Printing system, printer host and recording medium

A printing system capable of performing printing in a first printing mode for printing with using a plurality of ink colors, and a second printing mode for printing with using a greater number of ink colors than that of ink colors in the first printing mode, comprising:

• ink cartridge loading means for loading ink cartridges containing ink;
• number of ink color acquiring means for acquiring the number of ink colors of ink cartridges loaded by the ink cartridge loading means;
• print setting accepting means for accepting print setting including designations regarding a printing medium and a quality of printing;
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• printing mode deciding means for deciding which of the first and second printing modes is used to perform printing based on the number of ink colors acquired by the number of ink color acquiring means, and a content of print setting accepted by the print setting accepting means.

A printer host capable of generating printing data in a first printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing with using a plurality of ink colors, and a second printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing with using a greater number of ink colors than that of ink colors in the first printing data generating mode, comprising:

• number of ink color acquiring means for acquiring the number of ink colors to be used by a printer to which the printer host outputs printing data;
• print setting accepting means for accepting print setting including designations regarding a printing medium and a quality of printing;
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• printing data generating mode deciding means for deciding which of the first and second printing data generating modes is used to generate printing data based on the number of ink colors acquired by the number of ink color acquiring means, and a content of print setting accepted by the print setting accepting means.

A recording medium recording a printer driver for causing a computer to selectively execute printing data generation processing in a first printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing by using a plurality of ink colors, and a second printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing by using a greater number of ink colors than that of ink colors on the first printing data generating mode,

• the printer driver causing the computer to execute:
• number of ink color acquiring processing for acquiring the number of ink colors to be used by a printer, to which a printer host outputs printing data;
• and
• printing data generating mode deciding processing for deciding, based on the number of ink colors acquired in number of ink color acquiring processing, which of the first and second printing data generating modes is used to generate printing data.

A recording medium recording a printer driver for causing a computer to selectively execute printing data generation processing in a first printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing with using a plurality of ink colors, and a second printing data generating mode for generating printing data for printing by using a greater number of ink colors than that of ink colors in the first printing data generating mode,

• the printer driver causing the computer to execute:
• number of ink color acquiring processing for acquiring the number of ink colors to be used by a printer to which a printer host outputs printing data;
• print setting accepting processing for accepting print setting including designations regarding a printing medium and a quality of printing;
• and
• printing data generating mode deciding processing for deciding which of the first and second printing data generating modes is used to generate printing data, based on the number of ink colors acquired in number of ink color acquiring processing, and a content of print setting accepted in print setting accepting processing.