Colorimetric Server Workflow Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing colorimetric methods in printing technologies, such as ink jet and electrophotographic methods, lack usability due to limited user freedom in time and require extensive familiarity with colorimetric processes.
Innovation Solution
A colorimetric system comprising a server, an information processing apparatus, and a colorimetric device that communicates to create and transmit work information including print and colorimetry commands, allowing for automated chart image printing and colorimetry, with the server storing and managing corresponding information to enhance usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If colorimetry is performed manually by the user, then the user can control the timing and process, but the user needs extensive familiarity with colorimetric processes and has limited freedom in time
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the colorimetric work into separate functional modules: a server that manages workflow and transmits commands, an information processing apparatus that receives commands, a printing apparatus that prints charts, and a colorimetric device that performs measurement. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific tasks, reducing the cognitive burden on users while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that coordinates between the user, information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and colorimetric device. It transmits print commanding information and colorimetry commanding information, manages work information, and facilitates automated colorimetric workflows without requiring users to directly manage complex interactions between devices.
2Extent of automation
If automated colorimetric processes are implemented, then usability is improved and user familiarity is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server provides universal functionality by handling multiple aspects of the colorimetric workflow: storing work information, transmitting print commands, transmitting colorimetry commands, and coordinating between different devices. This multi-functionality consolidates complex automation logic in a single central component, allowing other devices to remain relatively simple while achieving high overall automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes feedback loops where the server transmits commands to devices and receives results, enabling automated adjustment and coordination. The server can send print commanding information to print charts, then send colorimetry commanding information to measure the printed charts, creating an automated feedback-driven workflow that reduces manual intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If print and colorimetry commands are transmitted separately at different times, then flexibility in workflow timing is improved, but coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server stores work information that includes both print commanding information and colorimetry commanding information before transmission. This preliminary organization of commands allows the system to flexibly transmit them at different times based on workflow requirements while maintaining proper coordination through the pre-established work information structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The server as an intermediary maintains the correspondence between print commands and colorimetry commands through stored work information. Even when transmitting commands at different times, the server can track and coordinate the relationship between printing operations and subsequent colorimetry operations, managing coordination complexity centrally rather than requiring complex synchronization between multiple devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A colorimetric method is executed by a server that communicates with an information processing apparatus coupled to a printing apparatus and to a colorimetric device. The method includes: creating work information that includes print commanding information related to a command to print a chart image based on chart information and also includes colorimetry commanding information related to a command to perform colorimetry for the chart image; storing the work information; transmitting the print commanding information to the information processing apparatus; causing the information processing apparatus to command, according to the print commanding information, the printing apparatus to print the chart image; transmitting the colorimetry commanding information to the information processing apparatus; and acquiring colorimetry result information created as a result of the colorimetry performed for the chart image by the colorimetric device.