PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. A print control apparatus for causing a printing apparatus to print on a print sheet each of a plurality of image portions obtained by dividing an image to be printed, the print control apparatus comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate an enlarged image by enlarging the image to be printed based on a finish size corresponding to a size resulting from bonding together a plurality of print sheets having the plurality of image portions printed thereon; and
a print control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to print each of the plurality of image portions on the print sheet such that the enlarged image generated by the generation unit is divided in a short-side direction of the enlarged image based on a number of segments obtained based on a length of a short side of the finish size and a length of a short side of the print sheet and such that a short side of each of the plurality of image portions obtained by the division coincides with a short side of the print sheet.
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Abstract
There is provided a print control apparatus in which, when poster printing is performed using a printer for printing on continuous paper, a user only needs to specify a finish size (or a scaling factor) so as to perform printing processing with appropriate orientation and a minimum number of segments. To achieve this, based on a length of a short side of a finish size specified by the user and a length in a width direction of continuous paper, the number of segments is calculated to divide an enlarged image obtained by enlarging an original. Then, based on the number of segments, the enlarged image is divided in a short-side direction, and a plurality of image portions generated by the division are laid out in a size of an output sheet, whereby print data is generated.
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19 Claims
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1. A print control apparatus for causing a printing apparatus to print on a print sheet each of a plurality of image portions obtained by dividing an image to be printed, the print control apparatus comprising:
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a generation unit configured to generate an enlarged image by enlarging the image to be printed based on a finish size corresponding to a size resulting from bonding together a plurality of print sheets having the plurality of image portions printed thereon; and a print control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to print each of the plurality of image portions on the print sheet such that the enlarged image generated by the generation unit is divided in a short-side direction of the enlarged image based on a number of segments obtained based on a length of a short side of the finish size and a length of a short side of the print sheet and such that a short side of each of the plurality of image portions obtained by the division coincides with a short side of the print sheet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A print control method for causing a printing apparatus to print on a print sheet each of a plurality of image portions obtained by dividing an image to be printed, the print control method comprising:
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a generation step of generating an enlarged image by enlarging the image to be printed based on a finish size corresponding to a size resulting from bonding together a plurality of print sheets having the plurality of image portions printed thereon; and a print control step of causing the printing apparatus to print each of the plurality of image portions on the print sheet such that the enlarged image generated in the generation step is divided in a short-side direction of the enlarged image based on a number of segments obtained based on a length of a short side of the finish size and a length of a short side of the print sheet and such that a short side of each of the plurality of image portions obtained by the division coincides with a short side of the print sheet. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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