IP Library Granted Patent US 9,030,705
Granted Patent B2
US 9,030,705 · App. 13/566,832 · Granted May 12, 2015

Printing control apparatus and printing control method

Inventor: Yasushi Shimizu (Narashino, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 9,030,705
App. No.
13/566,832
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing control method includes obtaining a size of a sheet to be used for printing, determining a size of a post-trimming sheet according to the obtained sheet size, specifying a print position of barcode information according to the determined sheet size, and controlling the barcode information to be printed in the specified position.

Claims (16)

1. A printing control apparatus comprising:

a storing unit configured to store information indicating a relationship between the size of the sheet on which an image is to be printed and the size of the sheet which has been trimmed after the image is printed thereon;

a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a size of a sheet on which an image is to be printed;

a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a size of a sheet which has been trimmed after the image is printed thereon by referring the information stored in the storing unit;

a determining unit configured to determine a print position of barcode information based on the size obtained by the second obtaining unit; and

a control unit configured to control the barcode information to be printed on the print position determined by the determining unit.

2. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the barcode information is a two-dimensional barcode.

3. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the barcode information is information for suppressing a copy operation, or information indicating print date and time of the barcode information.

4. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a trimming unit configured to trim a sheet on which an image has been printed.

5. A printing control method comprising:

storing information indicating a relationship between the size of the sheet on which an image is to be printed and the size of the sheet which has been trimmed after the image is printed thereon;

obtaining a size of a sheet on which an image is to be printed;

obtaining a size of a sheet which has been trimmed after the image is printed thereon by referring the stored information;

determining a print position of barcode information based on the obtained size of sheet which has been trimmed after the image is printed thereon; and

controlling the barcode information to be printed on the determined print position.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute the printing control method according to claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2012
From: SHIMIZU, YASUSHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-193028 · Sep 5, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130057922A1 · Mar 7, 2013