Centralized Color Matching for Multi-Printer Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Printing companies face inefficiencies in color matching processing across multiple printing machines, including poor workability and manageability of data, due to the need for individual adjustments and data management for each machine.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and system that enables centralized color matching processing by reading color charts from multiple image forming apparatuses, displaying processing status, and generating profiles for each machine, improving data management and workability through network communication and automated data processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If color matching processing is performed individually for each printing machine, then color quality can be maintained for each machine, but workability and data manageability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines individual color matching operations for multiple printing machines into a single integrated processing flow. The management terminal aggregates color chart data from multiple machines, performs unified profile generation and management, thereby maintaining color quality for each machine while significantly improving workability through centralized processing.
2Manufacturing precision
If color matching processing is performed individually for each printing machine, then accurate color adjustment can be achieved, but data manageability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The management terminal serves multiple functions: it collects color chart data from various printing machines, generates profiles for each machine, manages profile versions, and provides centralized storage. This universal platform maintains accurate color adjustment for each machine while improving data manageability through a single centralized system.
3Manufacturing precision
If individual color matching processing is performed for multiple machines, then each machine's color characteristics can be optimized, but processing time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically collecting color chart data from multiple printing machines and preparing it for unified processing. The management terminal pre-organizes the data structure and initiates profile generation processes, reducing the time required for individual manual processing while maintaining optimization of each machine's color characteristics.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to cause an image reading device to execute reading processing of a first color chart printed by a particular image forming apparatus of a plurality of image forming apparatuses and display, for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, a progress status of each stage of processing from the reading processing of the first color chart to registration processing of a profile generated based on color information data obtained by the reading processing of the first color chart.