Printer driver, printing control method, and data storage medium
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYukiharu Horiuchi, Katsuhito Kitahara
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Abstract
When printing a print document for which there is a print request from an application program, printing the one or plural print documents printed by page unit where a specific paper size is one page is controlled based on plural combinations of print paper feeding and cutting.
Claims24
A printer driver comprising a page interval controller for controlling the printing on print-paper of one or multiple print-documents selectively printed on one of a page-by-page basis and a document-by-document basis, wherein:
- in said page-by-page basis, a document is printed in page units of predefined paper size irrespective of the content of said document, and the size of each page unit is defined by plural combinations of print-paper feeding and cutting operations, and
- in said document-by-document basis, a document is printed in a single page of size determined by the content of said document, wherein the size of said single page is selected to be sufficient for printing the entire content of the document.
A printer driver comprising a page interval controller for controlling the printing on print-paper of one or multiple print-documents to be printed in page units where a specific paper size for one page is determined by plural combinations of print-paper feeding and cutting operations, said printer driver further comprising:
- a print request receiver for receiving a print request containing print-document data from an application program;
- a settings data display controller for selecting and displaying printer settings data according to the print request;
- an input controller for controlling the inputting of specific information for printing said one or multiple print-documents;
- a print data generator for generating print data based on the printer settings and said specific information;
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- a transmitter for sending said print data to a printer.
A printing control method comprising:
- (a) controlling the printing on print-paper of one or multiple print-documents selectively printed on one of a page-by-page basis and a document-by-document basis, wherein:
- in said page-by-page basis, a document is printed in page units of predefined paper size irrespective of the content of said document, and the size of each page unit is defined by plural combinations of print-paper feeding and cutting operations, and
- in said document-by-document basis, a document is printed in a single page of size determined by the content of said document, wherein the size of said single page is selected to be sufficient for printing the entire content of the document.
A printing control method comprising:
- (a) controlling the printing on print-paper of one or multiple print-documents to be printed in page units where a specific paper size for one page is determined by plural combinations of print-paper feeding and cutting operations
- (b) receiving a print request containing print-document data from an application program;
- (c) selecting and displaying printer settings data according to the print request;
- (d) controlling the inputting of specific information for printing said one or multiple print-documents;
- (e) generating print data based on the printer settings and said specific information;
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- (f) sending said print-data to a printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.