JP2003244387A5

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Publication number: JP2003244387A5
Application number: JP2002043980A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2002-02-20
Publication date: 2005-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 2022-02-20

Claims

Communication means for performing bidirectional communication via a network with an image processing terminal connected to a printing apparatus and having an operation function for image information;
The image storage means storing the first image information for expressing the material with a quality higher than the predetermined resolution and the identification information for identifying the predetermined printing form in each printing apparatus realize the printing form. Print information storage means stored in association with the print information for
Second image information for expressing the same material as the first image information is transmitted to the image processing terminal with a smaller amount of information than the first image information. An editing means for obtaining an operation result operated on the processing terminal and the specified identification information, and editing the first image information stored in the image storage means according to the operation result;
Print information corresponding to the acquired identification information is retrieved from the print information storage unit, and a print mode unique to the printing apparatus is realized based on the print information and the first image information edited by the editing unit. Output means for generating print control information for output, and outputting the generated print control information to the image processing terminal through the communication means;
An image processing server comprising:

The printing form is a printing form realized by designating attributes of an image to be printed on a predetermined print medium on the image processing terminal side, and the output unit is a first image edited by the editing unit. Generating print control information for controlling the printing apparatus so that the information is printed on the print medium with the specified attribute;
The image processing server according to claim 1.

The printing form is a printing form realized by designating a color former used for printing on the image processing terminal side and / or a color development characteristic thereof, and the output means is a print form edited by the editing means. Print control information for controlling the printing apparatus is generated so that one image information is printed on the printing medium with the designated color former and / or color development characteristics,
The image processing server according to claim 1.

The printing form is a printing form realized by expressing an image density by the presence or absence of a dot formation body in dot units, and the output unit includes the first image information edited by the editing unit in dot units. Generating printing control information for controlling the image processing terminal or the printing apparatus so that the density is expressed by the presence or absence of the dot forming body of
The image processing server according to claim 1.

The print control information is information including data indicating a dot formation state at each of a plurality of main scans and data relating to a paper feed amount for sub-scanning executed between the main scans. And
Claims 1 to 4 image processing server of any of claims, wherein the.

The image processing terminal further includes means for acquiring the identification information and the print information about the printing apparatus connected to the image processing terminal, and the acquired identification information and print information are stored in the print information storage means. It is configured to memorize,
The image processing server according to claim 1.

The output means encrypts the edited first image information when the print information is not stored in the print information storage means, and outputs the encrypted first image information to the image processing terminal. It is characterized by
Claims 1 to 6 the image processing server of any of claims, wherein the.

The output means outputs notification information indicating that print information does not exist on the server side together to the image processing terminal.
The image processing server according to claim 7 .

When the print information is not stored in the print information storage unit, the output unit performs the print control information from the edited first image information according to predetermined print information stored in the print information storage unit. And outputting the generated print control information to the image processing terminal.
The image processing server according to one of claims 1 to 7.

An image processing terminal connected to a printing apparatus and having an operation function for image information,
Both via a network with a predetermined image processing server that holds print information used to generate print control information for realizing a predetermined print form in the printing apparatus in association with identification information for each print form. Communication control means for performing communication for
Storage means for storing identification information for identifying a printing form by the printing apparatus;
Second image information for expressing the material in response to the material request is received from the image processing server, an external operation instruction for the received second image information is received, and the second image information is operated according to the operation instruction. Image information processing means for sending definition information representing the operation result and the identification information stored in the storage means to the image processing server through the communication control means;
Generated on the basis of the first image information for expressing the same material as the second image information with a quality higher than a predetermined resolution and the print information corresponding to the identification information. Receiving the received print control information from the image processing server, and outputting the print control information to the printing apparatus;
An image processing terminal comprising:

The image processing further includes print information storage means for storing print information for generating print control information that immediately starts driving a printing mechanism of the printing apparatus when it is sent to a printing apparatus connected to the printing apparatus. The print information stored in the print information storage means is output to the image processing server when notified from the server that the print control information for the own apparatus cannot be generated. And
The image processing terminal according to claim 10 .

The output means outputs predetermined warning information when notified that the print control information for the self apparatus cannot be generated.
The image processing terminal according to claim 11 .

The image information processing means is configured to send an operation result including the content of the additional information to the image processing server when the external operation instruction includes predetermined additional information for the second image information. ,
And the output means, characterized in that the additional information is edited in accordance sending said operation result is configured to receive through the print control information combining said communication control means, the image processing according to claim 1 0, wherein Terminal.

Image processing for holding first image information for expressing a material at a predetermined resolution and second image information for expressing the same material as the first image information with a smaller amount of information than the first image information Image information management method performed via a network executed in a system in which a server and an image processing terminal connected to a printing apparatus and having an operation function for image information are connected in a form capable of bidirectional communication via the network Because
In the image processing server, identification information for identifying a predetermined printing form in each printing apparatus is stored in association with printing information for realizing the printing form, and a material request of the image processing terminal is stored. In response to sending the second image information about the material from the image processing server to the requesting image processing terminal;
The image processing terminal receiving the second image information performs an image operation on the second image information, and sends the operation result and the identification information about the printing apparatus connected to the apparatus to the image processing server; ,
The image processing server that has received the operation result edits the first image information corresponding to the second image information according to the operation result, and the edited first image information and the print information corresponding to the received identification information. Based on this, print control information for realizing a printing mode specific to the printing apparatus connected to the request source image processing terminal is generated, and the generated print control information is transmitted to the request source image processing terminal. Sending out,
A method for managing image information via a network.

A server main body that performs bidirectional communication through a network with an image processing terminal connected to a printing apparatus and having an operation function for image information.
Processing to hold first image information for expressing a material with a quality of a predetermined resolution or higher;
A process of storing identification information for identifying a predetermined printing form in each printing apparatus in association with printing information for realizing the printing form;
A process of sending second image information for expressing the same material as the first image information to the image processing terminal with a smaller amount of information than the first image information;
The operation result operated on the image processing terminal and the specified identification information are acquired for the transmitted second image information, and the first image information corresponding to the second image information is edited according to the operation result. Processing,
Print information corresponding to the acquired identification information is retrieved from the print information storage means, and a print mode specific to the printing apparatus is realized based on the print information and the edited first image information. Generating print control information, and outputting the generated print control information to the image processing terminal through the network;
A computer program for running.

The computer connected to the printing apparatus is associated with the operation function for the image information and the printing information used for generating the printing control information for realizing the predetermined printing form in the printing apparatus with the identification information for each printing form. A function of performing two-way communication with a predetermined image processing server to be held via a network, and a function of storing identification information for identifying a printing form by the printing apparatus in a predetermined memory area As you build
To the computer,
Second image information for expressing the material in response to the material request is received from the image processing server, an external operation instruction for the received second image information is received, and the second image information is operated according to the operation instruction. , Processing for sending definition information representing the operation result and the identification information stored in the storage means to the image processing server;
Generated on the basis of the first image information for expressing the same material as the second image information with a quality higher than a predetermined resolution and the print information corresponding to the identification information. A computer program for receiving the received print control information from the image processing server and executing the process of outputting the print control information to the printing apparatus.