Patent ID: 11917116
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A printing system comprising an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus,
the image forming apparatus including:
a plurality of imaging units;
one or more first memories storing instructions; and
one or more first processors that execute the instructions being configured to
print, in a case that a print job received from the information processing apparatus is a print job for printing a chart for adjustment, the chart based on the print job,
decide, based on the chart, which of the plurality of imaging units is to be used to perform colorimetry of a printed product on which the chart has been printed,
change a conveyance path of the printed product to use the decided imaging unit for the colorimetry of the printed product, and
notify the information processing apparatus of a result of the colorimetry by the decided imaging unit, and
the information processing apparatus including:
one or more second memories storing instructions; and
one or more second processors that execute the instructions being configured to
designate the imaging unit to perform the colorimetry of the printed product printed based on the print job for printing the chart for adjustment, and
designate an adjustment function to be executed based on a result of the colorimetry by the imaging unit,
wherein the print job includes information for designating the imaging unit and information for designating the adjustment function.