Patent ID: 7843602

Claim:
An image inspection apparatus used when an externally input image is processed and converted to printing data, and the printing data is output to a predetermined printer to allow the printer to generate a photographic print, comprising: a first storage device which associates setup information about at least a color and density of the process with each image and stores the information each time the printer is allowed to generate a photographic print; a first print simulation image generation device which generates a first print simulation image including no change in the printer based on an image to be remade and the setup information stored in the first storage device as associated with the image to be remade before the printer remakes the photographic print; a display device which displays the first print simulation image; a density measuring device which reads a photographic print generated by the printer, and measures density of an image actually printed into the photographic print; a second storage device which stores a measurement value of the density measured by the density measuring device or a difference between the measurement value and a target value as associated with each image; and a second print simulation image generation device which generates a second print simulation image including a change in the printer based on the image to be remade, the setup information stored in the first storage device as associated with the image to be remade, and the information stored in the second storage device as associated with the image to be remade, wherein the display device displays the second print simulation image and the first print simulation image so that they can be compared and observed.