Method and apparatus for borderizing an image in a printing system
First Claim
1. In a printing system for producing a print having a representation of an image, the printing system including a memory for storing image data corresponding with the image, the image including a first image portion and a second image portion, the first image portion and the second image portion including a first set of dimensions and a second set of dimensions, respectively, a system, responsive to operator input, for generating a border corresponding, at least in part, with the first image portion, the border including a non-white color as well as an inner border edge and an outer border edge spaced from the inner border edge, said system comprising:
- a) a user interface at which the operator inputs a size attribute representative of the border to be generated, the size attribute including a width parameter, the width parameter defining a magnitude of the spacing between the inner border edge and the outer border edge, wherein the width parameter is settable by the operator in one of a plurality of width magnitude values so as to provide the operator control over the width magnitude of the border;
b) a processor for determining, by reference to the size attribute and the dimensions of the second set of dimensions, whether a preselected relationship exists between the second image portion and the border; and
c) an image processing subsystem for scaling the second image portion, by a selected amount, when the preselected relationship does not exist.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for framing an image portion in which a size attribute of the applicable frame is inputted with a user interface and dimensions of the image portion are stored in memory. A processor determines, by reference to the inputted size attribute and the stored dimensions, whether a preselected relationship exists between the image portion and the applicable frame. When the preselected relationship does not exist, the image portion is scaled with an image processing subsystem.
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1. In a printing system for producing a print having a representation of an image, the printing system including a memory for storing image data corresponding with the image, the image including a first image portion and a second image portion, the first image portion and the second image portion including a first set of dimensions and a second set of dimensions, respectively, a system, responsive to operator input, for generating a border corresponding, at least in part, with the first image portion, the border including a non-white color as well as an inner border edge and an outer border edge spaced from the inner border edge, said system comprising:
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a) a user interface at which the operator inputs a size attribute representative of the border to be generated, the size attribute including a width parameter, the width parameter defining a magnitude of the spacing between the inner border edge and the outer border edge, wherein the width parameter is settable by the operator in one of a plurality of width magnitude values so as to provide the operator control over the width magnitude of the border; b) a processor for determining, by reference to the size attribute and the dimensions of the second set of dimensions, whether a preselected relationship exists between the second image portion and the border; and c) an image processing subsystem for scaling the second image portion, by a selected amount, when the preselected relationship does not exist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a printing system for producing a print having a representation of an image, the printing system including a memory for storing image data corresponding with the image, the image including a first image portion and a second image portion, the first image portion and the second image portion including a first set of dimensions and a second set of dimensions, respectively, a method, responsive to operator input, for generating a border corresponding, at least in part, with the first image portion, the border including a non-white color as well as an inner border edge and an outer border edge spaced from the inner border edge, said method comprising:
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a) inputting to the printing system, by way of operator input at a user interface, a size attribute for the border to be generated, the size attribute including a width parameter, the width parameter defining a magnitude of the spacing between the inner border edge and the outer border edge, wherein the width parameter is settable by the operator in one of a plurality of width magnitude values so as to provide the operator control over the width magnitude of the border; b) determining, by reference to the size attribute and the dimensions of the second set of dimensions, whether a preselected relationship exists between the second image portion and the border; and c) when the preselected relationship does not exist, scaling the second image portion to an extent necessary so that the preselected relationship exists. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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