JP2001287407A - Printer, its control method and its recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer and its control method for executing printing in accordance with printing data transferred from a host whereby color printing is carried out to a paper colored by the printer with effects by a colored face of the paper colored by the printer as a base color being removed. SOLUTION: This printer includes a colorimetric functional part for colorimetry to a color of the paper provided for printing. Moreover, the printer includes a printing color supply part which has a printing color of white added to printing colors of cyan, magenta, yellow and black. According to the control method of the printer, the printing color of white is applied to a printless region originally set to be white, so that the printless region is changed to a printing color agreeing with the color of the paper. Furthermore, procedures of the colorimetry to the paper color and procedures of correcting the printing color to conform to the paper color are stored in the computer readable recording medium.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer apparatus for executing printing based on print data presented by a host apparatus and a control method therefor. The present invention relates to a mechanism for correcting a print color corresponding to a paper color and a technique for realizing a control method thereof, and further relates to a computer-readable recording medium storing the control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Here, the definitions applied to the following terms according to the present invention and the technical background thereof will be described to clarify the concepts included therein.

[0003] The non-printing area means an area where a printing color medium such as ink or toner is not attached in a printing area.

That is, in a normal printer, a print color is expressed by subtractive color mixture of three colors of cyan (C), magenta (M) and yellow (Y) as a print color medium such as ink or toner, and black (K). May be added to improve the color expression accuracy.

[0005] However, the conventional printer apparatus normally assumes white paper as an object to be printed, and therefore does not have a white (W) print color medium. Therefore, when a sheet colored in any color is used as a print target, the area assumed to be white in the print data is processed as a non-print area in the conventional printer device.
The print result based on the print data does not become white initially set, but becomes the color of the colored paper.

[0006] The color of the paper on which the printer performs printing is usually an item outside the range that can be specified in both the host device and the printer device. Therefore, when the printer device applies a specific color to the paper on which color printing is to be performed, the host device may change the print designation color of the print data in advance, assuming the expected print result, or The printed portion is separately printed out on a white paper, and after that, a process such as pasting the color printed portion is performed.

Referring to FIGS. 18 to 20, a description will be given of a printer device to which the conventional technique is applied and a control procedure thereof.

[0008] An outline of a printer device to which the conventional technique is applied will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the print color supply unit 54 incorporated in the printer device 51 includes individual print color media of cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y). In order to increase the accuracy of the print color, a black (K) print color medium may be added to each print color medium of the previous period.

The print color supply unit 54 includes a print control unit 5
In accordance with the instruction of 2, the printing color medium according to the instruction is supplied to the printing mechanism unit 55. The printing mechanism section 55 prints on the sheet supplied from the sheet supply section 56.

The host device 61 has a driver program 62 provided by the printer device 51 when the printer device 51 is connected. The driver program 62 receives status data from the printer device 51 and checks the status thereof before starting a printing job.
Is received and transferred to the print control unit 52 of the printer device 51.

Referring to FIGS. 19 and 20, a description will be given of a procedure in which a printer to which a conventional technique is applied executes printing in accordance with print data presented by a host device.

Referring to a block diagram shown in FIG. 19, the configurations of a printer device and a host device to which the conventional technique is applied will be described.

The printer B05 is provided with a printing color supply unit B52.
Cyan B53a and magenta B as individual print color media
53b, yellow B53c, and black B53d, and supplies the individual print color media to the printing mechanism B54 according to the instruction of the print controller B50.

The paper supply unit B56 carries the paper to be printed, and supplies the paper to the printing mechanism B54 according to the instruction of the print control unit B50.

The control program section B57 stores a control program that defines the control procedure of the printer B05. The control program is stored in the printer device B05 via a computer-readable recording medium.
Provided to

On the other hand, the host device B06 is provided with a driver program B61 for connecting to the printer device B05. The driver program B61 is provided by being provided from the printer device B05 when the host device B06 is connected to the printer device B05.

Further, the host device B06 has an application program B63, and the print data generated by the application program B63 is transferred to the printer device B05 via the driver program B61.

Based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
A description will be given of a control procedure in which a printer apparatus to which the related art is applied executes a print job based on print data presented by a host apparatus. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S501, the driver program B61 of the host device B06 requests status data from the print control unit B50 of the printer device B05.

In step S502, the print control unit B50 receives a command requesting status data, checks each unit of the printer B05, and checks in step S503.
And collects the above check results as status data, and collects the driver program B61 of the host device B06.
Transfer to

In step S504, the driver program B61 receives the status data and confirms that the printer B05 is in a state capable of performing a printing job.

In step S505, a print command instructing execution of printing and the print data transferred from the application program B63 are transferred to the printer B05.

In step S506, the print control unit B50 receives the print command instructing the print execution and the print data.
Proceeds to step S507, pulls out the sheet from the sheet supply unit B56, conveys the sheet to the printing mechanism unit B54, supplies the necessary printing color medium from the printing color supply unit B52 to the printing mechanism unit B54, and executes the printing operation.

If there is no problem in confirming the print execution result in step S508, the flow advances to step S509 to notify the host apparatus B06 of the end of printing and end the print job.

If an abnormality such as remaining paper is detected in step S508, the flow advances to step S511 to notify the host device B06 of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

[0026]

As described above, the conventional printer and its control method have the following problems.

1) When the printer device uses colored paper as a target for performing color printing, the printed color may look different from the original intended color due to the effect of the color of the colored paper. is there.

2) When the printer device uses colored paper as a target for printing a color image, the white area is represented by a non-print area, and the print area to be white in the initial setting is Is represented by the color of the colored paper.

According to the printer apparatus and the control method therefor, when the printer apparatus applies colored paper as a target for performing color image printing, the printing apparatus eliminates the influence of the color of the colored paper. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism for executing output and a control method thereof.

[0030]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.

1) The printer device is provided with a colorimetric function unit for measuring the color of the paper to be printed by the printer device.

By taking this means, the printer device has an effect of equipping a mechanism for grasping the color of the paper to be printed prior to the printing operation.

2) In the printer device, white is additionally provided as a print color medium for executing color printing.

By taking this measure, the printer device has an effect of being equipped with a mechanism for generating a white print area.

3) In the control method of the printer device, a procedure for the colorimetric function unit to measure the color of the paper before executing the color printing is set.

4) In the control method of the printer device, a procedure in which the print control unit of the printer device or the driver program of the host device executes the correction of the print color based on the color of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit. Set.

5) In the control method of the printer device, the print control unit of the printer device or the driver program of the host device adds a white print color area based on the color of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit. Set the procedure.

By taking these means, the printer device has an effect of correcting the print color in accordance with the color of the paper to be printed.

6) On a recording medium storing a control program for defining a control procedure of the printer device and / or a driver program to be provided from the printer device to the host device, a sheet to be used for printing prior to executing a printing operation. And a procedure for correcting the print data based on the measured color data of the paper are stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

By adopting this means, the printer device has an effect of providing a procedure for correcting the print color in accordance with the color of the paper to be printed.

[0041]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention takes the following forms.

1) In a printer device connected to a host device and executing printing based on print data presented from the host device, the colorimetry of the paper provided by the printer device for printing is performed. With functional parts

By taking this form, the printer device has an effect of being equipped with a function of measuring the color of the paper to be printed.

2) In the above-mentioned printer device, the print color supply unit provided in the printer device has a white print color in addition to a print color for performing color printing.

By taking this form, the printer device has an effect of providing a function of generating a white print area on colored paper.

3) In the printer device, the driver program provided to the host device by the printer device is based on the color data of the paper transferred by the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device. And an image data correction unit for correcting the print color information portion of the print data to be transferred to the printer device.

4) In the above-described printer, the print control unit incorporated in the printer is configured to transfer the print data transferred from the host device based on the color data of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit. An image data correction unit for correcting a print color information portion is provided.

By adopting these forms, the printer apparatus has an effect of being provided with a function of executing printing with a printing specification corrected for colored paper.

5) In a control method of a printer connected to a host device and executing printing based on print data presented by the host device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device executes the printing. Prior to this, the color of the paper to be printed is measured, the print color information portion of the print data is corrected in accordance with the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit, and the printing job is executed.

By taking this form, the printer device has an effect of executing color printing corrected in accordance with colored paper.

6) In the control method of the printer device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to execution of the printing job.
The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device is configured to handle the color of the paper received from the printer device. The print data obtained by correcting the print color information portion based on the data is transferred to the printer device, and the printer device executes a print job based on the print data transferred from the driver program provided in the host device. I do.

7) In the control method of the printer device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be printed and performs the printing before the execution of the printing job. The data on the color of the paper is held, and the print color information part of the print data transferred from the host device connected to the printer is described based on the data on the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit. The print job is executed after the correction.

By taking this form, the printer device has an effect of executing color printing corrected in accordance with colored paper.

8) In the above-described method of controlling a printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer measures the color of a sheet to be used for printing prior to execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device. Then, it was determined whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data, and it was determined that a white print portion was necessary for the print color information portion of the print data. In this case, the print data corrected by adding a white print portion to the print data is transferred to a printer device, and the printer device It executes the printing operations based on print data received transfer from the driver program including the strike device.

9) In the control method of the printer device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to the execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device. Then, in the print color information portion of the print data, extract the same color portion as the color of the paper,
In the print data, a print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for the printing is converted to a non-print designated area and corrected print data is transferred to a printer device, and the printer device sends the print data to the host device. The print job is executed based on the print data transferred from the provided driver program.

10) In the control method of the printer device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and measures the color of the paper to be printed. The color data is held, and the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device is examined to determine whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data. If it is determined that a white print portion is necessary in the print color information portion of the print data, a correction is performed by adding a white print portion to the print data, and the print job is performed. Execute.

By taking this form, the printer device has an effect of executing color printing having a white printing area set in accordance with colored paper.

11) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and measure the color of the paper to be printed. Holding the data relating to the color, examining the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device, extracting the same color portion as the paper color in the print color information portion of the print data, The print job is executed based on the print data corrected by converting the print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for printing into the non-print designated area in the print data.

12) In the above-described method of controlling a printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer measures the color of a sheet to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and the printer measures colorimetrically. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the functional unit is provided to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program converts the data relating to the color of the paper transferred from the printer device into a non-printing area of the print data. Is displayed on the display unit of the host device, and the operator of the host device sets the correction of the print data based on the print data displayed on the display unit.

13) In the above-described method of controlling the printer device, the operator of the host device operates based on the print data displayed on the display unit, and applies a paper color to the print data. Set the correction that specifies the application of white printing in the specified location of.

14) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the operator of the host device designates a change in print color at a designated location of the print data based on the print data displayed on the display unit. Set the corrected correction.

By adopting these modes, the printer device has an effect of executing color printing corrected by the operator according to the colored paper.

15) A control program for connecting to the host device and realizing control of the printer device for executing printing based on the print data presented from the host device, and / or
Alternatively, in a recording medium storing the driver program, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and the colorimetric function unit reads the procedure. A control program and / or a driver program for executing the procedure for correcting the print color information portion of the print data in accordance with the color of the paper are stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

By adopting this form, the printer apparatus has an effect of providing a control procedure for executing color printing corrected in accordance with colored paper.

[0065]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A typical embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show a printer apparatus to which a representative embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, an outline of a printer apparatus to which one representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printer 1a has a print color supply section 4a having a print color medium of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (K), and in accordance with an instruction from the print control section 2a. Each printing color medium is selected and supplied to the printing mechanism unit 5.

The paper to be printed is sequentially printed by the printing mechanism 5.
Has a colorimetric function unit 7, and measures the color of the paper before executing printing.

The host device 11a connected to the printer device 1a has a driver program 12a for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program 14 to the printer device 1a. The driver program 12a is provided by the host device 11a when the host device 11a connects to the printer device 1a, and is installed.

Further, the driver program 12a
Has an image data correction unit 13a. The image data correction unit 13a corrects the print data generated by the application program 14 based on the color data of the paper measured by the color measurement function unit 7.

Referring to FIG. 2, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printer 1b includes a print color supply section 4a having a print color medium of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (K), and in accordance with an instruction from the print control section 2b. Each printing color medium is selected and supplied to the printing mechanism unit 5.

The paper to be printed is sequentially printed by the printing mechanism 5.
Has a colorimetric function unit 7, and measures the color of the paper before executing printing.

The host device 11b connected to the printer device 1b transmits print data generated by the built-in application program 14 to the printer device 1b.
And a driver program 12b for transferring the program. The driver program 12b is used when the host device 11b connects to the printer device 1b.
It is to be provided after being provided.

Further, the print control section 2b has an image data correction section 3a. The image data correction unit 3a is based on the color data of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit 7, and stores the application program 14 in the host device 11b.
, And corrects the print data transmitted through the driver program 12b.

Referring to FIG. 3, an outline of a printer apparatus to which a representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printer 1c includes a print color supply unit 4b having a print color medium including cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), black (K), and white (W). According to the instruction of 2c, each printing color medium is selected and supplied to the printing mechanism unit 5.

The paper to be printed is sequentially printed by the printing mechanism 5.
Has a colorimetric function unit 7, and measures the color of the paper before executing printing.

The host device 11c connected to the printer device 1c has a driver program 12c for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program 14 to the printer device 1c. The driver program 12c is provided by the host device 11c when the host device 11c connects to the printer device 1c.

Further, the driver program 12c
Has an image data correction unit 13b. The image data correction unit 13b corrects the print data generated by the application program 14 based on the color data of the paper measured by the color measurement function unit 7, and adds and sets a white print area as necessary. I do.

Referring to FIG. 4, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printer 1d includes a print color supply unit 4b having a print color medium of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) black (K), and white (W). According to the instruction of 2d, each printing color medium is selected and supplied to the printing mechanism unit 5.

The paper to be printed is sequentially printed by the printing mechanism 5.
Has a colorimetric function unit 7, and measures the color of the paper before executing printing.

The host device 11d connected to the printer device 1d transmits print data generated by the built-in application program 14 to the printer device 1d.
And a driver program 12d for transferring the data. The driver program 12d is used when the host device 11d connects to the printer device 1d.
It is to be provided after being provided.

The print controller 2d has an image data corrector 3b. The image data correction unit 3b is based on the color data of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit 7, and stores the application program 14
The print data generated and transferred via the driver program 12d is corrected, and a white print area is additionally set as necessary.

FIGS. 5 to 17 show a control method of a printer apparatus to which a representative embodiment of the present invention is applied.

An outline of a printer apparatus to which one representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described based on a block diagram shown in FIG.

The print color supply unit B12a provided in the printer B01a includes print color media composed of cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d, and selects each print color medium according to the instruction of the print control unit B10a. To the printing mechanism B14.

A paper supply section B16 for sequentially supplying paper to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 is provided by a paper colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

The control program section B17 is provided with a printer B0 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1a is stored, and a necessary control procedure is provided to the print control unit B10a.

The host device B02a connected to the printer device B01a has a driver program B21a for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01a. The driver program B21a is provided by the printer device B01a when the host device B02a connects to the printer device B01a.

Further, the aforementioned driver program B21a
Has an image data correction unit B22a. The image data correction unit B22a converts the print color data of the print data generated by the application program B23 contained in the host device B02a into the color of the paper transferred by the color measurement unit B15 of the printer device B01a. Perform correction based on the data.

Referring to a flowchart shown in FIG. 6, a description will be given of a control procedure of a printer apparatus to which one representative embodiment of the present invention is applied. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S001, the host device B02a sets the operation mode for printing on colored paper by the connected printer device B01a, and proceeds to step S002 to notify the printer device B01a of the operation mode setting for printing on colored paper. And the printer B0
Request status data indicating the initial state of 1a.

In step S003, the printer B01a, which has received the notification of the operation mode setting and the request for the status data from the host B02a, sets up the print controller B10a.
, The results of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01a are aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is determined by the paper color measurement unit B.
Then, the process proceeds to step S004, and the status data is transferred to the host device B02a together with the color data of the paper measured by the paper colorimeter B15.

In step S005, the driver program B21a of the host device B02a is
1a, the printer B01a receives the transfer of the paper color data and the status data, confirms that the printer B01a is in a printable state, and proceeds to step S006 to provide the data correction unit B2 included in the driver program B21a.
2a performs necessary correction on print color data included in the print data generated by the application program B23. FIG. 9 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data executed in step S006.

The procedure for correcting the print data by the data correction unit B22a will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In step S041, the format of the color data of the paper read by the paper colorimetric unit B15 is changed from the color sequence used for color separation at the time of reading (for example, RBG system) to the color sequence used for color printing (for example, CMYK system). Convert to

In step S042, the color data of the paper converted into the color series used for color printing is checked, and in step S043, the printing color data of the image data portion included in the printing data is checked.

If it is found in step S044 that the same color data as the color data of the paper converted into the color series used for color printing is found in the printing color data,
Proceeding to step S045, the area designated to print the same color data as the paper color data is converted to a non-print area.

If it is determined in step S044 that the print color data does not include color data of the same color as the paper, the flow advances to step S046.

If the print color data included in the print data is within a predetermined range from the color data of the paper in step S046, it is determined that correction is necessary, and the flow advances to step S047 to execute the print operation. The print color data included in the data is corrected, and the procedure of the print data correction ends.

The data range in which the print color data is close to the paper color data may be set based on a plurality of levels.

If the print color data does not include the color data close to the paper color data in step S046, the print color data included in the print data is not subjected to any special correction without being subjected to any special correction. The data correction procedure ends.

Returning to FIG. 6, the description of the procedure will be continued.

In step S007, the driver program B21a transfers the print command and the print data corrected by the data correction unit B22a to the printer B01a.

At step S008, the printer B01
The print control unit B10a receives the print command and print data transferred from the host device B02a, and proceeds to step S009, where the print mechanism unit B14 sets the sheet supply unit B1.
6, printing is performed using a printing color medium including cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d supplied from the printing color supply unit B12a. To be discharged.

If there is no problem in the execution result of the printing operation in step S010, the flow advances to step S011 to notify the host device B02a of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as remaining paper is detected in step S010, the flow advances to step S012 to notify the host device B02a of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

An outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

The printing color supply section B12a provided in the printer B01b includes printing color media including cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d, and selects each printing color medium according to the instruction of the printing control section B10a. To the printing mechanism B14.

A sheet supply section B16 for sequentially supplying sheets to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 has a sheet colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

The printer B0 is connected to the control program section B17 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1b is stored, and the print control unit B10b is provided with necessary control procedures.

The print controller B10b has an image data corrector B11a. The image data correction unit B11a converts the print color data of the print data generated by the application program B23 built in the host device B02b and transferred by the driver program B21b into the color of the paper measured by the paper color measurement unit B15. Perform correction based on the data.

The host device B02b connected to the printer device B01b has a driver program B21b for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01b. The driver program B21b is provided by the host device B02b when the host device B02b is connected to the printer device B01b and is provided.

Referring to a flowchart shown in FIG. 8, a description will be given of a control procedure of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S021, the host device B02b sets the operation mode for printing on colored paper by the printer device B01b, and proceeds to step S022 to notify the printer device B01b of the setting of the operation mode for printing on the colored paper. At the same time, it requests status data indicating the initial state of the printer B01b.

In step S023, the printer B01b, having received the notification of the operation mode setting and the status data request from the host B02b, sets the print control unit B10b.
, The results of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01b are aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is determined by the paper color measurement unit B.
Then, the process proceeds to step S024, where the status data is transferred to the host device B02b, and the color data of the paper obtained by measuring the color of the paper is stored in the data correction unit B11a of the print control unit B10b.

In step S025, the driver program B21b of the host device B02b is replaced by the printer device B0.
1b, the printer B01b receives the transfer of the paper color data and the status data, confirms that the printer B01b is in a printable state, and proceeds to step S026. Transfer the generated print data.

At step S027, the printer B01
The print control unit B10b receives the print command and the print data transferred from the host device B02b, and proceeds to step S028, where the data correction unit B11a performs necessary correction on the print color data included in the print data. FIG. 9 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data executed in step S028.

Since the procedure for correcting the print data based on FIG. 9 has already been described, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here to avoid duplication.

In step S029, the printing mechanism B14 receives the paper supply from the paper supply unit B16, and receives the cyan B13a and magenta B supplied from the print color supply unit B12a.
Printing is performed using a printing color medium 13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d, and the printed paper is discharged out of the apparatus.

If there is no problem in the result of the above-described printing operation in step S030, the flow advances to step S031 to notify the host device B02b of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as remaining paper is detected in step S030, the flow advances to step S032 to notify the host device B02b of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

Referring to the block diagram shown in FIG. 10, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printing color supply section B12b provided in the printer B01c includes a printing color medium including cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d, and further includes a printing color medium such as white B13e.

The printing color supply section B12b selects each printing color medium according to the instruction of the printing control section B10c and supplies it to the printing mechanism section B14.

A paper supply section B16 for sequentially supplying paper to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 has a paper colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

[0130] The control program section B17 is connected to the printer B0 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1c is stored, and the print control unit B10c is provided with necessary control procedures.

The host device B02c connected to the printer device B01c has a driver program B21c for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01c. The driver program B21c is provided by the printer device B01c when the host device B02c connects to the printer device B01c.

Further, the above driver program B21c
Has an image data correction unit B22b. The image data correction unit B22b converts the print color data of the print data generated by the application program B23 incorporated in the host device B02c into the color of the paper transferred by the color measurement unit B15 of the printer device B01c. Perform correction based on the data.

Based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
A procedure for controlling a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S051, the host device B02c sets the operation mode for printing on colored paper by the printer device B01c, and proceeds to step S052 to notify the printer device B01c of the setting of the operation mode for printing on the colored paper. At the same time, it requests status data indicating the initial state of the printer B01c.

In step S053, the printer B01c, having received the notification of the operation mode setting and the status data request from the host B02c, sets the print control unit B10c.
, The results of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01c are aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is determined by the paper color measurement unit B.
Then, the process proceeds to step S054, and the status data is transferred to the host device B02c together with the color data of the paper measured by the paper colorimeter B15.

In step S055, the driver program B21c of the host device B02c is replaced by the printer device B0c.
1c, the printer B01c receives the transfer of the paper color data and status data, confirms that the printer B01c is in a printable state, and proceeds to step S056 to provide the data correction unit B2 provided in the driver program B21c.
2b performs necessary correction on print color data included in the print data generated by the application program B23. FIG. 14 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data executed in step S056.

Based on FIG. 14, data correction unit B22b
Will describe the details of the procedure for correcting print data.

In step S091, the format of the color data of the paper read by the paper colorimetry section B15 is changed from the color sequence used for color separation at the time of reading (for example, RBG system) to the color sequence used for color printing (for example, CMYK system). Convert to

In step S092, the color data of the paper converted into the color series used for the color printing is examined. In step S093, the printing color data of the image data portion included in the printing data is examined. If the image data portion included in the print data includes the non-print designation region, the non-print designation region is determined to be a white image portion, and the flow advances to step S095 to change the non-print designation region to white. Convert to print area.

If it is found in step S096 that the same color data as the color data of the paper converted into the color series used for color printing is found in the printing color data,
Proceeding to step S097, the area designated to print color data of the same color as the paper color data is converted to a non-print area.

If it is determined in step S096 that the print color data does not include color data of the same color as the paper, the flow advances to step S097.

If the print color data included in the print data is within a predetermined range from the color data of the paper in step S098, it is determined that correction is necessary, and the flow advances to step S099 to execute the print operation. The print color data included in the data is corrected, and the procedure of the print data correction ends.

The data range in which the print color data is close to the paper color data may be based on a range reference based on a plurality of levels.

If it is determined in step S098 that the print color data does not include color data close to the paper color data, the print color data included in the print data is not subjected to special correction without being subjected to any special correction. The data correction procedure ends.

Returning to FIG. 11, the description of the procedure will be continued.

In step S057, the driver program B21c transfers the print command and the print data corrected by the data correction unit B22b to the printer B01c.

In step S058, the printer B01
c, the print control unit B10c receives the print command and print data transferred from the host device B02c, and proceeds to step S059, where the print mechanism unit B14 sets the sheet supply unit B1.
6, cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, black B13d, and white B13e supplied from the printing color supply unit B12b.
Printing is performed using the printing color medium, and the paper on which printing has been completed is discharged out of the apparatus.

If there is no problem in the execution result of the printing operation in step S060, the flow advances to step S061 to notify the host device B02c of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as residual paper is detected in step S060, the flow advances to step S062 to notify the host device B02c of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

Referring to the block diagram shown in FIG. 12, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printing color supply section B12b provided in the printer B01d is provided with a printing color medium composed of cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c and black B13d, and additionally provided with a printing color medium white B13e.

The printing color supply section B12b selects each printing color medium in accordance with the instruction of the printing control section B10d and supplies it to the printing mechanism section B14.

A sheet supply section B16 for sequentially supplying sheets to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 has a sheet colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

The printer B0 is connected to the control program section B17 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1d is stored, and the necessary control procedure is provided to the print control unit B10d.

Further, the print control section B10d has an image data correction section B11b. The image data correction unit B11b converts the print color data of the print data generated by the application program B23 incorporated in the host device B02b and transferred by the driver program B21d into the color of the paper measured by the paper color measurement unit B15. Perform correction based on the data.

The host device B02d connected to the printer device B01d includes a driver program B21d for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01d. The driver program B21d is provided by being provided from the printer device B01d and installed when the host device B02d connects to the printer device B01d.

Based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
A procedure for controlling a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described. The reference numerals used in the description of the steps showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S071, the host device B02d sets the operation mode for printing on colored paper by the printer device B01d, and proceeds to step S072 to notify the printer device B01d of the setting of the operation mode for printing on the colored paper. At the same time, it requests status data indicating the initial state of the printer B01d.

In step S073, the printer B01d, which has received the notification of the operation mode setting and the status data request from the host B02d, sets the print control unit B10d.
, The result of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01d is aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is determined by the paper color measurement unit B.
Then, the process proceeds to step S074, where the status data is transferred to the host device B02d, and the color data of the paper obtained by measuring the color of the paper is stored in the data correction unit B11b of the print control unit B10b.

In step S075, the driver program B21d of the host device B02d is stored in the printer device B0d.
1d, the printer B01d receives the transfer of the paper color data and the status data, confirms that the printer B01d is in a printable state, and proceeds to step S076. Transfer the generated print data.

In step S077, the printer B01
The print control unit B10d receives the print command and the print data transferred from the host device B02d, and proceeds to step S078, where the data correction unit B11b performs necessary correction on the print color data included in the print data. FIG. 14 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data executed in step S078.

Since the procedure for correcting the print data based on FIG. 14 has already been described, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here to avoid duplication.

In step S079, the printing mechanism B14 receives the paper supply from the paper supply section B16, and receives the cyan B13a and magenta B supplied from the print color supply section B12a.
Printing is performed using a printing color medium 13b, yellow B13c, black B13d, and white B13e, and the printed paper is discharged out of the apparatus.

If there is no problem in the execution result of the printing operation in step S080, the flow advances to step S081 to notify the host device B02d of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as residual paper is detected in step S080, the flow advances to step S082 to notify the host device B02d of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

Referring to the block diagram shown in FIG. 15, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printing color supply section B12b provided in the printer B01e is provided with a printing color medium consisting of cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c and black B13d, and additionally provided with a printing color medium called white B13e.

The printing color supply section B12e selects each printing color medium according to the instruction of the printing control section B10e and supplies it to the printing mechanism section B14.

A paper supply section B16 for sequentially supplying paper to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 is provided by a paper colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

The printer B0 is connected to the control program section B17 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1e is stored, and a necessary control procedure is provided to the print control unit B10e.

The host device B02e connected to the printer device B01e has a driver program B21e for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01e. The driver program B21e is provided by the printer B01c when the host B02e connects to the printer B01e, and is installed.

Further, the above driver program B21e
Has an image data correction unit B22e. The image data correction unit B22e includes print color data of print data generated by the application program B23 incorporated in the host device B02e, and the color of the paper transferred by the color measurement unit B15 of the printer device B01e. The screen combined with the data is displayed on the display unit B25, and the operator performs the necessary correction on the print color data based on the combined screen displayed on the display unit B25.

Based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
A procedure for controlling a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S101, the host device B02e sets the operation mode for printing on the colored paper by the printer device B01e, and proceeds to step S102 to notify the printer device B01e of the setting of the operation mode for printing on the colored paper. At the same time, it requests status data indicating the initial state of the printer B01e.

In step S103, the printer B01e, which has received the notification of the operation mode setting and the status data request from the host B02e, prints the print control unit B10e.
, The results of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01e are aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is changed to the paper color measurement unit B16.
Then, the process proceeds to step S104, and the status data is transferred to the host device B02e together with the color data of the paper measured by the paper color measurement unit B15.

At step S105, the driver program B21e of the host device B02e is stored in the printer device B0e.
1e, the transfer of the paper color data and the status data is received to confirm that the printer B01e is in a printable state, and the process proceeds to step S106, where the data correction unit B2 provided in the driver program B21c is provided.
2e displays an image printed on colored paper with the print data generated by the application program B23, and the operator performs necessary correction on the print color data included in the print data. FIG. 17 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data based on the print image executed in step S106.

Based on FIG. 17, data correction unit B22e
The details of the procedure for correcting the print data according to the contents instructed by the operator based on the print image will be described.

In step S121, the driver program B
21e displays a print area based on the print data on the display unit B2.
5 and proceeds to step S122 to display the display unit B
In step S123, the driver program B21e displays the content of the print data on the display unit B20 via the arithmetic control unit B20.
25.

The paper color data displayed in step S122 is based on the paper colorimetric section B provided in the printer.
Reference numeral 15 denotes data based on an additive color system (for example, RBG system) obtained by measuring the color of the paper.
Similarly, the content of the print data displayed by the application data is provided from the application program B23 in the form of an additive color system color series (for example, RBG system).

Further, when displaying the contents of the print data in step S123, the color data of the paper is not displayed in the pixel portion where the print data displays an image.

In step S124, the operator designates an image portion as a correction target area from the print data.

If the operator specifies in step S125 that the non-print area in the image portion of the print data specified as the correction target area is to be converted to a white print area, a change instruction is issued via the input operation unit B26. In step S126, the data correction unit B22e changes the non-printing area to a white printing area in accordance with the instruction and changes the display content on the display unit B25 to the arithmetic control unit B2.
Change through 0.

In step S127, the data correction unit B
22e extracts the same color area portion as the color data of the paper in the image portion of the print data designated as the correction target area, and proceeds to step S128 to convert the extracted same color area portion into a non-print area.

If the operator specifies in step S129 that the color tone of the print data specified as the correction target area is to be corrected, the flow advances to step S130 to enter the input operation unit B2.
6, the color to be corrected is specified, and the process proceeds to step S131 to set the level of the color to be corrected.

In step S132, the data correction unit B22
e corrects the print data according to the contents of the correction instruction.

In step S133, the driver program B
Reference numeral 21e represents the print data corrected by the data correction unit B22e as additive color mixture color data (for example, RBG
) Is converted to color data of a subtractive color system (for example, CMYK system) to generate data to be used for color printing, and the control procedure for the print data correction ends.

Returning to FIG. 16, the description of the procedure will be continued.

In step S107, the driver program B21e transfers the corrected and converted print data together with the print command to the printer B01e.

In step S108, the printer B01
e, the print control unit B10e receives the print command and print data transferred from the host device B02e,
Proceeding to step S109, the printing mechanism unit B14 receives the supply of the sheet from the sheet supply unit B16, and
Cyan B13a, magenta B13b,
Yellow B13c, Black B13d and White B
Printing is performed using the printing color medium 13e, and the paper on which printing has been completed is discharged out of the apparatus.

If there is no problem in the execution result of the printing operation in step S110, the flow advances to step S111 to notify the host device B02e of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as remaining paper is detected in step S110, the flow advances to step S112 to notify the host device B02e of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

Referring to the block diagram shown in FIG. 15, an outline of a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described.

The printing color supply section B12b provided in the printer B01e is provided with a printing color medium consisting of cyan B13a, magenta B13b, yellow B13c, and black B13d, and is additionally provided with a printing color medium called white B13e.

The printing color supply section B12e selects each printing color medium according to the instruction of the printing control section B10e and supplies it to the printing mechanism section B14.

A paper supply section B16 for sequentially supplying paper to be printed to the printing mechanism section B14 has a paper colorimetry section B.
15 to measure the color of the paper.

The printer B0 is connected to the control program section B17 via a computer-readable recording medium.
A control program that defines the control procedure of 1e is stored, and a necessary control procedure is provided to the print control unit B10e.

The host device B02e connected to the printer device B01e has a driver program B21e for transferring print data generated by the built-in application program B23 to the printer device B01e. The driver program B21e is provided by the printer B01c when the host B02e connects to the printer B01e, and is installed.

Further, the above driver program B21e
Has an image data correction unit B22e. The image data correction unit B22e includes print color data of print data generated by the application program B23 incorporated in the host device B02e, and the color of the paper transferred by the color measurement unit B15 of the printer device B01e. The screen combined with the data is displayed on the display unit B25, and the operator performs the necessary correction on the print color data based on the combined screen displayed on the display unit B25.

On the basis of the flowchart shown in FIG.
A procedure for controlling a printer apparatus to which another representative embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described. The reference numerals used in the description of each step showing the control procedure are based on FIG.

In step S101, the host device B02e sets the operation mode for printing on the colored paper by the printer device B01e, and proceeds to step S102 to notify the printer device B01e of the setting of the operation mode for printing on the colored paper. At the same time, it requests status data indicating the initial state of the printer B01e.

In step S103, the printer B01e, which has received the notification of the operation mode setting and the status data request from the host B02e, sets up the print control unit B10e.
, The results of checking the status of each unit of the printer B01e are aggregated as status data, and the color of the paper loaded on the paper supply unit B16 is changed to the paper color measurement unit B16.
Then, the process proceeds to step S104, and the status data is transferred to the host device B02e together with the color data of the paper measured by the paper color measurement unit B15.

In step S105, the driver program B21e of the host device B02e is
1e, the transfer of the paper color data and the status data is received to confirm that the printer B01e is in a printable state, and the process proceeds to step S106, where the data correction unit B2 provided in the driver program B21c is provided.
2e displays an image printed on colored paper with the print data generated by the application program B23, and the operator performs necessary correction on the print color data included in the print data. FIG. 17 shows the details of the procedure for correcting the print data based on the print image executed in step S106.

Based on FIG. 17, data correction unit B22e
The details of the procedure for correcting the print data according to the contents instructed by the operator based on the print image will be described.

In step S121, the driver program B
21e displays a print area based on the print data on the display unit B2.
5 and proceeds to step S122 to display the display unit B
In step S123, the driver program B21e displays the content of the print data on the display unit B20 via the arithmetic control unit B20.
25.

The paper color data displayed in step S122 is based on the paper colorimetric section B provided in the printer.
Reference numeral 15 denotes data based on an additive color system (for example, RBG system) obtained by measuring the color of the paper.
Similarly, the contents of the print data displayed by the application data are provided from the application program B23 in the form of an additive color system (for example, RBG system).

Further, when displaying the contents of the print data in step S123, the color data of the paper is not displayed in the pixel portion where the print data displays an image.

In step S124, the operator designates an image portion from the print data as a correction target area.

If the operator specifies in step S125 that the non-print area in the image portion of the print data specified as the correction target area is to be converted to a white print area, a change instruction is issued via the input operation unit B26. In step S126, the data correction unit B22e changes the non-printing area to a white printing area in accordance with the instruction and changes the display content on the display unit B25 to the arithmetic control unit B2.
Change through 0.

At step S127, the data correction unit B
22e extracts the same color area portion as the color data of the paper in the image portion of the print data designated as the correction target area, and proceeds to step S128 to convert the extracted same color area portion into a non-print area.

If the operator specifies in step S129 to correct the color tone of the print data specified as the correction target area, the flow advances to step S130 to enter the input operation unit B2.
6, the color to be corrected is specified, and the process proceeds to step S131 to set the level of the color to be corrected.

In step S132, the data correction unit B22
e corrects the print data according to the contents of the correction instruction.

In step S133, the driver program B
Reference numeral 21e represents the print data corrected by the data correction unit B22e as additive color mixture color data (for example, RBG
) Is converted to color data of a subtractive color system (for example, CMYK system) to generate data to be used for color printing, and the control procedure for the print data correction ends.

Returning to FIG. 16, the description of the procedure will be continued.

In step S107, the driver program B21e transfers the corrected and converted print data together with the print command to the printer B01e.

In step S108, the printer B01
e, the print control unit B10e receives the print command and print data transferred from the host device B02e,
Proceeding to step S109, the printing mechanism unit B14 receives the supply of the sheet from the sheet supply unit B16, and
Cyan B13a, magenta B13b,
Yellow B13c, Black B13d and White B
Printing is performed using the printing color medium 13e, and the paper on which printing has been completed is discharged out of the apparatus.

If there is no problem in the execution result of the printing operation in step S110, the flow advances to step S111 to notify the host device B02e of the end of printing and end the printing job.

If an abnormality such as remaining paper is detected in step S110, the flow advances to step S112 to notify the host device B02e of the occurrence of the error and terminate the printing operation abnormally.

[0218]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

1) In a printer device connected to a host device and executing printing based on print data presented from the host device, the colorimetry of the paper to be printed by the printer device is measured. It has a functional unit.

[0220] By taking this means, it is possible to obtain the effect that the printer device is provided with a function of measuring the color of the paper to be printed.

2) In the above-mentioned printer device, the print color supply unit provided in the printer device has a white print color in addition to a print color for executing color printing.

By taking this means, there is obtained an effect that the printer device has a function of generating a white print area on colored paper.

3) In the printer device, the driver program provided to the host device by the printer device is based on the color data of the paper transferred by the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device. And an image data correction unit for correcting the print color information portion of the print data to be transferred to the printer device.

4) In the above-mentioned printer, the print control unit incorporated in the printer is based on the color data of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit, and the print control unit receives the print data transferred from the host device. An image data correction unit for correcting a print color information portion is provided.

[0225] By taking these means, it is possible to obtain an effect that the printer device is provided with a function of executing printing with a print specification in which the print color is corrected according to the colored paper.

5) In a control method of a printer connected to a host device and executing printing based on print data presented from the host device, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device executes the printing. Prior to this, the color of the paper to be printed is measured, the print color information portion of the print data is corrected in accordance with the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit, and the printing job is executed.

By taking this means, the printer device has an effect of executing color printing in which the printing color is corrected in accordance with the colored paper.

6) In the above-described method for controlling a printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of a sheet to be used for printing prior to execution of the printing job.
The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device is configured to handle the color of the paper received from the printer device. The print data obtained by correcting the print color information portion based on the data is transferred to the printer device, and the printer device executes a print job based on the print data transferred from the driver program provided in the host device. I do.

7) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of the paper to be printed prior to execution of the printing job and perform the printing. The data on the color of the paper is held, and the print color information part of the print data transferred from the host device connected to the printer is described based on the data on the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit. The print job is executed after the correction.

By taking this means, the printer apparatus has an effect of executing color printing in which the printing color is corrected in accordance with the colored paper.

8) In the above-described method for controlling a printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer measures the color of a sheet to be used for printing prior to the execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device. Then, it was determined whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data, and it was determined that a white print portion was necessary for the print color information portion of the print data. In this case, the print data corrected by adding a white print portion to the print data is transferred to a printer device, and the printer device It executes the printing operations based on print data received transfer from the driver program including the strike device.

9) In the above-described method for controlling a printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of a sheet to be used for printing prior to execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device. Then, in the print color information portion of the print data, extract the same color portion as the color of the paper,
In the print data, a print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for the printing is converted to a non-print designated area and corrected print data is transferred to a printer device, and the printer device sends the print data to the host device. The print job is executed based on the print data transferred from the provided driver program.

10) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and measure the color of the paper to be printed. The color data is held, and the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device is examined to determine whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data. If it is determined that a white print portion is necessary in the print color information portion of the print data, a correction is performed by adding a white print portion to the print data, and the print job is performed. Execute.

By taking this means, the printer device performs color printing with a white print area set in accordance with the colored paper, so that a faithful color can be applied to the paper to be printed without being affected by the color. The effect of executing reproduced image printing is obtained.

11) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer may measure the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and measure the color of the paper to be printed. Holding the data relating to the color, examining the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device, extracting the same color portion as the paper color in the print color information portion of the print data, The print job is executed based on the print data corrected by converting the print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for printing into the non-print designated area in the print data.

12) In the above-described method of controlling the printer, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer measures the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and the printer measures colorimetrically. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the functional unit is provided to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program converts the data relating to the color of the paper transferred from the printer device into a non-printing area of the print data. Is displayed on the display unit of the host device, and the operator of the host device sets the correction of the print data based on the print data displayed on the display unit.

13) In the above-described method of controlling the printer device, the operator of the host device uses the print data displayed on the display unit to print a non-print area in which the color of the paper is applied in the print data. Set the correction that specifies the application of white printing in the specified location of.

14) In the control method of the printer device, the operator in charge of the host device designates a change of a print color at a designated portion of the print data based on the print data displayed on the display section. Set the corrected correction.

By adopting these means, the printer apparatus has an effect of executing color printing corrected by the operator in accordance with the colored paper.

15) A control program for connecting to the host device and realizing control of the printer device for executing printing based on the print data presented from the host device, and / or
Alternatively, in a recording medium storing the driver program, the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and the colorimetric function unit reads the procedure. A control program and / or a driver program for executing the procedure for correcting the print color information portion of the print data in accordance with the color of the paper are stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

By adopting this means, there is obtained an effect that the printer device is provided with a control procedure for executing color printing corrected in accordance with colored paper.

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FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the principle according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the principle according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the principle according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory view of the principle according to a typical embodiment of the prior art.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram according to a representative embodiment of the prior art.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart according to a representative embodiment of the prior art.

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 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d: Printer device 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d: Print control unit 3a, 3b: Image data correction unit 4a, 4b: Print color supply unit 5: Printing mechanism unit 6: Paper supply unit 7: Measurement Color function units 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d: host device 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d: driver program 13a, 13b: image data correction unit 14: application program

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A printer device connected to a host device for executing printing based on print data presented from the host device, wherein the colorimetry of a sheet provided for printing by the printer device is performed. A printer device comprising a functional unit. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing color supply unit provided in the printing apparatus has a white printing color in addition to a printing color for performing color printing. The printer device according to the above. 3. The printer device according to claim 1, wherein the driver program provided to the host device by the printer device is based on the color data of the paper transferred by the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device. The printer device according to claim 1, further comprising an image data correction unit configured to correct a print color information portion of the print data to be transferred to the printer device. 4. A printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing control unit included in the printing apparatus is configured to transfer the print data received from the host device based on the color data of the paper measured by the colorimetric function unit. The printer device according to claim 1, further comprising an image data correction unit that corrects a print color information portion. 5. A control method of a printer device connected to a host device and executing printing based on print data presented from the host device, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device executes the printing. The color of the paper to be used for printing is measured in advance, the print color information portion of the print data is corrected in accordance with the color of the paper read by the color measurement function unit, and the print job is executed. A control method of a printer device. 6. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to execution of the print job. Transfers the data relating to the color of the read paper to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device performs printing based on the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device. The print data having the information portion corrected is transferred to the printer device, and the printer device performs a print job based on the print data transferred from a driver program provided in the host device. A method for controlling a printer device according to claim 5. 7. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device performs colorimetry on a color of a sheet to be printed prior to execution of the print job and provides the color for the print. The data relating to the color of the paper is held, and the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device connected to the printer is based on the data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit. The method according to claim 5, wherein the printing operation is performed after performing the correction. 8. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures a color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device Then, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data, and it is determined that a white print portion is necessary for the print color information portion of the print data. In this case, the print data corrected by adding a white print portion to the print data is transferred to a printer device, and the printer device And executes the printing operations based on print data received transfer from the driver program including the strike device, control method for a printer according to claim 5. 9. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures a color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to execution of the printing job. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit is transferred to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program provided in the host device checks the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer device Then, in the print color information portion of the print data, the same color portion as the color of the paper is extracted, and in the print data, the print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for printing is converted into a non-print designation area. The printer device transfers the corrected print data to a printer device, and the printer device receives the transfer from a driver program provided in the host device. And executes the printing operations on the basis of the printing data, printer control method according to claim 5. 10. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be used for printing prior to the execution of the printing, and controls the color of the paper to be used for printing. The color data is held, and the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device is examined to determine whether or not it is necessary to add a white print portion to the print color information portion of the print data. If it is determined that a white print portion is necessary in the print color information portion of the print data, a correction is performed by adding a white print portion to the print data, and the print job is performed. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method is executed. 11. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be used for printing prior to the execution of the printing and controls the color of the paper to be used for printing. Holding the data relating to the color, examining the print color information portion of the print data transferred from the host device, and extracting the same color portion as the paper color in the print color information portion of the print data; 6. The print job according to claim 5, wherein the print job is executed based on the print data corrected by converting a print color information portion of the same color as the paper to be used for printing into a non-print designated area in the print data. 3. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1. 12. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of a sheet to be provided for printing prior to the execution of the printing. The data relating to the color of the paper read by the functional unit is provided to a driver program provided in the host device, and the driver program transmits the data relating to the color of the paper received from the printer to the non-printing area of the print data. Applied to the display on the display unit of the host device, and the operator of the host device sets the correction of the print data based on the print data displayed on the display unit. The method for controlling a printer device according to claim 5. 13. The non-printing area according to claim 1, wherein an operator in charge of the host device uses a print data displayed on the display unit to apply a paper color to the print data. 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising: setting a correction designating application of white printing to a designated location. 14. A control method for a printer according to claim 1, wherein said operator in charge of said host device designates a change of a print color in a designated portion of said print data based on the print data displayed on said display section. The method according to claim 12, wherein the correction is set. 15. A recording medium that is connected to a host device and stores a control program and / or a driver program for realizing control of a printer device that executes printing based on print data presented from the host device. The colorimetric function unit provided in the printer device measures the color of the paper to be printed prior to the execution of the printing, and prints the print data corresponding to the color of the paper read by the colorimetric function unit. A computer-readable recording medium storing a control program and / or a driver program for executing a procedure for correcting a color information portion.