Patent ID: 7605937
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing control method of making a plurality of printing devices, for printing an image on a recording medium, print an image based on printing data representing the image to be printed with a control device connected to the printing devices, the printing control method comprising: (a) obtaining and storing a plurality of correcting data in advance for correcting a printing state of the image at the time of printing for each of the printing devices; (b) inputting the printing data from an external source; (c) converting the input printing data into data with a data format capable of being printed by the printing devices; (d) selecting correcting data related to a printing device to print the image based on the printing data from the stored correcting data by a selection component, wherein if the plurality of printing devices are made to print the image based on the printing data in a parallel process, the selection component selects a same type of printing device from the plurality of printing devices to print the image based on the printing data, the selection component selects the correcting data for each of the selected printing devices, and the plurality of printing devices operate simultaneously to print a common image output in parallel; and (e) transmitting the converted printing data and the selected correcting data, or corrected printing data which are obtained by correcting the converted printing data based on the selected correcting data to the plurality of printing devices to print the image based on the printing data.