Print management system, method and computer-readable medium containing program for the same
US8040559B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6052
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Colors of printed materials are easily matched. Provided is a print management system used in a printing system including a plurality of printing presses and performing printing using plates respectively created for each printing press. The print management system includes a tone-curve storage unit for linking and storing identifying information of the printing presses and tone curves for the printing presses; a communication device for obtaining binary image data from a host system; a binary-image-data correction unit for creating binary image data for each of the printing presses by correcting the binary image data using the tone curves stored in the tone-curve storage unit; and CTPs for creating respective plates for each of the printing presses on the basis of the corrected binary image data.
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