Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12571682-B2
Application number	US-202418627519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2024
Priority date	Apr 11, 2023
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a first obtaining unit obtains, in a case where a setting for executing a base coating process for a print medium before printing on the print medium is made, a first color profile independent of a type of a print medium, and obtains, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is not made, a second color profile corresponding to a type of the print medium. An output unit outputs the first color profile for the print medium having undergone the base coating process, and outputs the second color profile for the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first obtaining unit configured to obtain, in a case where a setting for executing a base coating process for a print medium before printing on the print medium is made, a first color profile independent of a type of a print medium, and obtain, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is not made, a second color profile corresponding to a type of the print medium; and an output unit configured to output the first color profile for the print medium having undergone the base coating process, and output the second color profile for the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set whether to execute the base coating process before printing on the print medium,
wherein in a case where the setting unit sets to execute the base coating process before printing on the print medium, the first obtaining unit obtains the first color profile.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets, in accordance with a user operation, whether to execute the base coating process.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets, based on the print medium to be used for printing, whether to execute the base coating process.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets, based on a colorimetry result of the print medium by an image forming apparatus that executes the base coating process, whether to execute the base coating process.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base coating process is a process of printing white ink on the print medium.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first color profile is a color profile created based on a color patch printed on the print medium having undergone the base coating process.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second color profile is a color profile created based on a color patch printed on the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second obtaining unit configured to obtain evaluation of an influence of a color of the print medium on color development of printing by the base coating process; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the evaluation of the influence, whether the influence of the color of the print medium on the color development of the printing is sufficiently suppressed by the base coating process, wherein in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is made and it is determined that the influence is sufficiently suppressed, the first obtaining unit obtains the first color profile, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is made and it is determined that the influence is not sufficiently suppressed, the first obtaining unit obtains the second color profile corresponding to the type of the print medium, and the output unit outputs the color profile obtained by the first obtaining unit for the print medium having undergone the base coating process.

10 . An information processing method comprising:
obtaining, in a case where a setting for executing a base coating process for a print medium before printing on the print medium is made, a first color profile independent of a type of a print medium, and obtaining, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is not made, a second color profile corresponding a type of the print medium; and outputting the first color profile for the print medium having undergone the base coating process, and outputting the second color profile for the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute an information processing method comprising:
obtaining, in a case where a setting for executing a base coating process for a print medium before printing on the print medium is made, a first color profile independent of a type of a print medium, and obtaining, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is not made, a second color profile corresponding to a type of the print medium; and outputting the first color profile for the print medium having undergone the base coating process, and outputting the second color profile for the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Hamada Tetsuya

Classifications

• B41J2/2117 Primary

  Ejecting white liquids · CPC title

• B41J2/2114

  Ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids (B41J2/211 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01J3/462 Primary

  Computing operations in or between colour spaces; Colour management systems · CPC title