Patent ID: 8238003
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A transfer method for transferring data between an image input apparatus and an image output apparatus in direct communication with each other, the image input apparatus being configured to store at least one image file of an input image and a conversion file including conversion information used for carrying out color conversion in a preset color space common to the image input apparatus and the image output apparatus, said transfer method comprising: a first transfer step of transferring from the image input apparatus to the image output apparatus the conversion file for color conversion; and a second transfer step of transferring the image file from the image input apparatus to the image output apparatus after the conversion file is transferred in said first transfer step, wherein the image output apparatus carries out color conversion on the image of the image file transferred in said second transfer step using the conversion information included in the conversion file transferred in said first transfer step and generates a color-converted image corresponding to the conversion file, and wherein, in a case where M image files are transferred in said second transfer step after N conversion files are transferred in said first transfer step, wherein M and N are integers larger than 1, the image output apparatus carries out different color conversions of N types respectively corresponding to the N conversion files on each image of the M image files, thereby generating M×N color-converted images, wherein said transfer method further comprises a print control step of controlling to print the generated M×N color-converted images.