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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Tsuchitoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Conventionally, during a copy operation, certain advanced mode settings make the extraction of additional security information impossible. In order to solve this problem, the print control apparatus includes: determining unit for determining an interval between a pattern element and a pattern element adjacent to the pattern element from the received image data; and control unit for performing a control so as to scale the image at a magnification specified by a user and have the scaled image printed by a printing apparatus when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining unit falls within a predetermined range, and configured to terminate or interrupt the printing of the image by the printing apparatus when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining unit does not fall within the predetermined range.