Composite Image Printing with Pre-Print Preview Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
OS-standard general-purpose printing programs lack the ability to generate composite images, preventing information processing devices from displaying a preview of composite images and causing printers to print them.
Innovation Solution
A computer-readable storage medium and information processing device that includes a user interface and a controller, which obtain an image for composition from an external device and combine it with a target image to be printed, displaying a composite image before printing, using an application program and a general-purpose print program.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If OS-standard general-purpose printing program is used, then ease of operation is improved, but ability to generate composite image deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The OS-standard general-purpose printing program is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it not only handles basic printing operations but also generates composite images by combining target images with composition images obtained from external devices. This multi-functionality allows the same program to serve both standard printing and composite image generation needs, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary mechanism is introduced between the general-purpose printing program and external devices. This intermediary enables the printing program to obtain composition images from external devices and integrate them with target images, allowing the OS-standard program to acquire capabilities it previously lacked without compromising its ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If printer driver is used, then ability to generate composite image is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The composite image generation functionality is extracted from the traditional printer driver and integrated into the OS-standard general-purpose printing program. By taking out this capability from the driver and embedding it in the standard program, the system reduces overall complexity while maintaining the ability to generate composite images, as the standard program becomes more versatile rather than requiring separate driver components.
3Measurement precision
If preview image of composite image is displayed, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by obtaining composition images from external devices and pre-processing them before the actual printing operation. The composite image is generated and displayed as a preview before printing begins, allowing users to verify the composition in advance. This preliminary preparation enables accurate verification of composite images while managing time efficiently by completing preparation work before the printing process starts.
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AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a computer of an information processing device and conform to a printer connected with the information processing device. The instructions cause, when executed by the computer, the information processing device to obtain, from an external device connected with the information processing device, an image for composition that is registered in the external device, and to cause, in response to a print instruction with a print setting for the printer to print a composite image being output from an application program to a general-purpose print program, a user interface of the information processing device to display the composite image in which a target image to be printed according to the print instruction is combined with the obtained image for composition, before performing a printing process to cause the printer to print the composite image displayed on the user interface.