Image processing device and method, printing system, halftone process determination method, and program

A halftone process determination method of determining the kind of a halftone process used to generate a halftone image, the method comprising:

• a halftone-selection-chart output step of outputting a halftone selection chart including quality comparison and evaluation image regions of the halftone processes by using two or more kinds of halftone processes of which balances of priority for a plurality of requirements required in the halftone process are different;
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• a halftone selection operating step of receiving a user operation of selecting the kind of any one halftone process from the two or more kinds of halftone processes used in the halftone selection chart output in the halftone-selection-chart output step.

An image processing device comprising:

• halftone-selection-chart generation means for generating chart data of a halftone selection chart including quality comparison and evaluation image regions of the halftone processes by using two or more kinds of halftone processes of which balances of priority for a plurality of requirements required in the halftone process are different;
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• halftone selection operating means for receiving a user operation of selecting the kind of any one halftone process from the two or more kinds of halftone processes used in the halftone selection chart printed based on the chart data.

A non-transitory and tangible computer-readable recording medium which stores a program, such that when the program is read and executed by the computer, the computer functions as:

• halftone-selection-chart generation means for generating chart data of a halftone selection chart including quality comparison and evaluation image regions of the halftone processes by using two or more kinds of halftone processes of which balances of priority for a plurality of requirements required in the halftone process are different;
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• halftone selection operating means for receiving a user operation of selecting the kind of any one halftone process from the two or more kinds of halftone processes used in the halftone selection chart printed based on the chart data.