PRINT CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER READING STORAGE MEDIUM, PREVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD, PRINTER DRIVER AND PREVIEW METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently display a preview of a high quality of printing image in a small number of memory area with the simple structure, while maintaining affinity with an operating system.;SOLUTION: In a printer driver program to be carried out by a host computer 15 for controlling operation of a printer 7, a processing structure that a printing processor 5 is interposed between a request for preview from a previewer 8 and the generation of image data by a printer graphic driver 6 is used. In this processing structure, the printer graphic driver 6 forms image data for preview display, and deliveries the formed image data to the previewer 8 with an instruction from the printing processor 5.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO