Computer-Readable Storage Medium, Information Processing Apparatus, and Method for Image Processing

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a display;
• an input interface;
• and
• a controller configured to run a printing program and an image processing program, the controller being configured to:
• generate an image to be printed on a particular type of printing medium in a printing apparatus according to the image processing program;
• control the display to display the generated image according to the image processing program;
• set a printing mode in the image processing program to one of a regular printing mode and a trial printing mode based on a setting operation input through the input interface according to the image processing program;
• generate print-image information including image data according to the image processing program, the image data indicating the generated image, the controller generating, in a case where the printing mode is set to the regular printing mode, the print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on the particular type of printing medium, and in a case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode, the controller generating the print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on another type of printing medium different from the particular type;
• transmit the generated print-image information to the printing program according to the image processing program;
• in the case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode and after transmitting the print-image information from the image processing program to the printing program, control the display to display an inquiry screen to inquire whether the printing mode is to be shifted from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode;
• receive a response to the inquiry through the input interface;
• in a case where a response indicating a request to shift the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode is received through the input interface, shift the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode;
• in response to shifting the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode, generate the print-image information and transmit the generated print-image information to the printing program;
• and
• generate print data according to the printing program, the print data being used in the printing apparatus to print the image indicated by the image data included in the print-image information received from the image processing program.

A method for processing an image in an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising a display and being configured to run an image processing program and a printing program, the method comprising:

• generating the image to be printed on a particular type of printing medium in a printing apparatus according to the image processing program;
• controlling the display to display the generated image according to the image processing program;
• setting a printing mode in the image processing program to one of a regular printing mode and a trial printing mode based on input of a setting operation according to the image processing program;
• in a case where the printing mode is set to the regular printing mode, generating print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on the particular type of printing medium, and in a case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode, generating the print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on another type of printing medium different from the particular type;
• transmitting the generated print-image information to the printing program according to the printing program;
• in the case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode and after transmitting the print-image information from the image processing program to the printing program, displaying an inquiry screen to inquire whether the printing mode is to be shifted from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode;
• receiving a response to the inquiry through user input;
• in a case where a response indicating a request to shift the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode is received through user input, shifting the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode;
• in response to shifting the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode, generating the print-image information and transmit the generated print-image information to the printing program;
• and
• generating print data according to the printing program, the print data being used in the printing apparatus to print the image included in the print-image information received from the image processing program.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that are executable by a computer in an information processing apparatus comprising a display and an input interface, the computer being configured to run a printing program and an image processing program, the computer running the printing program being configured to generate print data to be used in a printing apparatus to print an image indicated by image data included in print-image information received from the image processing program and transmit the generated print data to the printing apparatus, the computer readable instructions, when executed by the computer running the image processing program, causing the computer to:

• generate the image to be printed on a particular type of printing medium in the printing apparatus;
• control the display to display the generated image;
• set a printing mode in the image processing program to one of a regular printing mode and a trial printing mode based on a setting operation input through the input interface;
• generate the print-image information including the image data, the image data indicating the generated image, the computer generating, in a case where the printing mode is set to the regular printing mode, the print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on the particular type of printing medium, and the computer generating, in a case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode, the print-image information to be used in the printing apparatus to print the image on another type of printing medium different from the particular type;
• and
• transmit the generated print-image information to the printing program in the case where the printing mode is set to the trial printing mode, after transmitting the print-image information from the image processing program to the printing program, and after transmission of the print data generated based on the print-image information to the printing apparatus according to the printing program, shift the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode;
• and
• in response to shifting the printing mode from the trial printing mode to the regular printing mode, generate the print-image information and transmit the generated print-image information to the printing program.