Patent ID: 8614824
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus which causes a printing apparatus to print an image based on data generated by application software, the apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, according to an instruction given by a user for causing the printing apparatus to print an image of a size corresponding to a size of a recording medium onto the recording medium, the size of the recording medium; a first setting unit configured to set, in the application software according to the instruction, a first processing for changing an area size of a printing area corresponding to the data generated by the application software to a page size of one page in the application software; a first generating control unit configured to cause, according to the instruction, the application software to generate data to be printed according to the printing area of which the area size is changed to the page size of the one page by the first processing set by the first setting unit; a second setting unit configured to set, in a printer driver according to the instruction, a second processing for generating an image corresponding to the size of the recording medium determined by the determining unit based on the page size of the one page; a second generating control unit configured to cause, according to the instruction, the printer driver to generate the image corresponding to the size of the recording medium by the second processing set by the second setting unit, based on the page size and the data generated by the application software according to the first generating control unit; and a printing control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to print the image generated by the printer driver according to the second control unit on the recording medium, by using the printer driver.