Data structure, storage device, server, and data generating method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTetsuyuki Minamihara
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Abstract
Conditions corresponding to the type of print medium can be easily acquired when executing a printing process. A first area stores first information related to a print medium for each type of print medium. A second area stores second information, which is related to conditions used in a printing process generating print data and causing a printing mechanism to print on a print medium an image defined by the print data, relationally to first information corresponding to the type of print medium to be printed on in the printing process.
Claims15
A non-transitory storage having stored thereon a data structure accessible by a plurality of printing mechanisms for generating print data, comprising:
- a first set of records configured to store for each media type first information, each of the first set of records identifying a type of print medium;
- and
- a second set of records configured to store, related to the first information, second information that differs according to each of the media types, each of the second set of records being used to generate print data and to print by a corresponding printing mechanism,
- wherein at least one of the second set of records includes an ICC profile of the corresponding printing mechanism,
- wherein at least one of the second set of records includes one or more predetermined values of one or more adjustable machine parameters of the corresponding printing mechanism,
- wherein the ICC profile is configured to be accessed by the corresponding printing mechanism and to cause the corresponding printing mechanism to use the ICC profile to generate print data, and
- wherein the data structure is configured to be accessed by each of the plurality of printing mechanisms to obtain the second information based on the first information identifying a particular type of print medium to generate print data for a print job that is to be printed on the particular type of media.
A server comprising:
- a first set of records configured to store for each media type first information identifying a print medium;
- and
- a second set of records configured to store relationally to the first information second information that differs according to the media type and is used to generate print data and to print by a printing mechanism;
- the first and second sets of records storing the second information relationally to the first information for each model of printing mechanism,
- at least one of the second set of records including an ICC profile of the corresponding printing mechanism, and
- at least one of the second set of records including one or more predetermined values of one or more adjustable machine parameters of the corresponding printing mechanism.
A printing system comprising:
- a server configured to relationally store to a first set of records including each type of print medium first information related to the print medium and a second set of records including second information related to a condition used in a printing process of each of a plurality of printers at least one of the second set of records including at least one of the following:
- (1) one or more predetermined values of one or more adjustable machine parameters of the corresponding printing mechanism, and (2) an ICC profile of the corresponding printing mechanism;
- and
- at least one of the plurality of printers configured to print images on print media;
- the server sending to the at least one printer the second information related to the first information corresponding to the type of print medium used by the at least one printer to print;
- and
- the at least one printer printing by a printing mechanism, the at least one printer being configured to set the one or more adjustable machine parameters of the printing mechanism based on the one or more predetermined values included in the second information received from the server, and being configured to use the ICC profile to generate print data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.