Patent Document ID: 7907315
Application ID: 11899480
Patent Status: 1

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, the print control apparatus comprising: an advanced processing execution module that performs a preprocessing prior to input of a print instruction for a start of printing, the preprocessing specifies a correction parameter used for correcting picture quality of the print object image; and an image processor that executes an image processing in response to the print instruction, 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; wherein, at a timing when the preprocessing is currently being performed by the advanced processing execution module, and at an input timing of an image processing instruction in response to the print instruction, the image processor, on condition that a processing amount of the preprocessing has reached a predetermined level, waits for completion of the preprocessing and implements the correction process by utilizing a result of the preprocessing, and the image processor, on condition that the processing amount has not yet reached the predetermined level, stops the preprocessing performs the preprocessing at a higher speed than a processing speed by the advanced processing execution module, and utilizes a result of the preprocessing to implement the correction process.