Print control apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasanao Kurita, Tsuyoshi Oya
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Abstract
A print control apparatus that realizes printed matter that appears suitably in a case of observation by reflected light and in a case of observation by transmitted light is disclosed. The print control apparatus, based on data of a source image, generates first print data to be used for printing to a first surface of a recording medium. The print control apparatus also, based on data of the source image, generates second print data that is used for printing to a second surface that is different to the first surface and that represents a higher luminance range, in a luminance range that the data of the source image represents, than a luminance range that the first print data represents.
Claims11
A print control apparatus, comprising:
- a first generation unit configured to, based on data of a source image, generate first print data to be used for printing to a first surface of a recording medium;
- and
- a second generation unit configured to, based on data of the source image, generate second print data to be used for printing to a second surface different from the first surface, wherein:
- the second print data provides a higher luminance dynamic range to a composite image of an image according to the first print data and an image according to the second print data, which is to be observed when a recording medium on which the first print data and the second print data are printed is illuminated by light of a higher luminance than an environment light, than to an image according to the first print data, and
- the first generation unit and the second generation unit are implemented via at least one processor.
A method of controlling a print control apparatus, the method comprising:
- based on data of a source image, first generating first print data to be used for printing to a first surface of a recording medium;
- and
- based on data of the source image, second generating second print data to be used for printing to a second surface different from the first surface, wherein
- the second print data provides a higher luminance dynamic range to a composite image of an image according to the first print data and an image according to the second print data, which is to observed when a recording medium on which the first print data and the second print data are printed is illuminated by light of a higher luminance than an environment light, than to an image according to the first print data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as a print control apparatus that comprises:
- a first generation unit configured to, based on data of a source image, generate first print data to be used for printing to a first surface of a recording medium;
- and
- a second generation unit configured to, based on data of the source image, generate second print data to be used for printing to a second surface different from the first surface, wherein
- the second print data provides a higher luminance dynamic range to a composite image of an image according to the first print data and an image according to the second print data, which is to be observed when a recording medium on which the first print data and the second print data are printed is illuminated by light of a higher luminance than an environment light, than to an image according to the first print data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.