Patent ID: 8760482

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for generating a scanning instruction to send to a device for forming visible information by scanning a recording medium with a laser beam, the information processing apparatus comprising: a line extracting unit configured to read line information in which a scanning speed and a radiation output value of the laser beam are registered in advance for each of a plurality of lines, and extract, from the line information, all lines which are overlapping a target line in a line direction and which are positioned within a predetermined distance from the target line; a scanning line adjusting unit configured to perform at least one process of removing, from a scanning object, at least one of the lines extracted by the line extracting unit, changing the radiation output value of at least one of the lines extracted by the line extracting unit to a value lower than an initial value, and changing the scanning speed of at least one of the lines extracted by the line extracting unit to a value greater than an initial value, and switching the process to be executed when rendering lines, according to the number of extracted lines.