Image layout
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1. A printing system comprising:
- a web layout module to;
access a set of images, wherein images in a subset of the set of images have the same size with respect to the images in the subset and images outside of the subset have different sizes with respect to each other;
generate a web layout of the accessed set of images, the web layout arranged in columns of same sized images, each column being arranged in sorted order of image size;
add at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web layout; and
a print engine to print the set of images and the at least one of the advertising material, coupon, and customer information on a web of substrate in the generated print layout.
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According to an example, a printing system may include a web layout module to access a set of images and generate a web layout of the set of images, in which the web layout is arranged in columns of same sized images, each column being arranged in sorted order of image size. The module may further add at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web layout. The printing system may also include a print engine to print the set of images and the at least one of the advertising material, coupon, and customer information on a web of substrate in the generated print layout.
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1. A printing system comprising:
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a web layout module to; access a set of images, wherein images in a subset of the set of images have the same size with respect to the images in the subset and images outside of the subset have different sizes with respect to each other; generate a web layout of the accessed set of images, the web layout arranged in columns of same sized images, each column being arranged in sorted order of image size; add at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web layout; and a print engine to print the set of images and the at least one of the advertising material, coupon, and customer information on a web of substrate in the generated print layout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of printing a set of images comprising:
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printing the set of images on a web of substrate in columns, where images included in each column have the same print size and where columns are printed in a sorted order of print size; printing at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on the web of substrate in a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web; separating each column of images from the web using a first web cutter; and separating each image from each separated column of images using a second cutter aligned parallel to each image in each column of images. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A web layout apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory on which is stored instructions that are to cause the processor to; access a set of images, wherein images in a subset of the set of images have the same size with respect to the images in the subset and images outside of the subset have different sizes with respect to each other; generate a web layout of the accessed set of images to be printed, the web layout arranged in columns of same sized images, each column being arranged in sorted order of image size; and add at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web layout.
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