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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Hiroshi Iezaki, Sapporo, JP;
Mitsuru Annen, Sapporo, JP;
Hiroshi Iezaki, Sapporo, JP;
Mitsuru Annen, Sapporo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a print control apparatus including a display image processing unit and a printing process unit so as to execute a printing process, wherein the display processing unit includes a unit arranging a plurality of images in a predetermined layout and acquiring an arrangement printing instruction for executing printing; a unit outputting the arrangement printing instruction, which is a printing output instruction, to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information of the image; a unit outputting an arrangement image generation instruction for generating the arrangement image data to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information which is information about the arrangement of the image; a unit which, when arrangement image data of a predetermined format is acquired from the printing process unit as a response of the arrangement image generation instruction, generates display image data from the acquired arrangement image data and outputs the generated display image data to a display unit; and a display image processing unit.