Patent ID: 8330989
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A print control device comprising: a data acquiring section that acquires image data; a print control section that controls a printing device to print an image based on the image data on a sheet; a preview-image output control section that outputs preview images at a plurality of print ratios, the preview images being indicators of print results to be obtained when the printing device prints, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at the respective print ratios; and a print-ratio acquiring section that acquires print-ratio specifying information through an input device that can be operated by a user, after the preview-image output control section outputs the preview images; a first layout-image output control section that, after the print-ratio acquiring section acquires the print-ratio specifying information, outputs a print-position selecting screen in which print-position layout images are arranged, the print-position layout images each showing positional relationship between a sheet and a print image when the printing device prints, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at a print ratio specified by the print-ratio specifying information at respective ones of a plurality of print positions, the print position selecting screen configured to receive selection of one of the plurality of print positions by receiving selecting operation of the print-position layout images through the input device; and a print-position acquiring section that acquires print-position specifying information through the input device after the first layout-image output control section outputs the print-position layout images, the print-position specifying information being information for specifying a print position on a sheet and corresponding to a print-position layout image selected through the print-position selecting screen, wherein the print control section controls the printing device to print, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at the print ratio specified by the print-ratio specifying information at the print position specified by the print-position specifying information.