Patent ID: 8705077
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing method comprising: storing a printing property of a printing system; determining by a compatibility determining unit, a printing compatibility of a printing data of an object included in a file to be printed by comparing a data property of the printing data with the stored printing property of the printing system, wherein the object is one of a plurality of objects included in the file; displaying a printing image estimated from the printing data based on the stored printing property; determining a quality information for the object in the printing image based on the determined printing compatibility; and displaying on a display unit, an indicator of the quality information for the object together with the object in the displayed printing image; wherein the object included in the file to be printed comprises one of a photograph, graphic and text; and wherein the display unit displays the indicator of the determined quality information for the object in a duplicated state with a portion of the corresponding estimated printing image.