JP2024020526A - Information processing device, information processing method, printing control program and ink jet recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device capable of clearly confirming the degree of coating printing before printing.

SOLUTION: An information processing device for controlling a printer 120 for performing coating printing on a base material includes an information acquisition part for acquiring information coating thickness about the thickness of coating printing set in each image area in coating image data to be used when the coating printing is performed on the base material, an image generation part for generating thickness display image data representing difference of coating thickness of each image area with difference of hue by using the coating image data, and a display control part for displaying the thickness display image data in a display. The display control part displays the thickness display image data in the display 110.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a printing system, an information processing device, an inkjet recording device, a print control method, and a print control program.

In the above technical field, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique of emboss printing using an ultraviolet curable resin.

Patent No. 5824712

However, with the technology described in the above-mentioned document, it is difficult for the operator to confirm subtle differences in thickness in advance because the image is not clearly displayed to show which part and how thick to print before printing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for solving the above-mentioned problems.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing device according to the present invention includes:
Information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material;
An image generating means for generating thickness display image data in which the difference in the coating thickness for each image area is expressed by a difference in hue, using the coating image data;
Display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display;
has.

In order to achieve the above object, an inkjet recording device according to the present invention includes:
Information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material;
An image generating means for generating thickness display image data in which the difference in the coating thickness for each image area is expressed by a difference in hue, using the coating image data;
Display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display;
an inkjet recording device that performs coating printing on a substrate based on the coating image data;
has.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing method according to the present invention includes:
an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information regarding the thickness when coating printing is performed on the base material, which is set for each area in the image data;
an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressing the difference in coating thickness by a difference in hue using the image data;
a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display;
including.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing program according to the present invention,
an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information regarding the thickness when coating printing is performed on the base material, which is set for each area in the image data;
an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressing the difference in coating thickness by a difference in hue using the image data;
a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display;
have the computer execute it.

According to the present invention, the degree of coating printing in an image can be clearly confirmed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a printing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of printing by a printing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing details of main parts of an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a base material on which a base image and registration marks are printed, which are used in an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing details of main parts of an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an electrical configuration centering on an electronic control unit of an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a printed matter printed using an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing an example of a printed matter printed using an inkjet recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart explaining the flow of processing of an information processing device concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed by an information processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the appearance of an inkjet recording apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a color drawing of FIG. 9. 11 is a color drawing of FIG. 10. 13 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 12 in color. 14 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 13 in color. 16 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 15 in color. 17 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 16 in color. 18 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 17 in color. 19 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 18 in color. 20 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 19 in color. 21 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 20 in color. 22 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 21 in color. 23 is a drawing showing a part of FIG. 22 in color.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below by way of example with reference to the drawings. However, the components described in the following embodiments are merely examples, and the technical scope of the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto.

[First embodiment]
An information processing apparatus 100 as a first embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 1. The information processing device 100 is a device that controls a printing device 120 that performs coating printing on a base material.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing device 100 includes an information acquisition section 101, an image generation section 102, and a display control section 103.

The information acquisition unit 101 acquires coating thickness information regarding the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material.

The image generation unit 102 uses the coating image data to generate thickness display image data in which the difference in the coating thickness for each image region is expressed by a difference in hue.

The display control unit 103 causes the display 110 to display the thickness display image data.

According to the above configuration, the user (operator) can more clearly understand the difference in coating thickness.

[Second embodiment]
<Print system configuration>
Next, an information processing device 201 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 2 and subsequent figures. First, FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a printing system 200 that performs printing using an information processing apparatus 201. The printing system 200 is a system in which an information processing apparatus 201 and an inkjet recording apparatus 203 are connected via a network 202. The inkjet recording device 203 has a mechanism capable of printing using active energy ray-curable ink in addition to normal ink. The user 204 can use the screen displayed on the display 205 by the information processing device 201 to control the inkjet recording device 203 via the network 202 to record a desired image. The active energy ray-curable ink according to the present embodiment contains, for example, an active energy ray-curable monomer and/or an active energy ray-curable oligomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a surface tension regulator, and It has the property of being hardened by irradiation with active energy rays.

<Composition of printed material>
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a printed matter 300 printed using active energy ray-curable ink. As shown in FIG. 3, a printed matter 300 includes a base image 302 and a coating print image 301 on a base material 303 such as paper.

A coating print image 301 (also known as an overprint image) using active energy ray-curable ink is formed on a base material 303 in a vertically raised three-dimensional shape. Here, as an example, the coating print image 301 has the shape of the alphabet D. As shown in FIG. 3, the coating print image 301 may be printed directly on the surface of the base material 303 on which nothing is printed (310), or the coating print image 301 may be printed directly on the surface of the base material 303 on which nothing is printed (310), or the coating print image 301 may be printed directly on the surface of the base material 303 on which nothing is printed (310), or the coating print image 301 may be printed directly on the surface of the base material 303 on which nothing is printed (310). may be printed on (320).

When the base material 303 is viewed from a plane, the coating print image 301 may be formed in the same shape at substantially the same position as the base image 302 (320), or may be formed at a position intentionally different from the base image 302 (320). The shape may be formed (330).

This type of coating print has the effect of adding a matte or glossy feel to the base image printed on the base material to make it stand out in terms of design, and the three-dimensional design of the coating itself, which is different from the conventional two-dimensional design. It has the effect of evoking a different sense of beauty than traditional prints.

Note that the base material 303 includes printing paper such as plain paper, art paper, photo paper, business card paper, postcard, coated paper, matte coated paper, high-quality paper, and special paper, polycarbonate, hard vinyl chloride, soft vinyl chloride, and polystyrene. , plastic base materials such as styrene foam, PMMA, polypropylene, polyethylene, and PET, laminate films made by bonding these plastic base materials together, materials that are mixtures or modified versions of these plastic base materials, and metal base materials such as glass and stainless steel. , wood can be used as an example, but is not limited thereto.

Further, as the active energy ray, ultraviolet rays, electron beams, etc. can be used.

<Configuration of inkjet recording device>
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the inside of the inkjet recording apparatus 203 of this embodiment. The inkjet recording device 203 can perform, for example, a coating printing process on a base material on which a base image has been printed in advance, in which a coating is formed with active energy ray-curable ink so as to coat the base image. Furthermore, the inkjet recording apparatus 203 executes a process of forming a coating made of active energy ray-curable ink even on a base material on which an image has not been formed by printing.

The inkjet recording device 203 includes a transport element 401, a coating image recording device 402, and a stacker 403. The transport element 401 has a substrate table 411 and a substrate supply mechanism 412 . On the substrate table 411, for example, substrates on which a base image has been printed in advance using another electrophotographic recording device are loaded. Note that the base printing is not limited to electrophotographic printing, and may be any printing method such as inkjet printing or offset printing.

The base material table 411 is configured to be movable up and down, and the uppermost base material among the loaded base materials is supplied by the base material supply mechanism 412 . In this way, the transport element 401 is a transport element that transports a base material and includes a base material table 411 and a base material supply mechanism 412.

The base material conveyed by the conveyance element 401 is not particularly limited as long as it is a material on which an image can be recorded, but it may be paper, paper such as surface-treated paper, a plastic plate, a metal thin film, etc. Bye.

The base material sent out by the base material supply mechanism 412 is conveyed along a conveyance path 413. A coating image recording device 402 is provided along the downstream portion of the conveyance path 413. The coating image recording device 402 is provided with a belt conveyance mechanism 421 that conveys the base material conveyed along the conveyance path 413. The belt conveyance mechanism 421 conveys the base material while adsorbing it onto the conveyance surface using the suction force of air through holes formed in the belt. Above the belt conveyance mechanism 421, an image reading device 422, an inkjet head unit 423, and an active energy ray irradiation device 424 are provided from the upstream side in the substrate conveyance direction.

A discharge path 426 is connected to the downstream side of the coating image recording device 402. The base material transported from the belt transport mechanism 421 is sent into the discharge path 426. The base material sent into the discharge path 426 is carried out to the stacker 403. The stacker 403 has a conveyance path 431 and a base material accumulation section 432. The base material carried out from the discharge path 426 passes through the conveyance path 431, and is discharged and accumulated in the base material accumulation section 432.

Note that instead of the conveying element 401, a printer for printing a base image may be directly connected to the coating image recording device 402. Further, instead of the stacker 403, a device that performs post-processing such as cutting or binding the sent-out base material may be connected to the coating image recording device 402.

The inkjet recording device 203 also includes an electronic control section 404. The electronic control unit 404 includes a CPU that executes various calculation processes, a ROM that stores various control programs, and a RAM that is used as a work area for data storage and program execution. The electronic control unit 404 controls the operation of actuators provided within the inkjet recording apparatus 203. As a result, the active energy ray-curable ink is ejected from the inkjet head unit 423 toward the base material to perform coating printing processing.

Similarly, the electronic control unit 404 performs a process of discharging active energy ray-curable ink from the inkjet head unit 423 toward a substrate on which an image has not been formed by printing to form a coating layer made of the ink. Execute.

The inkjet recording apparatus 203 is provided with an operation panel 427, and the user can perform various settings for the coating printing process by inputting operations via the operation panel 427. Note that as a modification, the display, mouse, and keyboard of the information processing device 201 may function as an operation panel, or the information processing device 201 may function as the electronic control unit 404.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing details of the coating image recording device 402, which is a main part of the inkjet recording device 203. FIG. 5 is a side view thereof. As shown in FIG. 5, the coating image recording device 402 includes a plurality of conveyance rollers 521 that convey the base material 303 as part of a belt conveyance mechanism 421. As shown in FIG. 6, this base material 303 is prepared on which a base image 302 and a registration mark 601 serving as a reference for specifying the position of the base image are printed. The registration marks 601 are arranged at regular intervals along both long sides of the base material 303, and are arranged at symmetrical positions in the short side direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, an encoder 522 (rotary encoder) is installed upstream of the image reading device 422 to calculate the conveyance amount of the base material 303 from the rotation speed thereof. Further, an incoming substrate sensor 523 is disposed between the image reading device 422 and the encoder 522 to detect the tip of the substrate 303 conveyed from the conveying element 401.

The electronic control unit 404 is triggered by the detection of the base material 303 by the incoming base material sensor 523, acquires the output pulse of the encoder 522, and calculates the transport position of the base material 303. Then, based on the position of the base material 303, the imaging timing of the image reading device 422, the ejection timing of active energy ray-curable ink by the inkjet head unit 423, and the irradiation timing of active energy rays by the active energy ray irradiation device 424 are set. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the image reading device 422 includes a pair of image sensors 724 and 725 arranged above the belt conveyance mechanism 421 and spaced apart in the width direction of the base material. These image sensors 724 and 725 are preferably CCD (Charge Coupled Device) sensors, but may also be configured with CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) sensors or other image sensors.

The image sensor 724 is fixed to one end of the base material 303 in the width direction (vertical direction in the figure), and the image sensor 725 is movable in the width direction of the base material 303 at the other end of the base material 303 in the width direction. It is provided. That is, by moving the image sensor 725 in the width direction of the base material, the interval between the image sensors can be adjusted according to the size of the base material 303. The image sensors 724 and 725 capture images at predetermined timings based on the position of the base material 303 calculated by the encoder 522. The predetermined timing is determined in advance based on the designed position of the registration mark 601 stored in the storage unit 844. Based on the position (actually measured position) of the registration mark 601 included in this captured image, it is possible to recognize the "shift" of the printing position of the base image 302 on the base material 303 from the designed position. By correcting the ejection position of the active energy ray-curable ink by the inkjet head 526 according to the recognized "misalignment", it becomes possible to correctly align the base image 302 and the coating print image. Note that the position of the base material 303 and the design of the registration mark 601 are calculated by the encoder 522 from images continuously captured by the image sensors 724 and 725 while the base material 303 is passing through the image sensors 724 and 725. Based on the position, an image from which to obtain the measured position of the registration mark 601 may be selected.

Note that in FIG. 6, the registration marks 601 are arranged at equal intervals along both long sides of the base material, but this arrangement is just an example, and the registration marks 601 do not necessarily have to be arranged at equal intervals. You don't have to. In short, it is only necessary that the image sensors 724 and 725 can read the position, compare it with a design position stored in advance, and recognize a "shift".

The inkjet head unit 423 includes three inkjet heads 526 that eject active energy ray-curable ink onto the base material 303. These three inkjet heads 526 function as so-called "recording heads." The active energy ray curable ink discharged from the inkjet head 526 is cured by the active energy ray irradiated from the active energy ray irradiation device 424.

The inkjet head unit 423 includes a heater 527 for keeping its temperature constant. The arrangement of the heater 527 included in the inkjet head unit 423 is not particularly limited as long as the temperature of the inkjet head unit 423 can be kept constant. That is, the heater 527 may be installed outside the inkjet head unit 423, inside it, or both inside and outside.

The inkjet head unit 423 is arranged above the belt conveyance mechanism 421. The inkjet heads 526 are arranged in the inkjet head unit 423 so that the nozzles are evenly lined up in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the base material conveyed by the belt conveyance mechanism 421. Furthermore, the inkjet heads 526 are arranged to overlap with adjacent inkjet heads 526 so that no gaps are generated.

The number of inkjet heads 526 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. On the other hand, the inkjet head 526 may be a single inkjet head that is long in the width direction of the base material 303. Further, the ejection holes of the inkjet head 526 may be arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the width direction of the base material. That is, the ejection holes of the inkjet head 526 may be arranged in a predetermined direction that is non-parallel to the conveying direction of the base material. Further, as the inkjet head 526, an inkjet head having two or more lines and simultaneously ejecting active energy ray-curable ink may be used.

The active energy ray irradiation device 424 cures the ink layer by irradiating the active energy ray curable ink coated on the base material 303 transported from the upstream side with active energy rays.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration centering on the electronic control unit 404 of the inkjet recording apparatus 203. These functions include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes various calculation processes, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores various control programs, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) that is used as a work area for data storage and program execution. ) and other hardware and software. Therefore, these functional blocks can be realized in various ways by combining hardware and software.

The electronic control section 404 includes a data acquisition section 841 , a correction section 842 , a discharge control section 843 , and a storage section 844 .

The data acquisition unit 841 acquires coating image data (including information regarding color, position, shape, and thickness) from the information processing device 201 via the communication unit 801.

The storage unit 844 stores the image data of the base image (so-called CMYK data) and the image data of the coating print image (so-called varnish plate, special color plate) acquired by the data acquisition unit 841. The storage unit 844 also stores information regarding the printing positions and shapes of the plurality of registration marks 601 on the base material 303.

The ejection control unit 843 refers to the coating image data stored in the storage unit 844 and controls the ejection amount of the active energy ray curable ink so as to coat the base material 303 on which the base image is applied. do.

The correction unit 842 compares the read position and read shape of the registration mark 601 by the image sensors 724 and 725 with the print position and shape stored in advance in the storage unit 844, thereby adjusting the printing of the base image on the base material 303. Detect deviation. The correction unit 842 generates coating image data based on the registration mark position information (designed position) read from the storage unit 844 and the actual registration mark position information (actual measurement position) read by the image reading device 422. to correct.

The correction unit 842 calculates the difference between the design value of the base image and the measured value of the base image based on the change in the position of the registration mark, and performs a correction process on the coating image data to compensate for the difference. do.

The ejection control section 843 controls the ejection timing and ejection amount of the active energy ray-curable ink of the inkjet head unit 423 based on the coating image data corrected by the correction section 842.

A signal acquired from the information processing device 201 via the communication unit 801 and a signal from the operation panel 427 are input to the electronic control unit 404 . This operation panel 427 includes various switches such as a start switch for starting the coating printing process and a stop switch for stopping the coating printing process.

The electronic control unit 404 also receives detection signals from the encoder 522, the input substrate sensor 523, the image sensors 724, 725, and the like. Based on these switch/sensor inputs, the electronic control unit 404 executes predetermined arithmetic processing for substrate feeding control, transport control, active energy ray curable ink ejection control, active energy ray irradiation control, etc. do. Further, the electronic control unit 404 outputs control command signals to the transport element 401, the belt transport mechanism 421, the inkjet head unit 423, the active energy ray irradiation device 424, and the like.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a printed matter 900 formed using the inkjet recording apparatus 203. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 9.

As shown in FIG. 10, a printed matter 900 includes a coating print image 1001 that maintains substantially the same shape as the base image and has a vertically raised three-dimensional shape, and a coating formed in a shape and position different from the base image. A print image 1002 is included.

<Configuration of information processing device>
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the information processing device 201. The information processing device 201 includes a GUI (Graphic User Interface) display control section 1101, an image data specification section 1102, a preview image generation section 1103, an image editing application calling section 1104, and a registration mark data generation section 1105. The information processing apparatus 201 further includes a parameter input section 1106, a thickness upper limit setting section 1107, a thickness gradation determining section 1108, a threshold changing section 1111, a thickness setting section 1112, a display control section 1113, and a job transmitting section 1114.

These functions include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes various calculation processes, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores various control programs, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) that is used as a work area for data storage and program execution. ) and other hardware and software. Therefore, these functional blocks can be realized in various ways by combining hardware and software.

The information processing apparatus 201 uses the above functions to provide a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between the area in the image data and the thickness of the coating printed on the base material (coating thickness), and Adjust the coating thickness at 203. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a graphic user interface 1200.

The GUI display control unit 1101 provides a user interface 1200 shown in FIG. 12 on the display 205.

The image data designation unit 1102 designates image data for coating printing (coating image data) from the image data stored in the image database 1120 in accordance with user input to the user interface 1200.

The preview image generation unit 1103 uses the specified coating image data to generate thickness display image data that expresses the difference in the coating thickness for each image area by a difference in hue. The GUI display control unit 1101 causes the display 205 to display the thickness display image data generated by the preview image generation unit 1103.

The image editing application calling unit 1104 calls an application for editing the image data specified by the image data specifying unit 1102 in accordance with the user's input to the user interface 1200.

Registration mark data generation unit 1105 generates registration mark data from designated image data according to user input to user interface 1200.

Parameter input section 1106 inputs various parameters via user interface 1200.

The thickness upper limit setting section 1107 sets the upper limit value (for example, 20 μm to 80 μm) of the coating printing thickness input by the parameter input section 1106.

The thickness gradation determination unit 1108 determines the gradation of the thickness of coating printing according to the upper limit value of the coating thickness set by the thickness upper limit setting unit 1107. For example, if the upper limit of the coating thickness is 20 μm, there will be two gradations: no coating (0 μm) and 20 μm. For example, if the upper limit of the coating thickness is 80 μm, there will be eight gradations: no coating (0 μm), 20 μm, 30 μm, 40 μm, 50 μm, 60 μm, 70 μm, and 80 μm. Although 10 μm is not set in this embodiment, it may be set to include 10 μm or may be set to include a thicker 90 μm depending on demand.

The threshold value changing unit 1111 changes the threshold value (pixel value) for coating thickness adjustment in accordance with the input from the parameter input unit 1106.

The thickness setting unit 1112 determines, in the image data specified by the image data specifying unit 1102, that an image area having a pixel value equal to or greater than the threshold set by the threshold value changing unit 1111 is different from an image area having a pixel value less than the threshold value. Set coating thickness. That is, the thickness setting unit 1112 acquires coating thickness information regarding the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material.

The cost calculation unit 1113 calculates the cost when coating printing corresponding to the image data is performed using the coating thickness set by the thickness setting unit 1112.

The job transmission unit 1114 controls the inkjet recording device 203 to perform coating printing on the image area set by the thickness setting unit 1112 with the coating thickness set by the thickness setting unit 1112.

<User interface configuration>
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface 1200. A paper size button 1201 is a button for launching a paper size setting dialog box (not shown) and selecting a paper size from a paper size list or setting a custom size.

The image data button 1202 is a button for specifying image data. By selecting this button, the image data specifying unit 1102 selects the image data for coating printing from the image data stored in the image database 1120 of the information processing apparatus 201. Specify image data.

When the registration mark data generation button 1203 is selected, the registration mark data generation unit 1105 launches a registration mark generation dialog box (not shown), generates and saves a registration mark from the input coordinate information. do. If the registration mark data is already stored in the image database 1120, the registration mark data can be specified by selecting the registration mark data button 1204.

A correction mode button 1205 is a button for specifying a correction mode when correcting the position of coating printing using registration marks. From the pull-down menu, you can select "Real Time", "Tip/Back", "Tip", or "Manual". In real-time correction, all registration marks printed on the substrate being transported are read and compared with the registration mark data in the image data. In leading/trailing edge correction, only the registration marks at the leading edge and trailing edge of the substrate being conveyed are read and compared with registration mark data in the image data. In edge correction, only the registration mark at the edge of the substrate being conveyed is read and compared with the registration mark data in the image data. "Manual" is used when no registration mark is printed on the substrate to be transported.

The finished thickness setting slide bar 1206 is a slide bar for setting the upper limit of the coating thickness, and the upper limit of the coating thickness can be changed by moving the handle 1261 left and right. Depending on the position of the handle 1261, the thickness upper limit setting unit 1107 sets the upper limit value of the coating thickness (for example, 20 μm to 80 μm), and the thickness gradation determining unit 1108 determines the thickness gradation of coating printing. When the thickness gradation determining unit 1108 determines the gradation from seven options from 2nd to 8th gradation, the result is displayed on the thickness gradation display unit 1209. In FIG. 12, the handle 1261 is at a position where the upper limit value is set to 50 μm, and coating printing is performed at thicknesses of 0 μm, 20 μm, 30 μm, 40 μm, and 50 μm for 5 gradations. The thickness gradation display section 1209 also shows the correspondence between thickness and color on the color preview screen. Specifically, a 50 μm thick region is coated with a red region 1209r, a 40 μm thick region is coated with a yellow region 1209y, a 30 μm thick region is coated with a green region 1209g, and a 20 μm thick region is coated with a blue region 1209b. This indicates that the area that will not be printed is displayed as a white area 1209w (in FIG. 12, the colored area is shown as hatching, and the type of hatching corresponds to the hue, and the difference in hue is indicated by hatching. (The same applies to Figures 13 and 15-22). Note that the difference in coating thickness and the combination of colors may be freely set.

A preview tab 1207 is used to display a preview screen in color, and an image corresponding to the image data specified by the image data button 1202 is displayed in a display area 1208. At this time, an image 1230 corresponding to thickness display image data generated by the preview image generation unit 1103 using the coating image data and expressing the difference in coating thickness for each image area by a difference in hue is displayed. Specifically, the preview image generation unit 1103 uses the coating image data to generate thickness display image data that expresses the difference in coating thickness for each image area in at least two colors of red, green, yellow, and blue. generate. In particular, the preview image generation unit 1103 generates, as thickness display image data, image data that changes from blue to green, green to yellow, and yellow to red as the coating thickness increases, and causes the display 205 to display the image data. The thickness display image data may be data in which the difference in coating thickness is further expressed by the difference between an achromatic color and a chromatic color. For example, an area where coating printing is not performed (an area where the coating thickness is 0) may be displayed in an achromatic color, such as black or white. To more clearly represent multiple coating thickness regions, the coating region may be outlined in a different color or shade than the coating region. In the example of FIG. 12, in the image 1230, an object 1230r to be coated and printed with a thickness of 50 μm is red, an object 1230y to be coated and printed with a thickness of 40 μm is yellow, an object 1230g to be coated and printed with a thickness of 30 μm is green, The object 1230b to be coated and printed with a thickness of 20 μm is displayed in blue, and the other portions are areas where coating printing is not performed, so they are displayed in white. These hues are the same as the colors displayed in each area in the thickness gradation display section 1209 for each coating thickness. In the image 1230 in this embodiment, a predetermined coating thickness is specified for each object, but areas with different coating thicknesses may be specified within the same object, and in that case, the coating thickness is specified for each area. Needless to say, the image is displayed in a hue corresponding to the .

Although only the image corresponding to the image data for coating printing is displayed here, the image data for base printing may be read and the base image may be displayed simultaneously with the coating image. For example, the coating image may be displayed transparently and superimposed on the base image, or the coating image and the base image may be displayed in parallel. Furthermore, the base image and the coating image may be switched and displayed at regular intervals.

The preview tab 1229 is for displaying a preview screen in gray scale, and as shown in FIG. 13, an image 1330 corresponding to the image data specified by the image data button 1202 is displayed in the display area 1208.

The thickness threshold tab 1212 is a tab for displaying in the display area 1208 a screen for changing the threshold value (pixel value) for adjusting the coating thickness.

The list button 1213 is a button for displaying job history and job list. The open button 1214 is a button for opening a saved job and displaying it in the job window. A save button 1215 is a button for saving the created job. A new button 1216 is a button for creating a new job. The send button 1217 is a button for sending the job displayed in the job window to the inkjet recording apparatus 203.

The function button 1218 is a button for turning on/off the power of the inkjet recording device 203, setting the irradiation time of the active energy ray irradiation device 424, setting energy saving, setting the number of test sheets to be fed, and the like.

The monitor button 1219 is a button for monitoring the status of the inkjet recording apparatus 203, and by selecting this button, information such as whether or not an error has occurred, the location where the error has occurred, the error code, and the amount of remaining ink is displayed.

When the job is successfully sent to the inkjet recording apparatus 203 using the send button 1217, the action buttons 1221 to 1228 are displayed in color and can be selected. Here, the paper feed test button 1221 is a button for feeding a set number of sheets without printing. The test button 1222 is a button that performs all processing on only one sheet. The start button 1223 is a button for starting print processing. The stop button 1224 is a button for stopping print processing. The numerical input button 1225 is a button displayed on the numerical input screen and used to input the number of sheets. The count clear button 1226 is a button for clearing the number of printed sheets or the number of sheets. The counting method switching button 1227 is a button for switching the display format of the number of printed sheets between addition and subtraction. The count repeat setting button 1228 is a button for setting count repeat on or off, and when it is on, the inkjet recording apparatus 203 automatically stops when printing processing for the set number of copies is completed. If it is off, when the printing process is completed, the number of processed copies of the inkjet recording device 203 is cleared and the inkjet recording device 203 enters the waiting mode.

<Processing flow>
The flow of processing of the information processing apparatus 201 using the user interface 1200 will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. 14.

First, in step S1401, a control application for the inkjet recording apparatus 203 is launched. This causes user interface 1200 to be displayed. Next, in step S1403, the paper size, coating printing image data, and registration mark data are specified based on input to the user interface 1200. Furthermore, in step S1405, the thickness upper limit setting unit 1107 sets the upper limit value of the thickness according to the position of the handle 1261 on the finished thickness setting slide bar 1206.

In step S1407, the thickness threshold tab 1212 is selected to display a screen in the display area 1208 for changing the threshold value (pixel value) for adjusting the coating thickness. 15 to 20 are diagrams showing examples of coating thickness adjustment screens. FIG. 15 shows a coating thickness adjustment screen 1501 when the upper limit of the thickness is set to 20 μm using the finished thickness setting slide bar 1206. When the upper limit of thickness is 20 μm, coating printing has two gradations: no coating (0 μm) and 20 μm (the color display in the thickness gradation display section 1209 shows the 20 μm thick area as a red area 1209r, The area where coating printing is not performed is indicated by a white area 1209w). Therefore, if one pixel value is determined as a threshold value, coating printing with a thickness of 20 μm is performed only on the image area having a pixel value larger than the threshold value in the image data specified by the image data button 1202. In this figure, the pixel value 127 (density 50%) is displayed in the threshold value display field 1502, but by changing the position of the handle 1504 on the slide bar 1503, the pixel value as the threshold value becomes 0 (density 100%). %) to 255 (concentration 0%). Furthermore, the density of the background of the threshold value display section 1502 changes depending on the value of the threshold value. When the background of the threshold value display section 1502 has a high concentration, the area with a thick coating becomes small, and when the background of the threshold value display section 1502 has a low concentration, the area with a thick coating becomes large.

In addition, although the minimum thickness is set to 20 micrometers here, it may be set to include 10 micrometers according to demand. Further, in this embodiment, the coating thickness is set at intervals of 10 μm, but it may be finer (for example, every 5 μm) or coarser (for example, every 20 μm), and does not necessarily have to be at equal intervals. Further, the coating thickness for each stage may be set arbitrarily by the user.

If the handle 1504 is moved to the left in the figure to set the threshold value to 0, there is no image area with a threshold value of 0 or less, so coating printing will not be performed. On the other hand, if you move the handle 1504 to the right in the figure and set the threshold to 254, the entire image excluding the image area set as blank (pixel value 255) has a brightness value of 254 or less (density 0% or more), A 20 μm coating will be printed on the entire surface of the base material, excluding the image area set as blank. A coating image usually has pixels that are set as blank areas where "nothing is printed," and while the blank areas are set to a pixel value of 255, the threshold value can only be set to a maximum of 254. In other words, no matter how the threshold value is set (even if it is the maximum value), coating is not applied to blank areas. Therefore, even if 254 is used, the entire surface is not coated normally.

As shown in the figure, when the handle 1504 is in the middle and the threshold value is 127, only the image area with a pixel value of 127 or less is coated and printed with a thickness of 20 μm. Above the slide bar 1503, a gradation display section 1507, a coating thickness display section 1508, a coating thickness switching position display section 1509, and a hue display section 1510 are displayed. The coating thickness switching position display section 1509 is always located directly above the handle 1504 and moves left and right as the handle 1504 moves. That is, when the handle 1504 is moved to the left, the area (left side) with a coating thickness of 20 μm in the coating thickness display section 1508 becomes smaller, and the area (right side) with a coating thickness of 0 μm becomes larger. On the other hand, even if the position of the handle 1504 is changed, the background of the gradation display section 1507 does not change, but the hue display section 1510 displays, from the left, red representing a coating thickness of 20 μm and white representing a coating thickness of 0 μm ( In other words, the same colors as in the thickness gradation display section 1209 are displayed in the same order), and the size of the area of each color (here, red and white) changes. This allows the user to intuitively recognize which pixel value in the preview screen the coating thickness switching position corresponds to, and which coating thickness will be applied to which density area. .

The GUI display control unit 1101 and the preview image generation unit 1103 may reflect the image area for which the coating thickness has been determined in this way on the preview display. For example, it is preferable to reflect differences in coating thickness in the preview display as differences in color.

By selecting the plus button 1505 or the minus button 1506, the handle 1504 moves to the right or left, and the threshold value in the threshold value display field 1502 increases or decreases by one. Note that the threshold value display field 1502 may be used as a threshold value input field, and the configuration may be such that the threshold value can be directly input numerically.

FIG. 16 shows a coating thickness adjustment screen 1601 when the upper limit of the thickness is set to 30 μm using the finished thickness setting slide bar 1206. When the upper limit of the thickness is 30 μm, coating printing has a maximum of three gradations: no coating (0 μm), 20 μm, and 30 μm (the color display in the thickness gradation display section 1209 shows the 30 μm thick area in red) In the area 1209r, a 20 μm thick area is displayed as a blue area 1209b, an area where coating printing is not performed is displayed as a white area 1209w, and the hue display area 1510 also displays the same color as the thickness gradation display area 1209. (displayed in order). Therefore, two pixel values can be determined as threshold values. As shown in FIG. 16, if the threshold value defined by the handle 1504 is a pixel value of 85, and the threshold value defined by the handle 1604 is a pixel value of 170, the image area with a pixel value of 85 or less in the image data is Coating printing is performed on image areas with pixel values greater than 85 and less than 170 with a thickness of 20 μm, and coating printing is not performed on image areas with pixel values greater than 170. In this way, it is possible to adjust which region and how thickly the coating is printed in the coating image indicated by the image data. In this case, on the color preview screen, image areas with pixel values of 85 or less are displayed in "red", and image areas with pixel values greater than 85 and less than 170 are displayed in "blue". Image areas where coating printing is not performed and whose pixel values are greater than 170 are displayed in "white". The correspondence between coating thickness and color on the color preview screen matches that of the thickness gradation display section 1209.

17 to 21 show coating thickness adjustment screens 1701 to 2101 when the upper limit of the thickness is set to 40 μm to 80 μm using the finished thickness setting slide bar 1206. As can be seen from these figures, as the number of gradations of finished thickness increases, the threshold value increases in accordance with the number of gradation levels, so the number of slide bars and handles for determining the threshold value also increases. Specifically, slide bars and handles whose number is one less than the number of gradations are displayed. In addition, the thickness gradation display section 1209 displays the same number of gradations as the number of gradations, so each gradation is displayed in a different color. In FIGS. 17 to 21, 1209r is red, 1209m is magenta, 1209or is orange, and 1209y is 1209g is displayed in yellow, 1209g in green, 1209lb in light blue, 1209b in blue, and 1209w in white. Furthermore, the same colors as those in the thickness gradation display section 1209 are displayed in the same order in the hue display section 1510 of each screen. Furthermore, when switching from each screen to the color preview screen, each area to be coated with each coating thickness is displayed in a different hue, and the correspondence between the coating thickness and color is based on the thickness gradation display section 1209. matches.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a change in the display screen 2201 when the handle 1604 is moved to the right of the handle 1504 in FIG. 21. When the handle 1604 is moved to the left of the handle 1504, the threshold defined by the handle 1604 becomes less than or equal to the threshold defined by the handle 1504. As a result, there is no pixel value that is greater than the threshold defined by handle 1504 and less than or equal to the threshold defined by handle 1604. As a result, the image area with a thickness of 70 μm (the part displayed in magenta in the hue display section 1510) disappears, and the gradations of the coating thickness are substantially 0 μm, 20 μm, 30 μm, 40 μm, 50 μm, and 60 μm. , and is reduced to 7 gradations of 80 μm. When switching to a color preview screen in this state, different hues are displayed for each area to be coated with a coating thickness corresponding to each of these seven gradations. In the same way, very diverse coating thickness distributions can be easily realized, for example, with an upper limit of 80 μm and four gradations of 0 μm, 30 μm, 50 μm, and 80 μm, depending on the number of gradations. It is possible to display a preview in a selected number of colors.

In step S1409, the thickness data set in step S1407 is integrated with the coating image data specified in step S1403 to generate thickness display image data that expresses the difference in coating thickness for each image area by a difference in hue. .

In step S1411, the GUI display control unit 1101 displays a preview screen on the display 205 using the thickness display image data.

In step S1413, the image editing application calling unit 1104 calls an application for editing image data, thereby editing the image displayed on the preview screen as necessary. For example, it is also possible to perform editing such as enlarging or reducing the coating area, or shifting the position.

In step S1415, the job is sent to the printing device according to the instruction.

In this embodiment, the thickness of each gradation divided by the threshold value is automatically determined with respect to the set maximum thickness. However, the present invention is not limited to this form, and an arbitrary thickness may be set for each gradation divided by a threshold value. Specifically, from a state where there is no setting, such as by clearing the thickness setting, it may be possible to sequentially set arbitrary numerical values such that the smaller the pixel value, the larger the thickness. Alternatively, as shown in Figure 21, each preset thickness may be selected and changed to an arbitrary value (at this time, the range in which the numerical value can be set is limited so that the smaller the pixel value, the greater the thickness. good). According to this modification, the smaller the pixel value is, the larger the thickness is to obtain beautiful gradation, and each thickness can be freely set, improving the degree of freedom of expression.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can easily understand and recognize the coating thickness for each region in an image, and can easily and intuitively confirm the coating thickness.

In this embodiment, a configuration in which the network 202 is interposed between the information processing apparatus 201 and the inkjet recording apparatus 203 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information processing device 201 may be directly connected to the inkjet recording device 203. That is, the present invention can be adopted regardless of whether or not the recording device is controlled via a network.

[Third embodiment]
Next, an inkjet recording apparatus 2300 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 23. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the appearance of an inkjet recording apparatus 2300 according to this embodiment. The inkjet recording apparatus 2300 according to this embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that it includes a display 2301 that displays the user interface 1200 shown in FIG. 12. The other configurations and operations are the same as those in the second embodiment, so the same configurations and operations are given the same reference numerals and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

According to this embodiment, the user 2350 can easily and intuitively recognize various coating thicknesses by directly operating the inkjet recording apparatus 2200.

[Other embodiments]
Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. The configuration and details of the present invention can be modified in various ways that can be understood by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, systems or devices that combine the separate features included in each embodiment in any way are also included within the scope of the present invention.

Moreover, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to a single device. Furthermore, the present invention is also applicable when an information processing program that implements the functions of the embodiments is supplied to a system or device directly or remotely. Therefore, in order to realize the functions of the present invention on a computer, a program installed on a computer, a medium storing the program, and a WWW (World Wide Web) server from which the program is downloaded are also included in the scope of the present invention. . In particular, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing at least a program that causes a computer to execute the processing steps included in the embodiments described above is included within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a printing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, a print control program, and an inkjet recording device .

It is desirable to be able to adjust which area and how thick the coating should be printed.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing device according to the present invention provides a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between an area in image data and a coating thickness as a thickness of coating printing on a base material, and An information processing device that adjusts a coating thickness in the device, the changing device changing a pixel value to be a threshold value based on a user input to the graphic user interface, and a pixel value larger than the threshold value in the image data. setting means for setting different coating thicknesses for an image area having a pixel value and an image area having a pixel value equal to or less than the threshold; Printing control means for controlling the printing device to perform coating printing with a coating thickness.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing method according to the present invention provides a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between the area in image data and the coating thickness as the thickness of the coating printed on the base material, and An information processing method for adjusting coating thickness in an apparatus, the method comprising: changing a pixel value to be a threshold value based on user input to the graphic user interface; a setting step of setting different coating thicknesses for an image area having a pixel value and an image area having a pixel value less than the threshold; a printing control step of controlling the printing device to perform coating printing with a coating thickness.

In order to achieve the above object, the print control program according to the present invention provides a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between the area in the image data and the coating thickness as the thickness of the coating printed on the base material. A printing control program for adjusting coating thickness in an apparatus, the program comprising: changing a pixel value to be a threshold value based on user input to the graphic user interface; a setting step of setting different coating thicknesses for an image area having a pixel value and an image area having a pixel value less than the threshold; a printing control step of controlling the printing apparatus to perform coating printing with a coating thickness;

In order to achieve the above object, an inkjet recording apparatus according to the present invention is an inkjet recording apparatus that provides a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between an area in image data and a coating thickness of coating printing, and a conveyance mechanism that conveys paper on which an image is printed; an inkjet head that discharges ink for coating printing toward a base material on which the base image is printed of the paper conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;
a changing means for changing a pixel value to be a threshold based on a user's input to the graphic user interface; and in the image data, an image area having a pixel value greater than or equal to the threshold and having a pixel value less than the threshold. a setting means for setting a different coating thickness for an image area; and controlling the inkjet head to perform coating printing on the image area set by the setting means with the coating thickness set by the setting means. and a control means .

According to the present invention, it is possible to adjust which area and the thickness of the coating to be printed .

Moreover, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to a single device. Furthermore, the present invention is also applicable when an information processing program that implements the functions of the embodiments is supplied to a system or device directly or remotely. Therefore, in order to realize the functions of the present invention on a computer, a program installed on a computer, a medium storing the program, and a WWW (World Wide Web) server from which the program is downloaded are also included in the scope of the present invention. . In particular, a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program that causes a computer to execute at least the processing steps included in the embodiments described above is included in the scope of the present invention.
In the technique described in Patent Document 1, before printing, there is no clear image display of which part to print and how thick it should be, making it difficult for the operator to confirm subtle differences in thickness in advance. The invention described in this application has the following aspects for solving this problem, and allows the degree of coating printing in an image to be clearly confirmed.
[Aspect 1]
Aspect 1 includes an information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information regarding the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when performing coating printing on a base material, and the coating image data. and a display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display. It is an information processing device.
[Aspect 2]
Aspect 2 is a thickness display image in which the image generating means uses the coating image data to express the difference in the coating thickness between the image regions in at least two colors of red, green, yellow, and blue. The information processing device according to aspect 1 generates data.
[Aspect 3]
A third aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the thickness display image data is image data that changes from blue to green, from green to yellow, and from yellow to red as the coating thickness increases.
[Aspect 4]
Aspect 4 is the information processing device according to aspect 1, wherein the thickness display image data is data that further expresses the difference in the coating thickness by a difference between an achromatic color and a chromatic color.
[Aspect 5]
A fifth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the thickness display image data is data representing the area where the coating thickness is 0 in an achromatic color.
[Aspect 6]
A sixth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein a color corresponding to the coating thickness can be freely set in order to generate the thickness display image data.
[Aspect 7]
Aspect 7 provides a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between a region in image data and the coating thickness, and changes a pixel value to be a threshold based on a user input to the graphic user interface. further comprising a changing means and a setting means for setting different coating thicknesses in an image area having a pixel value larger than the threshold value and an image area having a pixel value less than or equal to the threshold value in the image data; The information processing device according to any one of aspects 1 to 6, wherein the acquisition means acquires the information on the coating thickness from the setting means.
[Aspect 8]
Aspect 8 is aspect 7, further comprising: printing control means for controlling the printing device to perform coating printing on the image area set by the setting means with the coating thickness set by the setting means. The information processing device described in .
[Aspect 9]
Aspect 9 provides an information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information regarding the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when performing coating printing on a base material, and the coating image data. an image generating means for generating thickness display image data in which the difference in the coating thickness for each image area is expressed by a difference in hue; a display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display; and a display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display; The present invention is an inkjet recording apparatus that includes an inkjet recording means that performs coating printing on a base material based on image data.
[Aspect 10]
Aspect 10 includes an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness when coating is printed on a base material, which is set for each region in image data, and using the image data to determine the difference in the coating thickness. This information processing method includes an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressing the thickness display image data using different hues, and a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display.
[Aspect 11]
Aspect 11 includes an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information regarding the thickness when coating is printed on a base material, which is set for each area in image data, and a difference in the coating thickness using the image data. This is an information processing program that causes a computer to execute an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressed by different hues, and a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display.

Claims (11)

An information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material, and using the coating image data, An information processing device comprising: an image generation unit that generates thickness display image data expressing the difference in the coating thickness for each image region by a difference in hue; and a display control unit that displays the thickness display image data on a display. The image generation means uses the coating image data to generate thickness display image data that expresses the difference in the coating thickness between the image regions in at least two colors of red, green, yellow, and blue. The information processing device according to claim 1. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the thickness display image data is image data that changes from blue to green, from green to yellow, and from yellow to red as the coating thickness increases. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the thickness display image data is data that further expresses the difference in the coating thickness by a difference between an achromatic color and a chromatic color. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the thickness display image data is data representing the area where the coating thickness is 0 in an achromatic color. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a color corresponding to the coating thickness can be freely set in order to generate the thickness display image data. Changing means for providing a graphic user interface for adjusting the correspondence between regions in image data and the coating thickness, and changing a pixel value to be used as a threshold based on a user's input to the graphic user interface; In the image data, the information acquisition means further includes a setting means for setting different coating thicknesses for an image area having a pixel value larger than the threshold value and an image area having a pixel value less than or equal to the threshold value, and the information acquisition means includes: The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein information on the coating thickness is acquired from the setting means. 8. The printing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a printing control means for controlling the printing device to perform coating printing on the image area set by the setting means with a coating thickness set by the setting means. Information processing device. An information acquisition means for acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness of coating printing, which is set for each image area in coating image data used when coating printing is performed on a base material, and using the coating image data, an image generating means for generating thickness display image data expressing the difference in the coating thickness for each image region by a difference in hue; a display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display; and a display control means for displaying the thickness display image data on a display, based on the coating image data. An inkjet recording device comprising: an inkjet recording means that performs coating printing on a base material. an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness when coating is printed on a base material, which is set for each area in the image data; and using the image data, the difference in the coating thickness is detected by the difference in hue. An information processing method comprising: an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressed by , and a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display. an acquisition step of acquiring coating thickness information related to the thickness when coating is printed on a base material, which is set for each area in the image data; and using the image data, the difference in the coating thickness is detected by the difference in hue. An information processing program that causes a computer to execute an image generation step of generating thickness display image data expressed by , and a display control step of displaying the thickness display image data on a display.

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