A non-transitory storage medium stores a plurality of instruction readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. When executed by the computer, the plurality of instruction cause the information processing apparatus to determine a generating condition such that a number of pixels of the bitmap image in a particular direction is less than or equal to a particular number, obtain the first bitmap data satisfying the generating condition by using the generating condition, determine a magnification condition for magnifying the first bitmap data based on condition information indicating a printing condition, obtain second bitmap data by using the magnification condition, and generate print data by using the second bitmap data.

An application of clear protectant to a printable medium is described that allows for different amounts of protectant to be applied to the medium based on the amounts of colorant that is applied to the medium. Colorant bitmaps are analyzed to calculate an amount of colorant coverage for a medium. Printable features in the colorant bitmaps are replicated into different intermediate protectant bitmaps based on the colorant coverage for the printable features, where the intermediate protectant bitmaps specify different amounts of protectant to apply. Features in the intermediate bitmaps are expanded and replicated into a final protectant bitmap. A determination is made for the amount of protectant to apply to the medium that is based on the different amounts specified by the intermediate bitmaps.

A non-transitory storage medium stores a plurality of instruction readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. When executed by the computer, the plurality of instruction cause the information processing apparatus to determine a generating condition such that a number of pixels of the bitmap image in a particular direction is less than or equal to a particular number, obtain the first bitmap data satisfying the generating condition by using the generating condition, determine a magnification condition for magnifying the first bitmap data based on condition information indicating a printing condition, obtain second bitmap data by using the magnification condition, and generate print data by using the second bitmap data.

System and methods for page alignment for tractorless paper. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a print job to be printed on a continuous web of print media in a duplex format with multiple first pages across a front of the web and multiple second pages across a back of the web which correspond with the multiple first pages. The apparatus maps pages to sheetlet regions, and applies first offsets to the sheetlet regions on the front of the virtual continuous forms based on operator input. The controller also determines second offsets for the sheetlet regions on the back of the virtual continuous forms based on an additive inverse of the first offsets, and modifies processing of the print job by applying the second offsets to the sheetlet region on the back of the virtual continuous forms to maintain alignment of front pages and back pages across the web.

System and methods for page alignment for tractorless paper. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a print job to be printed on a continuous web of print media in a duplex format with multiple first pages across a front of the web and multiple second pages across a back of the web which correspond with the multiple first pages. The apparatus maps pages to sheetlet regions, and applies first offsets to the sheetlet regions on the front of the virtual continuous forms based on operator input. The controller also determines second offsets for the sheetlet regions on the back of the virtual continuous forms based on an additive inverse of the first offsets, and modifies processing of the print job by applying the second offsets to the sheetlet region on the back of the virtual continuous forms to maintain alignment of front pages and back pages across the web.

A data generating apparatus includes a controller to perform a first process to generate and store into a work area n pieces of first-layer object data representing n objects having earlier orders than a combined object in a combining sequence, a second process to generate and store into the work area M pieces of second-layer object data representing M second-layer objects of the combined object, a third process to generate first bitmap data representing an image obtained by combining the n first-layer objects, using the n pieces of first-layer object data, and a fourth process to generate second bitmap data representing the combined object. When a free space is less than a reference value during the second process, the controller interrupts the second process, performs the third process or a part of the fourth process, releases a storage area for object data, and thereafter resumes and completes the second process.

A data generating apparatus includes a controller to perform a first process to generate and store into a work area n pieces of first-layer object data representing n objects having earlier orders than a combined object in a combining sequence, a second process to generate and store into the work area M pieces of second-layer object data representing M second-layer objects of the combined object, a third process to generate first bitmap data representing an image obtained by combining the n first-layer objects, using the n pieces of first-layer object data, and a fourth process to generate second bitmap data representing the combined object. When a free space is less than a reference value during the second process, the controller interrupts the second process, performs the third process or a part of the fourth process, releases a storage area for object data, and thereafter resumes and completes the second process.

The information processing apparatus: generates PDL data by calculating, in a case where a drawing-target object within XPS format drawing data is a text-attribute character object that is drawn by using a font, a character advance width from font data; and performing rendering for the XPS format drawing data by using the calculated character advance width.

An image processing apparatus acquiring image data whose color information is defined by N-bit signal values; acquiring data range information; quantizing the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data into M-bit signal values (N>M) based on the data range information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the quantized image data, wherein the quantizing is performed so that the maximum value of the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data becomes a maximum possible value in the range of the M bits, and the minimum value of the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data becomes a minimum possible value in the range of the M bits.

One embodiment comprises a system that includes a first print head that applies a colorant to a medium based on a first bitmap that indicates printable features for the medium, and a second print head that applies a clear protectant to the medium based on a second bitmap. The system receives the first bitmap, and replicates the printable features in the first bitmap to generate the second bitmap. The system identifies boundaries of the printable features in the second bitmap, and expands the boundaries of the printable features in the second bitmap where the clear protectant is applied to the medium. The system directs the first print head to apply the colorant to the medium to form the printable features based on the first bitmap, and directs the second print head to apply the clear protectant to the printable features formed on the medium based on the second bitmap.