JP7047962B2 - program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program or the like that can be read by a computer of an information processing apparatus.

As described in the following patent document, there is a printer capable of performing 1inN printing for creating a poster. In such a printer, a plurality of image data for printing on a plurality of printing papers are created based on the image data, and a plurality of printing papers printed based on the plurality of image data are concatenated by concatenating the plurality of printing papers. A poster is created.

JP-A-2015-138508

However, in 1inN printing, the image based on the image data is divided into equal parts, and only the divided images can be printed, and any image among the images based on the image data is printed. I can't. Therefore, it is an object to print an arbitrary image among the images based on the image data.

In order to solve the above problems, the printer driver disclosed in the embodiment is a printer driver which is a program readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus provided with a communication interface, and is an operating system installed in the information processing apparatus. Is configured to output the first image data in the PS format, which indicates the image to be printed and is converted from the image data in the PDF format, to the program, and operates the computer and the first image data in the PS format . It functions as a first acquisition means acquired from the system and a second acquisition means for acquiring paper size information indicating the print paper size, and the paper size information is the size in the first direction of the printing paper. The third acquisition means for acquiring the coordinate information indicating the coordinates in the first image indicated by the first image data in the PS format and the first PS format acquired by the first acquisition means for the computer. When the image data is image data showing an image having a size that does not fit in the print area of the printing paper whose size in the first direction is the size in the first direction, the PS format first acquired by the first acquisition means. An extraction means for extracting partial image data indicating a partial image whose origin is the coordinates indicated by the coordinate information acquired by the third acquisition means and whose size of at least one side is equal to or smaller than the size of the first direction from one image data. The PS format partial image data extracted by the extraction means is made to function as a conversion means for converting into a bitmap format partial image data and a creation means for creating print image data, and the print image data is converted . Image data based on bitmap format partial image data converted by the means, and image data for causing a printer to print an image whose size in the first direction is equal to or smaller than the size in the first direction. It is characterized in that the computer functions as a print instruction means for instructing the printer via the communication interface to print the print image data created by the creation means.

The printer driver disclosed in the embodiment receives the first image data in the PS format to be printed from the operating system. In addition, the printer driver acquires the paper size information and the coordinate information. The paper size information indicates at least the size in the first direction, which is the size in the first direction of the printing paper, and the coordinate information indicates the coordinates in the image indicated by the first image data in the PS format . Then, the printer driver is in the PS format when the first image data in the PS format is image data showing an image having a size that does not fit in the print area of the printing paper whose size in the first direction is the size in the first direction. From the first image data of the above, partial image data showing a partial image whose origin is the reference coordinate indicated by the coordinate information and whose size of at least one side is equal to or smaller than the size of the first direction is extracted. This makes it possible to extract an arbitrary image from an image based on the image data and print the arbitrary image.

It is a block diagram of a printer system 1. It is a figure which shows the image 60 of a landscape. It is a figure which shows the image 70 of a landscape. It is a figure which shows the image 80 of a portrait. It is a figure which shows the setting screen 100. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the printer driver 26. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the printer driver 26. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an image 110 in which the image 80 of FIG. 4 is rotated by 270 degrees. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an image 120 in which the image 80 in FIG. 4 is rotated by 90 degrees. It is a figure which shows the setting screen 150.

<Printer system configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the printer system 1 according to the present embodiment. The printer system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a PC (an example of an information processing device) 10 and a printer 50. The PC 10 mainly includes a CPU (an example of a computer) 12, a memory 14, an LCD (an example of a display) 16, an input I / F (an example of a user interface) 18, and a network I / F (an example of a communication interface) 20. There is. These components are made communicable with each other via the bus 22.

The PC 10 and the printer 50 can communicate with each other through the network I / F 20 and the network 52. As a communication method, for example, a wired LAN, USB, Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark) can be adopted. The printer 50 is a label printer, and sends and receives various information and instruction signals to and from the PC 10, and creates a label on which a desired text, an image, or the like is printed based on the control by the PC 10. The printer 50 creates a label by printing text or the like on a long tape such as a laminated film.

The CPU 12 executes processing according to an application (an example of an application) 24, a printer driver (an example of a program) 26, and an OS 28 in the memory 14. The application 24 is a program for creating content, such as word processing software for creating text content, spreadsheet software for creating spreadsheet content, and presentation software for creating presentation content. The content created by the application 24 is printed by the printer connected to the PC 10 when the application instructs the OS 28 to print. When the application 24 instructs the OS 28 to print the content, the application 24 outputs the content data indicating the content to the OS 28 in a format that can be interpreted by the OS 28. In this embodiment, the content data output by the application 24 to the OS 28 is described as a kind of image data. The printer driver 26 is a device driver for the printer 50. The printer driver 26 has a filter (an example of a program) 26A and a ghost script (an example of a conversion program) 26B. The ghost script 26B converts the data format of the image data from the PS format to the bitmap format, and the filter 26A performs a data format conversion command to the ghost script 26B, creation of image data for printing, and the like. Is. Further, the OS 28 is a program that provides basic functions used by the application 24 and the printer driver 26. OS28 is an operating system such as Windows (registered trademark), MacOS (registered trademark), Linux (registered trademark), Android (registered trademark), iOS (registered trademark) and the like. In the following description, the CPU 12 that executes the printer driver 26 and the like may be simply described by the program name. For example, the description "the printer driver 26 is" may mean "the CPU 12 that executes the printer driver 26".

Further, the memory 14 includes a data storage area 30. The data storage area 30 is an area for storing data and the like necessary for executing the printer driver 26 and the like. The memory 14 is configured by combining a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an HDD, a buffer included in the CPU 12, and the like.

The memory 14 may be a storage medium readable by a computer. A computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitory medium. In addition to the above examples, the non-transitory medium also includes recording media such as a CD-ROM and a DVD-ROM. The non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium. On the other hand, an electric signal that carries a program downloaded from a server on the Internet is a signal medium that can be read by a computer, which is a kind of medium that can be read by a computer, but is a storage that can be read by a non-transitory computer. Not included in the medium.

The LCD 16 displays various functions of the PC 10. The input I / F18 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is an interface for inputting user operations.

In this specification, basically, the processing of the CPU 12 according to the instruction described in the program is shown. That is, the processes such as "judgment", "extraction", "selection", "calculation", "decision", "specification", "acquisition", "acceptance", "control", and "setting" in the following description represent the processing of the CPU 12. The processing by the CPU 12 also includes hardware control via the OS 28. Note that "acquisition" is used as a concept that does not require a request. That is, the process of receiving data without being requested by the CPU 12 is also included in the concept of "the CPU 12 acquires the data". Further, the "data" in the present specification is represented by a computer-readable bit string. Data having the same substantial meaning and different formats are treated as the same data. The same applies to "information" in the present specification. Further, processing such as "command", "response", and "request" is performed by communicating information indicating "command", "response", "request", and the like. In addition, words such as "command", "response", and "request" may be described in the sense of information itself indicating "command", "response", "request", and the like.

<Printing process by printer system 1>
As described above, the printer 50 is a label printer, and can print an image on printing paper having a label size such as 105 mm × 74 mm or 90 mm × 152 mm as the printing paper size. Since such a label size is smaller than A4, A5 size, etc., the printer 50 prints an image extracted from an image of A4, A5 size, etc. on a label-sized printing paper. Therefore, in the printer system 1, in the PC 10, reference coordinates for extracting an image (hereinafter referred to as "reference coordinates") are set, and the label size images are A4 and A5 with the reference coordinates as the origin. It is extracted from the image such as size.

Specifically, for example, in the application 24, when the image data (an example of the second image data) of the landscape image is created in the PDF format, the image data is output from the application 24 to the OS 28. The image data includes information indicating that the image based on the image data is a landscape and information indicating the size of the image based on the image data (hereinafter, referred to as "image size information"). ing. Incidentally, in this description, the image data includes image size information indicating the A5 size.

Further, the landscape image is a direction in which the size of the image in the width direction (an example of the first direction) is orthogonal to the width direction (hereinafter referred to as "depth direction") (an example of the second direction). An image longer than the size, that is, a horizontally long image. The width direction is the left-right direction from the viewpoint of the user facing the image, and the depth direction is the front-back direction from the viewpoint of the user facing the image. Further, in the application 24, the print paper size is set, and information indicating the set print paper size (hereinafter, referred to as “paper size information”) is also output to the OS 28 together with the image data.

Then, when the OS 28 receives the image data and the paper size information from the application 24, the OS 28 outputs the image data and the paper size information to the printer driver 26. However, the printer 50 does not support image data in PDF format, but supports image data in PS format. Then, information indicating that the printer 50 does not support the image data in the PDF format and supports the image data in the PS format is input to the OS 28 in advance, for example, when the printer driver 26 is installed. ing. Therefore, when the OS 28 receives the image data from the application 24, the format of the image data is converted from the PDF format to the PS format, and the converted image data is output to the printer driver 26. The image data output by the OS 28 to the printer driver 26 is referred to as print target image data (an example of the first image data).

Even if the OS 28 accepts the image data of the landscape image from the application 24, if the paper size indicated by the paper size information indicates the size for printing the portrait image, the accepted image data is used. Rotation processing is performed so as to be image data showing a portrait image, and the image data after the rotation processing is output to the printer driver 26. Here, the portrait image is an image in which the size in the width direction of the image is shorter than the size in the depth direction, that is, a vertically long image.

Further, the OS 28 accepts the image data of the landscape image from the application 24, and when the printing paper size is a horizontally long size, the image data of the landscape image received from the application 24 is not rotated. The data is output to the printer driver 26.

The print target image data output to the printer driver 26 includes information indicating whether the image based on the image data is a landscape or a portrait (hereinafter referred to as "image direction information") and an image. Contains size information. Therefore, the print target image data includes image direction information indicating that the image is a landscape image and image size information indicating that the size of the image based on the print target image data is A5 size.

For example, when the OS 28 accepts the image data of the image 70 of the landscape shown in FIG. 3 and the paper size information indicates 90 mm × 152 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 3), the paper size is vertically long. Because of the size of, the OS 28 rotates the landscape image based on the image data received from the application 24 so as to be a portrait image, and the image data of the rotated image (hereinafter referred to as "rotated image data"). To be described), and the created image data is output to the printer driver 26 as print target image data. Therefore, the printer driver 26 accepts the image data of the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 from the OS 28. By the way, each of the images 72A and 72B shown in FIG. 4 is an image to be attached to the medicine notebook. The image data includes image direction information indicating that the image is a portrait image and image size information indicating that the size of the image based on the print target image data is A5 size.

Further, in the image based on this image data, the printed image on the label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm intended by the user is an image within the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 3 (hereinafter, referred to as “partial image”) 72. Is. However, as shown in FIG. 4, when the paper size indicated by the paper size information, that is, the image 82 having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm is extracted from the portrait image 80 accepted by the printer driver 26, the image 82 is extracted. Is different from the partial image 72. Therefore, the partial image 72, that is, the image intended by the user cannot be properly printed on the 90 mm × 152 mm label.

Therefore, as described above, the printer driver 26 extracts an image of the label size indicated by the paper size information from the image based on the image data received from the OS 28, and prints the extracted image (hereinafter, "extraction"). "Print processing") is executed.

The filter 26A of the printer driver 26 is configured to display the setting screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 on the LCD 16. The rotation angle input field 102, the print path input field 104, and the origin input field 106 are displayed on the setting screen 100. The rotation angle input field 102, which will be described in detail later, is for inputting an angle for rotating the image based on the print target image data received from the OS 28. Further, the print path input field 104 is for inputting the number of images extracted from the image for one page. For example, when it is desired to extract four partial images 62 from the image 60 shown in FIG. 2, the user may input “4” in the print path input field 104 via the input I / F18. When it is desired to extract two partial images 72 from the image 70 shown in FIG. 3, the user may input "2" in the print path input field 104. Further, the origin input field 106 is for inputting the origin of the extracted image, that is, the reference coordinates that serve as a reference when the image is extracted. Therefore, it is necessary to input the reference coordinates for each image to be extracted, and the same number of origin input fields 106 as the number input in the print path input field 104 are displayed on the setting screen 100. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when "4" is input to the print path input field 104, the filter 26A uses the first origin input field 106A, the second origin input field 106B, and the second origin input field 106B as the origin input field 106. 3 The four origin input fields 106 of the origin input field 106C and the fourth origin input field 106D are displayed. Further, when "2" is input to the print path input field 104, the filter 26A displays two origin input fields 106.

Then, for example, when the user wants to print the landscape image 60 shown in FIG. 2 on a label having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 2), as shown in FIG. , "0" may be input in the rotation angle input field 102, and "4" may be input in the print path input field 104. Further, the user inputs the reference coordinates of the first partial image 62A (see FIG. 2) in the first origin input field 106A, and the second partial image 62B (see FIG. 2) in the second origin input field 106B. The reference coordinates of the third origin input field 106C are input, the reference coordinates of the third partial image 62C (see FIG. 2) are input, and the fourth partial image 62D (FIG. 2) is input in the fourth origin input field 106D. (See), just enter the reference coordinates.

In the setting screen 100 shown in FIG. 5, (0,74) is input as the reference coordinates of the first partial image 62A in the first origin input field 106A, and the coordinates are shown by 66A in FIG. .. Further, (105, 74) is input as the reference coordinates of the second partial image 62B in the second origin input field 106B, and the coordinates are shown by 66B in FIG. Further, (0, 0) is input as the reference coordinates of the third partial image 62C in the third origin input field 106C, and the coordinates are shown by 66C in FIG. Further, (105, 74) is input as the reference coordinates of the fourth partial image 62D in the fourth origin input field 106D, and the coordinates are shown by 66B in FIG.

Further, for example, when the user wants to print the image 60 of the landscape shown in FIG. 3 on a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 3), the user may obtain, for example,. Enter "270" in the rotation angle input field 102, and enter "2" in the print path input field 104. Further, the user inputs the reference coordinates of the first partial image 72A (see FIG. 3) in the first origin input field 106A, and the second partial image 72B (see FIG. 3) in the second origin input field 106B. Enter the reference coordinates of.

Then, when the user inputs an operation using the input I / F18 to indicate that the input to the setting screen 100 is completed, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 inputs the input contents to the setting screen 100, that is, the rotation angle input. Information on the rotation angle entered in the field 102 (hereinafter referred to as "rotation angle information") and information on the number of passes entered in the print path input field 104 (hereinafter referred to as "pass number information"). , A setting file is created based on the information regarding the reference coordinates input in the origin input field 106 (hereinafter, referred to as "coordinate information"), and the setting file is stored in the data storage area 30. The setting file includes rotation angle information, pass number information, and coordinate information in the form of text data.

If it is not possible to print an image based on the print target image data in the print area of the print paper of the paper size indicated by the paper size information, it is necessary to perform an extraction printing process.

Therefore, when the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 receives the print target image data from the OS 28, the size in the width direction of the paper size indicated by the paper size information (an example of the first direction size) is the image based on the print target image data. It is determined whether or not an image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the printing paper smaller than the size in the width direction and the size in the depth direction. That is, the filter 26A determines whether or not an image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information.

Specifically, the filter 26A determines whether or not the size of the image indicated by the image size information included in the print target image data is larger than the paper size indicated by the paper size information. At this time, for example, when the size in the width direction and the size in the depth direction of the image are larger than the size in the width direction of the paper size, it is determined that the size of the image is larger than the paper size. It is determined that the size is less than or equal to the paper size. Then, when the size of the image is larger than the paper size, the filter 26A determines that the image based on the print target image data cannot be printed in the print area of the print paper of the paper size indicated by the paper size information. On the other hand, when the size of the image is smaller than or equal to the paper size, the filter 26A determines that the image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information.

Then, when it is determined that the image based on the print target image data cannot be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the printer driver 26 executes the extraction printing process. .. On the other hand, when it is determined that the image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper of the paper size indicated by the paper size information, that is, when the size of the image is smaller than or equal to the paper size. It is not necessary to extract a partial image from the image based on the print target image data, and the image based on the print target image data can be printed on the printing paper. Therefore, when it is determined that an image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the printer driver 26 is executed by a general printer. Print processing, that is, normal printing processing is executed. For example, when the image size and the paper size are both A5 size, or when the image size is A5 size and the paper size is A4 size, the printer driver 26 normally executes the printing process. Since the normal printing process is a well-known process, the description of the normal printing process will be omitted.

Further, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 determines whether or not it is necessary to rotate the image based on the print target image data received from the OS 28, the image direction information and the image size information included in the print target image data, and the said. The determination is made based on the paper size information received together with the image data to be printed (S110). Specifically, as described above, when the image orientation information indicates that the image is a landscape image, the image size information indicates that the image size information is A5 size, and the paper size information indicates that the paper size information is the landscape paper size. That is, in the image 60 shown in FIG. 2, when a label having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2) is set as printing paper, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 uses the image to be printed. It is determined that the rotation of the image 60 based on the data is unnecessary.

On the other hand, when the image orientation information indicates that it is a portrait image, the image size information indicates that it is A5 size, and the paper size information indicates that it is a landscape paper size, that is, the image shown in FIG. In 80, when a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 4) is set as printing paper, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 rotates the image 80 based on the image data to be printed. Judges that it is necessary.

At this time, when the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 determines that the rotation of the image is unnecessary (S110: NO), the print target image data received from the OS 28, that is, the image data of the image 60 shown in FIG. 2 is used. , Stored in the data storage area 30 (S112). Next, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 reads out the coordinate information in the order set from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Then, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 uses the reference coordinates indicated by the coordinate information as the origin for each read coordinate information, and from the image data stored in the data storage area 30, the paper size indicated by the paper size information. That is, the printer driver 26 issues a command to extract image data (hereinafter, referred to as "partial image data") indicating a partial image 62 having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2). It is output to the ghost script 26B of.

Specifically, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 first reads out the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the first origin input field 106A from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Further, the printer driver 26 reads out the image data of the image 60 stored in the data storage area 30. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the filter 26A is 105 mm × 74 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2) from the print target image data showing the image 60 with the reference coordinate 66A indicated by the read coordinate information as the origin. A command for extracting partial image data indicating the first partial image 62A having the size of is output to the ghost script 26B together with the image data of the image 60 read from the data storage area 30. The text data included in the setting file is text data described in a manner in which the ghost script 26B can interpret the coordinate information and the like. The filter 26A extracts a necessary part of the text data included in the setting file and outputs it as a command to the ghost script 26B. When the ghost script 26B receives the command, the ghost script 26B extracts the partial image data indicating the first partial image 62A with the reference coordinate 66A as the origin from the print target image data indicating the image 60 according to the command. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the extracted partial image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A. Next, when the filter 26A receives the partial image data converted into the bitmap format, the filter 26A creates print image data based on the partial image data. As a result, the image data for printing of the first partial image 62A extracted from the image 60 is created. Then, the filter 26A instructs the OS 28 to transmit a print command including the print image data of the first partial image 62A and the paper size information to the printer 50 (S208). The OS 28 transmits a print command to the printer 50 via the network I / F 20. As a result, the first partial image 62A extracted from the image 60 is printed on a label having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm.

Next, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 reads out the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the second origin input field 106B from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the filter 26A is 105 mm × 74 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2) from the print target image data showing the image 60 with the reference coordinate 66B indicated by the read coordinate information as the origin. A command for extracting the partial image data indicating the second partial image 62B having the size of the above is output to the ghost script 26B together with the image data of the image 60 read from the data storage area 30. Since the subsequent processing is the same as the above processing, the description thereof will be omitted. As a result, a print command including the print image data of the second partial image 62B and the paper size information is transmitted to the printer 50, and the second partial image 62B extracted from the image 60 has a size of 105 mm × 74 mm. It is printed on the label of.

Subsequently, the filter 26A obtains coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the third origin input field 106C and the reference coordinates input to the fourth origin input field 106D from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Are read out in sequence. Then, each time the coordinate information is read out, the above processing is executed. As a result, a print command including the print image data of the third partial image 62C and the paper size information is transmitted to the printer 50, and the third partial image 62C extracted from the image 60 has a size of 105 mm × 74 mm. A print command is transmitted to the printer 50, which is printed on the label of the fourth partial image 62D and includes print image data and paper size information of the fourth partial image 62D, and the fourth partial image 62D extracted from the image 60 is printed. It is printed on a label with a size of 105 mm × 74 mm. This makes it possible to extract four partial images 62 from the image 60 and appropriately print each of the four partial images 62 on a label having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm.

When the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 determines that the image needs to be rotated (S110: YES), the filter 26A reads the rotation angle information from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30 (S118). At this time, when the rotation angle information indicates, for example, 270 degrees, the filter 26A performs rotation processing on the print target image data received from the OS 28, and obtains image data indicating an image rotated by 270 degrees. Create (S119). The image data after the rotation process is also described as the rotation image data. The rotation direction of the image is counterclockwise. Therefore, the image based on the created rotation image data is the image 70 shown in FIG. That is, the filter 26A rotates the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 by 270 degrees to obtain the landscape image 70 shown in FIG. Then, the filter 26A stores the image data of the image 70 of the landscape, that is, the created rotated image data in the data storage area 30 (S120).

Next, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 reads out the coordinate information in the order set from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Then, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 uses the reference coordinates indicated by the coordinate information as the origin for each read coordinate information, and from the image data stored in the data storage area 30, the paper size indicated by the paper size information. That is, a command for extracting partial image data indicating a partial image 72 having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 3) is output to the ghost script 26B of the printer driver 26.

Specifically, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 first reads out the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the first origin input field 106A from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Further, the printer driver 26 reads out the image data of the image 60 stored in the data storage area 30. The filter 26A is a first portion having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 3) from the print target image data showing the image 70, with the reference coordinates indicated by the read coordinate information as the origin. A command for extracting partial image data indicating the image 72A is output to the ghost script 26B together with the image data of the image 70 read from the data storage area 30. The reference coordinates indicated by the read coordinate information are the coordinates of any one of the four corners of the first partial image 72A.

When the ghost script 26B receives the command, the ghost script 26B extracts the partial image data indicating the first partial image 72A from the print target image data indicating the image 70 with the reference coordinates included in the command as the origin. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the extracted partial image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A. Next, when the filter 26A receives the partial image data converted into the bitmap format, the filter 26A creates print image data based on the partial image data. As a result, the image data for printing of the first partial image 72A extracted from the image 70 is created. Then, the filter 26A instructs the OS 28 to transmit a print command including the print image data of the first partial image 72A and the paper size information to the printer 50 (S208). The OS 28 transmits a print command to the printer 50 via the network I / F 20. As a result, the first partial image 72A extracted from the image 70 is printed on a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm.

Next, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 reads out the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the second origin input field 106B from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the filter 26A is 90 mm × 152 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 3) from the print target image data showing the image 70 with the reference coordinates indicated by the read coordinate information as the origin. A command to extract the partial image data indicating the second partial image 72B of the size is output to the ghost script 26B together with the image data of the image 70 read from the data storage area 30. Since the subsequent processing is the same as the above processing, the description thereof will be omitted. As a result, a print command including the print image data of the second partial image 72B and the paper size information is transmitted to the printer 50, and the second partial image 72B extracted from the image 70 has a size of 90 mm × 152 mm. It is printed on the label of.

In this way, the printer driver 26 rotates the portrait image 80 (see FIG. 4) received from the OS 28, and extracts two partial images 72 from the landscape image 70 (see FIG. 3) after the rotation. Then, each of the two partial images 72 can be appropriately printed on a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm.

When the print target image data output from the OS 28 to the printer driver 26 is composed of a plurality of image data (hereinafter, referred to as “page image data”) indicating each of the images on a plurality of pages, the printer is used. The driver 26 extracts partial image data indicating a partial image of the size indicated by the paper size information from each of the plurality of page image data with the reference coordinates indicated by the coordinate information included in the setting file as the origin.

That is, for example, when the image data to be printed is composed of three page image data showing each of the three pages of images, the first partial image 62A is extracted from the landscape image 60 shown in FIG. At that time, the filter 26A has a size of 105 mm × 74 mm (range surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 2) from each of the three page image data constituting the print target image data with the reference coordinate 66A as the origin. A command for extracting the partial image data indicating the partial image 62A of 1 is output to the ghost script 26B together with the three page image data. When the ghost script 26B receives the command, the ghost script 26B extracts the partial image data indicating the first partial image 62A with the reference coordinate 66A as the origin from each of the three received page image data according to the command. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the partial image data extracted from each of the three page image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the three partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A. Next, when the filter 26A receives the three partial image data converted into the bitmap format, the filter 26A creates print image data based on each of the three partial image data. As a result, the first partial image 62A extracted from the image on the first page of the images for three pages, the first partial image 62A extracted from the image on the second page, and the third page. Image data for printing with the first partial image 62A extracted from the image of is created. Then, the filter 26A instructs the OS 28 to transmit a print command including the print image data of the first partial image 62A of the three pages of the image and the paper size information to the printer 50 (S208). The OS 28 transmits a print command to the printer 50 via the network I / F 20. As a result, the first partial image 62A of the three pages of images is printed on three labels having a size of 105 mm × 74 mm.

<Printer driver processing>
The extraction printing process and the normal printing process are performed by executing the printer driver 26 in the CPU 12 of the PC 10. Hereinafter, processing when the flow of the printer driver 26 is executed will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

In this flow, when the OS 28 outputs the print target image data and the paper size information to the printer driver 26, the filter 26A of the printer driver 26 receives the print target image data and the paper size information as shown in FIG. (S100). Next, the filter 26A determines whether or not the size of the image indicated by the image size information included in the print target image data is larger than the paper size indicated by the paper size information (S102). At this time, when the size of the image is smaller than or equal to the paper size (S102: NO), the filter 26A executes a normal printing process (S104). Then, this flow ends.

On the other hand, when the size of the image is larger than the paper size (S102: NO), the filter 26A displays the setting screen 100 on the LCD 16 (S106). Then, the filter 26A creates a setting file according to the input contents in the origin input field 106 and the like of the setting screen 100 (S108). Subsequently, the filter 26A determines whether or not it is necessary to rotate the image based on the print target image data (S110). At this time, if it is determined that it is not necessary to rotate the image, the filter 26A stores the print target image data received from the OS 28 in the data storage area 30 (S112). Then, the process proceeds to S116.

Further, when it is determined that the image needs to be rotated, the filter 26A acquires the rotation angle information from the setting file (S118). Next, the filter 26A creates the rotated image data by rotating the image based on the print target image data received from the OS 28 at an angle corresponding to the rotation angle information (S119). Subsequently, the filter 26A stores the rotated image data, that is, the rotated print target image data in the data storage area 30 (S120). Then, the process proceeds to S116.

Next, in S116, the printer driver 26 executes the extraction print processing execution subroutine (S116). In the extraction print processing execution subroutine, the filter 26A acquires the coordinate information of the path to be printed from the setting file as shown in FIG. 7 (S200). That is, the filter 26A first acquires the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the first origin input field 106A from the setting file. Next, with the reference coordinates indicated by the coordinate information as the origin, a command to extract partial image data indicating a partial image of the size of the paper size indicated by the paper size information from the image data stored in the data storage area 30 is issued. , The filter 26A outputs to the ghost script 26B of the printer driver 26 (S202).

Then, the ghost script 26B executes the process according to the command. That is, the ghost script 26B extracts the partial image data indicating the partial image with the reference coordinates as the origin from the print target image data. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the extracted partial image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A. As a result, the processing by the ghost script 26B is completed.

Next, when the filter 26A receives the partial image data converted into the bitmap format, it creates print image data based on the partial image data (S206). Subsequently, the filter 26A instructs the OS 28 to transmit a print command including the print image data of the partial image and the paper size information to the printer 50 (S208). Then, the filter 26A determines whether or not the processing for all the print paths set in the setting file is completed (S210). That is, the filter 26A determines whether or not the processes S200 to S208 have been executed a number of times corresponding to the number of print passes set in the setting file.

At this time, if it is determined that the processing for all the print paths set in the setting file has not been completed (S210: NO), the process returns to S200. On the other hand, when it is determined that the processing for all the print paths set in the setting file is completed (S210: YES), the extraction print processing execution subroutine ends and returns to the main routine. Then, this flow ends.

The CPU 12 that executes S100 is an example of the first acquisition means and the second acquisition means. The CPU 12 that executes S102 is an example of the determination means. The CPU 12 that executes S106 is an example of display control means. The CPU 12 that executes S108 is an example of a file creation means. The CPU 12 that executes S118 is an example of the fourth acquisition means. The CPU 12 that executes S119 is an example of the rotation means. The CPU 12 that executes S200 is an example of the third acquisition means. The CPU 12 that executes S202 is an example of output means. The CPU 12 that executes S206 is an example of the creating means. The CPU 12 that executes S208 is an example of print instruction means.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the user arbitrarily sets the rotation angle, reference coordinates, and the like of the image on the setting screen 100, and the extraction printing process is executed based on the set reference coordinates and the like. In the second embodiment, commands including image rotation angles, reference coordinates, and the like are stored in advance in the data storage area 30 as a setting file, and extraction printing processing is performed based on the commands stored in advance. Is executed. Below, the print target image data including the image direction information indicating that the image is a portrait image and the image size information indicating that the image is A5 size, and the paper size information indicating that the paper size is a landscape are provided. The case where the printer driver 26 receives from the OS 28 will be described.

In such a case, the printer driver 26 converts the print target image data of the image 80 shown in FIG. 4 and the paper size information indicating the label size of 90 mm × 152 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 4) into the OS 28. Accept from. Then, when the printer driver 26 receives the print target image data and the paper size information, the printer driver 26 stores the received print target image data and the paper size information in the data storage area 30.

Further, in the data storage area 30, the image based on the image data to be printed is rotated 270 degrees around the coordinates (0,430) 88A (see FIG. 4), and the predetermined reference coordinates 112 (see FIG. 8) are the origin. As a result, partial image data indicating a size corresponding to the paper size information, that is, a partial image having a label size of 90 mm × 152 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 8) is extracted from the print target image data. (Hereinafter referred to as "first command") and the image based on the image data to be printed are rotated 90 degrees around the coordinates (540, 0) 88B (see FIG. 4), and the predetermined reference coordinates 122 With (see FIG. 9) as the origin, print the partial image data showing the size corresponding to the paper size information, that is, the partial image of the label size of 90 mm × 152 mm (the range surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 9). A command for extracting from the target image data (hereinafter referred to as "second command") is stored as a setting file.

Note that FIG. 8 is an image 110 of a landscape in which an image based on print target image data, that is, a portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 is rotated 270 degrees around a coordinate (0,430) 88A. The coordinates of the lower left corner of the image 110 are the reference coordinates 112 included in the first command. Further, FIG. 9 is an image 120 of a landscape in which an image based on print target image data, that is, a portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 is rotated 90 degrees around a coordinate (540,0) 88B. The coordinates of the lower left corner of the image 120 are the reference coordinates 122 included in the second command.

Then, when the extraction printing process is executed, the filter 26A reads out the print target image data stored in the data storage area 30, that is, the image data of the image 80 shown in FIG. 4, and the read print target image data. And the first command are output to the ghost script 26B. Next, the ghost script 26B, which has received the print target image data and the first command, coordinates (0, 0,) the image indicated by the print target image data, that is, the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4, according to the first command. 430) Rotate 270 degrees around 88A. As a result, the image data of the landscape image 110 shown in FIG. 8 is formed.

Next, the ghost script 26B extracts partial image data showing a partial image 116 having a label size of 90 mm × 152 mm with the reference coordinate 112 as the origin from the image data of the landscape image 110 shown in FIG. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the extracted partial image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A.

When the filter 26A receives the partial image data converted into the bitmap format, the filter 26A creates print image data based on the partial image data. As a result, print image data of the partial image 116 extracted from the image 110 is created. Then, the filter 26A transmits a print command including the print image data of the partial image 116 and the paper size information to the printer 50. As a result, the partial image 116 extracted from the image 110 is printed on a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm.

Further, the filter 26A reads out the print target image data stored in the data storage area 30, that is, the image data of the image 80 shown in FIG. 4, and uses the read print target image data and the second command as a ghost script 26B. Output to. Next, the ghost script 26B, which has received the print target image data and the second command, coordinates (540, 540,) the image indicated by the print target image data, that is, the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4, according to the second command. 0) Rotate 90 degrees around 88B. As a result, the image data of the landscape image 120 shown in FIG. 9 is formed.

Next, the ghost script 26B extracts partial image data showing a partial image 126 having a label size of 90 mm × 152 mm with the reference coordinate 122 as the origin from the image data of the landscape image 120 shown in FIG. Further, the ghost script 26B converts the data format of the extracted partial image data from the PS format to the bit matte format. Then, the ghost script 26B outputs the partial image data converted into the bitmap format to the filter 26A.

When the filter 26A receives the partial image data converted into the bitmap format, the filter 26A creates print image data based on the partial image data. As a result, print image data of the partial image 126 extracted from the image 120 is created. Then, the filter 26A transmits a print command including the print image data of the partial image 126 and the paper size information to the printer 50. As a result, the partial image 126 extracted from the image 120 is printed on a label having a size of 90 mm × 152 mm.

As described above, in the printer driver 26 of the first embodiment, the filter 26A rotates the image, and the ghost script 26B extracts the partial image data from the image data of the rotated image. In the printer driver 26 of the above, the ghost script 26B rotates an image and extracts partial image data from the image data of the rotated image. Further, in the printer driver 26 of the first embodiment, the rotation angle of the image is the same for each of the plurality of partial images, but in the printer driver 26 of the second embodiment, the rotation of the image is performed for each partial image. The angle is different. As a result, the partial image can be extracted under different conditions for each partial image to be extracted.

<Effect of Examples>
According to the above-described embodiment, the following effects are obtained.

The printer driver 26 receives print target image data and paper size information from the OS 28. Then, the paper size information indicates at least the first-direction size, which is the size in the width direction of the printing paper. Further, the printer driver 26 acquires the coordinate information indicating the reference coordinates in the image indicated by the print target image data from the setting file. Then, the printer driver 26 determines from the print target image data when the print target image data is image data indicating an image having a size that does not fit in the print area of the print paper, which is the size in the width direction indicated by the paper size information. Partial image data indicating a partial image whose origin is the reference coordinate indicated by the coordinate information and whose size of at least one side is equal to or smaller than the size in the width direction indicated by the paper size information is extracted. As a result, the partial image can be printed on the printing paper of the size indicated by the paper size information.

The "image of a size that does not fit in the print area of the printing paper, which is the size in the width direction indicated by the paper size information" is an image having a size larger in the width direction than the size in the width direction indicated by the paper size information. Yes, the size in the width direction is larger than the print area set in the printer 50 with respect to the width direction of the printing paper, for example, the size set smaller in consideration of the margin (3 mm) than the size of the printing paper. It is a large size image. Further, the "size in the width direction indicated by the paper size information" may be the size in the width direction of the printing paper itself, and when the printing paper is a sticker paper, the size in the width direction of the seal portion of the printing paper. However, it may be the size in the width direction of the mount portion of the printing paper.

The printer driver 26 creates rotated image data in which the orientation of the image based on the image data to be printed is rotated in units of 90 degrees. This makes it possible, for example, to convert the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 into the landscape image 70 shown in FIG. The rotated image data is an image in a bitmap format in which the image indicated by the partial image data is rotated in units of 90 degrees, and is data in which rotation angle information for rotating in units of 90 degrees is added to the partial image data.

When the OS 28 receives image data indicating a landscape image from the application 24 and the paper size information received together with the image data indicates the portrait size, the OS 28 causes the landscape image to be a portrait image. The image data of the image rotated to the above is output to the printer driver 26 as the image data to be printed. Then, when the printer driver 26 cannot print the image based on the print target image data in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the printer driver 26 orients the image based on the print target image data by 90 degrees. Create rotated image data rotated in units. As a result, a partial image can be appropriately extracted from the image based on the image data to be printed. Incidentally, as an example in which the paper size information indicates the portrait size, for example, it is a paper size indicating a label size of 90 mm × 152 mm. That is, the size in the width direction is shorter than the size in the depth direction. Even when the size in the depth direction is not defined, that is, even when the length is indefinite, the size in the width direction is shorter than the size in the depth direction.

The printer driver 26 determines whether or not an image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information. Then, when the image based on the print target image data cannot be printed in the print area of the print paper of the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the paper size information indicates from the print target image data with the reference coordinates as the origin. Extract partial image data showing a partial image of the size of the paper. As a result, when the image based on the print target image data cannot be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the extraction printing process is executed.

When the printer driver 26 acquires print target image data based on an image whose two sides are larger than the size in the width direction of the label size indicated by the paper size information, the printer driver 26 prints the printing paper of the paper size indicated by the paper size information. It is determined that the image based on the print target image data cannot be printed in the area. Thereby, it can be suitably determined whether or not the image based on the print target image data can be printed in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information.

When the paper size indicated by the paper size information is the preset second paper size, the printer driver 26 displays an image based on the print target image data in the print area of the printing paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information. Judge that it cannot be printed. That is, for example, if a size of 90 mm × 152 mm is set as the second paper size, the image data of the portrait image 80 shown in FIG. 4 is extracted when it is received from the OS 28 as the image data to be printed. It becomes possible to execute the print process.

The printer driver 26 acquires coordinate information from the setting file stored in the data storage area 30. In the above embodiment, the coordinate information is acquired from the setting file created based on the setting screen 100 or the setting file in which the command is stored in advance, but even if the coordinate information is acquired from various setting files. good. For example, the coordinate information may be acquired from the setting file created by a text editor or the like.

The printer driver 26 acquires rotation angle information from the setting file, and rotates the image based on the print target image data at the angle indicated by the rotation angle information. Thereby, for example, the rotation angle of the image can be arbitrarily set.

The configuration file is a text file. This makes it possible to arbitrarily set coordinate information and the like by creating a text file by various methods.

The printer driver 26 creates a setting file according to the contents input on the setting screen 100. This makes it possible to arbitrarily set the coordinate information and the like by a simple operation.

When a plurality of coordinate information is acquired, the printer driver 26 indicates, for each of the plurality of coordinate information, a plurality of partial images having a plurality of reference coordinates indicated by the plurality of coordinate information as origins from the print image data. Extract the partial image data of. Thereby, a plurality of partial images can be extracted from one image and the plurality of partial images can be printed.

When the printer driver 26 acquires a plurality of coordinate information and extracts partial image data for each of the plurality of coordinate information from the print target image data, the printer driver 26 obtains a plurality of coordinates from the print target image data in the order in which the coordinate information is acquired. Extract a plurality of partial image data showing a plurality of partial images whose origin is the coordinates indicated by the information. Thereby, the order of extracting a plurality of partial image data can be arbitrarily set. In the above embodiment, the printer driver 26 sequentially starts with the second origin input field 106B, the third origin input field 106C, and the fourth origin input field from the coordinate information related to the reference coordinates input to the first origin input field 106A. Although the coordinate information regarding the reference coordinates input to the 106D is acquired, the coordinate information set in the setting file may be acquired in order from the beginning.

When the printer driver 26 receives the print target image data from the OS 28, the printer driver 26 stores the print target image data in the data storage area 30. Then, the printer driver 26 acquires a plurality of coordinate information, and when extracting the partial image data for each of the plurality of coordinate information from the print target image data, the partial image data indicating the partial image having the coordinate information of 1 as the origin. Is extracted from the print target image data stored in the data storage area 30, and then the partial image data indicating the partial image whose origin is the next coordinate information is extracted from the print target image data stored in the data storage area 30. This is repeated until all of the above-mentioned plurality of coordinate information are targeted for extraction of partial image data. As a result, a plurality of partial image data corresponding to all of the acquired plurality of coordinate information can be extracted from the same print target image data.

When the printer driver 26 receives print target image data including a plurality of page image data indicating each of a plurality of page images from the OS 28, the coordinate information is derived from each of the plurality of page image data included in the print target image data. The partial image data indicating the partial image to be used is extracted. As a result, partial image data having the same reference coordinates as the origin can be extracted from each of the plurality of page image data.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be carried out in various embodiments with various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Specifically, for example, in the above embodiment, it is determined whether or not the printer driver 26 can print an image based on the print target image data in the print area of the print paper having the paper size indicated by the paper size information. However, if the image can be printed in the print area of the printing paper, the normal printing process is executed, and if the image cannot be printed in the printing area of the printing paper, the extraction printing process is executed. Which of the output printing process is executed may be set in advance. That is, the printer driver 26 may display a screen for setting either the normal printing process or the extraction printing process on the LCD 16 and execute the printing process set on the screen.

Further, in the above embodiment, the extraction printing process is executed using the paper size information and the coordinate information set by the user or the vendor of the printer driver 26, but the image position is detected from the image data to be printed. Extraction printing processing may be performed using estimated based on the detected image position.

Further, in the above embodiment, the rotation angle input field 102 is always displayed on the setting screen 100, but the rotation angle input field 102 may be displayed as needed. That is, when the image needs to be rotated, the rotation angle input field 102 is displayed on the setting screen 100, and when the image does not need to be rotated, the rotation angle input field 102 is not displayed on the setting screen 100. good.

Further, in the above embodiment, in determining whether or not the size of the image indicated by the image size information is larger than the paper size indicated by the paper size information, the size in the width direction and the size in the depth direction of the image are the width of the paper size. If it is larger than the orientation size, it is determined that the image size is larger than the paper size. That is, although the judgment is made based on the size in the width direction and the size in the depth direction of the image, the judgment may be made only by the size in the width direction of the image.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in S102 and S104 of FIG. 6, when the printing paper size is smaller than the image size, the setting screen 100 is displayed on the LCD 16, but the setting screen 100 is displayed according to a predetermined operation by the user. The setting screen 100 may be displayed. In such a case, for example, even if it is determined that the print paper size is smaller than the image size (S102: YES in FIG. 6), the process of S110 may be executed without displaying the setting screen 100.

Further, in the setting screen 100 of the above embodiment, the angle for rotating the image based on the print target image data is input in the rotation angle input field 102, but the angle for rotating is input for each partial image. May be good. For example, on the setting screen 150 shown in FIG. 9, a rotation angle input field 154 is displayed for each origin input field 152. Then, by inputting the rotation angle in each rotation angle input field 154, each of the number of partial images corresponding to the print path is centered on the origin input in each origin input field 152, and each rotation angle input field. It is rotated by the angle input to 154. In such a case, in the flow shown in FIG. 6, in S118, the filter 26A does not acquire the rotation angle information, and in S119, the rotation image data of the image rotated to a preset angle, for example, 0 degrees is obtained. create. Then, the filter 26A executes the processing of S120 and S116, and acquires the coordinate information and the rotation angle information corresponding to the coordinate information in S200 of the extraction printing processing execution subroutine (see FIG. 7) of S116. Then, in S202, the filter 26A outputs a command indicating extraction and rotation of the partial image created based on the acquired coordinate information and rotation angle information to the ghost script 26B. As a result, the ghostscript 26B executes the extraction of the partial image and the rotation of the extracted image according to the command. The preset angle in S119 is not limited to 0 degrees, and may be, for example, 270 degrees.

Further, in the above embodiment, since the printer driver 26 does not support the image data in the PDF format, the OS 28 converts the image data in the PDF format into the image data in the PS format, and then converts the image data in the PS format into the printer driver 26. However, if the printer driver 26 supports PDF format image data, the OS 28 can output the PDF format image data to the printer driver 26 without converting the PDF format image data. good.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which the processes shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are executed by the CPU 12 has been described, but these processes are not limited to the CPU 12, and may be executed by an ASIC or another logic integrated circuit. , These processes may be executed by the cooperation of a CPU or the like, an ASIC, or another logic integrated circuit.

10: PC, 12: CPU, 20: Network I / F, 24: Application, 26: Printer driver, 26A: Filter, 26B: Ghostscript, 28: OS, 50: Printer

Claims (5)

A printer driver that is a program that can be read by a computer of an information processing device provided with a communication interface, and an operating system installed in the information processing device indicates an image to be printed and converts image data in PDF format. It is configured to output the first image data in PS format to the program.
The computer
A first acquisition means for acquiring the first image data in PS format from the operating system,
It functions as a second acquisition means for acquiring paper size information indicating the print paper size, and the paper size information indicates at least a first direction size which is a size in the first direction of the printing paper.
The computer
A third acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information indicating coordinates in the first image indicated by the first image data in the PS format, and a third acquisition means.
When the first image data in PS format acquired by the first acquisition means is image data showing an image having a size that does not fit in the print area of the printing paper whose size in the first direction is the size in the first direction. , A portion whose origin is the coordinates indicated by the coordinate information acquired by the third acquisition means from the first image data in PS format acquired by the first acquisition means, and the size of at least one side is equal to or less than the size in the first direction. An extraction method for extracting partial image data indicating an image,
A conversion means for converting the PS format partial image data extracted by the extraction means into a bitmap format partial image data, and
It functions as a creating means for creating print image data, and the print image data is image data based on the partial image data converted by the conversion means, and the size in the first direction is the first. Image data for printing an image smaller than the orientation size on the printer.
The computer
A printer driver characterized in that printing of image data for printing created by the creation means functions as a print instruction means for instructing the printer via the communication interface. The third acquisition means is
The plurality of coordinate information and the rotation angle of the image corresponding to each of the plurality of coordinate information are acquired, and the plurality of coordinate information indicates each of the plurality of coordinates in the image indicated by the first image data.
The extraction means is
For each of the plurality of coordinate information acquired by the third acquisition means, from the first image data acquired by the first acquisition means, a plurality of partial images showing a plurality of partial images having a plurality of coordinates indicated by each of the plurality of coordinate information as origins. The printer driver according to claim 1, wherein the partial image data of the above is extracted . A printer driver that is a program that can be read by a computer of an information processing device equipped with a communication interface, and the operating system installed in the information processing device is a PS that indicates an image to be printed and converts image data in PDF format. It is configured to output the first image data in the format, and the conversion program installed in the information processing apparatus converts the first image data in the PS format into the image data in the bitmap format. It is composed and
The computer
A first acquisition means for acquiring the first image data in PS format from the operating system,
It functions as a second acquisition means for acquiring paper size information indicating the print paper size, and the paper size information indicates at least a first direction size which is a size in the first direction of the printing paper.
The computer
A third acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information indicating coordinates in the first image indicated by the first image data in the PS format, and a third acquisition means.
When the first image data in PS format acquired by the first acquisition means is image data showing an image having a size that does not fit in the print area of the printing paper whose size in the first direction is the size in the first direction. , A portion whose origin is the coordinates indicated by the coordinate information acquired by the third acquisition means from the first image data in PS format acquired by the first acquisition means, and the size of at least one side is equal to or less than the size in the first direction. An output means for outputting a command to extract partial image data indicating an image to the conversion program, and
It functions as a creating means for creating print image data, and the print image data is extracted by the conversion program according to a command output by the output means, and the bit is extracted from the first image data in the PS format. The image data is based on the partial image data converted into the image data in the map format, and is the image data for causing the printer to print an image whose size in the first direction is smaller than or equal to the size in the first direction.
The computer
A printer driver characterized in that printing of image data for printing created by the creation means functions as a print instruction means for instructing the printer via the communication interface. The printer driver according to claim 3, wherein the conversion program is a ghost script . The third acquisition means is
The plurality of coordinate information and the rotation angle of the image corresponding to each of the plurality of coordinate information are acquired, and the plurality of coordinate information indicates each of the plurality of coordinates in the image indicated by the first image data.
The output means is
For each of the plurality of coordinate information acquired by the third acquisition means, from the first image data acquired by the first acquisition means, a plurality of partial images showing a plurality of partial images having a plurality of coordinates indicated by each of the plurality of coordinate information as origins. The printer driver according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a command to extract the partial image data of the above is output to the conversion program.

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