Patent ID: 8379270
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus including a storage device and configured to supply a printer command used in a printing process performed by a printer in accordance with a print request specifying printing a plurality of copies, comprising: a generation unit configured to generate a printer command in units of bands in accordance with the print request; a transmission unit configured to transmit the printer command generated by the generation unit to a printer; a storing control unit configured to control storing of the printer command such that in the printing process for a first one of the plurality of copies, the printer command generated by the generation unit is stored in units of bands in the storage device; and a setting unit configured to set priority according to which the storing control unit is to determine a band to be stored in the storage device such that in a case where halftone processing on the printer command is performed using an error diffusion method, when there are a plurality of bands defined on a page to be subjected to the printing process, relatively low priority is assigned to a band that is subjected relatively early to the halftone processing, wherein in the printing process for a second one of the plurality of copies,