Calibration system

摘要

A calibration system includes a plurality of printers, a grouping unit, a printer-selecting unit, a corrections data acquiring unit, a group determining unit, and a print-data creating unit. A set of condition data is set for each printer. The grouping unit allocates each printer into either one of at least one group, based on the set of condition data for each printer. The printer-selecting unit selects, for each group, a printer among at least one printer belonging to the each group. The correction data acquiring unit acquires, for each group, one set of correction data created by the selected printer. The group determining unit determines one group, to which one of the printers that is desired to perform printing belongs. The print-data creating unit creates a set of print data based on the set of correction data corresponding to the determined group.

主权项

1. A calibration system comprising:
a plurality of printers each having condition generalized data, the condition generalized data being acquired by generalizing a plurality of sets of condition data, each condition data indicating at least one of temperature inside a corresponding printer and humidity inside the corresponding printer, the plurality of sets of condition data being detected a plurality of times within a prescribed time period; a condition-data receiving unit that receives a plurality of sets of condition generalized data by receiving the condition generalized data from each of the plurality of printers; a grouping unit that allocates, based on the plurality of sets of condition generalized data received from the plurality of printers by the condition-data receiving unit, each printer into one of a plurality of groups each corresponding to a range of the at least one of temperature and humidity, the grouping unit being configured to allocate a printer, whose at least one of temperature and humidity that is indicated by the set of condition generalized data falls within one range of the at least one of temperature and humidity, into corresponding one of the plurality of groups; a printer-selecting unit that selects, for each group, a printer among printers belonging to the each group; a correction data acquiring unit that acquires, for each group, one set of correction data created by the selected printer; a group determining unit that determines one group, to which one of the printers that is desired to perform printing belongs; and a print-data creating unit that creates, based on the set of correction data created by the selected printer of the determined group, a set of print data which is to be used by the one of the printers that is desired to perform printing regardless of whether or not the one of the printers that is desired to perform printing is the selected printer of the determined group; the calibration system further comprising a computer, wherein the condition-data receiving unit, the grouping unit, the printer-selecting unit, the correction data acquiring unit, the group determining unit and the print-data creating unit are provided in the computer, wherein each printer comprises:
a correction data creating unit that creates a set of correction data;a storage unit that stores the set of correction data and the set of condition generalized data;a condition-data transmitting unit that transmits the set of condition generalized data to the computer;a print-data receiving unit that receives the set of print data from the computer; anda printing unit that performs printing operation based on the set of print data; wherein the computer further comprises a print-instructing unit that transmits the set of print data to the one of the printers that is desired to perform printing; wherein the storage unit of each printer further stores a set of toner-using-state data indicative of a state how toner has been used in the each printer, consumable version data indicative of version information of at least one of consumables in the each printer, and the set of condition generalized data; wherein the condition-data receiving unit of the computer receives a plurality of sets of condition generalized data from the plurality of printers; wherein the grouping unit of the computer allocates each printer into one of the plurality of groups, based on the set of condition generalized data transmitted from the each printer; wherein the print-data creating unit of the computer acquires the set of toner-using-state data and the consumable version data from the printer desired to perform printing, and creates a set of print data based on the toner-using-state data and the consumable version data of the desired printer and the correction data corresponding to the determined group; and wherein the print-data creating unit of the computer further comprises:
an original print data acquiring unit that acquires a set of original print data indicating a density; anda correcting unit that acquires the set of toner-using-state data and the consumable version data from the printer desired to perform printing, and corrects the original print data into the print data based on the toner-using-state data and the consumable version data of the desired printer and the correction data corresponding to the determined group.