Patent ID: 8384945
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive page description language (PDL) data specifying an attribute and a rendering order for each of a plurality of objects; an overlap determination unit configured to determine whether an object designated with a specific attribute is to be overlapped by a different object; a determination unit configured to determine, when the overlap determination unit determines that the object is to be overlapped by the different object, whether to print an intermediate page including the object and a designated overlapping ratio necessary for printing the intermediate page according to the PDL data; a rendering unit configured to render the intermediate page having the object before being overlapped by the different object and to render a final page having the object before being overlapped by the different object when determination unit determines that the object is to be overlapped by the different object with an overlapping ratio no smaller the designated overlapping ratio; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the rendered intermediate page and the rendered final page to a printer.