Print Settings UI for Automatic Sheet-Width Image Fitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods require users to manually adjust print settings to avoid blank areas when the image size and printing medium size mismatch, leading to inefficiencies and wasted printing media.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that automatically obtains sheet size information from a printing apparatus, determines if scaling is needed, and provides a setting screen to fit the image to the sheet width, allowing users to configure settings efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If manual scaling setting is required to eliminate blank areas, then printing medium utilization is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation of scaling ratios and automatically determines the appropriate scaling operation before printing. The application calculates the scaling ratio based on image dimensions and printing medium size, then automatically applies the scaling transformation, eliminating the need for users to manually configure scaling settings while optimizing printing medium utilization.
2Ease of operation
If automatic scaling is implemented, then operation simplicity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically calculating scaling ratios and applying transformations without requiring user intervention. The application retrieves printing medium information from the printing apparatus, calculates the appropriate scaling ratio based on image and medium dimensions, and automatically executes the scaling operation, thereby simplifying user operations while managing system complexity through automated intelligence.
3Loss of time
If scaling calculation is performed automatically, then time consumption is reduced, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual mechanical setting operations with automated computational processes. Instead of requiring users to manually adjust scaling settings through interfaces, the application automatically calculates scaling ratios using dimensional data and executes transformations through programmed algorithms, thereby reducing time consumption while managing processing complexity through systematic computation.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program of an application for print settings for causing an information processing apparatus that communicates with a printing apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising: obtaining sheet size information from the printing apparatus, the sheet size information indicating a sheet size of a printing medium usable in the printing apparatus; obtaining image size information based on the obtaining of the sheet size information in the obtaining sheet size information, the image size information indicating a size of an image which is being edited on the application and is to be printed by the printing apparatus; and performing control to display a setting screen based on the sheet size information and the image size information, the setting screen being where a setting for fitting the image to a sheet width of the printing medium is configurable.