US 8,077,354 B2 · Print control program, print control apparatus, and print control method

Abstract

According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a print setting; return a response about one of a color profile for previewing when the output information indicates the preview setting and a color profile for printing when the output information indicates the print setting, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile from the graphic engine that receives the rendering instruction; and display image data rendered by the graphic engine when the output information indicates the preview setting, and outputting the rendered image data to the printer when the output information indicates the print setting.

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Dependent claims

A print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, which rasterizes print data spooled in a spool unit for spooling print data created by application software in a standard spool file format and outputs the rasterized print data to a printer, the print control apparatus comprising:

a print processor unit configured to set a lower resolution for previewing when previewing print data and set a higher resolution for printing when printing the print data;
a color profile determination unit configured to return a response to a graphic engine about one of a color profile for previewing when the resolution for previewing is set and a color profile for printing when the resolution for printing is set, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile, wherein the graphic engine performs color matching using the color profile returned as a response to the inquiry;
a preview unit configured to display image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine on a screen when previewing the print data;
and
a printer driver unit configured to output the image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine to the printer when printing the print data.

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A print control method for an apparatus which is connected to a printer and can display a print preview, which rasterizes print data spooled in a spool unit for spooling print data created by application software in a standard spool file format and outputs the rasterized print data to a printer, the print control method comprising:

a print control step of setting a lower resolution for previewing when previewing print data and setting a higher resolution for printing when printing the print data;
a color profile determination step of returning a response to a graphic engine about one of a color profile for previewing when the resolution for previewing is set and a color profile for printing when the resolution for printing is set, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile, wherein the graphic engine performs color matching using the color profile returned as a response to the inquiry;
a preview step of displaying image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine on a screen when previewing the print data;
and
an output step of outputting the image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine to the printer when printing the print data.

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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records a print control program for displaying a print preview, which rasterizes print data spooled in a spool unit for spooling print data created by application software in a standard spool file format and outputs the rasterized print data to a printer, the print control program comprising:

a print control step of setting a lower resolution for previewing when previewing print data and setting a higher resolution for printing when printing the print data;
a color profile determination step of returning a response to a graphic engine about one of a color profile for previewing when the resolution for previewing is set and a color profile for printing when the resolution for printing is set, as a response to an inquiry about a color profile, wherein the graphic engine performs color matching using the color profile returned as a response to the inquiry;
a preview step of displaying image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine on a screen when previewing the print data;
and
an output step of outputting the image data rasterized based on print data that has undergone the color matching processing by the graphic engine to the printer when printing the print data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Print control program, print control apparatus, and print control method

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