Print Control Apparatus Document Name Truncation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print control systems struggle to display document names fully due to variable lengths and restrictions in display regions, often resulting in incomplete name display and unreliable document specification.
Innovation Solution
A print control apparatus that determines and adjusts document names by deleting predefined character strings or truncating them to fit within the displayable character limit, ensuring complete name display within the printing apparatus's constraints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the document name is displayed in the reserved region, then the display region is utilized, but the document name cannot be displayed entirely when it has variable length
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document name display into two parts: a fixed reserved region that always displays the end portion of the document name (including dates and version information), and a variable region that displays the head portion. This segmentation allows the system to guarantee display of critical identification information while adapting to variable document name lengths.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary processing of the document name by removing predefined character strings (such as application names) before display. This preliminary action ensures that the essential document identification information is preserved and displayed within the reserved region, preventing information loss due to length constraints.
2Reliability
If application name is automatically added to the beginning of the document name, then application identification is provided, but the document name cannot be shown entirely during display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes predefined character strings (such as application names) from the beginning of the document name before display. This extraction process eliminates the conflict between providing application identification and displaying the complete document name, as the application information is handled separately while the document name is optimized for display in the reserved region.
3Area of stationary object
If the document name is truncated to fit the display region, then complete display is achieved, but the user cannot specify the document reliably
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document name display strategy by ensuring that the end portion (containing dates and version information) is always displayed in the fixed reserved region, while the head portion is displayed in a variable region. This segmentation maintains reliable document specification by preserving critical identification information in the always-visible reserved region.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary processing to remove predefined character strings from the document name before display, ensuring that the essential document identification information (dates, versions) is preserved and displayed completely in the reserved region, thereby maintaining reliable document specification.
Data Source
AI summary
There are provided a get unit that gets a document name of print data; a first determination unit that determines whether or not the obtained document name includes a predefined character string; a first deletion unit that deletes the character string from the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the document name includes the predefined character string; a second determination unit that determines whether or not the number of characters in the document name exceeds a predefined maximum number of displayable characters; and a second deletion unit that deletes the number of exceeding characters from a head of the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the number of characters in the document name exceeds the predefined maximum number of displayable characters.