Printer control apparatus and method

An information processing method comprising:

• a first discrimination step of discriminating whether high-gradation processing has been set;
• a second discrimination step of analyzing drawing information, including a plurality of drawing objects in a page, and discriminating whether or not an image corresponding to an image drawing object has an area equal to or larger than a predetermined value, when said first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has not been set;
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• an image generation step of generating a drawing image with a first resolution from the drawing information analyzed in said second discrimination step, when said first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has been set or when said second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area equal to or larger than the predetermined value, and generating a drawing image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution from the analyzed drawing information when said second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area smaller than the predetermined value.

A computer-readable memory medium storing a program for implementing an information processing method, the program comprising:

• code for a first discrimination step of discriminating whether high-gradation processing has been set;
• code for a second discrimination step of analyzing drawing information, including a plurality of drawing objects in a page, and discriminating whether or not an image corresponding to an image drawing object has an area equal to or larger than a predetermined value, when the first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has not been set;
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• code for an image generation step of generating a drawing image with a first resolution from the drawing information analyzed in the second discrimination step, when the first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has been set or when the second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area equal to or larger than the predetermined value, and generating a drawing image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution from the analyzed drawing information when the second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area smaller than the predetermined value.

A computer program product embodying a program for implementing an information processing method, the program comprising:

• code for a first discrimination step of discriminating whether high-gradation processing has been set;
• code for a second discrimination step of analyzing drawing information, including a plurality of drawing objects in a page, and discriminating whether or not an image corresponding to an image drawing object has an area equal to or larger than a predetermined value, when the first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has not been set;
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• code for an image generation step of generating a drawing image with a first resolution from the drawing information analyzed in the second discrimination step, when the first discrimination step discriminates that high-gradation processing has been set or when the second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area equal to or larger than the predetermined value, and generating a drawing image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution from the analyzed drawing information when the second discrimination step discriminates that the image has an area smaller than the predetermined value.