Patent ID: 7212309
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of improving the printing of text, data or images on printed pages, comprising the steps of: designating a data selection for printing; adjusting each of a plurality of print settings to a minimum printer setting for each of the plurality of print settings; determining whether the data selection may be printed on one page; if the data selection may be printed on one page; incrementally reducing the right, bottom, left, and top margin settings until the data selection fits on one page, or until each of the right, bottom, left, or top margin settings is reduced to a predefined minimum setting; after each of the incremental reductions of the right, bottom, left, or top margin settings, determining whether the data selection fits on the one page; and if the data selection fits on the one page after any of the incremental reductions of the right, bottom, left, or top margins, printing the data selection on the one page; if the data selection does not fit on one page after any of the incremental reductions of the right, bottom, left, or top margins, incrementally reducing the print scale setting using incremental reductions of five percent of the print scale setting until the data selection fits on the one page, or until the print scale setting is reduced to a first minimum setting, wherein after each incremental reduction of the print scale setting, determining whether the data selection fits on the one page, and if the data selection fits on one page, printing the data selection on the one page; and if the data selection may not be printed on one page after being reduced to the first minimum setting, designating the data selection for printing on a plurality of pages.