Image processing apparatus, printing system, printing apparatus, method of detecting print image, and storage medium

A printing system comprising:

• (A) an image processing apparatus;
• and
• (B) a printing apparatus,
• wherein the image processing apparatus includes:
• (1) an image-data obtaining unit configured to obtain line-width detection image data in a vector format corresponding to a first line-width detection image group for detecting a width of a line printed by the printing apparatus, in which the first line-width detection image group includes multiple line-width detection images, each line-width detection image containing multiple lines arranged side by side in a first direction, each line having a specified width in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and, in which a distance between centers in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction of the multiple lines is different between the line-width detection images;
• (2) an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information on print result of the line-width detection images printed based on line-width detection image data in a raster format which is generated by performing rasterization processing on the line-width detection image data in the vector format;
• and
• (3) a correction unit configured to correct the width in the first direction of the line in image data corresponding to an image to be printed by the printing apparatus, based on the information obtained by the information obtaining unit,
• wherein, in the line-width detection image data in the vector format, the distance between the centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing,
• wherein the printing apparatus includes:
• (1) a processing unit configured to perform the rasterization processing on the line-width detection image data in the vector format;
• and
• (2) a printing unit configured to print the line-width detection images based on the line-width detection image data in the raster format generated by the processing unit,
• wherein the image-data obtaining unit, the information obtaining unit, and the correction unit are implemented by at least one processor of the image processing apparatus, and
• wherein the processing unit is implemented by at least one processor of the printing apparatus.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• an image-data obtaining unit configured to obtain line-width detection image data in a vector format corresponding to a first line-width detection image group for detecting a width of a line printed by the printing apparatus, in which the first line-width detection image group includes multiple line-width detection images, each line-width detection image containing multiple lines arranged side by side in a first direction, each line having a specified width in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and, in which a distance between centers in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction of the multiple lines is different between the line-width detection images;
• a processing unit configured to perform rasterization processing on the line-width detection image data in the vector format;
• a printing unit configured to print the line-width detection images based on the line-width detection image data in a raster format generated by the processing unit;
• an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information on a print result of the line-width detection images printed by the printing unit;
• and
• a correction unit configured to correct the width in the first direction of the line in image data corresponding to an image to be printed by the printing apparatus, based on the information obtained by the information obtaining unit,
• wherein the image-data obtaining unit, the information obtaining unit, and the correction unit are implemented by at least one processor of the image processing apparatus, and
• wherein, in the line-width detection image data in the vector format, the distance between the centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing.

A method of detecting a print image for detecting a width of a line printed by a printing apparatus, the method comprising:

• an image-data obtaining step of obtaining, by an image-data obtaining unit, line-width detection image data in a vector format corresponding to a first line-width detection image group for detecting the width of the line, in which the first line-width detection image group includes multiple line-width detection images, each line-width detection image containing multiple lines arranged side by side in a first direction, each line having a specified width in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and, in which a distance between centers in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction of the multiple lines is different between the line-width detection images;
• a processing step of performing, by a processing unit, rasterization processing on the line-width detection image data in the vector format;
• and
• a printing step of printing, by a printing unit, the line-width detection images based on the line-width detection image data in a raster format generated by the processing step,
• wherein, in the line-width detection image data in the vector format, the distance between the centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing,
• wherein the line-width detection images provide information on the width of the line in the first direction from the distance in the first direction between adjacent two lines adjacent in the first direction,
• wherein the image-data obtaining unit is implemented by at least one processor of an image processing apparatus, and
• wherein the processing unit is implemented by at least one processor of the printing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of detecting a print image for detecting a width of a line printed by a printing apparatus, the method of detecting a print image comprising:

• an image-data obtaining step of obtaining, by an image-data obtaining unit, line-width detection image data in a vector format corresponding to a first line-width detection image group for detecting the width of the line, in which the first line-width detection image group includes multiple line-width detection images, each line-width detection image containing multiple lines arranged side by side in a first direction, each line having a specified width in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and, in which a distance between centers in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction of the multiple lines is different between the line-width detection images;
• a processing step of performing, by a processing unit, rasterization processing on the line-width detection image data in the vector format;
• and
• a printing step of printing, by a printing unit, the line-width detection images based on the line-width detection image data in a raster format generated by the processing step,
• wherein, in the line-width detection image data in the vector format, the distance between the centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing,
• wherein the line-width detection images provide information on the width of the line in the first direction from the distance in the first direction between adjacent two lines adjacent in the first direction,
• wherein the image-data obtaining unit is implemented by at least one processor of an image processing apparatus, and
• wherein the processing unit is implemented by at least one processor of the printing apparatus.