Patent Document ID: 20120182374
Application ID: 13348698
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A printing quality evaluation system comprising: a printing condition setting device that sets a printing condition in order to print a plurality of symbols having different printing conditions in a printing target with a laser marking apparatus; and a printing quality evaluation apparatus that evaluates printing quality of each symbol based on captured images of the plurality of symbols having the different printing conditions, the plurality of symbols being printed in the printing target with the laser marking apparatus based on printing data that is generated according to the printing conditions set with the printing condition setting device, wherein the printing condition setting device includes: a parameter setting section that can set at least one printing parameter to a variable parameter varying the printing condition in a plurality of printing parameters constituting the printing conditions, and sets other printing parameters to fixed parameters; a printing condition generating section that substitutes a plurality of different parameter values for the variable parameter set by the parameter setting section while substituting fixed values for the fixed parameters set by the parameter setting section, thereby generating the plurality of different printing conditions; a printing data generation section that causes the printing quality evaluation apparatus to read different piece of identification information, and sets the identification information to an identifiable symbol to generate printing data, the identification information identifying at least information on the variable parameter included in the printing condition, the identification information being previously correlated with each of the plurality of different printing conditions generated by the printing condition generating section; and a printing data output section that transmits the plurality of different symbols generated by the printing data generation section to the laser marking apparatus, and the printing quality evaluation apparatus includes: an image acquiring section that acquires the captured image including each symbol printed in the printing target, the captured image being captured with resolution at which the printing quality of the symbol can be evaluated; a symbol extracting section that extracts the symbol in which the printing quality can be evaluated from the captured images acquired by the image acquiring section; a printing quality evaluation section that evaluates the printing quality of the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section; an identification information recognition section that recognizes the identification information identifying each printing condition of the symbol, the printing condition being included in the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section; and an evaluation output section that outputs the identification information, which is recognized by the identification information recognition section, and an evaluation result of the printing quality of the printing quality evaluation section according to the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section.