Image processing apparatus and method for previewing a color image generated by a color printer and displayed at a host computer
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting color-image information from a host computer via a bidirectional communication line;
image forming means for forming an image onto a recording material based on the color-image information;
generation means for generating color-preview-image information for reproducing the image formed by the image forming means on a color monitor; and
transmitting means for transmitting the color-preview-image information from the image forming apparatus to the host computer via the bidirectional communication line.
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Abstract
In an image processing apparatus for previewing a color image, by using a color output device for forming a preview image, processing is decentralized, the load on a host computer is reduced, and a preview-processing program can be easily formed. The apparatus includes a communication device, e.g., a bidirectional interface, for communicating with a host computer, an output device for outputting image information for image formation to an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material based on input color-image information from the host computer, and a color conversion device for previewing an image which generates color-preview-image information for correcting the image formed by the image forming device on a color monitor. The color-preview-image information is transmitted to the host computer by the communication device.
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16 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting color-image information from a host computer via a bidirectional communication line; image forming means for forming an image onto a recording material based on the color-image information; generation means for generating color-preview-image information for reproducing the image formed by the image forming means on a color monitor; and transmitting means for transmitting the color-preview-image information from the image forming apparatus to the host computer via the bidirectional communication line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image processing method for previewing a color image on a color monitor prior to forming the color image onto a recording material, said method comprising the steps of:
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outputting color image data for the color image to an image forming means operable to use the color image data to form the color image onto the recording material; generating color-preview-image information for reproducing the color image formed by the image forming means on a color monitor; reducing a resolution of the color-preview-image information generated in said generating step; and transmitting the color-preview-image information having a resolution reduced in said reducing step to a host computer which transmits the color-preview-image information to the color monitor in order to preview the color image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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