JP2003334933A5

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Publication number: JP2003334933A5
Application number: JP2002145204A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2002-05-20
Publication date: 2005-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 2022-05-20

Description

ここで、
前記色材は、例えば、染料インクや顔料インクなどのインクである。
前記複数のテストパターンが形成された記憶媒体から、制御部またはユーザが前記適性なインク打ち込み量を判定するようにしてもよい。 here,
The color material is, for example, an ink such as a dye ink or a pigment ink.
The control unit or the user may determine the appropriate ink ejection amount from the storage medium on which the plurality of test patterns are formed.

さらに、本願発明によれば、
画像形成に用いられる色材の記録媒体への定着状態を判断するためのテストパターンを記憶装置から読み出すステップと、
それぞれ異なる量の色材でもって、前記読み出されたテストパターンの複数を前記記録媒体上に形成させるよう画像形成装置を制御するステップと、
をコンピュータに実行させるための画像形成プログラムが提供される。
なお、前記複数のテストパターンが形成された前記記憶媒体から、前記コンピュータまたはユーザが前記適性なインク打ち込み量を判定できるようにするために、前記画像形成プログラムは、前記複数のテストパターンを前記記憶媒体に形成するようにしてもよい。 Furthermore, according to the present invention,
Reading out from the storage device a test pattern for determining the fixing state of the color material used for image formation on the recording medium;
Controlling the image forming apparatus to form a plurality of the read test patterns on the recording medium with different amounts of colorants, respectively;
An image forming program for causing a computer to execute is provided.
Note that the image forming program stores the plurality of test patterns so that the computer or the user can determine the appropriate ink ejection amount from the storage medium on which the plurality of test patterns are formed. It may be formed on a medium.

Claims

Generating a test pattern for determining the fixing state of the color material used for image formation on the recording medium;
Forming a plurality of the test patterns on the recording medium using different amounts of colorants;
An image forming method comprising:

The image forming method according to claim 1, wherein the coloring material is an ink.

The image forming method according to claim 2, wherein the test pattern is a test pattern set so that at least one of an ink “smear” state and an “uneven” state can be viewed.

The image forming method according to claim 3, wherein in the test pattern, the pattern for visually observing the “bleeding” state of the ink includes a plurality of regions adjacent to each other and having different hues.

The image forming method according to claim 3, wherein in the test pattern, the pattern for visually observing the “uneven” state of the ink includes a substantially uniform single color surface.

The image forming method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein information relating to the amount of ink ejected is also formed on the recording medium along with the test pattern.

A recording medium on which a test pattern is formed by the image forming method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

On the recording medium on which an image is formed using the ink, at least one of the "blurred" state of the ink in a plurality of adjacent areas with different hues or the "uneven" state of the ink in a uniform single color plane can be viewed An ink hit amount determination medium characterized in that the set test pattern is arranged on the same recording medium with a plurality of ink amounts of different amounts.

Reading out from the storage device a test pattern for determining the fixing state of the color material used for image formation on the recording medium;
Controlling the image forming apparatus to form a plurality of the read test patterns on the recording medium with different amounts of colorants, respectively;
An image forming program for making a computer execute.

The image forming program according to claim 9, wherein the coloring material is an ink.

The image forming program according to claim 10, wherein the test pattern is a test pattern set so that at least one of a "blur" state and an "uneven" state of ink can be viewed.

The image forming program according to claim 11, wherein in the test pattern, the pattern for visually observing the "bleeding" state of the ink includes a plurality of regions adjacent to each other and having different hues.

The image forming program according to claim 11, wherein in the test pattern, the pattern for visually observing the "non-uniform" state of the ink includes a substantially uniform single color surface.

The image forming program according to any one of claims 9 to 13, further comprising the step of forming on the recording medium information on the amount of ink to be ejected together with the test pattern.

A computer readable medium recording the image forming program according to any one of claims 9 to 14.

Generation means for generating a test pattern for determining the fixing state of the color material used for image formation on the recording medium;
A control unit configured to control a plurality of test patterns to be formed on the recording medium using different amounts of coloring materials;
An image forming control apparatus comprising:

3. The image forming method according to claim 2, wherein the control unit or the user determines the appropriate ink ejection amount from the storage medium on which the plurality of test patterns are formed.

The plurality of test patterns are formed on the storage medium so that the computer or the user can determine the appropriate ink ejection amount from the storage medium on which the plurality of test patterns are formed. An image forming program according to claim 10.