Printer colorimetry control device, print colorimetry method and printer

Abstract

A print and colorimetry control device includes a print control section which controls so that an image for which colorimetry is to be carried out is printed on a printing medium, based on predetermined image data, a determining section which determines a position where a colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image based on a printing position of the image on the printing medium, a feeding section which feeds the printing medium having finished printing, based on the determined position, a colorimetry control section which controls the colorimetry section based on the determined position so that the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry thereby to obtain a colorimetric value of the image.

1 . A print and colorimetry control device comprising:
 a print control section which controls so that an image for which colorimetry is to be carried out is printed on a printing medium, based on predetermined image data;   a determining section which determines a position where a colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image based on a printing position of the image on the printing medium;   a feeding section which feeds the printing medium having finished printing, based on the determined position; and   a colorimetry control section which controls the colorimetry section based on the determined position so that the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry thereby to obtain a colorimetric value of the image.   
     
     
         2 . The print and colorimetry control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the determining section computes a distance between the image and the colorimetry section, based on image position information defining the printing position of the image on the printing medium and medium position information relating to a position of the printing medium, thereby determining the position where the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image. 
     
     
         3 . The print and colorimetry control device according to  claim 2 , wherein the feeding section feeds the printing medium printed with the image according to the computed distance in a medium feed direction, and the colorimetry control section moves the colorimetry section in a direction substantially perpendicular to the medium feed direction according to a distance between the image and the colorimetry section in a moving direction of the colorimetry section. 
     
     
         4 . The print and colorimetry control device according to  claim 1 , wherein the colorimetry control section is capable of controlling a drier which dries the printing medium, and when a forced drying which forcibly dries the image on the printing medium, the image is dried by the drier before colorimetry. 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The print and colorimetry control device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a judging section which compares a colorimetric value of the image obtained by the colorimetry section with a previously provided reference color value of the image, thereby judging whether a printing process by the print control section has normally been carried out, based on a result of comparison. 
     
     
         7 . A print and colorimetry control method comprising:
 printing on a printing medium an image for which colorimetry is to be carried out, based on predetermined image data;   determining a position where a colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image based on a printing position of the image on the printing medium;   feeding the printing medium on which the image has been printed, based on the determined position; and   causing the colorimetry section to carry out colorimetry based on the determined position, thereby obtaining a colorimetric value of the image.   
     
     
         8 . A printer comprising:
 a print control section which prints an image for which colorimetry is to be carried out on a printing medium, based on predetermined image data;   a colorimetry section;   a determining section which determines a position where the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image based on a printing position of the image on the printing medium;   a feeding section which feeds the printing medium having finished printing, based on the determined position; and   a colorimetry control section which controls the colorimetry section based on the determined position so that the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry thereby to obtain a colorimetric value of the image.