User interface, printing system using user interface and print control method

An ink-jet printer having an image formation unit capable of forming an image by using different types of ink, comprising:

• identifying means for identifying a type of ink;
• notifying means for notifying a user of selectable print modes based on the type of ink identified by said identifying means;
• setting means for selectively setting one of the print modes notified by said notifying means, based on an instruction manually inputted by the user;
• color-processing means for performing color-processing on input color image data based on the print mode set by said setting means;
• and
• an ink-jet printing unit which performs image formation by using the ink, based on the color image data color-processed by said color-processing means.

An image processing method comprising:

• an identifying step of identifying a type of ink which has been set in an ink-jet printer;
• a setting step of setting a print mode based on an instruction manually inputted by a user;
• a judgement step of judging whether or not a combination of the type of ink and the print mode is recommendable;
• a notifying step of notifying with a message indicating whether the combination is not recommendable;
• and
• a color-processing step of performing color processing based on the print mode set in said setting step.

An image processing method comprising:

• an identifying step of identifying a type of ink;
• a notifying step of notifying a user of selectable print modes based on the type of ink identified in said identifying step;
• a setting step of selectively setting one of the print modes notified in said notifying step, based on an instruction manually inputted by the user;
• and
• a color-processing step of performing color-processing on input color image data based on the print mode set in said setting step.

A computer-readable memory containing image-processing program codes, comprising:

• codes of executing processing for identifying a type of ink which has been set in an ink-jet printer;
• codes of executing processing for setting a print mode based on an instruction manually inputted by a user;
• codes of executing processing for judging whether or not a combination of the type of ink and the print mode is recommendable;
• codes of executing processing for notifying with a message indicating whether the combination is not recommendable;
• and
• codes of executing processing for performing color-processing based on the set print mode.

A computer-readable memory containing image-processing program codes, comprising:

• codes of executing processing for identifying a type of ink;
• codes of executing processing for notifying a user of selectable print modes based on the identified type of ink;
• codes of executing processing for selectively setting one of the notified print modes, based on an instruction manually inputted by the user;
• and
• codes of executing processing for performing color-processing on input color image data based on the set print mode.