Patent ID: 7159173

Claim:
A method performed by a computer system to print a document page that includes an image or a graphic and is split over several sheets with a user-selectable print scale, comprising: simultaneously displaying on a computer display, in one and the same dialog box, a preview of the document page as it may be printed, including displaying splitting said image or graphic over one or more sheets in a tile-like manner, and at least one control element for modifying the print scale of the image or graphic with which the document page may be printed; enabling a user to modify the print scale of the image or graphic by actuating the at least one control element, without a need for a user to open or access another dialog box, wherein modification of the print scale of the image or graphic may cause a number of sheets over which the printed document page extends to increase or decrease; dynamically changing the displayed print scale of the image or graphic relative to the displayed size of a sheet in response to the modification of the print scale of the image or graphic by actuation of the control element, and changing, in a jump-like manner, the displayed sheet splitting in response to the modification of the print scale; and printing the document page with the selected print scale and the displayed sheet splitting upon receiving a print command.