PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD
First Claim
1. A print processing method performed by a printer driver of receiving drawing instructions and generating print job data to a printer, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a drawing instruction;
determining whether or not the received drawing instruction can be combined with drawing instructions already stored, based on combining condition;
storing the received drawing instruction as intermediate data when it is determined that the received drawing instruction can be combined; and
combining intermediate data of the drawing instructions already stored into a single item of print job data and outputting the combined single item of print job data to the printer, when it is determined that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined.
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Abstract
A printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction determines, based on combining condition, whether the received drawing instruction can be combined with another drawing instruction. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined, the printer driver stores the received drawing instruction as intermediate data. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined, the printer driver combines intermediate data of already stored drawing instructions into a single item of print job data and outputs the print job data to the printer. The combining condition is that the received drawing instruction meets all of three conditions.
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20 Claims
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1. A print processing method performed by a printer driver of receiving drawing instructions and generating print job data to a printer, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a drawing instruction; determining whether or not the received drawing instruction can be combined with drawing instructions already stored, based on combining condition; storing the received drawing instruction as intermediate data when it is determined that the received drawing instruction can be combined; and combining intermediate data of the drawing instructions already stored into a single item of print job data and outputting the combined single item of print job data to the printer, when it is determined that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A print processing method of receiving drawing instructions and generating print job data to a printer, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a drawing instruction; determining whether or not the received drawing instruction should be combined with another drawing instruction; storing the received drawing instruction when it is determined that the received drawing instruction should be combined; and combining drawing instructions already stored in the storing step to create a combined drawing instruction and outputting the combined drawing instruction to the printer when it is determined that the received drawing instruction should not be combined, wherein, in the determining step, it is determined that the received drawing instruction should not be combined when an attribute of the received drawing instruction is the same as an attribute of another drawing instruction and a ratio of an image to an area resulting from combining the received drawing instruction with the another drawing instruction is smaller than a first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information processing apparatus including a printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction, comprising:
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a receiving unit adapted to receive a drawing instruction; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the received drawing instruction can be combined with drawing instructions already stored, based on combining condition; a storage unit adapted to store the received drawing instruction as intermediate data in a memory when the determination unit determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined; and an output unit adapted to combine intermediate data of the drawing instructions already stored in the memory into a single item of print job data and output the combined single item of print job data to the printer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An information processing apparatus which generates print job data to printer in response to a drawing instruction, comprising:
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a receiving unit adapted to receive a drawing instruction; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the received drawing instruction should be combined with another drawing instruction; a storage unit adapted to, when it is determined that the received drawing instruction should be combined, store the received drawing instruction; and an output unit adapted to, when it is determined that the received drawing instruction should not be combined, combine drawing instructions already stored by the storage unit to create a combined drawing instruction and output the combined drawing instruction to the printer; wherein the determination unit determines that the received drawing instruction should not be combined when an attribute of the received drawing instruction is the same as an attribute of another drawing instruction and a ratio of an image to an area resulting from combining the received drawing instruction with the another drawing instruction is smaller than a first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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