Dynamic Borderless Printing Area Display Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing borderless printing technologies display a borderless protrusion area during printing, which can obscure the final image form and decrease usability for users who do not recognize this area, making it difficult for them to confirm the completed print layout, especially when fine adjustments are needed.
Innovation Solution
The method involves displaying the object indicating the borderless protrusion area only when specific editing operations are performed, allowing users to make fine corrections, and hiding it otherwise to improve visibility and usability, while also providing options for automatic fitting to prevent margin generation during borderless printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the borderless protrusion area is always displayed when borderless printing is used, then users can see the printing area boundaries, but the final image form is obscured and usability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The borderless protrusion area display is made dynamic rather than static. The display controller determines whether to display the borderless protrusion area based on the type of editing operation being performed. When a first type of editing operation (e.g., borderless printing setup) is detected, the area is displayed to show printing boundaries. When a second type of editing operation (e.g., final image review) is detected, the area is hidden to show the complete image. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by showing the area only when necessary for its function.
2Ease of operation
If the borderless protrusion area is displayed during editing operations, then users can make fine corrections, but the display becomes inappropriate when operations are not being performed
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the display state of the borderless protrusion area based on the operational context. During active editing operations where fine corrections are needed, the borderless protrusion area is displayed to guide user adjustments. When editing operations are not being performed and users need to review the final layout, the borderless protrusion area is hidden to provide an unobstructed view of the complete image. This contextual dynamic display resolves the contradiction between needing visibility for corrections and visibility for final review.
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AI summary
In a method for always displaying a borderless protrusion area, which is an area for achieving borderless printing, when a borderless printing function is used, the display is not necessarily appropriate display depending on the application of the user. Setting for receiving a setting for enabling borderless printing, displaying control for displaying an editing screen including an image as an editing target and a recording medium area, and controlling for, in a case where the borderless printing is set and an operation on the editing screen is received, displaying an object indicating an area for the borderless printing outside the recording medium area on the editing screen, and in a case where the operation on the editing screen is not received, not displaying the object indicating the area for the borderless printing outside the recording medium area on the editing screen are executed.