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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seijiro Imai, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Okada, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an inspection system comprising a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus that inspects a printed matter printed by the printing apparatus. The inspection apparatus obtains a scanned image by reading an image formed on the printed matter, diagnose the printing apparatus based on the scanned image, and in a case in which the printing apparatus is diagnosed as having a defect by the diagnosis, the inspection apparatus presents a countermeasure to be executed in the printing apparatus to resolve the defect. Then, in response to the execution of the countermeasure in the printing apparatus, the inspection apparatus allows an instruction to re-diagnose the printing apparatus to be accepted.