Patent ID: 9148525
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image testing apparatus configured to compare output image data of an image which has been printed onto a recording medium by an external output apparatus and original image data which has been read from an original and is used to print the image onto the recording medium, and determine an output state of the image, the image testing apparatus comprising: an image reading part configured to generate the output image data by reading, from the recording medium, the image printed on the recording medium; an output mode obtaining part configured to obtain, from a controller of the external output apparatus, an output mode designated by a user on the external output apparatus, in response to an obtaining request sent from the image testing apparatus to the controller of the external output apparatus, the output mode indicating requested changes with respect to image characteristics of the original image data; a testing item setting part configured to set, according to the output mode obtained by the output mode obtaining part, an item for which the output state of the image is changed, as a testing item; and a testing part configured to test, based on the requested changes indicated by the output mode, the output state of the image for the testing item which is set by the testing item setting part by,