JP2006346973A - Print parameter converting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print parameter converting method capable of converting printing condition to suitable condition corresponding to every printing medium, even when one image printing device allows a plurality of printing media and an allowable printing condition for every printing medium is different. <P>SOLUTION: In the print parameter converting method, a printing device is connected to an external device, receives image information and printing condition from the external device to execute printing, retains the information of print permission conditions retaining the scope of recognizable print condition, retains a plurality of printing condition converting information to convert the print condition to other print conditions which can be printed with a printing device, converts the print conditions received from the external device based on the print condition converting information, and also converts the print conditions to the recognizable print conditions when the printing condition after the conversion process overrides the printing condition recognizable with the printing device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a print parameter conversion method for converting image print parameters when an image is printed on a print sheet.

  Conventionally, in the medical field, when image information captured by an image capturing apparatus such as a radiographic image capturing apparatus or an ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “image capturing apparatus”) is printed by an image printing apparatus, the image An imaging apparatus and an image printing apparatus are connected via a network such as a LAN, information is transmitted and received based on DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) standards, and an image is printed.

DICOM
According to the standard, information for identifying a photographing device that prints an image from the plurality of image photographing devices, information for identifying a device that prints an image, the size and type of an image to be printed, the type of print media, the media size, etc. The supplementary information and the image information are transmitted, and the image printing apparatus that has received the supplementary information and the image information analyzes the supplementary information, acquires parameters for performing printing, and performs printing of the image.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of the apparatus configuration when image information captured by the image capturing apparatus is printed by the image printing apparatus.

  In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a radiographic imaging apparatus for taking an image, 101 denotes an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging apparatus, and 102 denotes image printing for printing an image taken by the radiographic imaging apparatus and the ultrasonic diagnostic imaging apparatus. Show. Reference numeral 103 denotes a network connecting the devices, and image print information is transmitted and received through the network.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of image print information transmitted and received in the apparatus configuration shown in FIG.

  In the figure, reference numeral 104 denotes transmission information transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image printing apparatus. The transmission information is association information 106 for logically connecting the image capturing apparatus and the image printing apparatus and image printing related to the image to be printed. It is composed of parameters 109. The association information 106 includes an image transmission device AE title 107 for identifying an image photographing device, an image reception device AE title 108 for identifying an image printing device, and an IP address indicating the position of the image printing device on the network. The image print parameter 109 is composed of image information 111 to be printed and DICOM TAG information 110 which is auxiliary information related to the image.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of DICOM TAG information 110, which is supplementary information related to the image shown in FIG. 7, and the DICOM TAG information 110 includes a medium type indicating the type of print medium as shown in FIG. Print priority that indicates the print priority of the film, film direction that indicates the print direction of the medium, film size ID that indicates the size of the medium, an enlargement type that indicates the enlargement method when printing, the lowest density that the medium can represent, and the highest It is composed of printing media such as density and information representing printing conditions.

  Next, an operation in which the image printing apparatus 102 prints an image by transmitting / receiving the transmission information 104 shown in FIG. 7 in the apparatus configuration shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S <b> 200, the image printing apparatus 102 receives transmission information from the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101. Transmission / reception of the transmission information 104 is performed based on the IP address 106 in the association information 105, and the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101 transmit the transmission information 104 to the IP address assigned to the image printing apparatus that performs image printing. Configure to do so. Upon receiving the transmission information 102, the image printing apparatus 102 analyzes the association information 105 in the transmission information in step S201, and confirms whether the image reception apparatus AE title 108 is the same as that given to the image printing apparatus 102. If they are not the same, a connection error is notified to the image capturing apparatus in step S202, and the process is terminated.

  If the image receiving apparatus AE title 108 in the association information 105 is the same as that given to the image printing apparatus 102, it is determined that the connection is successful, and the DICOM TAG information 110 and the image information 111 are received in step S203. . Next, in step S204, the DICOM TAG information is analyzed, and the setting in the printing apparatus is changed. Then, in step S205, the image printing process is executed, and the process ends.

  In the conventional example, the DICOM TAG information transmitted to the image printing apparatus 102 is composed of information representing the printing medium and printing conditions as described above. However, depending on the image printing apparatus that receives the transmission information, the DICOM TAG information There are also devices that cannot print on the print medium specified in the above, or that cannot print under the specified print conditions. In such a case, the image printing apparatus returns an error in response to a print request from the image photographing apparatus because the designated printing medium and printing conditions cannot be recognized. Therefore, in order to correctly print an image with the image printing apparatus, it is necessary to change the designation according to the printing apparatus that performs printing when the image capturing apparatus creates DICOM TAG information.

  However, there are image capturing apparatuses in which the change places of the DICOM TAG information are limited, and the DICOM TAG information that cannot be permitted by the image printing apparatus cannot be changed, and printing cannot be performed.

As a method for solving the above problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228688 proposes a print control apparatus that has a print condition conversion table for converting print conditions that can be printed by a designated printing apparatus, and changes the print conditions based on the table. Has been.
JP 2002-055792 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, since the print condition conversion table is held for each image printing apparatus, a plurality of print media are allowed in one image printing apparatus, and each print medium is allowed. When the printing conditions are different, or when the printing conditions are determined by the type of the image capturing device, the image printing apparatus and the printing condition change table have a one-to-one relationship, so the image printing apparatus switches between a plurality of printing condition change tables. Cannot be processed and cannot be handled.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a single image print parameter conversion method for converting a parameter that cannot be recognized by the image printing apparatus out of parameters for image printing transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the image printing apparatus. A print parameter conversion method that allows a plurality of print media in an image printing apparatus and that can be converted into a suitable print condition for each print medium even when the allowable print conditions differ for each print medium. It is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, an image printing parameter conversion method according to the present invention is a range of printing conditions that can be recognized by a printing apparatus that is connected to an external apparatus and receives image information and printing conditions from the external apparatus and executes printing. A plurality of printing condition conversion information for converting printing conditions into printing conditions that can be printed by the printing apparatus, and printing conditions received from an external apparatus as the printing condition conversion information. And converting to a recognizable printing condition when the converted printing condition is outside the range of the recognizable printing condition by the printing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, an image printing apparatus and an image printing apparatus are connected via a network, and when the image printing apparatus receives transmission information including image print parameters transmitted from the image shooting apparatus and performs printing. In the parameter conversion method, a parameter allowance table recognizable by the image printing apparatus and a plurality of information conversion tables identified by ID information included in the transmission information transmitted from the image photographing apparatus are stored, and the transmission information includes By switching the information conversion table in the image printing apparatus based on the ID information, the DICOM TAG information in the transmission information is converted into one of a plurality of DICOM TAG information that can be recognized by the image printing apparatus.

  Then, by confirming whether or not the converted value exists in a range that can be recognized by the printing apparatus, a plurality of printing media are allowed in one image printing apparatus, and each printing medium is allowed. Even when the printing conditions are different, the parameters can be automatically changed to optimum parameters for printing.

  Even if the DICOM TAG information received from the imaging device does not exist in a range that can be recognized by the printing device, the value can be changed to a range that can be recognized by the printing device by a user operation. There is no need to retransmit information from the image capturing apparatus after changing the information to a range recognizable by the printing apparatus, and it is possible to prevent a decrease in printing efficiency associated with information retransmission processing from the image capturing apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an image printing apparatus to which an image printing parameter conversion method of the present invention is applied.

  The image printing apparatus 102 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 113, an interface 114, a storage device 115, an information display 116 for displaying the status of the printing apparatus, a keyboard 117 for command input from the user, and a printing unit 118. Each block is controlled by the CPU 113. 6 is connected to the interface 114 via a network. The storage device 115 stores an allowable value table 4 and an information conversion table 2 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the allowable value table 4 stores a list of DICOM TAG information that can be recognized by the image printing apparatus, a range of values that can be recognized for each DICOM TAG information, and combinations of values. .

  More specifically, it consists of a combination of DICOM TAG number, information content indicated by TAG, and allowable value. DICOM TAG number “2000,0030” is “media type”, and allowable value is “ BLUE FILM ”,“ PAPER ”,“ COATED_PAPER ”,“ MATTE_PAPER ”, and“ GLOSSY_PAPER ”.

  Here, the medium type indicates the type of print medium that can be printed by the printing apparatus. The print priority indicates the priority of printing, and is used to change the order of printing in the case of a device that performs printing after storing a plurality of print images in a storage device such as a memory. This is used when printing of a print image in the storage device is interrupted when an image needs to be printed urgently and an image with a high priority is printed first.

  The image display format specifies how an image is to be arranged on one sheet of paper. CT, MRI, etc., divides the paper into a plurality of areas, arranges the images in the respective areas, and a plurality of images. Is used when printing on one sheet of paper. The film direction indicates the vertical position and the horizontal position as the printing direction of the paper, and the film size ID indicates the size of the print medium. The enlargement type is information indicating how the image is enlarged when it is necessary to enlarge the image during printing, and the minimum density and the maximum density are information indicating the density that can be expressed by the medium. The smooth type is information indicating an interpolation method at the time of image enlargement.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information conversion table 2 is stored in the storage device 115 in the image printing apparatus as shown in 2, 5, 6, and 7 according to the type of print medium and the size of the print medium. Thus, the corresponding AE title 8 corresponding to the image receiving device AE title can be identified. The configuration will be described by taking the conversion table 5 having the corresponding AE title “COATED_PAPER” as an example.

  The information conversion table consists of a combination of the DICOM TAG number, the information content indicated by the TAG, and the conversion value. The DICOM TAG number “2000,0030” has the information content “medium type” and the received value is “COATED_PAPER”. To convert to The media type is the type of paper that can be printed. There are coated paper, matte paper, glossy paper, etc., and “COATED_PAPER”, “MATTE_PAPER”, and “GLOSSY_PAPER” are assigned as IDs for each paper type. Yes.

  The minimum density and the maximum density indicate the density of the image printed on the printing paper, and the ink discharge amount and the discharge pattern at the time of printing are determined based on the values. By using the information conversion table shown in FIG. 5, the image information sent from the photographing apparatus can always be printed on coated paper. The information conversion table shown in 6 shows matte paper, and the information conversion table shown in 7 shows gloss. Can be printed on paper. In the information conversion table shown in 2, the information shown in the film size ID can be changed in addition to the contents shown in 5, 6 and 7. The film size ID indicates the size of the printing paper. By designating A4, it is possible to always print on the A4 size paper regardless of the size designated in the image printing parameter sent from the photographing apparatus.

  FIG. 4 shows the image printing parameters transmitted from the image photographing device by designating the image receiving device AE title 108 as “COATED_A4” in the configuration of the image photographing device and the image printing device described in the conventional example shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an operation when conversion into information recognizable by the image printing apparatus is performed, and DICOM TAG information 3 sent from the image photographing apparatus is an allowable value table 4 and an information conversion table held by the image printing apparatus. 2 indicates that the converted transmission information 1 is converted.

  Next, the operation of converting received information and printing will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S <b> 101, the image printing apparatus 102 receives transmission information from the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101. Transmission / reception of the transmission information 104 is performed based on the IP address 106 in the association information 105, and the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101 transmit the transmission information 104 to the IP address assigned to the image printing apparatus that performs image printing. Configure to do so.

  Upon receiving the transmission information 102, the image printing apparatus 102 analyzes the association information 105 in the transmission information in step S102, and confirms whether the image reception apparatus AE title 108 is the same as that given to the image printing apparatus 102. If they are not the same, a connection error is notified to the image capturing apparatus in step S103, and the process ends.

  If the image receiving device AE title 108 in the association information 105 is the same as that given to the image printing device 102, it is determined that the connection is successful, and the DICOM TAG information 110 and the image information 111 are received in step S104. . In the present embodiment, the contents of the DICOM TAG information 110 are as shown in FIGS.

  Next, DICOM TAG information analysis processing is performed in step S105. In the DICOM TAG information analysis processing, first, in step S108, the image receiving apparatus AE title “COATED_A4” indicated by 108 in the association information 105 received in step S101 from the information conversion table in the printing apparatus shown in FIGS. The corresponding tables shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 are read.

  Next, in step S109, one line is read from the DICOM TAG information received in step S104, and information corresponding to the DICOM TAG information read in step S110 is searched from the information conversion table. If there is no corresponding information, the process proceeds to step S112. In FIG. 4, the first line “number of copies” of the DICOM TAG information does not exist in the information conversion table, so the process proceeds to step S112. If the corresponding information exists, for example, in the case of the “medium type” on the fourth line of the DICOM TAG information, the value received from the image capturing apparatus in step S111 is converted into the value in the information conversion table, and the process proceeds to step S112. In FIG. 4, the medium type is converted from “PAPER” to “COATED_PAPER”.

  Next, in step S112, it is checked whether all the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 has been read. If all the information has not been read, step S109 and subsequent steps are repeated. If it is determined in step S112 that all information has been read, the allowable value table 4 in the printing apparatus is read in step S113, one line is read from the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 in step S114, and step S115. The information corresponding to the DICOM TAG information read in is retrieved from the allowable value table.

  If there is no corresponding information, the process proceeds to step S117. In FIG. 4, the first line “number of copies” of the DICOM TAG information does not exist in the value table, so the process proceeds to step S117. If the corresponding information exists, for example, in the case of “print priority” on the second line of the DICOM TAG information, it is confirmed in step S116 whether the value is a recognizable value range or a combination of values. If it is not in the range of recognizable values or does not exist in the value combination, a connection error is notified in step S103 and the process is terminated.

  If it is in the range of recognizable values or exists in a combination of values, the process proceeds to step S117. In the case of “print priority” on the second line of DICOM TAG information, the setting value is “MID” and the allowable values are “LOW”, “MID”, and “HIGH”, so they exist in the combination of values. The process proceeds to step S117. In step S117, it is checked whether all the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 has been read. If all the information has not been read, step S114 and subsequent steps are repeated.

  After the DICOM TAG analysis process described above is completed, the setting in the printing apparatus is changed based on the converted DICOM TAG information, and then the image printing process is executed in step S107, and the process is terminated.

  In the case of DICOM TAG information shown in FIGS. 4 and 3, the minimum density and the maximum density are changed from “PAPER” to “COATED_PAPER”, film size ID from “A5” to “A4” by the above conversion process. They are converted from “no setting” to “12” and “160”, respectively.

  According to the configuration and processing described above, the image capturing apparatus and the image printing apparatus are connected via the network, and the image printing apparatus receives the transmission information including the image print parameters transmitted from the image capturing apparatus and performs printing. In the image printing parameter conversion method, a parameter allowable value table recognizable by the image printing apparatus and a plurality of information conversion tables identified by the ID information included in the transmission information transmitted from the image photographing apparatus are held. By switching the information conversion table in the image printing apparatus based on the ID information in the transmission information, the DICOM TAG information in the transmission information is converted into one of a plurality of DICOM TAG information that can be recognized by the image printing apparatus. In order to check whether the value of the image is within a range that can be recognized by the printing apparatus, a plurality of print media are loaded in one image printing apparatus. And capacity, and an acceptable printing conditions for each of the print medium can be changed to the optimum parameters for printing automatically even if different.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment, whether the DICOM TAG information in the transmission information including the image printing parameters transmitted from the image capturing device is converted by the information conversion table, and the converted value is within a range that can be recognized by the printing device. Is checked by the value in the tolerance table, and if it does not exist within the recognizable range, an error is notified and the process is terminated. After changing the unrecognizable DICOM TAG information, it is necessary to send the changed information to the image printing apparatus again, and the printing efficiency is reduced by sending the same information multiple times.

  In addition, if the DICOM TAG information cannot be changed in the image shooting device, it is necessary to send the information again from the image shooting device after changing the conversion table and tolerance table of the image printing device, resulting in a decrease in printing efficiency. To do.

  For this reason, by inspecting DICOM TAG information with values in the tolerance table, if it is not in a recognizable range, it is converted to a value that can be recognized by user operation, and a means for correcting the information conversion table is provided. It is also possible to suppress the process of retransmitting information to the image printing apparatus and prevent the printing efficiency from being lowered.

  10 to 13, in the image printing apparatus having the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, the DICOM TAG information in the transmission information including the image printing parameters transmitted from the image capturing apparatus is converted by the information conversion table, and the conversion is performed. When the information conversion table shown in FIG. 3 is corrected by a user operation when it is not within the recognizable range as a result of checking whether the subsequent value is within the recognizable range by the printing apparatus. Will be described. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 13, the same reference numerals are given in the case of the same operation as in the first embodiment.

  10 and 119 show the DICOM TAG information in the transmission information including the image printing parameters transmitted from the image capturing apparatus in the present embodiment. In this information, the smooth type value indicated by “2010,0080” is “ 2 ”, which does not exist in the values in the tolerance table shown in FIGS. 2 and 104, an error is notified in the operation of the first embodiment, and the printing apparatus can recognize smooth type information in the image photographing apparatus. Therefore, it becomes necessary to transmit the changed information to the image printing apparatus again. Therefore, when information that cannot be recognized is received, a message as shown in FIGS. 11 and 120 is displayed to the user, the value is changed, and the information conversion table 2 is updated as shown in FIG. 12 as necessary. Thus, it is not necessary to change the value on the image photographing apparatus side, and it is possible to suppress the process of retransmitting information to the image printing apparatus.

  Details of the received information change and information conversion table update processing described above will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S <b> 101, the image printing apparatus 102 receives transmission information from the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101. Transmission / reception of the transmission information 104 is performed based on the IP address 106 in the association information 105, and the image capturing apparatuses 100 and 101 transmit the transmission information 104 to the IP address assigned to the image printing apparatus that performs image printing. Configure to do so. Upon receiving the transmission information 102, the image printing apparatus 102 analyzes the association information 105 in the transmission information in step S102, and confirms whether the image reception apparatus AE title 108 is the same as that given to the image printing apparatus 102. If they are not the same, a connection error is notified to the image capturing apparatus in step S103, and the process ends.

  If the image receiving device AE title 108 in the association information 105 is the same as that given to the image printing device 102, it is determined that the connection is successful, and the DICOM TAG information 110 and the image information 111 are received in step S104. . In the present embodiment, the contents of the DICOM TAG information 110 are as shown in FIGS.

  Next, DICOM TAG information analysis processing is performed in step S105. In the DICOM TAG information analysis processing, first, in step S108, the image receiving apparatus AE title “COATED_A4” indicated by 108 in the association information 105 received in step S101 from the information conversion table in the printing apparatus shown in FIGS. The tables shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 are read.

  Next, in step S109, one line is read from the DICOM TAG information received in step S104, and information corresponding to the DICOM TAG information read in step S110 is searched from the information conversion table. If there is no corresponding information, the process proceeds to step S112.

  In FIG. 4, the first line “number of copies” of the DICOM TAG information does not exist in the information conversion table, so the process proceeds to step S112. If the corresponding information exists, for example, in the case of the “medium type” on the fourth line of the DICOM TAG information, the value received from the image capturing apparatus in step S111 is converted into the value in the information conversion table, and the process proceeds to step S112. In FIG. 4, the medium type is converted from “PAPER” to “COATED_PAPER”.

  Next, in step S112, it is checked whether all the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 has been read. If all the information has not been read, step S109 and subsequent steps are repeated. If it is determined in step S112 that all information has been read, the allowable value table 4 in the printing apparatus is read in step S113, one line is read from the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 in step S114, and step S115. The information corresponding to the DICOM TAG information read in is retrieved from the allowable value table.

  If there is no corresponding information, the process proceeds to step S117. In FIG. 4, the first line “number of copies” of the DICOM TAG information does not exist in the value table, so the process proceeds to step S117. If the corresponding information exists, for example, in the case of “print priority” on the second line of the DICOM TAG information, it is confirmed in step S116 whether the value is a recognizable value range or a combination of values. If it is in the range of recognizable values or exists in a combination of values, the process proceeds to step S117.

DICOM
In the case of “print priority” on the second line of TAG information, the setting value is “MID”, and the allowable values are “LOW”, “MID”, and “HIGH”, so they exist in the combination of values. The process proceeds to step S117. In step S117, it is checked whether all the DICOM TAG information received in step S104 has been read. If all the information has not been read, step S114 and subsequent steps are repeated.

  If it is not in the recognizable value range or does not exist in the value combination in step S116, the conversion table update process is performed in step S118. The 7th line “smooth type” of DICOM TAG information has a set value of “5”, allowable values of “NORMAL”, “ENHANCED”, “ENHANCED1”, and does not exist in the combination of values. Update processing is performed.

  In the conversion table update process, first, a value conversion message shown in FIGS. 11 and 120 is displayed in step S120, and a user's process selection is requested in step S121. There are two types of processing that can be selected by the user: “end in error” or “convert a value by selecting a convertible value”. In step S121, when the user selects “error end”, a connection error is notified in step S119, and the process ends. When the user selects “convert a value by selecting a convertible value”, a conversion table update message shown in FIGS. 11 and 121 is displayed in step S123, and a user's process selection is requested in step S124.

  There are two types of processing that can be selected by the user: “do not update the conversion table” or “update the conversion table”. If the user selects “do not update the conversion table” in step S124, the information conversion table corresponding to “COATED_A4” shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 used in the DICOM TAG information analysis process in step S105 is updated. The processing is terminated without performing. If the user selects “update the conversion table” in step S124, the information conversion corresponding to “COATED_A4” shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 used in the DICOM TAG information analysis process in step S105 in step S126. The value selected by the user in step S121 is added to the table together with the DICOM TAG information transmitted from the image capturing apparatus, and the table is updated. The updated information conversion table is shown in FIG.

  12 and 123, a TAG number “010,0080”, a TAG content “smooth type”, and a conversion value “NORMAL” are added to the information conversion table corresponding to “COATED_A4”. If “smooth type” exists in the DICOM TAG information received by the image printing apparatus after the next time by the update process of the information conversion table in step S126, the value is converted to “NORMAL” in the DICOM TAG information analysis process in step S105. Therefore, in the determination in step S116, the value exists in the combination of the allowable value tables, and the value conversion process by the user shown in step S118 is not required, the process is simplified, and the processing efficiency can be improved. .

  According to the configuration and processing described above, in addition to the effects described in the first embodiment, even if the DICOM TAG information received from the imaging apparatus does not exist in a range that can be recognized by the printing apparatus, the user operation By changing the value, it is possible to prevent a decrease in printing efficiency due to information retransmission processing from the image capturing apparatus.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible within the range of the summary.

1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an image printing apparatus to which an image printing parameter conversion method of the present invention is applied. It is a tolerance value table concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is an information conversion table concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a conceptual diagram showing the operation | movement which converts the image printing parameter which the image printing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention received. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of printing an image print parameter received by the image printing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is the schematic of an apparatus structure in the case of printing the image image | photographed with the imaging device with an image printing apparatus. It is the schematic of the image printing information content transmitted / received between an imaging device and an image printing apparatus. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an image printing operation of the image printing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of DICOM TAG information. It is a figure which shows the DICOM TAG information which the image printing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention received. It is a figure which shows the example of the DICOM TAG conversion message which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the information conversion table updated by user operation which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which prints the image printing parameter which the image printing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention received.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 DICOM TAG information after DICOM TAG conversion processing 2, 5-7 Information conversion table 3 DICOM TAG information received by image printing apparatus 4 Allowable value table 102 Image printing apparatus 112 Example of DICOM TAG information 119 DICOM TAG information 120 DICOM TAG Conversion message 121 Information conversion table update message 123 Information conversion table after conversion table update processing

Claims (3)

  The printing apparatus is connected to an external apparatus, receives image information and printing conditions from the external apparatus, and holds printing condition information that holds a range of printing conditions that can be recognized by the printing apparatus, and print conditions are set by the printing apparatus. Holds a plurality of print condition conversion information for conversion to printable print conditions, converts print conditions received from an external device based on the print condition conversion information, and recognizes the converted print conditions on the print device A print parameter conversion method comprising: converting to a recognizable print condition when out of a range of possible print conditions.   2. The print parameter conversion according to claim 1, wherein the print condition conversion information for converting the print condition into a print condition that can be printed by the printing apparatus is held for each type of medium that can be printed by the printing apparatus. Method.   2. The printing parameter conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the image information and printing conditions are in accordance with the DICOM standard.

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