Print Control Device Reference Layout Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In printed documents, reference source and destination parts often end up on different pages, making it difficult for users to simultaneously view them when the document is bound, as the reference destination part is not arranged at an appropriate position relative to the reference source part.
Innovation Solution
A computer program is used in a print control device to determine if the reference source and destination parts are on different pages and adjust their arrangement based on the binding position, ensuring they are visible together in a bound printout by changing the arrangement target areas accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the reference destination part is arranged at the original arrangement position in the print target document, then the layout follows the original document structure, but the user cannot simultaneously see the reference source part and reference destination part in the bound printout
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of the bound printout structure before finalizing the layout. It predicts the binding position and calculates which pages will be visible together when the document is bound, then pre-arranges reference destination parts on pages that will be simultaneously visible with their corresponding reference source parts in the bound state
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single-dimension linear page arrangement to a multi-dimensional arrangement that considers the three-dimensional bound state of the document. By analyzing the spatial relationship in the bound format and arranging elements accordingly, it enables simultaneous visibility of reference pairs that would otherwise be separated in a simple linear layout
2Ease of operation
If the reference destination part is moved to a different page to enable simultaneous viewing with the reference source part in the bound printout, then the usability improves, but the arrangement deviates from the original document structure
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by making selective adjustments to specific reference destination parts rather than reorganizing the entire document. Only the reference destination parts that need to be visible with their corresponding reference source parts in the bound state are repositioned, while the rest of the document structure remains unchanged
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of the bound printout structure before finalizing the layout. It predicts the binding position and calculates which pages will be visible together when the document is bound, then pre-arranges reference destination parts on pages that will be simultaneously visible with their corresponding reference source parts in the bound state
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer, which is incorporated in a print control device that controls a print job, to perform: a) determining whether or not a reference source part included in a print target document related to the print job and a reference destination part included in the print target document and corresponding to the reference source part are arranged on different pages in a printout obtained by printing out the print target document; b) estimating a binding position in the printout; and c) changing at least one of arrangement target areas of the reference source part and the reference destination part based on the binding position and the arrangement position of the reference source part or the reference destination part, when it is determined that the reference source part and the reference destination part are arranged on different pages.