Digital image printing system, control method therefor, printing device, control method therefor, and computer product
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKatsuyuki Toda
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Abstract
In a digital image printing system, an external device capable of storing digital image data, and a printing apparatus capable of printing the digital image data are mutually connectable, and capable of exchanging data. The printing apparatus includes a paper feeding unit having a multi-tray structure. The external device sends parameters, that is, paper size, paper type, page layout of the digital image data, and at least one digital image data to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus selects a tray from the paper feeding unit based on the parameters, and an aspect ratio of the digital image data, and prints the digital image data.
Claims12
A digital image printing system, comprising:
- a printing apparatus that includes a direct printing function to print digital image data;
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- a digital camera capable of capturing an image and storing digital data of the captured image, wherein the digital camera is configured to directly send the digital image data to the printing apparatus and specify paper size of the digital image data for printing, wherein
- the printing apparatus includes:
- a paper feeding unit having a multi-tray structure;
- a first determining unit configured to analyze a header portion of the image data received from the digital camera to thereby determine whether an orientation of the digital image data is landscape or portrait;
- a second determining unit configured to determine whether a tray containing paper of the paper size specified by the digital camera is present in the paper feeding unit;
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- a third determining unit configured to, when the second determining unit determines that the tray is present in the paper feeding unit, determine whether paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image data determined by the first determining unit is available in the tray, wherein
- the printing apparatus is configured to, only when the third determining unit determines that the paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image is not available, rotate the digital image data by 90° in any one of a clockwise direction and a counter-clockwise direction.
A printing apparatus configured to connect to and exchange digital image data, including a print package layout, with a digital camera, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a paper feeding unit having a multi-tray structure;
- a first determining unit configured to analyze a header portion of the image data received from the digital camera to thereby determine whether an orientation of the digital image data is landscape or portrait;
- a second determining unit configured to determine whether a tray containing paper of the paper size specified by the digital camera is present in the paper feeding unit;
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- a third determining unit configured to, when the second determining unit determines that the tray is present in the paper feeding unit, determine whether paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image data determined by the first determining unit is available in the tray, wherein
- the printing apparatus is configured to, only when the third determining unit determines that the paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image is not available, rotate the digital image data by 90° in any one of a clockwise direction and a counter-clockwise direction.
A method for controlling a digital image printing system that includes a printing apparatus capable of printing the digital image data and a digital camera capable of capturing an image and storing digital image data of the captured image, the digital camera being configured to directly send the digital image data to the printing apparatus and specify paper size of the digital image data for printing, the method comprising:
- determining whether an orientation of digital image data received from the digital camera by the printing apparatus is landscape or portrait by analyzing a header portion of the digital image data received from the digital camera;
- determining whether a tray in a paper feeding unit of the printing apparatus contains paper of a paper size specified by the digital camera is present;
- determining, whether paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image data determined by the first determining unit is available in the tray when it is determined that the tray is present in the paper feeding unit;
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- rotating the digital image data by 90° in any one of a clockwise direction and a counter-clockwise direction when it is determined that the paper in the same orientation as the orientation of the digital image is not available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.