| 摘要 |
An image forming method using an image forming system including a master RIP and at least one slave RIP is provided. The slave RIP stores a printer profile of every paper to be printed by a printer connected to the slave RIP, registers paper relating information associating the printer profile with the paper and including a storage place for the printer profile, and transmits the paper relating information and the printer profile respectively to the master RIP. The master RIP receives the paper relating information and the printer profile, sets a paper in a print job, acquires the printer profile from the storage place associated with the set paper in the paper relating information, conducts color conversion of the print job by the printer profile instead of the slave RIP, and transmits the print job subjected to the color conversion to the slave RIP. |
| 主权项 |
1. An image forming method in an image forming system including a master RIP and at least one slave RIP, said master RIP conducting rasterize processing of a print job for causing a first printer connected to said master RIP to print, and said master RIP being capable of conducting rasterize processing of a print job for causing a second printer connected to said slave RIP to print by said slave RIP, instead of said slave RIP, said image forming method comprising:
step (a) of storing, in said slave RIP, a printer profile of every paper to be printed by said second printer; step (b) of registering, in said slave RIP, paper relating information associating said printer profile stored at said step (a) with said paper and including a storage place for said printer profile in said slave RIP; step (c) of transmitting said paper relating information registered at said step (b) and said printer profile stored at said step (a) respectively from said slave RIP to said master RIP; step (d) of receiving, in said master RIP, said paper relating information and said printer profile transmitted at said step (c); step (e) of setting, in said master RIP, said paper to be printed by said second printer, in the print job; step (f) of acquiring, in said master RIP, said printer profile stored in said storage place for said printer profile associated with said paper set at said step (e) in the print job in said paper relating information received at said step (d), from said slave RIP; step (g) of conducting, in said master RIP, rasterize processing and color conversion of the print job by using said printer profile acquired at said step (f) instead of said slave RIP; and step (h) of transmitting the print job subjected to the rasterize processing and color conversion at said step (g) from said master RIP to said slave RIP. |
