JPS60112371A - Picture recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain easy restoration of a large screen by outputting division number information showing the division location relation in each storage medium in dividing and outputting input picture information groups of the large screen exceeding storage area into plural storage medium. CONSTITUTION:The device has four-fold virtual co-ordinate space of real co- ordinate space and four partial co-ordinate spaces (1-1)-(2-2) indicates a printing area, and respective spaces are provided in correspondence to page buffers (1,1)-(2,2) of a page buffer memory 207. The device divides received straight line information 700 into straight line information 701, 702 and 703, distribute them to the above-said page buffers (1,1), (2,1) and (2,2). When these straight line information 701-703 are set to the buffer, division graphic position information, i.e., division number information 704-707 are also set respectively to correspondent page buffers. An original picture is divided and outputted on four page output form by outputting into a print mechanism 102 independently by each page buffer unit, and simultaneously enables divided numbers.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an image recording device that inputs graphic/image information from a data source and outputs a corresponding graphic/image pattern on a recording medium, and particularly relates to a graphic/image information dividing method. It is related to processing.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in this type of image recording device, the coordinate space that is the basis for expressing figures and images is generally fixed to the recording area of a recording medium such as paper. It was difficult to output images. Therefore, there is a device that reduces a large figure that exceeds the coordinate space to the size of the recording area of a recording medium of 2 minutes and outputs it, but when the reduction rate is large, the reduced figure is roughly The drawback was that it could only be expressed.

〔the purpose〕

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to faithfully represent input graphic/image information by dividing the graphic/image information that exceeds the recording area of the recording medium into multiple pages of recording media. To provide an image recording device S which facilitates reproduction of a large screen by outputting information representing the positional relationship of divided figures between recording media of a plurality of pages simultaneously output to the recording medium.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the internal configuration of the image recording apparatus of the present invention, where 100 is a laser beam printer (hereinafter referred to as LBP), which corresponds to graphic information supplied from a connected host computer (not shown). It is converted into a graphic pattern and an image is formed on paper, which is a recording medium.

10/ is a printer control unit that controls the entire LBP 100 and analyzes graphic information supplied from the host computer, converts the graphic information into a video signal So/ of a corresponding graphic pattern, and sends the print mechanism 102 output to the laser driver 103 of.

The laser driver 103 is a semiconductor laser drive control circuit, and controls the semiconductor laser 10i according to the input video signal.
Turns on/off the laser beam emitted from l.

The laser beam is swung left and right by the rotating polygon mirror 105 and irradiated onto the electrostatic drum IO2, forming a latent image of a graphic pattern. The latent image is developed by a developing unit (not shown) around the electrostatic drum 10t, and then transferred to the paper. The paper used is cut sheet paper, LBP 1
The paper is stored in a paper cassette 107 attached to the paper cassette 107, taken into the apparatus by a paper feed roller/(H) and a conveyance roller (not shown), and supplied to the electrostatic drum 70B.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration example of the printer control unit 10/ described above, where 200 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that controls the entire LBP 100 and analyzes graphic information. . 20/ is an input interface circuit for transmitting and receiving data with a host computer (not shown); when graphic information is input from the host computer, it outputs an interrupt signal SO2 notifying the input to the CPU 200; The input information is sent to the signal line Do/
202 is a paper size selection switch used to determine the printing area of the paper to be used. 203 is a paper size selection switch used to determine the print area of the paper to be used.
200 is an input buffer memory that temporarily stores input information supplied through the input terminal 200. That is, the EPU 200 reads the input information on the signal line Do/ from the input interrupt processing program activated by the interrupt signal S0.2, and stores it in the input buffer memory 03.

KO≠ is the paper information table, 2o5 is the X register, 2o
t Hi L/ Sister. Paper information table 20
1I is prepared in a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) with multiple sets of dot sizes in the X direction and Size selection switch 20
It corresponds to the setting value of 2. Note that the dot size here refers to the size of the print area in units of minimum units, dots, when the LBP 100 forms an image by turning on and off (intermittent) laser light. X register 2
03 and X register 206 are registers that respectively store the X-direction dot size and the X-direction dot size on the paper information table 2011, which are arbitrarily determined according to the setting value of the paper size selection switch 202.

207 saves data in units of M/page (Page 11).
Rtu7a (/, /), page buffer (/ , 2), page buffer (2, /) and page buffer (2, 2)
) is prepared, and a coordinate space of Hiro times the printing area of the paper is obtained. Figure 3 shows the coordinate space for drawing the figure and the page buffer (/.

The correspondence between l) and (' + 2) is shown. X and Y in FIG. 3 are each X register 20! and X register, 2
It represents the value of 0, that is, the dot size of the printing area of the paper. Here, the partial coordinate spaces (/-/), (l-2), (,2-/), and (,2-J), which are obtained by dividing the coordinate space (0-0) into two parts, are respectively the pages mentioned above. buffer(
/, /), (/,,2).

Corresponds to (2, /) and (λ, ko).

20, r is a division number (/L/) which is a symbol indicating the division relationship of the above-mentioned divided partial coordinate space.

This is a division number information table in which information for printing (/-2), (2-/), and (z-, 2) on paper is prepared on the ROM.

20 is a working memory prepared on random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM), CPU 200
is used for temporary data storage and calculations.

, 210 creates an image buffer memo +) 2/
This is a general vector-to-raster converter that generates a dot pattern of line segments in /. Image buffer memory 2/
/ is a RAM having a capacity corresponding to the maximum printing area of the paper that can be used in this LBP 100, and stores graphic information for the paper/page in the form of a dot pattern.

21- is a video signal generator which is activated by the print start signal S03 from the CPU 200, extracts a dot pattern arrangement corresponding to the laser beam/scan from the image buffer memory 2//, and outputs it to the laser beam. It is converted into a video signal corresponding to on/off and sent to the printer interface circuit 2/3. Printer interface circuit 2/
3 controls the transmission and reception of signals between the print control unit 101 and the printing mechanism 102, starts the printing mechanism in response to the print start signal SOJ from the CPU 200, and prints the paper/page sent from the printing mechanism. A print end signal sog indicating the end of printing is sent back to apu cooo.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the format of graphic information handled by the above-mentioned LBP 100. The graphic information includes straight line information aOO and screen end information IIO/. straight line information hiro 0
0 is a continuation of the straight line start command code (hereinafter referred to as GS) and the x ry coordinates (X□, y□), each coordinate (Xi, yi) (i = / I 2 + -... n
) is expressed as a polygonal line connecting them. Screen end information 1tO/
is a screen end command code (hereinafter referred to as EOG), which is added to the end of a group of graphic information for seven screens, indicating the end of the group of graphic information. LBP 100 begins printing in response to this end-of-screen instruction code (EOG).

Figure 5 (4) and color) shows an example of drawing using the graphic information in Figure 4, where 200 is the input graphic information group and SOa is the output screen corresponding to the graphic information group. be. As shown in the figure, the coordinate point (Xl +V1) s(X2
+ y2 ) and (X3 * y5 ) in order, and then move the starting point of the drawing to the point (x4.M4) based on the second straight line information jO2, and then
4) Create a line segment connecting (X5 r V5 ) and print the output screen 5oll using the final screen end command code (EOG).

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the principle of page division output processing according to the present invention when the size of a figure to be output on paper exceeds the printing area of one page of paper. As mentioned above, the printing area of the paper/page is the X register 20! It is determined by the value X of ' and the Y register 9Y. At this time,
The size of the paper in the X direction corresponds to a coordinate space of X and the size of the paper in the y direction corresponds to Y. Furthermore, as described above with reference to FIG.
l-/)l C/-2>I C2-/), and (2-
, 2) each represent a space of the same size as the printing area,
Page buffers (/l/), (/l, 2), (,!, /) and L, respectively, of page buffer memo I) 207
z+, z).

Therefore, as shown in Figure 3, the first partial coordinate space (i
-i) Line segment (Xa+ ya) +< X
b, yb) are the line segment (Xa + ya) p' (Xl x Y), the line segment (x, Y)l (X, y,), and the line segment (X z yl
) + (, Xb, yb). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the received straight line information 700 is
Linear information 70/, linear information 7oλ for PU 200
and a page buffer corresponding to each partial coordinate space (/*/,) r
(J r /) and (2,2) are obtained. This divided straight line! When setting information 70/-703 to the page buffer, division number information 7o4 represents the relationship between each page to be divided and output, that is, the arrangement of divided figures! ~7
07 is also set in each corresponding page buffer. Therefore, the printing machine Wdto2 is set independently for each page buffer.
In order to start the output of the coordinate space (0, O),
As shown in Figure 7, a figure spanning an area of (, 2
−/) to (,2-2) can also be output.

The above-mentioned divided straight line reports 70/ to 703 are divided into each partial coordinate space (/-/) I C2-7) l (,2,-,2
) to relative coordinates when the origin of each page buffer (/, /) is set to (0, 0).

Saved at (ko, /) and (2,2). This means that when outputting to paper, the origin is (0,0) and the
This is because the information of each page buffer is handled as information on the coordinate space of the printing area of the paper, which is the value of Y in the X direction.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of the division number information table 20g shown in FIGS. The division number information 7~707 set in each page buffer together with the straight line information is the number (1-/), (/--2) of the partial coordinate space corresponding to each page buffer 9, as shown in the diagram. ), (-2-/n and (2-
2) The number character string representing Prepare as a set of straight line information. This division number information is still limited to the number of pages to be divided, that is, "1-/J
J.

t types of "/-aJ", [J-/J and "-12" are prepared and stored in advance on the division number information table 201 of the ROM shown in FIG.

The straight line information group in each division number information uses the lower left corner of the character string displayed by the straight line information group as the coordinate origin (0,0), so each division number information is actually set on the corresponding page buffer. In some cases, it is necessary to perform coordinate transformation to correct the origin so that the division number can be output at a predetermined position in the print area of the paper. In this example, the division number is displayed in the upper left corner of the printing area of the paper (see FIG. 7). Therefore, each coordinate (X□) in the division number information.

yi) on the page buffer, xi-x
i10 (1) Perform the coordinate transformation of yi=yi+Y(2) and obtain the coordinate value ('xQ' t yi)
The page buffer is stored as a construction site.

Y in equation (2) is the Y register 2O6Q value, that is, the dot size in the X direction of the printing area of the paper.

However, in order to prevent the division number from being output overlapping with the graphic information sent from the host computer (the host computer), the above Y value is subtracted in advance by the size of the graphic with the division number to be displayed in the X direction. Set it to oti,
The division number can be displayed in a pseudo manner outside the printing area of the paper. In this way, it is helpful to add division number information that represents the division number as a group of linear information to each page buffer, and when outputting to paper, the division number is extracted like other graphic information. The division number can be printed on each output sheet.

An operational example of the data processing and control of figure division output of LBP 100 with the above configuration can be expressed as a program in GP.
The process will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, which are stored in advance in the internal memory of the U, 200.

FIG. 2 shows the main routine printer OO for printer control.

To power on LBPloo, first step 90/
, the setting value of the Kasuri size selection switch 202 is read, and the X-direction dot size value X of the paper corresponding to the setting value of that switch on the paper information table 201A is read.
The y-direction dot size value Y is extracted, and the extracted X and Y are respectively stored in the corresponding X register 20 and Y register 201. Set to .

Next, in step 902, page buffer memo +
) 207 to an empty state and prepare a system for accepting one new screen's worth of graphic information. Next, step 90
Proceeding to step 3, seven pieces of graphic information from the host computer are extracted from the input buffer 203.

Note that the graphic information from the host computer is processed by this printer control main routine 9 as input interrupt processing by the input interrupt signal S02 from the interface circuit 20/.
00 is read from the interface circuit 20/ and sequentially stored in the input buffer 203.

The type of graphic information retrieved from the input buffer 203 is determined in step qoa, and if it is straight line information, the process proceeds to step 905, where the vector division process subroutine 1000 shown in FIG. is divided into pages and stored in the page buffer memory 207, and returns to the Stellar Button 03 again to process the next graphic information.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the type of graphic information is screen end information in the Stellar Button Ot, this information indicates the end of the graphic information group for seven screens, so the process proceeds to the processing procedure related to graphic output from the Stellar Butterfly 01 onwards. First of all, Stella Buta 0
1, the vector division post-processing subroutine /200 shown in FIG.
Set division number information and screen end information in (, 2, 2), respectively. Next, in the Stellar printer 07, it is determined whether or not there remains a page buffer whose recorded contents have not been output to the trench recording paper, and if it remains, the processing of the next step 9CH, ri09 and 910 is performed. is executed for each page buffer. To this sequence of steps qO for a full page buffer.

When the execution of the processes 909 and 910 is completed, the Stellar Button 07 makes a negative determination, so the process returns to step 902 again for graphic processing of the next screen.

Step 90! ', 90W and qlO are paper/
This is a series of processing procedures for performing output processing for a portion of the page buffer, that is, an area of the page buffer. First, in step 901, the vector expansion processing subroutine shown in FIG.
Image buffer memory lJ, 2// by Chin/100
Expand a dot pattern of shapes on the top/page. Next, in the Stellar printer 09, a print start signal SOJ is sent to the video signal generator 2/2 and the printer interface circuit 2/3 to start the printing operation of the printing mechanism 102 for one page of paper, and in the next step 910, the print operation is started. The printer waits for the end of printing by detecting the reception of the print end signal S (V) from the printer interface circuit 2/3. If the step 910 detects the print end signal sog, the printing for the paper/page is completed. Therefore, the process returns to step 907 to print the next page, and the processes of steps 907 to 910 described above are repeated.

FIG. 1θ shows details of a subroutine 1000 for vector division processing executed in the above-mentioned Stellar Butter Oj. In this subroutine 1000, straight line information is passed from the main routine, and from this straight line information, line segment coordinates (X□+'+
'i) r (Xi+t l yi+1) (However, heel i''
=/, j, .

First, in step 100/, line segment coordinates (Xi+y:i-) are calculated from the straight line information passed from the main routine.
.

Take out (Xi+1.yi+1) and proceed to the next step 10
In step 02, the line segment coordinates are stored in the line segment storage area provided on the work memo 1JJO9. Then step 1
003, the coefficients a and b of the linear equation % formula (3) for the line segment are calculated using the following calculation formula.

In addition, when xi−Xi+1, X-Conn (6) is used as a linear equation in the following processing.

Next, in step 10011, it is determined whether line segments overlap in the partial coordinate spaces (/--/), (/-2), (2-/), and (2-2) in the X direction. Therefore, the coordinate values X□ and xl+, and the value X of the X register 20j
Compare with. X register 2Q! If the value of ; Proceeding to step 1003, the y-coordinate value yct for the register value X is determined by the coefficient a determined in step 1003.
Using
:y'4) + (Xi+11 yl+1), so in the next step 1006,
The coordinates (X, yα) are stored in the line segment storage area provided on the working memory 209, and the process proceeds to the next step 1007. On the other hand, the value X of the X register 2O) is the coordinate value Xi and
If it is determined that the value is not between ir1, the line segment is not straddling the partial coordinate space, and the process directly proceeds from step 100II to step 1007.

In steps 1007, 1001, and 1009, the coordinates (Xβ, Y) of the dividing point in the y direction are determined in the same manner as described above, and these are stored in the line segment storage area on the work memo I) 20q. In other words, the value Y of Y register 20B is the coordinate value yi
It is determined in step 1007 whether or not it is between and yi+, and when it is affirmatively determined that it is between
Using the coefficients a and b determined in step 1003, the coordinates (Xβ, Y) determined by the following linear equation are expressed as follows: Step 1
In step 009, the line segment is stored in the above-mentioned line segment storage area, and the process proceeds to the next step 1oio. On the other hand, if the determination in step 1007 is negative, the process directly proceeds to step 1010.

In step 1010, the coordinates of the start point, end point, and division point of the line segment stored in the above-mentioned line segment storage area are rearranged in ascending order of the X coordinate, and the following steps lO/l to 10/! ;, the line segment (xtl
yt) r (Xz+1 + 71+1), and calculate the partial coordinate space (j-
k) (however, if j='+2+=l, -z), set the origin to (0
, 0), and then convert the converted dividing line segment into a straight line information format whose number is indicated by 1Ioo in the figure.
The corresponding page buffers (j, k) (where j
＝／、、z、に＝／。

, 2).

When the division of one line segment is completed through the above processing, step 10/j, which determines whether the coordinates of the saved line segment remain, becomes a negative determination, so the process proceeds to step 10/≦, and the next unprocessed line segment ( Xir11 Yi, -rl ), (Xir2'
It is determined whether yi+2) still remains, and if so, the process returns to step 100/ and repeats the same division process as described above. If there are no unprocessed line segments left, it means the end of the division process of one straight line information, so there is no negative determination in step 10/l, and the main routine
Return to O.

FIG. 1 shows a vector expansion processing subroutine 1ooo executed in the stepter Ot of the main routine 900.
Show details. First, in step /10/, each page buffer (j, k) of the page buffer memory 207
(However, the graphic information is extracted from j-/, ko, ni=/, λ), and the type of the graphic information is determined in the next step /102. If the figure information is straight line information, step/
Proceed to 103, line segment in straight line information (Xir y□) +
(Xi, 4-1 * Xir1) (However, i=/
, 2...n) in sequence, and the following step /lO'
l, the starting point (Xi, /i) and ending point (X
ir1. Xir1) is applied to the vector rask converter 210 to generate a linear figure dot pattern of the line segment on the image buffer memory 2//. Next step/
10! ; In step /10, it is determined whether there are still unprocessed line segment coordinates. ? and repeat the above process. Step /103~/10! After performing this process on all the line segments in the straight line information, the process returns to step /10/ to continue the vector development process for the next figure information.

When it is determined in step /102 that the type of graphic information is screen end information, this information indicates the end of the graphic information group of the page buffer currently being processed, so this vector expansion process is ended and the main routine qoo Return to

FIG. 12 shows the vector division post-processing subroutine/20 executed in step 90B of the main routine router OO.
Show details of 0. This subroutine /20OK transfers the division number information and screen end information to each page buffer (/,
/) ~ (' + 2).

First, in step /201, the dot size values in the X direction and y direction of the paper are read from the Determine the print start position. In the following, this printing start position will be referred to as the division number drawing start point (X(1r Vo).In this example, as shown in FIG. 7, the division number (/-/)
~(2-2) is to be displayed in the upper left corner of the paper, so the division number drawing starting point (X(1p 'io) is ('
*y).

Next, the process advances to step /, 203, where the page buffer (/
. first,
Step/20≠, then step/20! Page buffer (i, j) selected in (where i=/ , 2. j=
The division number information <i=> corresponding to i, λ) is read from the division number information table 20g. Next step/2
In 03, the read division number information (i-j)
, coordinate transformation processing is performed to adapt to the division number drawing start point (XOryo) set in step 1202.

That is, as shown in the figure, each division number information is composed of a straight line information group with the division number drawing starting point as (oro), so step/20! ;, in order to change the starting point to (xo, yo), each coordinate value (xk, yk) in each straight line information (where k=/.

2-...n) to (X(1+xkt :!I'0 +yk
).

Subsequently, in step /20t, the division information after the above coordinate transformation is written into the currently selected page buffer (i, j). Furthermore, in step/, 207, screen end information is additionally written to the page buffer (i, j), and this screen end information is written to the page buffer (i, j).
) will be handled in subsequent processing as the end mark of the graphic information group. Next, the process returns to step 1203, and when the sequential selection of page buffers is completed, this vector division post-processing is completed and the process returns to the main routine 900.

In the vector division post-processing routine/200 described above,
The division number information, which consists of a set of straight line information added to each page buffer, is handled in the same way as other straight line information in the vector expansion processing routine/100, and the division number information is treated as a set of line segments at a specific position on the paper. Generate a string.

In this way, when a group of input image information that exceeds the recording area of a recording medium (for example, paper) is divided and output to multiple recording media, division number information indicating the division position relationship is output to each recording medium. Therefore, the large screen represented by the input image information group can be easily restored.

Although this example shows an example of application to a laser beam printer that edits data page by page and activates the printing mechanism, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to pen plotters, thermal printers, inkjet printers, etc. It goes without saying that the present invention can be easily applied to various printing devices and display devices that display graphics on a ClRT display screen.

In addition, in this example, only line segment information is handled as graphic information, but it is not limited to this, and image information that uses trap coordinates and distance as elements, such as polygons and irregular arcs, or dot images such as photographs. Of course, image information can also be subjected to divided output. Furthermore, it is equipped with a general character generator that generates a dot pattern of the corresponding character from the character code, and also handles the divisional output of input information groups including character codes. I can do it. The provision of this character generator makes it possible to replace the division number information, which was composed of a set of linear information in this example, with a character code string, compressing the division number information, and compressing the division number information. The printing quality of the divided number character string to be printed can be improved without making it complicated.

In addition, in this example, the printing position of the division number information was fixed at the upper left corner of the recording material paper, but there is no need to fix the printing position in this way, and the division number drawing starting point (Xo + Yg
) can be selectively specified by a setting means such as a dedicated switch for setting or a setting command from an input data source, it becomes easy to change the printing position of the division number information.

Furthermore, in this example, multiple page buffers are used as page dividing means, and division number 1 information is handled on the page buffers along with other graphic information.
It is not limited to this. For example, an image buffer memory covering the entire coordinate space is prepared as a page dividing means, and after developing a graphic pattern 'f'r corresponding to a group of input image information on the image buffer memory, a recording material (for example, paper) is loaded. The image buffer memory may be divided into print area units and outputted to the recording material sequentially. In this case, separate division number information figure pattern generation means such as a normal character generator is provided, and the output is outputted to the recording material. The graphic image pattern on the image buffer memory described above and the graphic pattern corresponding to the division number information generated by the division number information pattern generating means are sequentially recorded on the recording material in synchronization with the recording operation. Also good.

Furthermore, in this example, depending on the division situation when pages are divided into a sheet of paper, which is a recording material, a certain sheet of paper may have no graphic information to be output, and a blank sheet may be output. Therefore, when outputting to paper, it is possible to determine whether or not there is graphic information to be output other than division number information in the page buffer, and to stop outputting to paper if the graphic information does not exist. Such blank page output can be prevented.

In this process, each division number is printed on the paper that is output in page divisions, so it is easy to determine if six pages are missing.

〔effect〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when a group of input graphic/image information of the size of a building is divided into a plurality of page-based recording materials and output, the divided Since a symbol indicating the positional relationship is output for each page of the recording material, the order in which the pages of the recording material are arranged in relation to the recorded figures and images is clear, and by aligning those recording materials, the input The large screen that the graphic/image information group was intended to represent can be easily restored.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the internal structure of the image recording apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the structure of the printer control unit shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. An explanatory diagram showing the correspondence with the coordinate space. Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the format of the graphic information in Figure 2. Figures S (A) and (B) are diagrams showing the graphic information and drawing in Figure 2. An explanatory diagram showing the relationship; FIG. 6 is a line diagram showing an example of input graphic information that establishes the recording area of the recording material; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the input graphic information in FIG. 6 to the page buffer and recording material in FIG. FIG. g is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the division number information table in FIG. 2. FIGS. 9 to 12 are examples of control operations of the printer control unit in FIG. FIG. 100...Laser beam printer (LBP), 10/
...Printer control unit, 102...Printing mechanism, 200...Central processing unit @ (cpu), 20/...
Input interface circuit, 202...Paper size selection switch, 203...Input buffer memory) 20'A...Paper information table, 2O5...X register, 20O...X register, 207... Page buffer memory 1 20g... Division number information table, 209... Working memory, 210... Vector-raster converter, 2//... Image buffer memory, 212... Video signal generator, 213...Printer interface circuit 11100
, 30/ , ! ;02... Straight line information, IAO/,
303...Screen end information, SOO...Graphic information group, SODA...Output screen (drawing). Patent applicant: Canon Co., Ltd. Figure 3 Figure 6 o Xa X, X Xb2X Figure 11

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Dividing means for dividing graphic/image information input from a data source into a plurality of pages according to a recording area of a recording medium, and dividing the graphic/image information into multiple parts by the dividing means. A division information generation means for generating division information that specifies a positional relationship; and an output means for outputting the division information from the division information generation means to the recording medium together with the graphic/image information divided by the division means. An image recording device characterized by: