Printing System, Print Control Device, and Print Control Method

摘要

A printing system, print control device, and print control method enable non-technical users without specific technical knowledge to appropriately set the flushing conditions of a printer. A host that sends commands to an inkjet printer that prints on a print medium provides a user interface for selecting an operating mode prioritizing the throughput of the printing operation, or a normal operating mode. When the operating mode prioritizing printer throughput is selected using the user interface, the host generates a command setting a condition for flushing the ink nozzles of the inkjet printer, and sends the generated command to the inkjet printer.

主权项

1. A printing system comprising:
a printing device including a printhead with ink nozzles,
a conveyance unit that conveys a print medium, anda control unit that executes a first flushing ejecting ink from ink nozzles of the printhead into an ink receiving part, and a second flushing ejecting ink from ink nozzles of the printhead onto the print medium; and a print control device including an input reception unit that provides a user interface to select a first operating mode or a second operating mode prioritizing printer throughput more than the first operating mode,
a command control unit that generates a command specifying a flushing condition of the printing device when an operating mode is selected through the user interface of the input reception unit, anda command transmission unit that transmits the command generated by the command control unit; the control unit of the printing device receiving and interpreting commands transmitted by the print control device, and setting a flushing condition according to a received command.