Patent ID: 7286819
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus comprising: a discrimination unit adapted for discriminating, in receiving print data and generating a display list, whether a size of the display list exceeds a size of a work memory; a registration unit adapted for generating an image based on the display list which is being generated, compressing the generated image such that the compressed image is contained in a buffer, and registering the compressed image as a background image in the display list, if said discrimination unit discriminates that the size of the display list exceeds the size of the work memory; a rendering unit adapted for generating an image based on the display list which is being generated, and compressing the generated image in accordance with a designated image compression ratio such that the compressed image is contained in the buffer, if said discrimination unit discriminates that the size of the display list does not exceed the size of the work memory; and a print unit adapted for printing an image obtained by decompressing the image compressed by said rendering unit in accordance with a set compression ratio.