Image Formation Apparatus Printing Map Detail
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image formation apparatuses struggle to print maps and images of appropriate size on print sheets, often resulting in small map sizes due to printing of additional images or large margins, making it difficult for users to view detailed map content.
Innovation Solution
An image formation apparatus connected via a network to a server, which acquires image data, displays it, and allows users to set the size of the image for printing, specifying second image data of a desired size to ensure the map or image is printed in its entirety on the print sheet without unnecessary margins.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the image formation apparatus prints all content from the webpage (map, text, other images) on the print sheet, then the complete information is printed, but the map size becomes small and detailed content cannot be grasped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage content into multiple elements (map, text, other images) and identifies the map as a separate, independently printable object. The map is extracted from the webpage context and printed as a distinct element, allowing it to occupy the full print sheet area without being constrained by other webpage content.
Solution Approach 2:
The map is extracted from the webpage context and treated as a separate printable object. The image formation apparatus identifies the map region within the webpage and extracts it for dedicated printing, removing it from the constraint of printing all webpage elements together.
2Area of moving object
If the user uses a large print sheet to increase map size, then the available printing area increases, but other images or large margins are printed reducing the effective map area
Solution Approach 1:
The map is extracted from the webpage context and printed as a standalone element on the print sheet. This extraction allows the map to utilize the entire print sheet area without being accompanied by other webpage elements or constrained by fixed margin requirements, maximizing print sheet utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The printing system dynamically adjusts the print layout based on the selected print sheet size. When a large print sheet is selected, the system configures the print job to make the map occupy the full available area, adapting the print parameters to maximize the use of the larger media.
3Productivity
If the image formation apparatus prints the downloaded webpage content as is, then the printing process is simple, but the map is printed in small size with poor readability
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of the downloaded webpage content to identify and locate the map element before the actual printing process. This pre-processing step includes parsing the webpage structure, detecting the map region, and calculating the optimal print parameters, so that the subsequent printing can proceed efficiently with high quality without requiring complex real-time processing.
Data Source
AI summary
An image formation apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring image data from a server, a display unit for displaying first image data of a first image size based on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a printer for printing the image data on a recording medium, a setter for setting a size of the image data printed on the recording medium, and a specification unit for specifying second image data of a second image size corresponding to the first image data so that the printer prints the second image data of the size of the image data set by the setter. The acquisition unit acquires the second image data of the second image size specified by the specification unit. The printer prints the second image data of the size set by the setter.