Photographic print producing system based on preference of a customer
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsSeiichi Isoguchi, Katsutoshi Sawada, Chie Nemoto
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Abstract
A print producing system to produce a print based on image data and print producing information which are transmitted, comprises a memory to store relevant information regarding the image data and the print producing information together with identification information; a controller to read the relevant information corresponding to the identification information from the memory when the image data and the print producing information are transmitted together with the identification information; and a printer to produce a print based on the image data and the print producing information by utilizing the relevant information read by the controller.
Claims7
A print producing system, comprising:
- an operating device to input identification information of a customer, and relevant information which includes at least one of color, hue, chroma, brightness, sharpness, and hardness, all of which depend upon each customer, as preference of the customer about finishing of a color image print;
- a memory device to memorize a paired data set of the relevant information paired with the identification information, inputted by the operating device so that the memory device memorizes a plurality of different paired data sets of plural different customers having respective different identification information;
- an order receiving device to receive the identification information, color image data to be printed, and print producing information which contains at least one of print size and print quantity, from the customer;
- a controller to obtain the relevant information of the customer from the plurality of different paired data sets memorized in the memory device, by using the identification information received by the order receiving device, wherein after the relevant information paired with the identification information for the customer has been already stored in the memory device, the controller obtains the relevant information be repeatedly using the same identification information of the customer for a next order;
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- a print producing device to produce the color image print, based on the color image data, the print producing information, and the relevant information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.