Image output device, image output method, and computer program product
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Ishii
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Abstract
An image output device includes a storage unit, an input unit, a layout deriving unit, and an output unit. The storage unit preliminarily stores therein an optimum interval of a plurality of the same color and tone patches formed on a sheet at which an average density value of the patches is stabilized. The input unit receives an input of a condition for arrangement of the patches from a user. The layout deriving unit determines arrangement of the patches on the sheet on the basis of the input condition for arrangement and the optimum interval. The output unit outputs the patches onto the sheet in the determined arrangement.
Claims10
An image output device comprising:
- a storage unit that preliminarily stores therein an interval of a plurality of patches having the same color and tone and formed on a sheet;
- an input unit that receives an input of a condition for arrangement of the patches from a user;
- a layout deriving unit that determines arrangement of the patches on the sheet on the basis of the input condition for arrangement and the interval;
- and
- an output unit that outputs the patches onto the sheet in the determined arrangement, wherein
- the input unit receives the upper limit number of pages of the sheets from the user as the condition for arrangement, and
- the layout deriving unit determines arrangement of the patches on the basis of the interval so as to form the patches within the upper limit number of pages.
An image output method executed by an image output device, the image output device including a storage unit that preliminarily stores therein an interval of a plurality of patches having the same color and tone and formed on a sheet, the image output method comprising:
- receiving an input of a condition for arrangement of the patches from a user;
- determining arrangement of the patches on the sheet on the basis of the input condition for arrangement and the interval;
- and
- outputting the patches onto the sheet in the determined arrangement, wherein
- the receiving includes receiving the upper limit number of pages of the sheets from the user as the condition for arrangement, and
- the determining includes determining arrangement of the patches on the basis of the interval so as to form the patches within the upper limit number of pages.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium and executed by a computer, the computer including a storage unit that preliminarily stores therein an interval of a plurality of patches having the same color and tone and formed on a sheet, the program codes when executed causing the computer to execute:
- receiving an input of a condition for arrangement of the patches from a user;
- determining arrangement of the patches on the sheet on the basis of the input condition for arrangement and the interval;
- and
- outputting the patches onto the sheet in the determined arrangement, wherein
- the receiving includes receiving the upper limit number of pages of the sheets from the user as the condition for arrangement, and
- the determining includes determining arrangement of the patches on the basis of the interval so as to form the patches within the upper limit number of pages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.