Quality Requirement Data Generation for Print Color Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional order reception systems in commercial printing lack the ability to receive and convert detailed print quality terms set by customers into standardized formats, such as PRX, which are necessary for ensuring color reproducibility and stability across multiple pages or copies, leading to inconsistent printing results.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that includes a reception unit for receiving print data, a display control unit for prompting users to select print quality settings, a generation unit for generating quality requirement data based on customer-specific settings, and a transmission unit for sending this data to a control system, ensuring that the printed product meets the required quality standards by using PRX and PQX data formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional order reception systems are used without standardized quality format conversion, then the system structure remains simple, but the manufacturing precision of print quality requirements deteriorates due to inability to accurately transmit detailed quality terms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a quality requirement conversion unit that acts as an intermediary between the order reception system and the printing control system. This unit converts customer-specific quality terms into standardized PRX/PQX formats, enabling accurate transmission of quality requirements without requiring fundamental changes to the existing system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms quality requirement parameters from non-standardized customer-specific formats into standardized PRX/PQX parameters. This parameter transformation enables systematic processing and transmission of quality terms while maintaining the simplicity of the underlying system structure.
2Productivity
If detailed quality terms are manually processed without automation, then the device complexity remains low, but the productivity of quality requirement processing deteriorates due to time-consuming manual conversion
Solution Approach 1:
The quality requirement conversion unit operates autonomously to convert customer quality terms into standardized formats without requiring manual intervention. The system automatically retrieves appropriate conversion rules based on product type and performs the transformation, enabling efficient processing while maintaining system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-stores conversion rules and correspondence relationships between different quality term formats in a database. This preliminary preparation enables rapid automatic conversion during order processing without requiring complex real-time analysis or manual rule interpretation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If generic quality standards are used without customer-specific customization, then the ease of operation is high, but the adaptability to different customer requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The quality requirement conversion unit dynamically adapts its conversion process based on the specific product type and customer requirements. It automatically selects appropriate conversion rules from the database based on the order details, enabling customization without requiring manual configuration or complex user input.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal conversion system that handles multiple types of quality terms (color values, positional shifts, image quality) through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional approach enables the system to adapt to various customer requirements while maintaining ease of operation through consistent interaction methods.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus that transmits print data and a print quality requirement to a control system that controls a printing apparatus to output a printed product satisfying required print quality, includes a reception unit configured to receive print data, a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a user interface that prompts a user to select a setting of print quality of the print data from among predetermined options, a generation unit configured to generate quality requirement data suitable for an option selected via the user interface, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the control system, the print data received by the reception unit and the quality requirement data generated by the generation unit, wherein the quality requirement data includes at least information indicating an acceptable range of a color difference between a standard color value and a colorimetric value of the printed product.