Edge-to-edge printing

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for printing a borderless image from original image data on a medium having medium dimensions and at least one medium tolerance. The method comprises the acts of determining a ratio between two dimensions of the original image data, determining a sum between the at least one medium tolerance and one of the medium dimensions, stretching one of the image dimensions to at most equal to the sum; and stretching the other image dimension based on the ratio and the increased image dimension. The printing apparatus comprises a ratio transformer to determine a ratio between two dimensions of the original image data, and to determine a sum between the at least one medium tolerance and one of the medium dimensions and an image transformer to stretch one of the image dimensions to at most equal to the sum, and to stretch the other image dimension based on the ratio and the stretched image dimension.

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