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US 2021/0058531 A1Published application
Printer and printing control method
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorJunko SHINOHARA
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Abstract
An image generation control unit generates a connection image indicating a plurality of print target images. The connection image is an image for being printed using a first region for being used in the n-th printing processing and a second region for being used in the (n+1)-th printing processing. An image processing unit generates a first image for being printed using the first region and a second image for being printed using the second region.
Claims10
A printer configured to perform printing processing of printing an image using an ink sheet,
- wherein the ink sheet has a first region for being used in the n-th (natural number of one or more) printing processing and a second region for being used in the (n+1)-th printing processing,
- wherein the printer performs processing using a plurality of print target images, and
- wherein a size of one or more print target images included in the plurality of print target images is different from a size of the first region,
- the printer comprising:
- an image generation control unit configured to generate, using the plurality of print target images, a connection image being an image for being printed using the first region and the second region, the connection image indicating the plurality of print target images;
- and
- an image processing unit configured to generate, using the connection image, a first image included in the connection image for being printed using the first region, and a second image included in the connection image for being printed using the second region,
- wherein the printer has a plurality of operation modes for outputting printed matter with different quality,
- wherein a plurality of pieces of image generation information correspond to the respective plurality of operation modes,
- wherein the plurality of operation modes includes an image quality priority mode, a cost priority mode, and a speed priority mode,
- wherein each of the plurality of pieces of image generation information is information corresponding to the image quality priority mode, the cost priority mode, or the speed priority mode,
- wherein each of the plurality of pieces of image generation information indicates a different parameter related to generation of the connection image, the first image, and the second image,
- wherein in the printer, one operation mode of the plurality of operation modes is set,
- wherein the image generation control unit generates the connection image based on corresponding image generation information being image generation information corresponding to a set operation mode being the operation mode being set among the plurality of pieces of image generation information, and
- wherein the image processing unit generates the first image and the second image based on the corresponding image generation information.
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A printing control method performed by an information processing apparatus configured to control a printer configured to perform printing processing for printing an image using an ink sheet, or by the printer,
- wherein the ink sheet has a first region for being used in the n-th (natural number of one or more) printing processing and a second region for being used in the (n+1)-th printing processing,
- wherein in the printing control method, processing using a plurality of print target images is performed, and
- wherein a size of one or more print target images included in the plurality of print target images is different from a size of the first region,
- the printing control method comprising:
- a first generation step of generating, using the plurality of print target images, a connection image being an image for being printed using the first region and the second region, the connection image indicating the plurality of print target images;
- and
- a second generation step of generating, using the connection image, a first image included in the connection image for being printed using the first region, and a second image included in the connection image for being printed using the second region,
- wherein the printer has a plurality of operation modes for outputting printed matter with different quality,
- wherein a plurality of pieces of image generation information correspond to the respective plurality of operation modes,
- wherein the plurality of operation modes includes an image quality priority mode, a cost priority mode, and a speed priority mode,
- wherein each of the plurality of pieces of image generation information is information corresponding to the image quality priority mode, the cost priority mode, or the speed priority mode,
- wherein each of the plurality of pieces of image generation information indicates a different parameter related to generation of the connection image, the first image, and the second image, and
- wherein in the printer, one operation mode of the plurality of operation modes is set,
- the printing control method comprising a data generation step including at least the first generation step and the second generation step,
- wherein the data generation step
- (a1) generates the connection image based on corresponding image generation information being image generation information corresponding to a set operation mode being the operation mode being set among the plurality of pieces of image generation information, and
- (a2) generates the first image and the second image based on the corresponding image generation information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.