Image-forming system, control method, and information processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeisuke Kitajima
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Abstract
An image-forming system includes an image-forming unit that forms an image of a print job on a sheet having a trimming region based on an image-forming condition; and a processor. The image of the print job includes first and second user images. The processor controls the image-forming unit to form a pattern for adjustment in the trimming region, obtains read image data related to the pattern for adjustment formed on the sheet, and adjusts the image-forming condition based on the read image data. The processor controls a display to display a print preview that represents: the first user image in a print region of the sheet that is different from the trimming region, the second user image in the trimming region, and the pattern for adjustment in the trimming region.
Claims12
An image-forming system comprising:
- an image-forming unit configured to form an image included in a print job on a sheet having a trimming region based on an image-forming condition;
- and
- at least one processor,
- wherein the image included in the print job includes a first user image and a second user image, and
- the at least one processor is configured to:
- control the image-forming unit to form a pattern for adjustment in the trimming region of the sheet;
- obtain read image data related to the pattern for adjustment formed on the sheet, the read image data being output from a reading apparatus;
- adjust the image-forming condition based on the read image data;
- and
- control a display to display a print preview that represents:
- the first user image to be formed in a print region of the sheet that is different from the trimming region,
- the second user image to be formed in the trimming region of the sheet, and
- the pattern for adjustment to be formed in the trimming region of the sheet.
A control method performed by at least one processor of an image-forming system, wherein the image-forming system includes an image-forming unit configured to form an image included in a print job on a sheet having a trimming region based on an image-forming condition, and the image included in the print job includes a first user image and a second user image, the method comprising:
- controlling the image-forming unit to form a pattern for adjustment in the trimming region of the sheet;
- obtaining read image data related to the pattern for adjustment formed on the sheet, the reading data being output from a reading apparatus;
- adjusting the image-forming condition based on the read image data;
- and
- controlling a display to display a print preview that represents:
- the first user image to be formed in a print region of the sheet that is different from the trimming region,
- the second user image to be formed in the trimming region of the sheet, and
- the pattern for adjustment to be formed in the trimming region of the sheet.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an image-forming apparatus that forms a user image on a sheet based on at least one image-forming condition;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a display unit to display a preview screen related to the user image formed by the image-forming apparatus,
- wherein the image-forming apparatus is configured to:
- form, on the sheet, a pattern for adjustment used for adjusting the at least one image-forming condition together with the user image, and
- adjust the at least one image-forming condition based on a detection result of the pattern for adjustment in a read image generated by optically read the sheet, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to:
- control a display object representing the pattern for adjustment to be displayed at a first display position on the preview screen, the first display position corresponding to a first position on a sheet at which the pattern for adjustment is to be formed;
- and
- in response to a user input instructing a change of a position of the pattern for adjustment,
- change a position on a sheet at which the pattern for adjustment is to be formed from the first position to a second position;
- and
- control the display object to be displayed at a second display position on the preview screen, the second display position corresponding to the second position on a sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.