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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Azusa Iwai, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhisa Saka, Nagano, JP;
Azusa Iwai, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhisa Saka, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Simultaneous display of a page preview and an enlarged view of a spot on the page was so far impossible. Supplied data for print is converted to bitmap data from which a previewersimultaneously displays preview images in the page view display areacomposite view display areaand zoomed-in view display areaThus, the user can view a plurality of parallel, different-scale views of an object image to print at a time. To check different-scale views of an object image to print in the similar prior-art method, the user must change the displayed preview. However, the user need not to do that in the method of the present invention; that is, the operability can be enhanced. While displaying the preview images in the page view display areacomposite view display areaand zoomed-in view display areaby keeping the images parallel one another, that is, an image corresponding to a spot or portion selected on another image changes when another spot or portion is selected, the operability can be further enhanced.