US 12,141,632 B2
Printer control system, printing system, printing data creation method, and printing method
Satoshi Kaneko, Nagano (JP); and Kimiaki Nakaya, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano (JP)
Appl. No. 17/431,175
Filed by MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/001873
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170693, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-026305 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2019; and application No. 2019-026306 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147779 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/1848 (2013.01) [B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01); G06K 15/1825 (2013.01); G06K 15/1823 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer control system for controlling an inkjet printer that prints an image having a predetermined thickness on a print medium, the printer control system comprising:
an image data creating/editing portion, configured for creating and editing an image data that is a data of the image; and
a printer control portion, configured for converting the image data sent from the image data creating/editing portion into a printing data and sending the printing data to the inkjet printer,
wherein in the image having the predetermined thickness, a portion for allowing the image to have a thickness is defined as a thick portion,
the image data sent from the image data creating/editing portion to the printer control portion includes at least one of:
a thickness information regarding a thickness of the thick portion, and
a shape information regarding a shape of an end portion of the thick portion,
wherein the thick portion is composed of a plurality of ink layers that are stacked, and the thick portion is a protrusion protruded from a periphery of the thick portion.