Printing Preview Screen Row Layout for Variable Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing preview techniques for variable printing often require users to perform multiple image switching operations, making it difficult for users to easily grasp the printing content, as they display images page by page rather than in a format that shows multiple pages simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that displays a printing preview screen showing multiple page images arranged in rows according to the width direction of the printing medium, with features like row switching buttons and page number input fields to facilitate easy navigation and content understanding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If images are displayed page by page in the preview window, then the display format is simple, but the user cannot easily grasp the printing content of variable printing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional single-page vertical display into a multi-dimensional row-based layout where multiple page images are arranged horizontally. This dimensional change allows users to view multiple pages simultaneously in a single screen, improving printing content visibility without requiring complex navigation through multiple pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the preview display into multiple row images, each containing segmented page images arranged in rows. This segmentation allows the complex variable printing content to be broken down into manageable visual units that can be viewed simultaneously, making it easier for users to grasp the overall printing content at once.
2Ease of operation
If users switch images frequently to preview desired pages, then all pages can be viewed, but the user cannot easily grasp printing content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple page images into a single row image display, combining what would traditionally require multiple separate viewing operations into one unified visual presentation. Users can now see multiple pages simultaneously without performing frequent switching operations, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining complete printing content visibility.
3Ease of operation
If multiple page images are displayed simultaneously, then user convenience is improved, but the display section requires higher resolution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple row images with controlled dimensions. By dividing the multi-page content into structured rows rather than displaying all pages as a single large image, the system maintains user convenience through simultaneous multi-page viewing while managing display resolution requirements through organized segmentation.
Data Source
AI summary
A control device includes a memory configured to store variable data including a plurality of page images each including a variable region where an image is variable for each page and a non-variable region including the same image irrespective of the page and a display processing section configured to cause a display device to display a printing preview screen for the variable data. The display processing section causes the display device to display the printing preview screen that displays one or a plurality of row images in which the plurality of page images are arranged in a row in a first direction corresponding to the width direction of a printing medium.