Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing program

An information processing method to be executed in an apparatus which executes a program having a layered structure including (1) a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by a processor when executing an application, and (2) a second layer constituted by an instruction set executable by the processor, the processor executing the application by cooperation between the first layer and the second layer, the information processing method comprising:

• an obtaining step of, when performing image processing on a designated image by a function of the application, obtaining image data of the designated image in the second layer;
• a generation step of generating, in the first layer, a print script of print content including the image data which has been obtained in the obtaining step and converted into a data format interpretable by the first layer in the second layer;
• and
• a rendering step of rendering the print script into print image data corresponding to a print resolution by interpreting the print script generated in the generation step,
• wherein, in the rendering step, the print image data is generated by obtaining an output image size based on printing paper information, and enlarging or reducing the image data included in the print script in accordance with the obtained output image size.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage unit configured to store a program having a layered structure including (1) a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by the processor when executing an application, and (2) a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by the processor, the processor executing the application by cooperation between the first layer and the second layer;
• wherein the processor functions as units comprising:
• (a) an obtaining unit configured to obtain image data of a designated image in the second layer;
• (b) a receiving unit configured to receive, in the first layer from the second layer, image data which corresponds to the image data obtained by the obtaining unit and has a data format interpretable by the first layer, wherein the image data having the data format is acquired by conversion of data format done in the second layer;
• (c) a display control unit configured to cause a display apparatus to display an image based on the received image data, in the first layer;
• (d) a generation unit configured to generate, in the first layer, a print script of print content including specification information for specifying the image data which has been obtained by the obtaining unit;
• and
• (e) a rendering unit configured to render the image data which has been obtained by the obtaining unit into print image data corresponding to a print resolution by specifying the image data based on the specification information included in the print script generated by the generation unit.

An information processing method to be executed in an information processing apparatus including:

• (a) a processor, and (b) a storage unit configured to store a program having a layered structure including (1) a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by the processor when executing an application, and (2) a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by the processor, the processor executing the application by cooperation between the first layer and the second layer, the information processing method comprising:
• an obtaining step of obtaining image data of a designated image in the second layer;
• a receiving step of receiving, in the first layer from the second layer, image data which corresponds to the image data obtained in the obtaining step and has a data format interpretable by the first layer, wherein the image data having the data format is acquired by conversion of data format done in the second layer;
• a display control step of causing a display apparatus to display an image based on the received image data, in the first layer;
• a generation step of generating, in the first layer, a print script of print content including specification information for specifying the image data which has been obtained in the obtaining step;
• and
• a rendering step of rendering the image data which has been obtained in the obtaining step into print image data corresponding to a print resolution by specifying the image data based on the specification information included in the print script generated in the generation step.

An information processing method to be executed in an information processing apparatus including:

• (a) a processor, and (b) a storage unit configured to store a program having a layered structure including (1) a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by the processor when executing an application, and (2) a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by the processor, the processor executing the application by cooperation between the first layer and the second layer, the information processing method comprising:
• an obtaining step of obtaining image data of a designated image, in the second layer;
• a rasterizing step of rasterizing the image data obtained in the obtaining step, in the second layer;
• a converting step of converting the rasterized image data into data of a data format interpretable by the first layer, in the second layer;
• and
• an instruction step of receiving the data from the second layer, and instructing predetermined processing based on the received data, wherein the receiving and the instructing are performed in the first layer.