ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,881, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and storage medium" was invented by Tetsuhide Takasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display control method includes the steps of obtaining a first preview image resolution for checking a printing layout, obtaining a second preview image resolution for checking a spot color printing portion where the spot color printing is carried out, and displaying a spot color preview image for checking the spot color printing portion by using a resolution based on the first preview image resolution and the second preview image...