| US 7,503,004 B2 | ||
| Display control method and display control apparatus for layout image | ||
| Noriyuki Sai, Nagano-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 17, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/417,333. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2002-115079 (JP), filed on Apr. 17, 2002; and application No. P2003-112023 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0085331 A1, May 06, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—730 | 8 Claims |
| 1. A display control method comprising the stages of:
creating a plurality of print status images based on image data, each print status image representing a print status of corresponding
image data on a print medium; and
displaying layout position images on a monitor one after another every time predetermined time elapses in response to continuous
pushing operation of an operation section that is operated to give an instruction to the monitor, each layout position image
representing a layout of an image in a corresponding one of the print status images, wherein following completion of displaying
one of the layout position images on the monitor, a process for displaying on the monitor one or more images to be laid out
corresponding to the displayed layout position image is started and continued only until the next layout position image starts
to be displayed on the monitor as a result of the continuous pushing operation, wherein the process for displaying one or
more images is interrupted on the way even if the process for displaying one or more images is not completed when the predetermined
time elapses,
wherein when the continuous pushing operation of the operation section is stopped, the process for displaying on the monitor
one or more images to be laid out corresponding to the layout position image that is displayed on the monitor is continued
until the display of the one or more images to be laid out is completed.
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