks may not be printed correctly.Do you want to change the layout automatically?''.

In S908, the application 202 saves the movement information of the image 303 in the RAM 113, and moves the process to S909. Specifically, the application 202 saves the shift amount for each of the images 303 shifted in S906, or the same fixed shift amount for all images. Alternatively, the coordinate values of the image 303 before movement may be saved. The information saved here is used when returning the position of the image 303 to its original position in S1003, which will be described later. Note that not only the shift amount shifted in S906 but also the amount of image movement performed in S902 and S907 may be saved.
Finally, in S909, the application 202 draws the registration mark 401 on the preview area 301, and ends this process.

<Processing flow when register mark printing is turned off>
Next, a process flow when the registration mark print setting 309 is changed to OFF in the application 202 in this embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 10.
First, in S1001, the application 202 determines whether the shift process in S906 has been performed in advance. If it has been carried out (Yes in S1001), the process moves to S1002, and if it has not been carried out (No in S1001), the process moves to S1004.
In step S1002, the application 202 determines whether the layout has been changed by user operation after turning on registration mark printing. If it has not been changed (No in S1002), the process moves to S1003, and if it has been changed (Yes in S1002), the process moves to S1004.
In S1003, the application 202 performs a return process to return the position of the image 303 to the position before shifting based on the movement information of the image 303 saved in S908, and the process moves to S1004. Note that the image position can be returned by moving it by the same amount of shift in the opposite direction to the direction in which it was moved, based on the amount of shift for each of the images 303 saved in S908, or the same fixed amount of shift for all images. There is a way. Alternatively, a restoration method such as restoring the position from the saved position information of the image before shifting may be used.
Finally, in S1004, the application 202 changes the drawing of the registration mark to non-display, and ends this process.
Through the above processing flow, even if the registration mark print setting 309 is turned on and the position of the image 303 is changed as necessary, if the setting is turned back off again, the position of the image 303 will be changed to the original position. Begins to return to position. As a result, it is possible to prevent the layout of the image 303 from being unintentionally disrupted simply by switching the registration mark print settings 309. Further, if the image layout is updated with registration mark printing on in the process of S1002, the process of restoring the image position to the original position is skipped. This prevents the layout intentionally changed by the user from being corrupted. Note that in the process flow described above, the determination is made in S1001 based on whether the shift process in S906 has been performed, but the condition may include whether or not the image 303 has been moved in S902 or S907. In that case, even if the image layout is significantly changed in S902 or S907, the image movement information is saved in S908, so the image layout can be restored to its original state in the process of S1003. .

As described above, by using the present embodiment, the user can change the registration mark printing settings while maintaining the intended image layout as much as possible, and can print without missing registration marks. Further, since an unintended change in the image layout does not occur simply by switching the registration mark printing settings, the user can consider image layout processing and changing the registration mark printing settings separately.

(Other examples)
The embodiment described above is also realized by performing the following processing. That is, the software (program) that realizes the functions of the embodiments described above is supplied to a system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads and executes the program. This is the process of Further, the program may be executed by one computer or may be executed by multiple computers in conjunction with each other. Furthermore, it is not necessary to implement all of the above-described processing using software, and some or all of the processing may be implemented using hardware such as an ASIC. Moreover, the CPU is not limited to one CPU that performs all processing, but may be a plurality of CPUs that perform processing while working together as appropriate.
Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized. This also includes a case where an OS running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program code, and the functions of the embodiments described above are realized by the processing.
The disclosure of this embodiment includes the following programs, methods, and configurations.
(Program 1)
In the computer of the image processing device,
a setting step for accepting an operation for printing an additional image added to the image;
Based on the reception of settings for executing printing of the additional image, the additional image is placed in a preview area including a print area where the image is printed and a non-print area where the image is not printed. a moving step of moving all the images and the additional image within the printing area while maintaining the arrangement of all the images and the additional image;
A program characterized by executing.
(Program 2)
a determination step of determining whether or not all of the images and the additional images can be moved within a print area while maintaining their arrangement;
2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the moving step is executed based on a determination that the determination step falls within the print area.
(Program 3)
3. The program according to claim 1, further causing the computer to execute a warning display step of displaying a warning to the user when it is determined in the determination step that the print area does not fit within the print area.
(Program 4)
If it is determined in the determination step that the image does not fit within the printing area, a layout changing step of changing the layout of all the images and the additional image so that the image and the additional image fit within the printing area. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the program executes.
(Program 5)
a storing step of storing movement information due to rearrangement of all the images in a storage means;
If an operation for not printing the additional images is received, a restoring step of returning the positions of all the images to the positions before the movement step was performed based on the movement information;
5. The program according to claim 1, further causing the computer to execute the program.
(Program 6)
If the arrangement of the image is changed by the user after receiving settings for printing the additional image, even if an operation for not printing the additional image is received, 6. The program according to claim 5, wherein the program executes control that does not execute the return step.
(Program 7)
7. The arrangement changing step automatically changes the arrangement of all the images and the additional image so that all the images and the additional image fit within the print area. The program described in paragraph 1.
(Program 8)
The program according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the arrangement changing step changes the arrangement of the images by reducing a gap between the image and another image at a predetermined ratio. .
(Program 9)
4. The arrangement changing step changes the arrangement of all of the images and the additional images so that only the images and additional images that protrude outside the printing area fit within the printing area. 8. The program according to any one of 8.
(Program 10)
According to any one of claims 1 to 9, each of the steps is executed when the layout of an image is changed by a user before accepting settings for printing the additional image. program.
(Method 1)
A method for controlling an information processing device, the method comprising:
a setting step for accepting an operation for printing an additional image added to the image;
Based on the reception of settings for executing printing of the additional image, the additional image is placed in a preview area including a print area where the image is printed and a non-print area where the image is not printed. a moving step of moving all the images and the additional images while maintaining the arrangement of all the images and the additional images so that all the images and the additional images fit within the printing area;
A method for controlling an information processing device, comprising:
(Configuration 1)
An information processing device,
a setting means that accepts an operation for printing an additional image added to the image;
Based on acceptance of settings for executing printing of the additional image, the image is placed in a preview area including a print area where the image is printed and a non-print area where the image is not printed. moving means for moving all the images and the additional images while maintaining the arrangement of all the images and the additional images so that all the images and the additional images fit within the printing area;
An information processing device comprising:

101 host computer 102 printing device 202 application

Claims (13)

The computer of the information processing device
a setting step of receiving an operation for executing printing of an additional image to be added to the image;
a moving step of moving all of the images and the additional images arranged in a preview area including a print area where an image is printed and a non-print area where an image is not printed, while maintaining the arrangement of all of the images and the additional images, so that the all of the images and the additional images fit within the print area, based on the reception of a setting for executing printing of the additional images;
A program characterized by executing the above. a determination step of determining whether or not all of the images and the additional images can be moved within a print area while maintaining their arrangement;
2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the moving step is executed based on a determination that the determination step falls within the print area. The program according to claim 2, characterized in that the additional image is a registration mark. 3. The program according to claim 2, further causing the computer to execute a warning display step of displaying a warning to the user if it is determined in the determining step that the print area does not fit within the print area. If it is determined in the determination step that the image does not fit within the printing area, a layout changing step of changing the layout of all the images and the additional image so that the image and the additional image fit within the printing area. 3. The program according to claim 2, wherein the program executes the following. a storing step of storing movement information due to rearrangement of all the images in a storage means;
If an operation for not printing the additional images is received, a restoring step of returning the positions of all the images to the positions before the movement step was performed based on the movement information;
The program according to claim 1, further causing the computer to execute. If the arrangement of the image is changed by the user after receiving settings for printing the additional image, even if an operation for not printing the additional image is received, 7. The program according to claim 6, wherein the program executes control that does not execute the return step. 6. The program according to claim 5, wherein the arrangement changing step automatically changes the arrangement of all the images and the additional image so that all the images and the additional image fit within the print area. . 6. The program according to claim 5, wherein the arrangement changing step changes the arrangement of the images by reducing a gap between the image and another image at a predetermined rate. 6. The arrangement changing step changes the arrangement of all the images and the additional images so that only the images protruding outside the printing area and the additional images fit within the printing area. Programs listed. 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the program executes each of the steps when the layout of an image is changed by the user before accepting settings for printing the additional image. A method for controlling an information processing device, comprising:
a setting step of receiving an operation for executing printing of an additional image to be added to the image;
a moving step of moving all of the images and the additional images arranged in a preview area including a print area where an image is printed and a non-print area where an image is not printed, while maintaining the arrangement of all of the images and the additional images, so that the all of the images and the additional images fit within the print area, based on the reception of a setting for executing printing of the additional images;
13. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising the steps of: An information processing device,
a setting means that accepts an operation for printing an additional image added to the image;
Based on acceptance of settings for executing printing of the additional image, the image is placed in a preview area including a print area where the image is printed and a non-print area where the image is not printed. moving means for moving all the images and the additional images while maintaining the arrangement of all the images and the additional images so that all the images and the additional images fit within the printing area;
An information processing device comprising:

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