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Print condition recommendation device and print processing apparatus

A technology for printing conditions and recommending devices, which is applied to electronic digital data processing, permanent visual display devices, digital output to printing units, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-03-26
KONICA MINOLTA INC
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Therefore, the user cannot appropriately change the print settings in consideration of these values
[0009] In the aforementioned Patent Document 1, the priority printing conditions are set in advance as printing conditions that contribute to resource saving and energy saving, so it is impossible to deal with users who want to suppress the total cost including maintenance costs and want to save paper resources. Urgently expecting and requesting corresponding reduction items
In addition, the best printing conditions need to be set in advance, but it is difficult to judge what kind of printing conditions are the best
In addition, the optimal printing conditions are fixed, but the optimal printing conditions also vary depending on the environment, electricity, and material costs, so the fixed optimal printing conditions may not actually be optimal.

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no. 1 Embodiment approach ＞

[0049] figure 1 A schematic electrical configuration of the print processing device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is shown. Here, the print processing device 10 is configured as a multifunction peripheral having functions of optically reading a document image and printing the reproduced image on recording paper, and storing or storing image data of the read document as a file. A scanning function for sending from an external terminal, a printing function for forming and outputting an image related to a print job received from an external terminal such as a personal computer, a print server, etc. on recording paper, a facsimile function for sending and receiving image data, etc. In the present invention, as long as there is a printing function, there may be no other functions. In addition, the print processing device 10 has a function as a printing condition recommending device.

[0050] The print processing device 10 is composed of a ROM (Read...

no. 2 Embodiment approach ＞

[0095] In the second embodiment, the print processing device 10 transmits the determined recommended printing conditions to the printer driver of the user PC, and displays the recommended printing conditions on the screen of the printer driver (prompts the user for the recommended printing conditions) so as to obtain User accepts acknowledgment. The other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore their descriptions are omitted.

[0096] Figure 12 A processing procedure in a case where the print processing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment receives a print job from a user PC connected to the network and prints is shown.

[0097] Similar to the first embodiment, when instructing printing, the printer driver of the user PC displays a plurality of selectable eco-modes (saving items) on the printing condition setting screen ( S11 ). Upon receiving an operation to select one of these eco-modes from the user ( S12 ), the printer driv...

no. 3 Embodiment approach ＞

[0105] In the third embodiment, the print processing device 10 determines recommended printing conditions within a preset allowable range. The other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore their descriptions are omitted.

[0106] Figure 13 A processing procedure in a case where the print processing apparatus 10 according to the third embodiment receives a print job from a user PC connected to the network and prints is shown. Before printing, the user sets the allowable range of printing conditions. This setting is accepted on a predetermined setting screen of the printer driver ( S31 ). The printer driver of the user PC notifies the print processing apparatus 10 of information indicating the allowable range of the set printing conditions ( S32 ). The print processing apparatus 10 that has received this information stores the received allowable range of the printing conditions ( S33 ).

[0107] The allowable range can be set in various t...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a print condition recommendation device, including: a result recording unit to record a print condition used in printing carried out by a predetermined print apparatus, and result information which is one of a result value of each of a plurality of saving items which are previously determined and data for calculating the result value, so as to relate the print condition to the result information; a selection receiving unit to receive a selection of a prior saving item among the saving items from a user; a recommendation print condition determining unit to determine a recommendation print condition which increases a saving effect of the prior saving item, in accordance with the result information; and a recommendation print condition reflecting unit to show the recommendation print condition to the user, or to set the recommendation print condition to the predetermined print apparatus.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a printing condition recommendation device and a print processing device for recommending appropriate printing conditions from the viewpoint of energy saving and the like. Background technique [0002] From the standpoint of preventing global warming and saving energy, the suppression of power consumption is being sought. In addition, power saving of copiers and printers is also being pursued in companies in order to reduce costs. In such a situation, by measuring and displaying the power used by copiers and printers on the device itself, awareness of energy saving and carbon dioxide emissions in each company are raised, and activities for environmental protection are planned. [0003] In addition, there is a print management that pre-sets printing conditions that contribute to environmental protection among the printing conditions set in the printer driver, and manages the comparison results of the printing conditions...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12
CPCG06F3/1219G06F3/1221G06F3/1254G06F3/1285G06F3/1288Y02D10/00G06K15/1809
Inventor 小田昭彦
Owner KONICA MINOLTA INC