Generating spot-color image layers in multi-layer printing
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYasutake Miyasaka
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Abstract
An image processing device accepts an input from a user via a UI screen displayed on a display unit and includes a control unit. The control unit accepts, via the UI screen, selection of an area of at least one image layer representing an image and included in a print job. The area is selected from among the entire area of the at least one image layer, an image area that is included in the at least one image layer and corresponds to the image, and a non-image area that is included in the at least one image layer and does not correspond to the image. The control unit generates a spot-color image layer having a recorded amount of a spot color specified for the area corresponding to the accepted selection and adds the spot-color image layer to the print job.
Claims6
An image processing device that receives an input from a user via a user interface screen displayed on a display unit, the image processing device comprising a control unit that is configured to perform the following:
- determine that a print job lacks a spot-color image layer in light of layer setup;
- in response to the determination, generating an indication, via the user interface screen, indicating the lack of spot-color image layer;
- receive, via the user interface screen, a selection of an area of at least one image layer included in the print job, the area being selected from one of an entire area of the at least one image layer, an image area that is included in the at least one image layer, and a non-image area that is included in the at least one image layer, and
- add a spot-color image layer having a spot color for the selected area to the print job.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program that, when executed, causes a computer to receive an input from a user via a user interface screen displayed on a display unit, the executed image processing program configured to cause
- the computer to perform to perform the following:
- determine that a print job lacks a spot-color image layer in light of layer setup;
- in response to the determination, generating an indication, via the user interface screen, indicating the lack of spot-color image layer;
- receive, via the user interface screen, a selection of an area of at least one image layer included in the print job, the area being selected from one of an entire area of the at least one image layer, an image area that is included in the at least one image layer, and a non-image area that is included in the at least one image layer, and
- add a spot-color image layer having a spot color for the selected area to the print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.