JP2008263579A5

JP2008263579A5 -

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Publication number: JP2008263579A5
Application number: JP2007249944A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-09-26
Publication date: 2010-10-14

Claims

A print control apparatus that performs print control for printing image data expressed in a first color space with a plurality of types of color materials,
A request receiving means for receiving a request for print performance;
A selection means for predicting the printing performance when printing is performed with each color material set composed of a combination of the color materials, and selecting the color material set satisfying the request based on the prediction;
A color space expressed by a color material amount set that is a combination of the usage amounts of the color materials constituting the selected color material set, and expressed by a second color space different from the first color space. As described above, a printing control apparatus comprising: a creation unit that creates a color conversion profile that defines a conversion rule for converting the image data.

The printing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit receives a restriction on the color material set to be used for printing, and selects the color material set within the restriction.

The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit further includes a notification unit that notifies the color material set that satisfies the request.

The request accepting unit accepts that the predetermined color reproduction gamut should be secured as the request,
The selection means selects the color material set that satisfies the request based on color reproduction gamut data storing information of color reproduction gamut when printing is performed with each color material set that can be used in a printing apparatus. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print control apparatus is a print control apparatus.

The request accepting unit accepts suppression of graininess as the request,
Said selecting means, based on the previously prepared graininess prediction model, printing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for selecting the color material set which satisfies the above requirements Control device.

A print control device that performs print control for printing with a plurality of types of color materials,
An acquisition means for acquiring information for identifying a color material set that is a combination of the color materials to be used for printing;
Creating means for creating a color conversion profile that defines a conversion rule for converting image data to be printed into image data of a color material amount set that is a combination of color material amounts of each color material constituting the color material set;
A printing control apparatus comprising: a warning unit that issues a warning when a color reproduction gamut reproducible by printing with the color material set satisfies a predetermined condition.

A printing apparatus that prints image data expressed in a first color space using a plurality of types of color materials,
A request receiving means for receiving a request for print performance;
A selection means for predicting the printing performance when printing is performed with each color material set composed of a combination of the color materials, and selecting the color material set satisfying the request based on the prediction;
A color space expressed by a color material amount set that is a combination of the usage amounts of the color materials constituting the selected color material set, and expressed by a second color space different from the first color space. Creating means for creating a color conversion profile that defines conversion rules for converting the image data as described above,
Color conversion means for converting image data to be printed into image data of the color material amount set using the color conversion profile;
A printing control apparatus comprising: a printing unit that performs printing based on the image data of the color material amount set.

A print control method for performing print control for printing image data expressed in a first color space with a plurality of types of color materials,
Accept requests for print performance,
Predict printing performance when printing with each color material set composed of a combination of the above color materials, select the color material set that satisfies the above requirements based on the prediction,
A color space expressed by a color material amount set that is a combination of the usage amounts of the color materials constituting the selected color material set, and expressed by a second color space different from the first color space. A print control method characterized by creating a color conversion profile that defines a conversion rule for converting the image data as described above.

A computer-readable print control program for causing a computer to execute print control for printing image data expressed in a first color space with a plurality of types of color materials,
The ability to accept requests for print performance,
A function of predicting printing performance when printing is performed with each color material set configured by a combination of the color materials, and a function of selecting the color material set satisfying the request based on the prediction;
A color space expressed by a color material amount set that is a combination of the usage amounts of the color materials constituting the selected color material set, and expressed by a second color space different from the first color space. A computer-readable print control program for causing a computer to execute a function of creating a color conversion profile that defines a conversion rule for converting the image data.