Patent ID: 7218413

Claim:
A printing control apparatus, operating as a host computer, for generating print data including printer control commands to be printed by a printer, comprising: a designation unit for designating a number of sheets of paper in the vertical and horizontal directions for enlarging an image of one page; an enlargement ratio determination unit for determining an enlargement ratio for enlarging the image represented by original data to be printed on a page output by an application in accordance with the number of sheets of paper in the vertical and horizontal directions designated by said designation unit; a page-dividing unit for dividing the original data to be printed on a page into data to be printed in multiple pages; and a print data generation unit for generating print data so that the print data is transmitted to the printer and printed by the printer in a predetermined order in accordance with the data processed by said page division unit, wherein, in a case where a value for specifying the enlargement ratio of the image is designated by said designation unit, said page-dividing unit enlarges the original data on the basis of the enlargement ratio specified by the value and divides the enlarged data, and in a case where the value for specifying the enlargement ratio of the image is not designated by said designation unit, said page-dividing unit enlarges the original data on the basis of the enlargement ratio determined by said enlargement ratio determination unit and divides the enlarged data.