Print control apparatus, print control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKENJI TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
The present invention enables to ensure printing the entire desired image. An image data interpreter 21 interprets the header portion of data transmitted by a digital camera to detect the number of dots indicative of height and width of an image to be printed. A printer analyzer 22 detects the size of a print paper actually set in a printer. To perform printing in a print condition set by an output setting unit 23, image data size is adjusted based on the detected image data size and print paper size as well as the set print condition, and the adjusted image data is outputted to a printer engine.
Claims11
A print control apparatus for controlling print means which enables to print image data, maintained in an image output apparatus, on a print medium, comprising:
- first means for detecting a size of the image data maintained in the image output apparatus;
- second means for detecting a size of the print medium on which an image is to be printed by the print means;
- setting means for manually setting a print condition;
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- adjusting means for adjusting the size of the image data conforming to the print condition manually set by the setting means, based on the sizes obtained by the first and second means respectively.
A print control method for controlling print means which enables to print image data, maintained in an image output apparatus, on a print medium, comprising:
- a first detecting step of detecting a size of the image data maintained in the image output apparatus;
- a second detecting step of detecting a size of the print medium on which an image is to be printed by the print means;
- a setting step of setting a print condition;
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- a determining step of determining whether or not the print condition set in said setting step needs to be adjusted based on the size of the image data detected in said first detecting step and the size of the print medium detected in said second detecting step;
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- an adjusting step of determining an amount of adjustment based on the result of said determining step and adjusting the size of the image data based on the amount of adjustment.
A memory medium for storing program codes serving as a print control apparatus by reading and executing the program codes using a computer, for controlling print means which enables to print image data maintained in an image output apparatus, comprising:
- first means for detecting a size of the image data maintained in the image output apparatus;
- second means for detecting a size of the print medium on which an image is to be printed by the print means;
- setting means for manually setting a print condition;
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- adjusting means for adjusting the size of the image data conforming to the print condition manually set by the setting means, based on the sizes obtained by the first and second means respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.