Print system, printing apparatus, method of controlling the printing apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Mutsuno
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Abstract
A print system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus, the printing apparatus obtains, from a print job, image data to be used for printing, registers in the inspection apparatus the image data as a reference image, in response to completion of registration of the reference image in the inspection apparatus, executes printing on a sheet based on the print job, and notifies the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting the sheet on which printing has been performed. The inspection apparatus registers the image data received from the printing apparatus as the reference image, and in response to the instruction for inspecting, inspects the sheet on which the printing has been performed in the printing apparatus.
Claims19
A print system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus,
- the printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer engine;
- and
- a first controller including one or more first processors and one or more first memories, the first controller being configured to:
- obtain, from a print job, image data to be used for printing;
- generate a reference image based on the image data;
- transmit the generated reference image to the inspection apparatus;
- receive, from the inspection apparatus, a notification that registration of the reference image has been completed;
- based on the notification, control the printer engine in accordance with the print job so as to cause the printer engine to start printing of image data to be inspected on a sheet;
- and
- notify the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting the sheet on which printing has been performed by the printer engine,
- the inspection apparatus comprising:
- a second controller including one or more second processors and one or more second memories, the second controller being configured to:
- register the reference image received from the printing apparatus;
- transmit the notification to the printing apparatus;
- and
- based on the instruction for inspecting, inspect the sheet on which the printing has been performed in the printing apparatus.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer engine;
- and
- a controller including one or more processors and one or more memories, the controller being configured to:
- obtain, from a print job, image data to be used for printing;
- generate a reference image based on the image data;
- transmit the generated reference image to the inspection apparatus;
- receive, from the inspection apparatus, a notification that registration of the reference image has been completed;
- based on the notification, control the printer engine in accordance with the print job so as to cause the printer engine to start printing of image data to be inspected on a sheet;
- and
- notify the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting the sheet on which printing has been performed by the printer engine.
A method of controlling a print system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by the printing apparatus and from a print job, image data to be used for printing;
- generating, by the printing apparatus, a reference image based on the image data;
- transmitting, by the printing apparatus, the generated reference image to the inspection apparatus;
- receiving, from the inspection apparatus and by the printing apparatus, a notification that registration of the reference image has been completed;
- based on the notification, starting, by the printing apparatus, printing of image data to be inspected in accordance with the print job;
- notifying, by the printing apparatus, the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting a sheet on which the printing has been performed;
- registering, by the inspection apparatus, the reference image transmitted from the printing apparatus;
- transmitting, by the inspection apparatus, the notification to the printing apparatus;
- and
- based on the instruction for inspecting, inspecting, by the inspection apparatus, the sheet on which printing has been performed in the printing apparatus.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from a print job, image data to be used for printing;
- generating a reference image based on the image data;
- transmitting the generated reference image to an inspection apparatus;
- receiving, from the inspection apparatus, a notification that registration of the reference image has been completed;
- based on the notification, starting printing of image data to be inspected in accordance with the print job;
- and
- notifying the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting a sheet on which printing has been performed.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer engine;
- and
- a controller including one or more processors and one or more memories, the controller being configured to:
- generate a reference image based on a print job;
- transmit the generated reference image to an inspection apparatus;
- receive, from the inspection apparatus, a notification that registration of the reference image has been completed;
- and
- based on the notification, control the printer engine in accordance with the print job so as to cause the printer engine to start printing of image data to be inspected on a sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.