APPLICATION FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130169978A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Fujita, Tadanobu
• Granted Patent: US 8,687,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1254 Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1843 Changing size or raster resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3935 with modification of image resolution, i.e. determining the values of picture elements at new relative positions

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a plug-in of a general use application, sheet size information and margin information set by the application are calculated by using a scaling factor at the time of an expansion or reduction printing. The calculated sheet size information and margin information are reconfigured into the application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining margin information for specifying an amount of a margin area set on a page in which data generated by an application is arranged and the margin area of the amount is included; and

changing a size of the page of the application on the basis of the margin information, so that the size of the page is changed and the amount of the margin area included in the changed page is kept.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

specifying a sheet size of a sheet used in printing of the page by a printing apparatus;

wherein the size of the page is changed to a size corresponding to the specified sheet size on the basis of the specified sheet size and the margin information.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

calculating an amount of a margin area to be newly set on the application on the basis of the specified sheet size and the margin information, so that the calculated amount of the margin area on the page is changed to an amount specified by the margin information in a case where the size of the page is changed;

wherein the calculated amount is set on the application and the size of the page of the application is changed.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising determining whether a header or a footer is set on the application,

wherein the calculated amount is not set on the application in a case where the determining determines that the header or the footer is set.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a size of an image corresponding to the page is changed, as the size of the page of the application.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the size of the image is changed by a printer driver.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

specifying a sheet size of a sheet used in printing of the page by a printing apparatus;

wherein a setting of a size changing corresponding to the specified sheet size and a size of the page, is set on the printer driver and the printer driver changes the image in accordance with the setting of the size changing.

8. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the margin information set on the application is obtained.

9. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the margin information for specifying the amount of a margin area designated by a user, is obtained.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a processor and memory;

an obtaining unit that obtains margin information for specifying an amount of a margin area set on a page in which data generated by an application is arranged and the margin area of the amount is included; and

a changing unit that changes a size of the page of the application on the basis of the margin information, so that the size of the page is changed and the amount of the margin area included in the changed page is kept.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a specification unit that specifies a sheet size of a sheet used in printing of the page by a printing apparatus;

wherein the size of the page is changed to a size corresponding to the specified sheet size on the basis of the specified sheet size and the margin information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

A calculation unit that calculates an amount of a margin area to be newly set on the application on the basis of the specified sheet size and the margin information, so that the calculated amount of the margin area on the page is changed to an amount specified by the margin information in a case where the size of the page is changed;

wherein the calculated amount is set on the application and the size of the page of the application is changed.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a determination unit that determines whether a header or a footer is set on the application,

wherein the calculated amount is not set on the application in a case where the determining determines that the header or the footer is set.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a size of an image corresponding to the page is changed, as the size of the page of the application.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the size of the image is changed by a printer driver.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

a specification unit that specifies a sheet size of a sheet used in printing of the page by a printing apparatus;

wherein a setting of a size changing corresponding to the specified sheet size and a size of the page, is set on the printer driver and the printer driver changes the image in accordance with the setting of the size changing.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the margin information set on the application is obtained.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the margin information for specifying the amount of a margin area designated by a user, is obtained.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for controlling an apparatus, the medium comprising:

computer-executable instructions that obtains margin information for specifying an amount of a margin area set on a page in which data generated by an application is arranged and the margin area of the amount is included; and

computer-executable instructions that changes a size of the page of the application on the basis of the margin information, so that the size of the page is changed and the amount of the margin area included in the changed page is kept.