Patent ID: 7126709
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing control system in which a high-order apparatus and a printing apparatus are connected so as to be capable of bidirectional communication, wherein the printing apparatus stores color-conversion information of image data handled by the printing apparatus and transmits the color-conversion information to the high-order apparatus in response to a request from the high-order apparatus; the high-order apparatus processes the image data using the color-conversion information transmitted from the printing apparatus; the high-order apparatus transmits the processed image data to the printing apparatus; the high-order apparatus has the color-conversion information of a specific printing apparatus in advance, and the high-order apparatus includes means for determining the model of the printing apparatus, and means for refraining from requesting the printing apparatus to transmit the color-conversion information in a case that the high-order apparatus determines that the model of the printing apparatus is a specific model.