Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kosuke Tsujita

Ryo Fujita

Yuuki Maeda

Makoto Anno

Takaaki Yano

Hiroyuki Toriyabe

Satoshi Yoshida

Yoshiji Kanamoto

Hirotomo Tanaka

Shou Kikuchi

Kazuo Wakai

Koichiro Manabe

Shogo Higashi

A printing apparatus operable to perform printing based on print job data, the printing apparatus comprising a determination unit configured to determine a print speed for when the printing is performed, a switching unit configured to switch print speeds during the printing, and an analysis unit configured to analyze the print job data, wherein the analysis unit analyzes whether sheets that are print targets according to the print job data include a plurality of sheet types, and wherein the switching unit switches print speeds during the printing based on a productivity of printing for each sheet type when printing is performed for the sheets and a productivity of printing for a case where print speeds are switched by the switching unit.

Changing printing speeds in an image forming apparatus

A control apparatus analyzes a job used to execute print processing and acquires sheet information of a page included in the job, decides a print speed in the print processing based on the acquired information, and executes the print processing using the decided print speed. The sheet information of each of a plurality of pages included in the job is acquired, the print speed is decided based on the acquired information, and the print processing is executed using the decided print speed. Print processing is not executed during the acquisition of the sheet information of each of the plurality of pages.

Control apparatus having multiple print speeds, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit is provided. The apparatus determines a color of a tone patch for tone correction, to be composited with an image, in accordance with a color component used in the image; generates a patch-included image by compositing the tone patch of the color determined with the image; generates a corrected image by performing tone correction on the patch-included image on the basis of tone correction information for each color component; performs color measurement of the tone patch formed on the medium on which the corrected image has been formed, and updates the tone correction information on the basis of a value measured.

Image forming apparatus with per-page management of tone correction patches and method thereof

An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains a job including a plurality of pages, and a determining unit that determines a page group constituted by consecutive sheets of a same sheet type, from the plurality of pages included in the job obtained by the obtaining unit. A setting unit sets a transport speed of sheets in the page group determined by the determining unit.

Information processing apparatus, image forming system, method, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium

A printing system provides an efficient operation process by automating work for producing a print product that meets quality terms requested by a customer with an information format for transferring quality terms or a quality report. A control method for an information processing apparatus includes receiving order data including quality request data from an order receiving system, interpreting the received quality request data, generating a job containing information that is used for quality adjustment to be performed by a production system, based on the interpreted quality request data, and sending the job to the production system. The job containing quality request data in a data format that is same as a data format of the received quality request data is generated.

Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory that stores instructions, and at least one processor that causes, by performing the instructions, the information processing apparatus to receive, via a network from an order-receiving system, received-order data including quality request data, interpret the received quality request data, generate a job including information used in quality adjustment to be performed by a production system, based on the interpretation result, and enter the job into the production system. The job including quality request data of a data format is generated, where the data format is different from a data format of the received quality request data and is according to the production system.

Information processing apparatus, controlling method for information processing apparatus, and computer program for transmiting quality request data and quality reports to produce print data that satisfy quality requirements of user

There is provided an apparatus including a forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet fed from a stage in response to execution of printing of a predetermined number of images based on a print job, a measurement unit configured to read the formed image and perform color measurement, a generation unit configured to generate data based on a result of the color measurement and a reference value, and a correction unit configured to perform a gradation correction to image data by using the generated data, wherein the sheet on which the image is formed is determined based on a setting of the print job.

Apparatus, method, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor that causes the information processing apparatus to receive image data and quality request data from an order system, transmit the image data to a production system, and receive a measurement result obtained by the production system about a measurement item specified by the quality request data from among items that are able to be notified by quality data. In addition, the quality data including the measurement result about the measurement item specified by the quality request data based on the measurement result is generated, and the quality data is transmitted to the order system.

Information processing apparatus, controlling method for information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable memory that stores a computer-executable program for the controlling method

An information processing apparatus that transmits print data and a print quality requirement to a control system that controls a printing apparatus to output a printed product satisfying required print quality, includes a reception unit configured to receive print data, a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a user interface that prompts a user to select a setting of print quality of the print data from among predetermined options, a generation unit configured to generate quality requirement data suitable for an option selected via the user interface, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the control system, the print data received by the reception unit and the quality requirement data generated by the generation unit, wherein the quality requirement data includes at least information indicating an acceptable range of a color difference between a standard color value and a colorimetric value of the printed product.

Information processing apparatus that generates quality requirement data based on an acceptable difference between a standard color value and color value to be obtained

An image forming apparatus aims to prevent sheets in a sheet feeder which is designated for a print job by a user from being used for another print job other than the print job. The image forming apparatus, equipped with a plurality of sheet feeders, executes a submitted print job, prompts a user to select a sheet feeder for use in the print job from among the plurality of sheet feeders, and provides control such that the selected sheet feeder cannot be used for another print job other than the print job.

Image forming apparatus equipped with a plurality of sheet feeders, control method therefor, and program

An image forming apparatus having a printer for printing an image on a sheet fed from an external sheet feeding apparatus sets the sheet feeding apparatus as a sheet feed source of the sheet to be used by the printer for printing and in accordance with the setting, makes a notification so as to notify a user to set a feeding parameter in the sheet feeding apparatus.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same

An information processing apparatus, capable of being connected to an image processing apparatus including an image forming unit, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a judgment result as to whether a colorimetric value obtained as a result of measuring a color of a chart image formed by the image forming unit satisfies a predetermined criterion in terms of a difference between the colorimetric value and a target value, a notification unit configured to notify the image processing apparatus that the judgment result acquired by the acquisition unit does not satisfy the criterion, and an instruction unit configured to, before the notification unit issues the notification to the image processing apparatus, instruct the image processing apparatus to execute an adjustment process.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An image forming system capable of preserving appropriate density-gradation characteristics and color output characteristics. An image processing apparatus for executing second calibration is connected to an image forming apparatus for executing first calibration. When an instruction for executing the second calibration in succession to execution of the first calibration is received, the image processing apparatus transmits an inhibition command for inhibiting a print operation to the image forming apparatus, and shifts to an inhibition mode. The image processing apparatus transmits a cancel command for canceling inhibition of the print operation to the image forming apparatus. Even when an instruction for executing the job is received, the image processing apparatus does not transmit the job to the image forming apparatus during the inhibition mode.

Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and method of controlling image forming apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a print job, a determination unit that determines whether post-processing can be performed, and a control unit that, if the determination unit determines that post-processing cannot be performed, performs processing in accordance with setting information, extracted from the print job, on an operation for a case where the post-processing cannot be performed.

Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for extracting one or more settings from a received print job in a case where post-processing cannot be performed

According to a print control apparatus and a method of controlling the same of the present invention, when the printing apparatus is in a power saving state, when an instruction for registering in the printing apparatus sheet information stored in a storage unit in association with a sheet feeder of the printing apparatus is received, the sheet information is registered in a list, and when the printing apparatus returns from the power saving state, control is performed so that sheet information registered in the list is transmitted to the printing apparatus.

Printing system including a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus that is capable of communicating with the printing apparatus control apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

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Kosuke Tsujita