Print control apparatus and print control method with printing plural image portions generated by dividing an image

摘要

There is provided a print control apparatus in which, when poster printing is performed using a printer for printing on continuous paper, a user only needs to specify a finish size (or a scaling factor) so as to perform printing processing with appropriate orientation and a minimum number of segments. To achieve this, based on a length of a short side of a finish size specified by the user and a length in a width direction of continuous paper, the number of segments is calculated to divide an enlarged image obtained by enlarging an original. Then, based on the number of segments, the enlarged image is divided in a short-side direction, and a plurality of image portions generated by the division are laid out in a size of an output sheet, whereby print data is generated.

主权项

1. A print control apparatus for causing a printing apparatus to print on a print sheet each of a plurality of image portions generated by dividing an image to be printed, the print control apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a program; a processor configured to execute the program stored in the memory, wherein the processor obtains a finish size corresponding to a size resulting from bonding together a plurality of print sheets having the plurality of image portions respectively printed thereon, wherein the processor selects from among (a) having a whole of the image to be printed in the finish size and (b) having the image to be printed extend out from the finish size in a case where an aspect ratio of the image is different from an aspect ratio of the finish size, and wherein the processor generates each of the plurality of image portions by enlarging the image by varying a scaling factor depending on both of a result of the selection and the finish size, and by dividing the image such that the image is divided in a short-side direction of the image with a number of segments which is based on a length of a short side of the finish size and a length of a short side of each of the print sheets, and wherein the processor causes the printing apparatus to print the plurality of image portions respectively on the print sheets such that a short side of each of the plurality of image portions coincides with a short side of each of the print sheets.