Image recording device, system, and method
View Patent ↗An output instruction including output conditions that differ by page is instructed by the output instruction unit, the instruction data is analyzed by a data analysis unit, instruction data including instructed output conditions that differ by page is stored, the image data is image-processed by an image processing unit in accordance with the instruction data stored in the data analysis unit, to thereby create an output image, the output conditions of the printing mechanism are switched by an output control unit in accordance with the instruction data, and the output image generated at the image processing unit is printed by a printing mechanism. It is determined whether or not there are contradictions in the instruction data of the image data, resetting is prompted with respect to contradictions, and an appearance when image recording is actually effected in accordance with the instruction data is displayed.
1. An image recording device that image-processes print and photographic data in accordance with an output instruction for the print and photographic data, generates an output image, and outputs the output image in accordance with output conditions of the output instruction, the image recording device comprising:
an output instruction unit for instructing output including output conditions that differ by page;
a storage unit for storing the output instruction including the output conditions that differ by page instructed by the output instruction unit;
an image processing unit for image-processing print and photographic data by page in accordance with the output instruction stored in the storage unit to thereby generate image-processed print and photographic data;
an image recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium selected from standard paper and coated photographic paper on the basis of the image-processed print data generated in the image processing unit; and
an output control unit for switching image recording conditions of the image recording unit in accordance with the output instruction;
wherein the output instruction unit determines whether or not there are contradictions in the output instruction for the print and photographic data, and prompts resetting with respect to contradictions and wherein the contradictions relate to the selection of standard paper or coated photographic in accordance with the print and photographic data.
2. The image recording device of claim 1 , wherein the output conditions include at least one of color mode selection, the presence/absence of jaggy correction processing, resolution setting, and paper type selection.
3. The image recording device of claim 1 , further including a display for displaying an appearance when image recording is actually effected in accordance with the output instruction by the output instruction unit.
4. The image recording device of claim 1 wherein the contradictions are contradictory settings made between pages to be printed on the same side of a sheet of paper by a pages-per-sheet setting.
5. The image recording device of claim 1 wherein the contradictions are contradictory settings made between pages to be printed on the same sheet of paper by two-sided printing.
6. An image recording device comprising:
an image processing unit for image-processing print and photographic data by page in accordance with an output instruction sent from an output instruction unit including output conditions that differ by page, to thereby generate image-processed print and photographic data; and
an image recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium including standard paper and coated photographic paper in accordance with the output conditions on the basis of the image-processed print and photographic data generated in the image processing unit. wherein the output instruction unit determines whether or not there are contradictions in the output instruction for the print and photographic data, and prompts resetting with respect to contradictions and wherein the contradictions relate to the selection of standard paper or coated photographic in accordance with the print and photographic data.
7. The image recording device of claim 6 , further including an input unit for inputting the print and photographic data and data of the output instruction, wherein the image processing unit image-processes the print and photographic data in accordance with the data of the output instruction inputted by the input unit.
8. The image recording device of claim 6 , further including a setting unit for setting the output instruction, wherein the image processing unit effects image processing in accordance with the output instruction set by the setting unit.
9. The image recording device of claim 6 , wherein at least image processing conditions and image recording conditions are included in the output conditions.
10. The image recording device of claim 9 , wherein common conditions common to the image processing conditions and to the image recording conditions are further included in the output conditions.
11. The image recording device of claim 8 , wherein the setting unit includes a display for setting the output instruction.
12. The image recording device of claim 11 , wherein at least image processing conditions and image recording conditions are included in the output conditions, and setting regions for setting the image processing conditions and the image recording conditions by page are included on a display screen of the display.
13. The image recording device of claim 12 , wherein common conditions common to the image processing conditions and to the image recording conditions are further included in the output conditions, and setting regions for setting the common conditions by page are included on the display screen of the display.
14. The image recording device of claim 6 , wherein the output conditions include at least one of color mode selection, the presence/absence of jaggy correction processing, resolution setting, and paper type selection.
15. An image recording system comprising:
a terminal for creating output instruction data including output conditions that differ by page; and
the image recording device of claim 7 ,
wherein the input unit inputs the output instruction data created by the terminal.
16. The image recording system of claim 15 , wherein the terminal includes a display for setting and displaying the output instruction.
17. The image recording system of claim 15 , wherein the terminal determines whether or not there are contradictions between the by-page output conditions of the output instruction, and prompts resetting when there are contradictions.
18. The image recording system of claim 16 , wherein the display displays an appearance of an image to be recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the output instruction.
19. An image recording method comprising
image-processing print and photographic data by page in accordance with an output instruction sent from an output instruction unit including output conditions that differ by page, to thereby generate image-processed print and photographic data; and
recording an image on a recording medium including standard paper and coated photographic paper in accordance with the output instruction on the basis of the image-processed print and photographic data generated in the image processing step:
wherein the output instruction unit determines whether or not there are contradictions in the output instruction for the print and photographic data, and prompts resetting with respect to contradictions and wherein the contradictions relate to the selection of standard paper or coated photographic in accordance with the print and photographic data.
20. The image recording method of claim 19 , further comprising displaying an appearance of an image to be recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the output instruction.