There are provided a printer, a digital camera with a printer, and a printing method which are capable of simply printing an image having photographic composition intended by a user. A frame layout is displayed on a monitor. Based on an operation of an operation unit, images stored in an internal memory are displayed in frames, and images to be arranged in the frames are selected. In this case, portions of the images corresponding to the frames are cut out, and the images are displayed in the frames. Based on an operation of the operation unit, the images to be arranged in the frames are adjusted by zooming and/or moving the images to be arranged in the frames within the frames. After setting of images for all the frames is completed, an image displayed on the monitor is printed according to a print instruction.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recording a program for causing an information processing apparatus to function as: a control circuit that determines whether a rendering command of a document created using presentation software is a first-page rendering command, when determined as the first-page rendering command, caches it, generates first-page printable data based on the first-page rendering command and caches it, and when determined as a rendering command of one of second and subsequent pages, determines whether at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, and generates, when determined that at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, printable data of the one of second and subsequent pages using the first-page printable data; and a communication interface that transmits the printable data to an image forming apparatus.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology to control the printing of halftoning screen signatures for various levels of prints. For example, such prints may include regular edition prints or limited edition prints. During printing, a first halftoning screen is associated with one or more of the regular edition prints and a second halftoning screen is associated with the limited edition print, in some implementations. The second halftoning screen has a spatial frequency that is substantially the same as the first halftoning screen while having a spatial signature different from the first halftoning screen. Additionally, the second halftoning screen further may have spectral properties that are substantially the same as the first halftoning screen. During printing, two different printed copies of an image are formed using the first halftoning screen and the second halftoning screen.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recording a program for causing an information processing apparatus to function as: a control circuit that determines whether a rendering command of a document created using presentation software is a first-page rendering command, when determined as the first-page rendering command, caches it, generates first-page printable data based on the first-page rendering command and caches it, and when determined as a rendering command of one of second and subsequent pages, determines whether at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, and generates, when determined that at least parts thereof and the first-page rendering command are in common, printable data of the one of second and subsequent pages using the first-page printable data; and a communication interface that transmits the printable data to an image forming apparatus.

A print mode determination method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving image data defining parameters of pixels of an image to be printed using a print apparatus; identifying, based on the image data, a first fill area in the image that exceeds a defined threshold area, wherein the first fill area is to be printed in a first color; determining, based on the image data, a first proportion of print agent of each of a plurality of colors to be used to print the first color; and determining, based on the determined first proportions of print agent, a print mode to be used by the print apparatus to print the image. An apparatus and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.

A serial inkjet printer includes circuitry configured to select a printing mode according to a first result of comparison of a document size in image data with a first threshold and a second result of comparison of a reduction ratio of an image size of an output image from the document size with a second threshold, and downsize the image data at the reduction ratio in the printing mode to print the output image.