US 12,456,026 B2
Printing system and printed matter production method
Yuji Ishikawa, Nagano (JP); and Toshifumi Sakai, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,334.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-152409 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0104321 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/021 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01); G06K 15/1823 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing system comprising:
a communication interface that acquires printing data from a device;
a first printing mechanism that performs printing on a first medium;
a second printing mechanism that performs printing on a second medium; and
a processor that determines whether an image of the printing data is a first type image or a second type image by analyzing whether the image of the printing data contains a predetermined object or by analyzing whether the image of the printing data is a multiple-page image, permits printing on the first medium and printing on the second medium when it is determined that the image of the printing data is the first type image, and permits printing on the first medium and prohibits printing on the second medium when it is determined that the image of the printing data is the second type image.