Image processing apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuya Atsumi, Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Yuichi Ikeda, Yasuhiro Saito
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus forms an image on a medium by using an output device. A pattern signal for forming a predetermined pattern image on the medium is generated, and image forming parameters for the output device are determined on the basis of the density of the pattern image formed on the medium. The determined image forming parameters are transmitted via bidirectional communication to an external computer or other image forming apparatus.
Claims25
An image processing apparatus for adjusting a color process condition to be applied to a first color image forming apparatus for forming a color image on a medium by using image forming means, said processing apparatus comprising:
- setting means for setting an image forming condition in accordance with a detected result of a first pattern image formed by said image forming means;
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- transmitting means for transmitting, to an external device, information according to a detected result of a second pattern image formed by said image forming means which is controlled by the image forming condition and an adjusting value set by a user,
- wherein the external device adjusts a color process condition of a second color image forming apparatus, which is different from the first color image forming apparatus, on a basis of the transmitted information and the transmitted adjusting value.
A color process condition adjusting method of an image processing apparatus, said method comprising:
- a setting step of setting an image forming condition in accordance with a detected result of a first pattern image formed by image forming means of a first color image forming apparatus which forms a color image on a medium by using said image forming means;
- a transmitting step of transmitting, to an external device, information according to a detected result of a second pattern image formed by said image forming means which is controlled by the image forming condition and an adjusting value set by a user;
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- an adjusting step of adjusting, in the external device, a color process condition of a second color image forming apparatus, which is different from the first color image forming apparatus, on a basis of the transmitted information and the transmitted adjusting value.
An image processing method of adjusting a color process condition of a second image outputting device having second image forming means in accordance with an adjusting result of a first image outputting device having a first image forming means, said method comprising:
- a setting step of setting an image forming condition, of the first image outputting device, in accordance with a detected result of a first pattern image formed by said first image forming means;
- an inputting step of inputting information according to a detected result of a second pattern image formed by said first image forming means which is controlled by the image forming condition and an adjusting value set by a user;
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- an adjusting step of adjusting a color process condition of the second image outputting device on a basis of the inputted information and the inputted adjusting value.
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