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Print control apparatus, print control method, and recording medium for arranging print elements to be printed over an area of a print medium

US8976385B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2009
Grant dateMar 10, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1285
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which elements included in a document are arranged on a page by a print control method. The document, which includes the elements and information for arranging the elements, is acquired. An element disposed on an edge of the page is detected from among the elements included in the acquired document. The printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which the elements included in the document are arranged on the page and in which the element disposed on the edge of the page is expanded to a predetermined output area.

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