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US 7,528,988 B2Granted
Image processing system and method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyo Agehama, Masao Seki, Seiji Iino, Naomi Yara, Kazunori Kurokawa
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Abstract
First, a user who will try a service of a print system registers trial from a user system in the print system. When the trial of the print system from the user system is permitted and registered, the print system provides an RIP processing or a printing processing to a user in response to a processing request from the registered user system within a range set for the trial without charge or with a discount accounting.
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A print control apparatus comprising:
- a parameter acceptance unit for accepting, from a print system having a first printer, a parameter used for trial processing for each mode of the first printer using a second, different printer at a user system, the parameter including a device link profile (DLP) based on a target profile (TP) of the first printer of the print system and a device profile (DP) of the user system;
- a trial print instruction unit for judging, based on the parameters, as to whether or not a request for the trial processing at the user system is acceptable, wherein if the request is acceptable, the trial print instruction unit instructs the print system to execute raster image processing for image data in accordance with the parameters to obtain processed image data that enables image output from the second printer to be identical with that output by the first printer;
- a reception unit for receiving the processed image data from the print system;
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- a transmission unit for transmitting the received image data to a user terminal at the user system.
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A print system comprising:
- a parameter retention unit for retaining a trial print parameter for a color mode and a trial print parameter for a monochrome mode of a first printer of a print system, the trial print parameters each including a device link profile (DLP) based on a target profile (TP) of the first printer and a device profile (DP) of a second printer of a user system;
- a trial print instruction unit that executes raster image processing for image data in accordance with the trial print parameter for at least one of the color mode and the monochrome mode that enables image output from the second printer to be identical with that output by the first printer;
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- an accounting unit, wherein:
- the accounting unit performs an accounting processing on the basis of the trial print parameter for the color mode when raster image processing is executed for image data in the color mode;
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- the accounting unit performs the accounting processing on the basis of the trial print parameter for the monochrome mode when the raster image processing is executed for the image data in the monochrome mode.
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A print control method comprising:
- accepting, from a print system having a first printer, a parameter used for trial processing for each mode of the first printer using a second, different printer at a user system, the parameter including a device link profile (DLP) based on a target profile (TP) of the first printer of the print system and a device profile (DP) of a user system;
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- judging, based on the parameters, as to whether or not a request for trial processing at the user system is acceptable, wherein if the request is acceptable, instructing the print system to execute raster image processing for image data in accordance with the parameters to obtain processed image data that enables image output from the second printer to be identical with that output by the first printer.
A printing method comprising:
- accepting, from a print system having a first printer, a trial print parameter for a color mode and a trial print parameter for a monochrome mode used for trial processing of the color mode and the monochrome mode of the first printer using a second, different printer at a user system, each trial print parameter including a device link profile (DLP) based on a target profile (TP) of the first printer of the print system and a device profile (DP) of the user system;
- judging, based on the parameters, as to whether or not a request for trial processing at the user system is acceptable, wherein if the request is acceptable, instructing execution of raster image processing for image data in accordance with at least one of the trial print parameters to obtain processed image data that enables image output from the second printer to be identical with that output by the first printer;
- executing an accounting processing on the basis of the trial print parameter for the color print mode when raster image processing is executed for image data in the color mode;
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- executing the accounting processing on the basis of the trial print parameter for the monochrome print mode when raster image processing is executed for image data in the monochrome mode.
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An image processing system comprising:
- a processing requesting device for requesting raster image processing;
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- a processing execution device for executing the requested raster image processing for image data, wherein:
- the processing requesting device includes:
- a registration requesting unit for requesting the processing execution device to register the processing requesting device for trial processing for testing the raster image processing of the processing execution device;
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- a processing requesting unit for requesting the processing execution device to perform the trial processing;
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- the processing execution device includes:
- a registration unit for executing the requested registration;
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- a trial processing execution unit for executing the trial processing, requested by the registered processing requesting device, that obtains a target profile (TP) of a first printer of a print system, obtains a device profile (DP) of a second printer, different from the first printer, of a user system, generates a device link profile (DLP) based on the target profile (TP) of the first printer and the device profile (DP) of the second printer, and performs the raster image processing based on the device link profile (DLP),
- wherein the target profile (TP) defines a relationship between print results from the first printer of the print system and print target image data,
- the device profile (DP) defines a relationship between print results from the second printer of the user system and print target image data, and
- the device link profile (DLP) is generated based on the target profile (TP) acquired and the device profile (DP) acquired so that requested raster image processing for image data provides processed image data that enables the second printer of the user system to output an image that is identical with that output by the first printer for trial purposes.
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A processing requesting device in an image processing system including the processing requesting device for requesting raster image processing and a processing execution device for executing the requested raster image processing, the processing requesting device comprising:
- a registration requesting unit for requesting the processing execution device to register the processing requesting device for a trial processing for testing the raster image processing of the processing execution device;
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- a processing requesting unit for requesting the processing execution device to perform the trial processing by obtaining a target profile (TP) of a first printer of a print system, obtaining a device profile (DP) of a second printer, different from the first printer, of a user system, generating a device link profile (DLP) based on the target profile (TP) of the first printer and the device profile (DP) of the second printer, and performing raster image processing based on the device link profile (DLP) to obtain processed image data that enables image output from the second printer to be identical with that output by the first printer.
A processing execution device in an image processing system including a processing requesting unit for requesting raster image processing and the processing execution device for executing the requested raster image processing, the processing execution device comprising:
- a registration unit for registering the processing requesting device for trial processing of the raster image processing;
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- a trial processing execution unit for executing the trial processing, requested by the registered processing requesting device, that obtains a target profile (TP) of a first printer of a print system, obtains a device profile (DP) of a second printer, different from the first printer, of a user system, generates a device link profile (DLP) based on the target profile (TP) of the first printer and the device profile (DP) of the second printer, and performs the raster image processing based on the device link profile (DLP),
- wherein the target profile (TP) defines a relationship between print results from the first printer of the print system and print target image data,
- the device profile (DP) defines a relationship between print results from the second printer of the user system and print target image data, and
- the device link profile (DLP) is generated based on the target profile (TP) acquired and the device profile (DP) acquired so that requested raster image processing for image data provides processed image data that enables the first printer to output an image that is identical with that output by the second printer.
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An image processing method comprising:
- requesting to register a user system for a trial processing for trying raster image processing of a print system having a first printer;
- requesting to execute the trial processing using a second printer, different from the first printer, of the user system;
- registering the requested user system;
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- executing the requested trial processing by obtaining a target profile (TP) of the first printer of the print system, obtaining a device profile (DP) of the second printer of the user system, generating a device link profile (DLP) based on the target profile (TP) of the first printer and the device profile (DP) of the second printer, and performing the raster image processing based on the device link profile (DLP),
- wherein the target profile (TP) defines a relationship between print results from the first printer of the print system and print target image data,
- the device profile (DP) defines a relationship between print results from the second printer of the user system and print target image data, and
- the device link profile (DLP) is generated based on the target profile (TP) acquired and the device profile (DP) acquired so that requested raster image processing for image data provides processed image data that enables the second printer of the user system to output an image that is identical with that output by the first printer for trial purposes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.