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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Tatsuro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Oomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kujirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Aritomi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Oomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kujirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Aritomi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention enables people to easily identify a printout image even in the case where the printout image is printed with a tint block image added thereon. More specifically, a physical page that is a printable area of printing paper is divided into areas, an intended document/image is printed in each of these divided areas (logical pages), and a tint block image is printed only in an area that is in this physical page but does not belong to any of the logical pages. Using a fact that a margin is produced in the so-called N-up printing, the tint block image is printed in this margin. Thereby, the tint block image can be printed in a location that will not interfere with whatever printout image to be printed.