Screen Holdings Co., Ltd.

Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Kyocera Corporation

Hiroyuki Segawa

Kenichi Yokouchi

Yohei Onuki

Minoru Sawada

Koji Matsuo

Kohei Ueda

Sho Tomioka

Soichi Kimura

Shinji Ichiki

Takuro Matsumura

A RIP simulation device that enables a rapid grasp of a part having a problem in RIP speed and a specific detail of the problem is achieved. While the RIP prediction screen is displayed on a display unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display a sheet number corresponding to a position that is on a line graph representing a predicted RIP time for each sheet and is being designated by an input operation unit. When a sheet number displayed on the display unit is selected by the input operation unit, the result display control unit causes the display unit to display an analysis result screen indicating an analysis result related to the page corresponding to the sheet number on the basis of the correspondence relationship between sheets and pages when print output is actually executed.

RIP simulation device and recording medium having RIP simulation program recorded thereon

After specifying a processing target (target data), a requirement for printing is set. A simulation of a RIP process is performed on the target data under a plurality of printing conditions which are set in advance. Then, based on simulation results, a print-target identifying record is registered in a continuous printing list so as to satisfy the set requirement. After rearranging print-target identifying records registered in the continuous printing list, continuous printing is performed based on the continuous printing list.

Printing method

A method for processing print data includes a matching processing step of performing pattern matching between a streak detection pattern including a streak pattern having a width of one pixel and print data after a RIP process, a length measurement step of determining, when matching is established in the matching processing step, a length of a streak candidate part including a part corresponding to the streak pattern in a region where matching is established and a part continuous in an extending direction of the streak pattern and having a same value as a data value of the streak pattern, in the print data, and a determination step of determining whether or not the streak candidate part is white streak data that possibly results in a streak, by comparing the length determined in the length measurement step against a predetermined threshold.

Print data processing method, print data processing device, and recording medium having recorded therein print data processing program

A file generation method for generating, based on an original file in a PDF format, a new file in a PDF format having a larger number of pages than the original file includes a reuse information creation step of creating, by taking the original file or a duplicate of the original file as one initial file and analyzing the initial file, reuse information for allowing specification of whether a use state of each resource is a shared state or a non-shared state, and a page duplication step of generating a page that constitutes the new file, by performing, based on the reuse information, duplication of a page in the initial file in such a way that the use state of each resource is same before duplication and after duplication.

Rip time estimation method

A black figure specification part of a data processing apparatus specifies a black figure from among a plurality of figures in original image data that represents each figure in a vector format. When the overprint attribute of the black figure is ON, a data processing part adds a new black figure whose overprint attribute is OFF and that indicates a figure central portion of the black figure excluding an outer edge portion of a predetermined width from the edge, to the original image data. When the black figure overlaps with another figure that includes a color other than black, the density of the other color in the area where the figure central portion and the other figure overlap each other is zero in raster data for image recording. This increases the darkness of color of the black figure and reduces the appearance of white streaks around the black figure.

Data processing apparatus, image recording system, data processing method, and recording medium

A white-plate graphic erosion process is performed on print data subjected to a RIP process in the following procedure. First, an erosion candidate region which is a candidate for a region in which a white-plate graphic is eroded is determined. Then, a region to be applied with an ink of a color other than white is determined. Then, an application target region is determined. Then, a region other than a region obtained by an erosion process out of the application target region is determined to be an erosion allowed region. Then, a region included in the colored region and the erosion allowed region out of the erosion candidate region is determined to be an erosion target region. Finally, the values of data of pixels included in the erosion target region among white-plate data are rewritten such that the amount of white ink applied to the pixels is reduced.

Print data processing method and apparatus reducing ink applied in erosion region among white-plate data

A vector data processor includes a thinning part, a central line acquiring part, and a superimposing part. A target figure includes a linear figure. The thinning part processes target vector data to acquire thinned data by thinning the target figure indicated by the target vector data. The central line acquiring part processes the target vector data to acquire central line data that indicates a central line of the target figure. The superimposing part generates data that includes an instruction to record a combined figure obtained by superimposing the thinned figure and the central line one above the other. Superimposing the thinned figure and the central line enables the target figure to be thinned without line becoming broken. The shape of a rasterized figure can be approximated to the shape of a figure indicated by original data.

Vector data processor, image recording system, vector data processing method, and computer-readable medium

A vector data processor () includes a thinning part (), a central line acquiring part (), and a superimposing part (). A target figure includes a linear figure. The thinning part () processes target vector data () to acquire thinned data () by thinning the target figure indicated by the target vector data (). The central line acquiring part () processes the target vector data () to acquire central line data () that indicates a central line of the target figure. The superimposing part () generates data that includes an instruction to record a combined figure obtained by superimposing the thinned figure and the central line one above the other. Superimposing the thinned figure and the central line enables the target figure to be thinned without line becoming broken. The shape of a rasterized figure can be approximated to the shape of a figure indicated by original data.

A many-up wiring substrate includes an insulating base substrate in which a plurality of wiring board regions are arranged in at least one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction; a hole disposed in one main surface of the insulating base substrate, and straddling adjacent wiring board regions of the plurality of wiring board regions or straddling the wiring board regions and a dummy region; a conductor disposed on an inner surface of the hole; and a through hole disposed so as to extend from the inner surface of the hole of the wiring board regions to the other main surface of the insulating base substrate.

Many-up wiring substrate, wiring board, and electronic device

When a differential page image is created by comparing a target inspection page image and an inspection page image, differential page image attribute information which is an inspection result is created by acquiring attribute information of an image region of the target inspection page image and an image region of the inspection page image corresponding to the differential page image, from target inspection page image data and inspection page image data.

Image inspection device, program product, and method comparing target print page data and display page data to create differential page image attribute information

A preflight check unit in a printing control apparatus includes a sub-preflight check unit, an object page determination unit, a main preflight check unit, and a preflight result output unit. The sub-preflight check unit obtains resource use information and part use information. The object page determination unit determines object pages to be subjected to the preflight check, based on the resource use information and the part use information, and writes object page information indicating the object pages in a storage unit. The main preflight check unit reads the object page information from the storage unit to perform preflight check on the object pages indicated by the object page information. The preflight result output unit outputs a preflight result.

Printing control apparatus, recording medium having recorded thereon printing control program, and printing control method

Page-group data indicating many pages is analyzed to acquire the degree of reuse of page components as an analysis result. A set of page data pieces in the page-group data is acquired as a data block, the number of the pieces corresponding to a unit page number that is the number of pages to be processed collectively as a single task when a conversion processor in a system actually converts the page-group data into drawing data. A predetermined conversion processor converts the data block into drawing data to acquire a conversion processing time. A predicted value of a conversion processing time required for the conversion processor in the system to actually convert the page-group data is accurately obtained using the conversion processing time of the data block. An operator is notified of the analysis result and the predicted value and can easily ascertain the appropriateness of the page-group data.

Conversion time prediction apparatus, recording medium, and conversion time prediction method

A neighboring vector, which is a boundary portion between two overlapping objects, is extracted. To calculate luminance levels of the objects on both sides of the neighboring vector, a predetermined number of coordinate points (sample points) in the vicinity of the neighboring vector are extracted at least from the image side. A rendering process is performed on an area including all the extracted sample points to acquire color values at the sample points. The luminance level of the image is calculated based on the acquired color values, and the luminance levels of the objects on both sides of the neighboring vector are compared to each other to determine the position (direction) in which to generate a trap graphic.

Image processing apparatus and method for printing and plate making, and recording medium having image processing program recorded therein for printing and plate making

An image processing apparatus of the present invention compares the density value of K-color at each position around a blank character with a reference density value, thereby deciding whether it is necessary to remove other color components. Based on the result of a decision, the apparatus removes the color components. Thus, other color components can be removed only in the region where the density value of K-color is high. Hence, when a background image is an uneven image, a kickback processing can be performed suitably around the blank character.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

In trapping process of a multicolor image, it is judged whether trapping process is required or not, and trapping process is performed only when required. Specifically, trapping process is executed when in a portion where a plurality of figures constituting an image overlap, the plate color value of a relatively lower figure is erased or overwritten. This enables to execute trapping process only when there is the danger that a gap occurs in a boundary portion where different two colors are adjacent each other.

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Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Segawa