Printing Layer Grouping for Multilayer Inkjet Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing technologies have limited flexibility in setting printing conditions and low user convenience for multilayer printing, particularly when combining color ink and specific color ink layers.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that determines layer groups for simultaneous printing, receives user inputs for printing conditions, and applies specific settings to each group and other layers, allowing for improved flexibility and convenience in multilayer printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If printing conditions are set for each layer individually in multilayer printing, then printing precision and quality are improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments layers into two categories: layer groups (printed simultaneously in one scanning) and other layers (printed separately). This segmentation allows different printing condition settings to be applied to different categories, reducing the overall complexity while maintaining quality control for each category.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple layers into layer groups that can be printed simultaneously in one scanning operation. By combining layers with similar printing requirements into a single group, the system reduces the number of separate printing operations and condition settings needed, thereby simplifying operation while preserving printing quality.
2Manufacturing precision
If printing conditions are set for each layer individually, then printing quality is improved, but printing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple layers into layer groups that are printed simultaneously in one scanning operation. This merging of layers into printable groups directly increases printing speed by reducing the number of scanning operations required, while the system maintains quality control through appropriate setting application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic printing condition settings that can be selectively applied to layer groups and other layers based on their specific requirements. This dynamic approach allows the system to optimize printing speed for layer groups while maintaining quality standards, rather than applying uniform settings to all layers.
3Adaptability or versatility
If flexibility in setting printing conditions is increased, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the printing system into layer groups and other layers, each with their own setting application mechanisms. This segmentation provides flexibility in setting printing conditions for different types of layers while managing system complexity through clear categorization and separate handling of each category.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a layer-group determining unit configured to determine, from a printing layer that is a plurality of layers printed using a head that ejects ink, the printing layer including the layer formed by specific color ink and the layer formed by color ink, a layer group that is a plurality of the layers printed in one scanning by the head, a receiving unit configured to receive an input of printing conditions for each of the layer group included in the printing layer and other layers that are zero or more of the layers not included in the layer group, and a setting unit configured to perform setting for applying, to the layer group, a first input value of the printing condition input for the layer group and applying, to the other layers, a second input value of the printing condition input for the other layers.