Patent ID: 8120790
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of compressing space in a document format for printing a document without affecting the original document format of the document, said method comprising: presenting, by a computer to a user, a print display screen that comprises fields for controlling said printing the document, said document comprising text characters configured to appear in a printed document that results from said printing the document, said fields comprising a print compression icon which when selected triggers presentation of a print compression display comprising print compression parameters configured to be selected by the user for controlling print compression of the document, wherein the print compression parameters in the print compression display comprise a spaces parameter, a line spacing parameter, a carriage return parameter, a font size parameter, and a line concatenation parameter; said computer receiving a selection by the user of the print compression icon; responsive to said receiving the selection of the print compression icon, said computer presenting the print compression display to the user; said computer receiving a selection by the user of print compression criteria consisting of a subset of the print compression parameters in the print compression display; said computer retrieving the document for printing; said computer reformatting the retrieved document by automatically compressing the retrieved document by selectively applying the selected print compression criteria to the document, wherein said automatically compressing comprises utilizing each compression parameter independently and directly to control a size or spatial location of a subset of the text characters in the printed document; and said computer printing the reformatted retrieved document in a space that is less space than the document in its original document format, said printing the reformatted retrieved document resulting in the printed document.