Patent ID: 7916339
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus communicating with a printing apparatus, comprising: an acquiring unit constructed to acquire a first binding margin on a one side of a sheet; a specifying unit constructed to specify a printable region by generating a second binding margin which is half of the first binding margin on each side of on the left, right, top and bottom of an effective print range of the sheet; a layout unit constructed to enlarge/reduce an image in accordance with the printable region, and then to lay out the enlarged/reduced image on the center of the printable region; a deriving unit constructed to derive a third binding margin which is half of the first binding margin by excepting the second binding margin from the first binding margin; and an instruction unit constructed to instruct the printing apparatus to shift the enlarged/reduced image by using the third binding margin, wherein the printing apparatus decides to generate the first binding margin on one side of the left, right, top and bottom in accordance with a characteristic of the printing apparatus, and then shifts the image for the decided side by using the third binding margin.