Printing method and printing system
The present invention provides a printing method of printing an image for which a client places a print order by making an image quality correction to an item indicated by the client, comprising the steps of: managing a print history of a client individually for each client, detecting as an image to be repeat-printed based on the print history of an image for which an order for repeat print is placed from among images for which print orders are accepted from clients, and setting an item of image quality correction and an amount of correction based on the print history such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made before to the image to be repeat-printed can be made.
1 . A printing method of an image for which a client places a print order by making an image quality correction to an item indicated by the client, comprising:
managing a print history of a client individually for each client;
detecting an image for which an order for repeat print is placed as an image to be repeat-printed, from among images for which print orders are accepted from the client, based on the print history; and
setting an item of image quality correction and an amount of correction based on the print history such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made before to the image to be repeat-printed can be made.
2 . The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein on an image for which a print order is newly placed,
a most frequently used item of image quality correction in items of image quality correction made before by a client who places a print order is detected as a most frequently used image quality correction item from the print history;
an image requiring image quality correction of the detected most frequently used image quality correction item is extracted as an image to be corrected from among images for which print orders are newly placed based on the print history;
an image most requiring image quality correction is extracted as a target image most requiring correction from among extracted images to be corrected based on the print history;
a plurality of sample images are generated by stepwise changing an amount of correction of the extracted target image most requiring correction and making image quality correction to the most frequently used image quality correction item;
one of the plurality of generated sample images is selected; and
an item of image quality correction to be made to the image to be corrected and an amount of correction are set such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made to the selected sample image can be made.
3 . The printing method of printing an image for which a client places a print order by making an image quality correction to an item indicated by the client according to claim 1 , wherein:
a print history of a client is individually managed for each client;
a most frequently used item of image quality correction in items of image quality correction made before by a client who places a print order is detected as a most frequently used image quality correction item from the print history;
an image requiring image quality correction of the detected most frequently used image quality correction item is extracted as an image to be corrected from among images for which print orders are newly placed based on the print history;
an image most requiring image quality correction is extracted as a target image most requiring correction from among extracted images to be corrected based on the print history;
a plurality of sample images are generated by stepwise changing an amount of correction of the extracted target image most requiring correction and making image quality correction to the most frequently used image quality correction item;
one of the plurality of generated sample images is selected; and
an item of image quality correction to be made to the image to be corrected and an amount of correction are set such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made to the selected sample image can be made.
4 . The printing method according to claim 2 , wherein
the image to be corrected is extracted by detecting an image having the same shooting condition as a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among images for which print orders are newly placed.
5 . The printing method according to claim 3 , wherein
the image to be corrected is extracted by detecting an image having the same shooting condition as a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among images for which print orders are newly placed.
6 . The printing method according to claim 2 , wherein
the image to be corrected is extracted by detecting an image having a shooting condition most matching a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among the images to be corrected.
7 . The printing method according to claim 3 , wherein
the image to be corrected is extracted by detecting an image having a shooting condition most matching a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among the images to be corrected.
8 . The printing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
accepting an image to be printed from a client;
displaying the accepted image on a display device;
accepting a print order by selecting the displayed image on the display device;
detecting a RAW image from among images which are accepted from the client and are to be printed;
developing the detected RAW image in a developing process;
assigning a symbol identifying a RAW image; and
displaying the RAW image to which the symbol is assigned on the display device.
9 . The printing method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
accepting an image to be printed from a client;
displaying the accepted image on a display device;
accepting a print order by selecting the displayed image on the display device;
detecting a RAW image from among images which are accepted from the client and are to be printed;
developing the detected RAW image in a developing process;
assigning a symbol identifying a RAW image; and
displaying the RAW image to which the symbol is assigned on the display device.
10 . The printing method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
accepting an image to be printed from a client;
displaying the accepted image on a display device;
accepting a print order by selecting the displayed image on the display device;
detecting a RAW image from among images which are accepted from the client and are to be printed;
developing the detected RAW image in a developing process;
assigning a symbol identifying a RAW image; and
displaying the RAW image to which the symbol is assigned on the display device.
11 . The printing method according to claim 8 , wherein
when an image for which a client places a print order is a RAW image, the image is developed in a developing process, and then printed.
12 . A printing system which makes image quality correction of an item indicated by a client to an image for which a print order is placed from a print acceptance terminal, and prints the image on a printer, comprising:
a management device which manages a print history of a client individually for each client;
a repeat print target image detection device which detects as an image to be repeat-printed based on the print history of an image for which an order for repeat print is placed in images for which print orders are accepted from the client; and
an image quality correction setting device which sets an item of image quality correction and an amount of correction based on the print history such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made before to the image to be repeat-printed detected by the repeat print target image detection device can be made.
13 . The printing system according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a most frequently used image quality correction item detection device which detects a most frequently used item of image quality correction in items of image quality correction made before by a client who places a print order as a most frequently used image quality correction item from the print history;
a correction target extraction device which extracts an image requiring image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item detected by the most frequently used image quality correction item detection device as an image to be corrected from among images for which print orders are newly placed based on the print history;
a most correction requiring target image extraction device which extracts an image most requiring image quality correction as a target image most requiring correction from among extracted images to be corrected extracted by the correction target extraction device based on the print history;
a sample image generation device which generates a plurality of sample images by stepwise changing an amount of correction of the target image most requiring correction extracted by the most correction requiring target image extraction device and makes image quality correction to the most frequently used image quality correction item;
a display control device which displays the plurality of sample images generated by the sample image generation device on a display device; and
a selection device which selects one of the sample images displayed on the display device, wherein
the image quality correction setting device sets an item of image quality correction to be made to the image to be corrected and an amount of correction such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made to the sample image selected by the selection device can be made.
14 . A printing system which makes image quality correction of an item indicated by a client to an image for which a print order is placed from a print acceptance terminal, and prints the image on a printer, comprising:
a management device which manages a print history of a client individually for each client;
a most frequently used image quality correction item detection device which detects a most frequently used item of image quality correction in items of image quality correction made before by a client who places a print order as a most frequently used image quality correction item from the print history;
a correction target extraction device which extracts an image requiring image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item detected by the most frequently used image quality correction item detection device as an image to be corrected from among images for which print orders are newly placed based on the print history;
a most correction requiring target image extraction device which extracts an image most requiring image quality correction as a target image most requiring correction from among extracted images to be corrected by the correction target execution device based on the print history;
a sample image generation device which generates a plurality of sample images by stepwise changing an amount of correction of the target image most requiring correction extracted by the most correction requiring target image extraction device and makes image quality correction to the most frequently used image quality correction item;
a display control device which displays the plurality of sample images generated by the sample image generation device on a display device;
a selection device which selects one of the sample images displayed on the display device; and
an image quality correction setting device which sets an item of image quality correction to be made to the image to be corrected and an amount of correction such that the same image quality correction as the image quality correction made to the sample image selected by the selection device can be made.
15 . The printing system according to claim 13 , wherein
the correction target image extraction device extracts the image to be corrected by detecting an image having the same shooting condition as a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among images for which print orders are newly placed.
16 . The printing system according to claim 14 , wherein
the correction target image extraction device extracts the image to be corrected by detecting an image having the same shooting condition as a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among images for which print orders are newly placed.
17 . The printing system according to claim 13 , wherein
the most correction requiring target image extraction device extracts the image to be corrected by detecting an image having a shooting condition most matching a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among the images to be corrected.
18 . The printing system according to claim 14 , wherein
the most correction requiring target image extraction device extracts the image to be corrected by detecting an image having a shooting condition most matching a prescribed shooting condition of an image to which image quality correction of the most frequently used image quality correction item is made from among the images to be corrected.
19 . The printing system according to claim 12 , further comprising:
an accepting device which accepts an image to be printed from a client and makes the accepted image to be displayed on a display device;
a selection device which selects the displayed image displayed on the display device and places a print order;
a RAW image detection device which detects a RAW image from among images which are accepted from a client and are to be printed; and
a developing device which develops a RAW image, wherein
the RAW image detected by the RAW image detection device is developed by the developing device, assigned a symbol identifying a RAW image, and displayed on the display device.
20 . The printing system according to claim 13 , further comprising:
an accepting device which accepts an image to be printed from a client and makes the accepted image to be displayed on a display device;
a selection device which selects the displayed image displayed on the display device and places a print order;
a RAW image detection device which detects a RAW image from among images which are accepted from a client and are to be printed; and
a developing device which develops a RAW image, wherein
the RAW image detected by the RAW image detection device is developed by the developing device, assigned a symbol identifying a RAW image, and displayed on the display device.
21 . The printing system according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an accepting device which accepts an image to be printed from a client and makes the accepted image to be displayed on a display device;
a selection device which selects the displayed image displayed on the display device and places a print order;
a RAW image detection device which detects a RAW image from among images which are accepted from a client and are to be printed; and
a developing device which develops a RAW image, wherein
the RAW image detected by the RAW image detection device is developed by the developing device, assigned a symbol identifying a RAW image, and displayed on the display device.
22 . The printing system according to claim 19 , wherein
when an image for which a client places a print order is a RAW image, the developing device performs a developing process on the image, and then prints the image.
23 . The printing system according to claim 12 , wherein
each print acceptance terminal is connected such that the terminal can communicate with a management server, and the management server comprises the management device, and centrally manages the print history.
24 . The printing system according to claim 13 , wherein
each print acceptance terminal is connected such that the terminal can communicate with a management server, and the management server comprises the management device, and centrally manages the print history.
25 . The printing system according to claim 14 , wherein
each print acceptance terminal is connected such that the terminal can communicate with a management server, and the management server comprises the management device, and centrally manages the print history.