Patent ID: 8300289

Claim:
A method for printing a page of image using a printer, comprising: (a) printing a page of engine test chart having a paper size using the printer; (b) measuring the printed engine test chart to obtain color values at different locations of the page; (c) based on the measured color values and without regard to image attributes of any image to be printed later, determining a page partition for dividing all pages of images to be printed later which have the paper size into two or more image areas; (d) storing the page partition in the printer; repeating steps (a) to (d) for additional paper sizes; after steps (a) to (d), (e) receiving a page of digital image data to be printed; (f) retrieving stored page partition information for a plurality of paper sizes; (g) detecting a paper size of the page of image to be printed; (h) dividing the page of image to be printed into two or more image areas based on the detected paper size and the retrieved page partition information; and (i) printing the two or more image areas on a medium, including: (i1) printing a first image area on a medium; (i2) after step (i1), rotating and/or shifting the digital image data so that a second image area is located in a same area on the page as the first image area is originally located; (i3) rotating and/or shifting the medium corresponding to the rotation and/or shift of the digital image data in step (i2); (i4) after the rotating and/or shifting steps of (i2) and (i3), printing the second image area which has been rotated and/or shifted by step (i2) on the medium which has been rotated and/or shifted by step (i3); and (i5) repeating steps (i2) to (i4) for any additional image areas.