Computer-readable storage device storing page-layout program and information processing device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMareyuki Murata
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Abstract
A technique is presented for making effective use of sheets when the total number of pages to be printed on a sheet is changed after the number of pages per sheet was originally specified. In one aspect, the technique is implemented on an apparatus that accepts a specified number of pages per sheet, obtains a page group having a number of pages, determines whether the number of pages in the page group has changed, changes the specified number of pages per sheet when the number of pages in the page group has changed, and generates output data of the pages with the specified number of pages when the number of pages in the page group has not been changed, and generates the changed number of pages when the number has been changed.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause an information processing apparatus to perform:
- accepting a specified number of pages per sheet laid out on one side of a sheet;
- obtaining a page group including one or more pages;
- determining whether a total number of pages in the page group has changed;
- changing the specified number of pages per sheet when the total number of pages in the page group has changed;
- generating output data of the pages included in the page group in which the pages are laid out on each of one or more sheets in accordance with the specified number of pages per sheet, when the total number of pages in the page group has not changed;
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- generating output data of the pages included in the page group in which the pages are laid out on each of one or more sheets in accordance with the changed number of pages per sheet, when the total number of pages in the page group has changed.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a controller configured to;
- accept a specified number of pages per sheet laid out on one side of a sheet;
- obtain a page group including one or more pages;
- determine whether a total number of pages in the page group has been changed;
- change the specified number of pages per sheet when the total number of pages in the page group has changed;
- generate output data of the pages included in the page group in which the pages are laid out on each of one or more sheets in accordance with the specified number of pages per sheet, when the total number of pages in the page group has not changed;
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- generate output data of the pages included in the page group in which the pages are laid out on each of one or more sheets in accordance with the changed number of pages per sheet, when the total number of pages in the page group has changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.