Patent ID: 6874957
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which conveys a tray supporting a print medium into the printing apparatus and prints on the print medium by using a top or bottom of the tray as a print reference position, comprising: a reception unit that receives print control information containing information on the print reference position, a print area designation region, and a print medium, and image data corresponding to the print area designation region; a determination unit that determines the print reference position concerning printing of the image data on the basis of the print control information; a calculation unit that calculates a rejection amount of image data which is not used for printing but is rejected out of the image data, on the basis of a determination result of said determination unit, the print area designation region, and a printable region of the print medium; a rejection unit that rejects, from the image data, image data corresponding to the rejection amount calculated by said calculation unit; and a control unit that controls printing of the image data by using image data which is not rejected by said rejection unit.