Patent ID: 7551310

Claim:
A print controller that magnifies an image expressed by master image data by a predetermined magnification and causes the magnified image to be divisionally printed in plural sheets of printing paper, said print controller comprising: a command output module that outputs a command, which instructs printing in a printing area of a greater size than a size of the printing paper actually used for printing, to a printing device, the greater size being greater than the size of the printing paper by a preset quantity of enlargement; an area setting module that sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in the master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit page to be printed; an enlargement-extraction module that enlarges each of the areas, which are set by said area setting module, by dimensions that are obtained by dividing the preset quantity of enlargement by the predetermined magnification and sequentially extracts image data included in each enlarged area; a magnification module that magnifies each of the image data, which is extracted by said enlargement-extraction module, by the predetermined magnification; and an output control module that outputs each of the magnified image data corresponding to the printing area of the greater size to the printing device.