Print order reception system for confirming print order information
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuichi Ohtsuka, Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Norihisa Haneda, Kazuo Shiota, Shinji Itoh
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Abstract
A print order reception system for receiving an order for print services is provided with a recording medium reception port for receiving a recording medium on which image data of pictures and print order information including printing conditions for pictures to be printed are recorded in the form of electronic data in a predetermined format. A display system reads out from the recording medium received in the recording medium reception port the image data on the pictures to be printed and the print order information on the pictures to be printed and displays the image data and the print order information as an image.
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A print order reception system for receiving an order for print services, comprising:
- a parameter unit adapted to store the acceptable print parameters including print services and conditions of a selected photofinishing system, wherein the selected photo finishing system is one of a plurality of photofinishing systems, the plurality of photofinishing systems having varied acceptable print parameters;
- a recording medium reception port for receiving a removable recording medium on which image data of pictures and print order information designated by a user including user selected printing conditions for pictures to be printed are recorded in the form of electronic data in a predetermined format,
- a processor which reads out from the removable recording medium, received in the recording medium reception port, the image data of the pictures to be printed and the print order information of the pictures to be printed, and compares the parameters to the image data and the print order information;
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- a display adapted to display a notification that the user selected print conditions are not within the parameters and when the notification is not displayed, the image data is displayed according to the print order information, thereby enabling confirmation of print order information by a user.
A print order reception method wherein a plurality of photofinishing laboratories exist, at least some of these laboratories having varied printing parameters, which include the laboratory print conditions and services the laboratory is capable of performing, and a print order reception system associated with a selected laboratory, the print order reception system containing a record of the printing parameters related to the print capabilities of the selected laboratory, said method comprising:
- storing image data and user selected print conditions on a removable recording medium;
- placing the removable recording medium into a receiving port of the print order reception system associated with a user selected laboratory;
- reading the image data and user selected print conditions;
- assessing whether or not the user selected print conditions are within acceptable print parameters of a user selected laboratory;
- notifying the user on a display whether or not the user selected print conditions may be performed by the user selected laboratory;
- displaying the image data on the display when the user selected print conditions may be performed by the user selected laboratory,
- allowing the user on the display to confirm print conditions;
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- allowing the user to place a print order for the user selected laboratory using the associated print order reception system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.