Patent ID: 8804195
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing method comprising: an attribute acquisition step of acquiring an attribute of a target print medium; a reference information acquisition step of acquiring a reference total colorant amount, which corresponds to the acquired attribute and is a maximum colorant amount for another existing print medium and is not a maximum colorant amount for the target print medium, for the target print medium; an image generating step of generating a plurality of image data having stepwise different total colorant amounts on the basis of the acquired reference total colorant amount to determine the maximum colorant amount for the target print medium; a printing step of printing a plurality of images corresponding to the generated plurality of image data on the target print medium; and a maximum colorant amount determining step of determining the maximum colorant amount for the target print medium based on the plurality of images printed in the print step, wherein the determined maximum colorant amount corresponds to a maximum printable amount of colorant per unit area for the target print medium, and wherein the different total colorant amounts are within a range centering on the acquired reference total colorant amount.