Print control apparatus, print control method, print system, and program

• US 20040066424A1
• Filed: 10/01/2003
• Published: 04/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takamiya, Hiroyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,178,891 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/5
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/0415 and means for controlling illumination or exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/0482 Toner-free areas produced

Abstract

To provide a print system which can cope with both of the specification of the conventional PDL and the specification of the new PDL, in which print mode the printing is executed is selected between a first print mode for drawing by setting a position that is away from a sheet edge by a specified offset to an origin and a second print mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin, and processes are executed in the selected print mode.

Claims

1. A print control apparatus comprising:

selecting means for selecting in which print mode printing is executed between a first print mode for drawing by setting a position that is away from a sheet edge by a specified offset to an origin and a second print mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin; and

processing means for processing in the print mode selected by said selecting means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a conventional PDL.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a new PDL.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second print mode includes a mode for matching a drawing image with a center of an output sheet.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when said first print mode is selected by said selecting means, said processing means forms information indicative of the first mode and information of a drawing position from said position that is away from the sheet edge by said specified offset and transmits said information to a printer, and when said second print mode is selected by said selecting means, said processing means forms information indicative of the second mode and information of a drawing position from said sheet edge and transmits said information to the printer.

6. A print control method comprising:

a selecting step of selecting in which print mode printing is executed between a first print mode for drawing by setting a position that is away from a sheet edge by a specified offset to an origin and a second mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin; and

a processing step of processing in the print mode selected in said selecting step.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said first print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a conventional PDL.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein said second print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a new PDL.

9. A method according to claim 6, wherein said second print mode includes a mode for matching a drawing image with a center of an output sheet.

10. A method according to claim 6, wherein in said processing step, when said first print mode is selected in said selecting step, information indicative of the first mode and information of a drawing position from said position that is away from the sheet edge by said specified offset are formed and transmitted to a printer, and when said second print mode is selected in said selecting step, information indicative of the second mode and information of a drawing position from said sheet edge are formed and transmitted to the printer.

11. A print system comprising:

instructing means for instructing in which print mode printing is executed between a first print mode for drawing by setting a position that is away from a sheet edge by a specified offset to an origin and a second print mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin; and

selecting means for selecting in which print mode the printing is executed between the first print mode for drawing by setting the position that is away from the sheet edge by the specified offset to the origin and the second print mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin; and

printing means for printing in the print mode selected by said selecting means.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein said instructing means includes a printer driver, said selecting means includes a printer controller, and said printing means includes a print engine.

13. A program product comprising:

a selecting step of selecting in which print mode printing is executed between a first print mode for drawing by setting a position that is away from a sheet edge by a specified offset to an origin and a second print mode for drawing by setting the sheet edge to the origin; and

a processing step of processing in the print mode selected in said selecting step.

14. A product according to claim 13, wherein said first print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a conventional PDL.

15. A product according to claim 13, wherein said second print mode is a mode for coping with a specification of a new PDL.

16. A product according to claim 13, wherein said second print mode includes a process for matching a drawing image with a center of an output sheet.

17. A product according to claim 13, wherein in said processing step, when said first print mode is selected in said selecting step, information indicative of the first mode and information of a drawing position from said position that is away from the sheet edge by said specified offset are formed and transmitted to a printer, and when said second print mode is selected in said selecting step, information indicative of the second mode and information of a drawing position from said sheet edge are formed and transmitted to the printer.

18. A product according to claim 13, wherein in said program includes a printer driver program.