Print Support Apparatus Aligning Output With User Browsing Preferences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users experience discomfort due to differences in image brightness and color when printing images from one terminal device to another, as the terminal setting values for image display and printing are often mismatched, leading to inconsistent output.
Innovation Solution
A print support apparatus and method that generates a terminal setting history to identify the reference setting value based on the longest image browsing time, correcting the print target image characteristics to match the user's usual browsing settings, ensuring consistency across different devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the print target image is corrected based on the terminal setting value of the terminal apparatus with which the user gives an instruction for image print, then the image characteristics match the current terminal display settings, but the image characteristics differ from the user's usual browsing experience, causing user discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by collecting terminal setting values during image browsing operations and storing them in advance. When print is requested, the system retrieves the pre-stored browsing terminal settings rather than using the current terminal settings, ensuring the printed image matches what the user previously viewed without requiring real-time terminal configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the print target image is corrected based on the terminal setting value of the terminal apparatus used for image browsing, then the image characteristics match the user's usual browsing experience, but the correction may not account for differences between browsing and printing contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring and collecting terminal setting values during actual image browsing operations. This feedback information is stored and later used to automatically adjust print output, creating a closed-loop system where the printing adapts based on observed user browsing behavior rather than relying on preset assumptions or manual input.
3Adaptability or versatility
If terminal setting values are collected and stored for each terminal apparatus, then the system can identify the user's preferred browsing settings, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The print support apparatus serves multiple functions: it acts as a print server, a setting collection device, a data storage system, and an automatic correction engine. By consolidating these functions into a single centralized system rather than implementing them in each terminal apparatus, the solution achieves terminal-specific customization without distributing complexity across multiple devices.
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AI summary
A print support apparatus that receives a print target image selected in a terminal apparatus having a display unit, on which image browsing is possible, and instructs a printer to perform image print includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to generate a terminal setting history by receiving and recording a terminal setting value, which is transmitted in a case where a specific event occurs and is involved in image browsing, from at least one terminal apparatus, specify the terminal setting value having a longest image browsing time as a reference setting value based on the terminal setting history, and correct a characteristic of the print target image based on the reference setting value.