Title:
INFORMATION PROCESSOR, PRINTER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015121982
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To visually display, when the residual amount of ink decreases to cause shortage thereof, to what degree the shortage affects printed matter.SOLUTION: Before requiring a printer for printing print data whose printing has been required to print print data, an information processor communicably connected to the printer estimates the consumption of ink consumed for printing the print data whose printing is to be required, extracts the residual amount of the ink of the printer, receives from the printer a print preview display image which the information processor has instructed the printer to generate, and displays the image, estimates the shortage of the ink when the print data is printed by the printer on the basis of the consumption and the residual amount of the ink, and instructs the printer to generate a print preview display image obtained by reducing a hue whose ink is estimated to be short by the shortage of the ink estimated, from the print preview display image of the print data whose printing is to be required of the printer.
Inventors:
KURODA YOSHIO
TAJIMA YUKIHITO
SUZUKI AMI
SHINDO MASAYA
HANYU HIROKI
SHIMOMATSU MASAYA
TAJIMA YUKIHITO
SUZUKI AMI
SHINDO MASAYA
HANYU HIROKI
SHIMOMATSU MASAYA
Application Number:
JP2013265859A
Publication Date:
July 02, 2015
Filing Date:
December 24, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON MARKETING JAPAN INC
CANON MJ IT GROUP HOLDINGS INC
CANON SOFTWARE INC
CANON MJ IT GROUP HOLDINGS INC
CANON SOFTWARE INC
International Classes:
G06F3/12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kimura Yusuke
Kanako Haruha
Kanako Haruha