US 12,386,567 B2
Raster image conversion device and program, and printing system
Norishige Kakuno, Suwa-gun (JP); and Kazuhiro Tokunari, Suwa-gun (JP)
Assigned to MUTOH INDUSTRIES LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/021,843
Filed by MUTOH INDUSTRIES LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/031096
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/045170, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-145547 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2020; and application No. 2021-028865 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234385 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1211 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06K 15/1836 (2013.01); G06K 15/1868 (2013.01); G06K 15/1886 (2013.01); G06K 15/1894 (2013.01); G06F 3/127 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A raster image conversion device that is inputted with printing data, and converts this printing data into raster image data to be outputted to a printing device, the raster image conversion device having:
a storage unit that stores printing environment data stipulating conditions for converting the printing data into the raster image data;
an operating unit for setting or editing the printing environment data stored in the storage unit; and
a conversion processing unit that converts the printing data into the raster image data, based on the printing environment data stored in the storage unit,
the printing environment data including printing template information having a plurality of printing slots,
the operating unit comprising an operating mode enabling the printing template information to be generated or edited, and
the conversion processing unit being inputted with or generating printing data made up of a plurality of pages, and, based on the printing template information, executing a printing data allocation processing in which a printing position and printing range of each page of the printing data are allocated to the printing slots of the printing template information.
 
11. A printing system comprising:
a raster image conversion device that is inputted with printing data and converts this printing data into raster image data; and
a printing device that performs printing onto an object-to-be-printed, based on raster image data that has been converted by the raster image conversion device,
wherein the printing device is an ink jet printer capable of multi-layer printing using UV-curable ink,
the raster image conversion device has:
a storage unit that stores printing environment data stipulating conditions for converting the printing data into the raster image data;
an operating unit for generating or editing the printing environment data stored in the storage unit; and
a conversion processing unit that converts the printing data into the raster image data, based on the printing environment data stored in the storage unit,
the printing environment data includes printing template information having a plurality of printing slots,
the operating unit comprises an operating mode enabling the printing template information to be generated or edited,
the conversion processing unit is inputted with or creates printing data made up of a plurality of pages, and, based on the printing template information, executes a printing data allocation processing in which a printing position and printing range of each page of the printing data are allocated to the printing slots of the printing template information, and
the printing device performs single-layer or multi-layer printing of the raster image data, onto the object-to-be-printed disposed at a position corresponding to the printing slot, by means of the UV-curable ink.