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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus that executes a first control program plugged in to an application to cause a printer to print data generated in the application and a second control program to be executed when a printing instruction is made, wherein the apparatus comprises a setting unit which sets, using the first control program, a predetermined sheet size which can include the data in one page to the application, and executes margin deletion setting to the second control program to cause margin deletion, a margin deletion unit which generates print data based on the data generated by the application and included in the one page having the predetermined sheet size, and deletes a margin in the generated print data, and an output unit which outputs, to the printer, the print data in which the margin has been deleted.