Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing printing program for printing apparatus

A printing method by a printing apparatus that generates bitmap data by performing rasterization processing on PDL data to be printed and executes printing based on the bitmap data when a print job is executed, the printing method comprising:

• performing, before executing the print job, the rasterization processing on a provisional basis on the PDL data at a second resolution lower than a first resolution at which actual print processing is executed, and
• predicting a rasterization time during actual printing based on a processing time taken in the rasterization processing on the provisional basis, a magnification relationship between the first resolution and the second resolution, and configuration information of each object existing in the PDL data.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printing program for a printing apparatus that generates bitmap data by performing rasterization processing on PDL data to be printed and executes printing based on the bitmap data when a print job is executed, the printing program causing the printing apparatus to execute:

• performing, before executing the print job, the rasterization processing on a provisional basis on the PDL data at a second resolution lower than a first resolution at which actual print processing is executed, and
• predicting a rasterization time during actual printing based on a processing time taken in the rasterization processing on the provisional basis, a magnification relationship between the first resolution and the second resolution, and configuration information of each object existing in the PDL data.