Color print control method and apparatus

An information processing apparatus connected via a network to a color print control apparatus including

• a printer management unit configured to manage a combination of color printers as a virtual printer,
• a color setting management unit configured to manage a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper,
• a color management unit configured to perform a color matching process using the color profile,
• a rendering unit configured to render a print job, and
• a print control unit configured to control to accept a print job, whose destination is the virtual printer managed by the printer management unit and which contains a color matching setting, render the print job, acquire a profile from the color setting management unit for each virtual printer, and cause the color management unit to perform color matching, the information processing apparatus comprising color setting information change unit configured to change, via the network, color setting information managed by the color setting management unit.

An information processing apparatus connected via a network to a color print control apparatus including

• a printer management unit configured to manage a combination of color printers as a virtual printer,
• a color setting management unit configured to manage a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper,
• a color management unit configure to perform a color matching process using the color profile,
• a rendering unit configured to render a print job, and
• a print control unit configured to control to accept a print job, whose destination is the virtual printer managed by the printer management unit and which contains a color matching setting, render the print job, acquire a profile from the color setting management unit for each virtual printer, and cause the color management unit to perform color matching, the information processing apparatus comprising:
• a read unit configured to read out, via the network, color setting information managed by the color setting management unit;
• a job data generation unit configured to generate, from the readout color setting information and designated virtual printer information, job data containing job ticket data and a job data file;
• and
• a job data transmission unit configured to transmit the generated job data to the color print control apparatus.

A color print control method for a color print control apparatus, comprising:

• a printer management step of managing a combination of color printers as a virtual printer;
• a color setting management step of managing a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper;
• a color management step of performing a color matching process using the color profile;
• a rendering step of rendering a print job;
• and
• a print control step of controlling to accept a print job, whose destination is the virtual printer managed in the printer management step and which contains a color matching setting, render the print job, acquire a profile from the color setting management step for each virtual printer, and perform color matching in the color management step.

A color print control method for an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a color print control apparatus including

• a printer management unit configured to manage a combination of color printers as a virtual printer,
• a color setting management unit configured to manage a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper,
• a color management unit configured to perform a color matching process using the color profile,
• a rendering unit configured to render a print job, and
• a print control unit configured to control to accept a print job, whose destination is the virtual printer managed by the printer management unit and which contains a color matching setting, render the print job, acquire a profile from the color setting management unit for each virtual printer, and cause the color management unit to perform color matching, the method comprising a color setting information change step of changing, via the network, color setting information managed by the color setting management unit.

A color print control method for an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a color print control apparatus including

• a printer management unit configured to manage a combination of color printers as a virtual printer,
• a color setting management unit configured to manage a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper,
• a color management unit configured to perform a color matching process using the color profile,
• a rendering unit configured to render a print job, and
• a print control unit configured to control to accept a print job, whose destination is the virtual printer managed by the printer management unit and which contains a color matching setting, render the print job, acquire a profile from the color setting management unit for each virtual printer, and cause the color management unit to perform color matching, the method comprising:
• a read step of reading out, via the network, color setting information managed by the color setting management unit;
• a job data generation step of generating, from the readout color setting information and designated virtual printer information, job data containing job ticket data and a job data file;
• and
• a job data transmission step of transmitting the generated job data to the color print control apparatus.

A color print control apparatus comprising:

• a printer management unit configured to manage a combination of color printers as a virtual printer;
• a color setting management unit configured to manage a color profile used for color matching in association with the virtual printer and output paper;
• and
• a color management unit configured to perform a color matching process using the color profile.