Print processing method and information processing apparatus implementing the method

摘要

A printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction determines, based on combining condition, whether the received drawing instruction can be combined with another drawing instruction. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined, the printer driver stores the received drawing instruction as intermediate data. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined, the printer driver combines intermediate data of already stored drawing instructions into a single item of print job data and outputs the print job data to the printer. The combining condition is that the received drawing instruction meets all of three conditions.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first drawing instruction for drawing a first image and a second drawing instruction for drawing a second image, the first drawing instruction being an instruction for drawing the first image, after the second image is drawn, on an area overlapping an area where the second image is drawn; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first image hides an image being already drawn on an area where the first image is drawn; an outputting unit configured to draw an image by drawing the second image, and then the first image on the second image, and to output the drawn image to a printer unit if the determination unit determines that the first image hides an image being already drawn, and to output the first instruction and the second instruction to the printer unit if the determination unit determines that the first image does not hide an image being already drawn.