Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Atsushi Torisaki

Hiroyuki Kimura

Hironobu Kitabatake

A printing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether objects overlap one another by analyzing print data, and a printing unit configured, if it is determined by the determination unit that the objects overlap one another, to separately print an image obtained before the objects overlap one another and an image obtained after the objects overlap one another based on the print data, and if it is determined by the determination unit that the objects do not overlap one another, to print an image based on the print data.

Printing apparatus, data generation apparatus, printing method, data generation method, and storage medium

Upon reception of form data and related attribute data (such as resolution, paper size or the like), which are transmitted from a host computer, the received form data is transformed into intermediate data and is registered with its attribute information, in a memory of a printer apparatus. When the host computer instructs a form overlay print operation using the registered form data, a check is made as to whether the resolution or paper size (for example) of the received print data matches that of the form data designated for use in the form overlay print operation. If the two resolutions or paper sizes or the like do not match, the resolution or paper size or the like of the registered form data is converted to correspond to that of the received print data, and image data of the converted form data is synthesized with the print data, thus performing the print operation.

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Yokohama, Japan

Atsushi Torisaki