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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Michael R. Sweet, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
David Gelphman, Aptos, CA (US);
Richard Blanchard, Jr., Sonoma, CA (US);
Todd W. Ritland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Howard A. Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael R. Sweet, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
David Gelphman, Aptos, CA (US);
Richard Blanchard, Jr., Sonoma, CA (US);
Todd W. Ritland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Howard A. Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains one or more regions of interest associated with print data for the print job, wherein the print data is not formatted for a media size for the print job. Next, the system scales the print data based on a region of interest from the one or more regions of interest and the media size. Finally, the system sends the print job to a printer, wherein the print job is executed using the printer.