# US 2021/0241051 A1 · Printing apparatus and control method

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- Number: US 2021/0241051 A1
- Document ID: US20210241051A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/148,350
- Filed: 2021-01-13
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2020-01-30
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hiroki Matsushima
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241051A1

## CPC

- G06K 15/021: {Adaptations for printing on specific media}
- G06K 15/16: Means for paper feeding or form feeding
- G06K 15/1825: {Adapting the print data to an output condition, e.g. object trapping (trapping on rasterized data H04N1/58)}
- G06K 15/1868: {for fitting to an output condition, e.g. paper colour or format}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

If it is determined that a recording medium is set in a first set portion and a recording medium is not set in a second set portion and a print target image is not included in a first region and a print target image is included in a second region in printing data, the printing data is edited so that the print target image included in the second region is printed onto the first set portion and is not printed onto the second set portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printing apparatus configured to print an image onto a recording medium, the printing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to determine whether the recording medium is set in each of first and second set portions in which the recording medium is to be set;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire printing data including a first region corresponding to the first set portion and a second region corresponding to the second set portion;
an editing unit configured to edit, in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that the recording medium is set in the first set portion and the recording medium is not set in the second set portion and a print target image is not included in the first region and a print target image is included in the second region in the printing data acquired by the acquisition unit, the printing data so that the print target image included in the second region is printed onto the first set portion and is not printed onto the second set portion; and
a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the printing data edited by the editing unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit executes rotation processing of the printing data so that the print target image included in the second region is printed onto the first set portion and is not printed onto the second set portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit executes movement processing of moving the print target image in the printing data so that the print target image included in the second region is printed onto the first set portion and is not printed onto the second set portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that the recording medium is set in the first set portion and the recording medium is not set in the second set portion and print target images are included in both the first region and the second region, the editing unit further edits the printing data so that printing is executed onto the first set portion and printing is not executed onto the second set portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the first set portion and the second set portion are provided on a tray, and
wherein the printing unit conveys the tray and executes printing onto the recording medium set on the conveyed tray.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a card.

### Claim 7

A control method of a printing apparatus that prints an image onto a recording medium, the control method comprising:
determining whether the recording medium is set in each of first and second set portions in which the recording medium is to be set;
acquiring printing data including a first region corresponding to the first set portion and a second region corresponding to the second set portion;
editing, in a case where it is determined by the determining that the recording medium is set in the first set portion and the recording medium is not set in the second set portion and a print target image is not included in the first region and a print target image is included in the second region in the printing data acquired by the acquiring, the printing data so that the print target image included in the second region is printed onto the first set portion and is not printed onto the second set portion; and
causing the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the printing data edited by the editing.