Printing System Margin Reduction via Page Image Merging
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Solution Overview
Problem
In printing systems that combine images for two pages on a single sheet, a large margin area can occur on the final page due to the size differences and page counts, leading to inefficient use of the recording medium.
Innovation Solution
A recording system and method that combines image data from two recording instructions to optimize the placement of images on a single recording medium, reducing the margin area by adjusting image sizes and orientations to fit the medium size, allowing the final page image of one instruction and the initial page image of another to be recorded together.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If images for two pages are printed on one cut sheet, then the number of recording media is reduced, but the margin area on the cut sheet becomes large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the final page image of the first recording instruction with the initial page image of the second recording instruction on a single cut sheet. This merging of images from two separate recording instructions onto one recording medium reduces the total number of cut sheets needed while optimizing space utilization by placing images adjacent to each other, thereby minimizing margin areas.
2Quantity of substance
If images are printed on one cut sheet, then recording medium usage is optimized, but image placement flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically adjusts image placement on the cut sheet based on the specific characteristics of each recording instruction. The controller determines optimal positions for images by considering their sizes and the layout requirements, allowing flexible arrangement that adapts to different image dimensions and recording instructions while maintaining efficient space utilization.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a recording system including: a memory configured to store recording instructions, and medium size information. Each of the recording instructions includes image data, and image size information. The controller is configured to execute a data generating process of generating recording data, and is configured to generate, as the recording data, combined recording data in which images of first and second recording instructions are combined, the first recording instruction instructing recording of an image for one page or odd number pages. The combined recording data is configured to cause a recorder to record, on one recording medium, a first image of a final page among the image for the one page or the odd number pages of the first recording instruction, and a second image of an initial page among an image for one page or a plurality of pages specified by the second recording instruction.