Patent ID: 8619321

Claim:
A recording control device comprising: an input section that inputs information on a recording direction of a recording object document and information on a blank space elimination function for recording by eliminating blank spaces in the recording object document; a setting section that performs settings relating to the recording direction of the recording object document and the blank space elimination function based on the information input by the input section; a recording control section that controls a recording apparatus to record the recording object document on a recording medium according to the settings performed by the setting section; and a determining section that determines whether the setting relating to the blank space elimination function needs to be changed when information on a recording direction of the recording object document is newly input by the input section in a state where the setting section has performed the settings relating to the recording direction of the recording object document and the blank space elimination function; wherein the setting section automatically changes the setting relating to the blank space elimination function based on the information newly input by the input section when the determining section determines that the setting relating to the blank space elimination function needs to be changed, wherein the setting section sets whether a blank space positioned on an upper portion and a blank space positioned on a lower portion within a page of the recording object document are to be eliminated when recording, as the information on the blank space elimination function, based on the information input by the input section, wherein the determining section determines that the setting relating to the blank space elimination function needs to be changed when the recording direction of the recording object document newly input by the input section is a direction rotated the recording direction of the recording object document that has already been set by the setting section exceeding 90 degrees but not more than 270 degrees, and wherein the setting section changes the settings for the blank space positioned on the upper portion and the blank space positioned on the lower portion within the page of the recording object document upside down when the determining section determines that the setting relating to the blank space elimination function needs to be changed.