Print data transfer system, method of transferring print data, and computer program product to effect the method

Abstract

In a receiver computer, a transmission controllertransmits user interface datato a transmitter computer. In the transmitter computer, a display processing unitcauses a user interface for inputting print settings information to be displayed on the screen of a monitor, based on the transmitted user interface data. When the print settings information is input via an input device, a transmission controllertransmits color image data, color-correction source data, and the input print settings information to the receiver computer. In the receiver computer, a print processing unitcarries out a variety of processing operations with respect to color image data, based on the print settings information. A color correction elementin the print processing unitcarries out a color correction of the color image data using the color-correction source dataand color-correction destination dataread from a hard disk. A printerprints a color image, which is expressed by the contents of the color-corrected color image data. This arrangement enables a printer connected to the receiver computer to print a color image based on the print data transmitted from the transmitter computer via a computer network, even if a printer driver exclusively provided for the printer has not been installed in the transmitter computer.