Patent ID: 11875068
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A printing system comprising:
a first information processing unit;
a first printing unit;
a second information processing unit;
a second printing unit different from the first printing unit;
a first information supplying unit; and
a second information supplying unit, wherein
the first information processing unit includes:
a first receiving unit configured to receive, from the first information supplying unit, first printing setting information for simulating printing to be executed by the second printing unit;
a first printing instructing unit configured to instruct the first printing unit to print first printing data based on the first printing setting information received by the first receiving unit; and
a first transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the second information supplying unit, second printing data based on the first printing data used for the execution of the printing by the first printing unit according to the instruction from the first printing instructing unit and second printing setting information based on a colorimetric result concerning the first printing data,

the first printing unit executes, according to the instruction from the first printing instructing unit, the printing of the first printing data based on the first printing setting information,
the second information supplying unit receives, from the first information processing unit, the second printing data and the second printing setting information transmitted by the first transmitting unit,
the second information processing unit includes:
a second receiving unit configured to receive, from the second information supplying unit, the second printing data and the second printing setting information received by the second information supplying unit; and
a second printing instructing unit configured to instruct the second printing unit to print the second printing data based on the second printing setting information received by the second receiving unit, and

the second printing unit executes, according to the instruction from the second printing instructing unit, the printing of the second printing data based on the second printing setting information.