Patent Document ID: 20080068629
Application ID: 11899480
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A print control apparatus that performs preprocessing and image processing with regard to a print object image specified as a target of a print start command, where the preprocessing specifies a correction parameter used for correcting picture quality of the print object image, and the image processing includes a correction process of print object image data representing the print object image based on the correction parameter specified in the preprocessing and is required for printing the print object image, the print control apparatus comprising: an advanced processing execution module that performs the preprocessing in advance prior to input of a print instruction for a start of printing; and an image processor that executes the image processing in response to the print instruction, when preprocessing with regard to the print object image specified as an object of image processing is currently being performed by the advanced processing execution module, at an input timing of an image processing instruction in response to the print instruction, on condition that a processing amount of the preprocessing currently performed by the advanced processing execution module has reached a predetermined level, the image processor waiting for completion of the preprocessing performed by the advanced processing execution module and implementing the correction process by utilizing a result of the preprocessing performed by the advanced processing execution module, on condition that the processing amount of the preprocessing currently performed by the advanced processing execution module has not yet reached the predetermined level, the image processor stopping the preprocessing currently performed by the advanced processing execution module, performing the preprocessing with regard to the print object image as the object of image processing at a higher speed than a processing speed by the advanced processing execution module, and utilizing a result of the preprocessing to implement the correction process.