Patent ID: 8467086
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling scaled-down printing for a host device connected with an image forming apparatus that prints a print document, the method comprising: inputting a scaling-down mode for the print document through a user interface (UI) of the host device; inputting a scaling-down rate fine adjustment for the scaling-down mode to generate a new scaling-down rate; and applying the new scaling-down rate to the print document, wherein the scaling-down rate fine adjustment compensates for a distortion caused by consecutively selecting and deleting pixel lines having identical pixel value from among a plurality of pixel lines of a bit map of the print document in the input scaling-down mode; and wherein the inputting the scaling-down rate fine adjustment comprises generating the new scaling-down rate such that pixel lines having different pixel values are uniformly selected and deleted from the plurality of pixel lines of the bit map.