Patent Document ID: 9729754
Application ID: 14943180
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a reception processor configured with a first program that, when executed by the reception processor, causes the reception processor to perform first operations comprising receiving image data corresponding to an image, wherein the image data includes a plurality of image objects; and a controller configured with a second program that, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to perform second operations comprising determining whether ones of the plurality of image objects are in contact with a boundary line of a printing area of medium, and based on a result of the determination, performing expansion processing on one of the plurality of image objects that is in contact with the boundary line of the printing area of the medium to expand the one of the plurality of image objects that is in contact with the boundary line of the printing area and not performing expansion processing on an other one of the plurality of image objects that is not contact with the boundary line of the printing area of the medium such that the other one of the plurality of image objects that is not in contact with the boundary line of the printing area is not expanded, and generating and outputting expansion image data including both the expanded one of the plurality of image objects on which expansion processing is performed and the other one of the plurality of image objects on which expansion processing is not performed.