Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and image output system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomoyuki Takahira, Akio Ishida
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus, connectable with an image output apparatus, includes circuitry to receive image data of an image from a memory, acquire information of an image placement region of the image output apparatus, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatus, and the image is to be output on the image placement region of the image output apparatus, generate an output image by placing the image within the image placement region based on the image data of the image to be output, and the image placement region of the image output apparatus, and transmit the generated output image to the image output apparatus.
Claims18
An information processing apparatus, connectable with a plurality of types of image output apparatuses via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to,
- receive a selection of image data to output,
- transmit, over the network, an acquisition request of apparatus type information from one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses,
- acquire, from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses, information of an image placement region of the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses in response to the acquisition request, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatuses,
- generate an output image by adjusting a size of the image data within the image placement region based on the image data and the information of the image placement region acquired from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses such that the information processing apparatus generates the output image after the selection of the image data to output, and
- transmit, over the network, the output image to the one of the plurality of types of image output apparatuses.
A method of operating an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus connectable with a plurality of types of image output apparatuses via a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a selection of image data to output;
- transmitting, over the network, an acquisition request of apparatus type information from one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses;
- acquiring, from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses, information of an image placement region of the one of the plurality of types of image output apparatuses in response to the acquisition request, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatuses;
- generating an output image by adjusting a size of the image data within the image placement region based on the image data and the information of the image placement region acquired from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses such that the information processing apparatus generates the output image after the selection of the image data to output;
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- transmitting, over the network, the output image to the one of the plurality of types of image output apparatuses.
An image output system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus connectable with a plurality of types of image output apparatuses via a network, the information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to,
- receive a selection of image data to output,
- transmit, over the network, an acquisition request of apparatus type information from one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses,
- acquire, from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses, information of an image placement region of the one of the plurality of types of image output apparatuses in response to the acquisition request, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatuses,
- generate an output image by adjusting a size of the image data within the image placement region based on the image data and the information of the image placement region acquired from the one of the plurality of types of the image output apparatuses such that the information processing apparatus generates the output image after the selection of the image data to output, and
- transmit, over the network, the output image to the one of the plurality of types of image output apparatuses.
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