Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method for specifying color names of sheets

摘要

The present invention prevents a printing result desired by a user from being unable to be printed out, due to registration of the same color name for sheets of different colors. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads in a sheet; a generating unit that generates color data indicating a color of the sheet read by the reading unit; an obtaining unit that obtains a color name corresponding to the color data generated with the generating unit, by searching a color sample database, wherein color data and color names corresponding to the color data are stored in the color sample database; and a setting unit that sets a sheet feed cassette to the color name obtained by the obtaining unit.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a reading unit that reads a sheet to be placed on a sheet feed cassette; a determining unit that determines whether or not there is already another sheet feed cassette that is set to a color name corresponding to color data that is close to color data indicating a color of the sheet read by the reading unit; a comparing unit that compares the color data indicating the color of the sheet read by the reading unit with color data stored in a color sample database in a case where the determining unit has determined that there is no other sheet feed cassette, wherein the color sample database stores the color data, which represents a density of each of a plurality of colors in the L*a*b color system or the RGB color system; an obtaining unit that obtains a color name corresponding to color data indicating a color of the sheet read by the reading unit based on a comparing result from the comparing unit, wherein the color name corresponding to the color data is stored in the color sample database; a setting unit that sets the color name set to the another sheet feed cassette on which the sheet is placed in a case where the determining unit has determined that there is already another sheet feed cassette, and sets the color name obtained by the obtaining unit to the sheet feed cassette on which the sheet is placed in a case where the determining unit has determined that there is no other sheet feed cassette; a receiving unit that receives a print job designating a color of the sheet on which an image is formed; and an image forming unit that forms the image on the sheet placed on the sheet feed cassette to which the color name corresponding to the color designated in the print job received by the receiving unit is set.