Example methods and systems are described in which a color space vector is transformed into a Neugebauer primary area coverage (NPac) vector, to be used for printing. In some examples, the color space vector is transformed into a NPac vector on the basis of criteria associated to amounts or probabilities of Neugebauer primaries (NPs).

An image processing apparatus includes a control unit that acts as: a searcher searching a first and second file, each including a text that is different in language from each other; a translator generating a translated text in the second file, by translating the text in the second file into a same language as a language of the text in the first file; a comparator comparing between the text in the first file and the translated text generated from the second file, and detecting a difference between the text in the first file and the text in the second file through comparison; and an outputter creating and outputting an image including both of the text in the first file and the text in the second file, with the difference detected by the comparator marked on the text in the first file or the text in the second file.

An on-the-fly package label printing system for a variety of packages containing a variety of products printed on each package of a web of successive packages a permanent record indicative of the product weight and product ingredients in the package. The system comprises a package handling device, a clock, and a printer system.

An image processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit acts as a searcher, a translator, a comparator, and an outputter. The searcher searches a first file and a second file, each including a text that is different in language from each other. The translator generates a translated text of the second file, by translating the text in the second file into a same language as a language of the text in the first file. The comparator compares between the text in the first file and the translated text generated from the second file, and detects a difference between the text of the first file and the text of the second file, through the comparison. The outputter outputs the difference detected by the comparator.

An image processing method includes: a first obtaining step of obtaining data of an image; a second obtaining step of obtaining additional information; a third obtaining step of obtaining information related to a printable area of a print medium on which the image based on the data obtained in the first obtaining step is printed; determining step of determining a position where the obtained additional information is embedded in the image on the basis of the information obtained in the third obtaining step; and embedding step of embedding the additional information with reference to the determined position.

An ON-THE-FLY PACKAGE LABEL PRINTING SYSTEM for a variety of packages containing a variety of products. A package handling device receives and guides a web through a package handling device. A printer system associated with the package handling device generates and prints on-the-fly a plurality of different, unique, individual scannable QR codes. Each QR code indicates the weight of the product in the package as indicated by a weighing system and/or indicates the ingredients of the product in each package as indicated by a ingredients device.

A printing apparatus includes an obtaining section that obtains encoded data in which compression is performed, a decoding section that decodes encoded data to obtain image data for printing, and a printing section that performs printing by using image data for printing. The encoded data is encoded data including, for a respective one of the blocks, first compressed data in which quantized values obtained by performing orthogonal transformation for a respective one of N color components are each compressed, and second compressed data in which, by using a dictionary in which a plurality of different colors are registered as indexes, a corresponding one of the indexes associated with the color of each pixel is compressed. The decoding section decodes the first compressed data in N cycles and decodes the second compressed data in one cycle to obtain print data decoded in units of the blocks.

A printing apparatus includes an obtaining section that obtains encoded data in which compression is performed, a decoding section that decodes encoded data to obtain image data for printing, and a printing section that performs printing by using image data for printing. The encoded data is encoded data including, for a respective one of the blocks, first compressed data in which quantized values obtained by performing orthogonal transformation for a respective one of N color components are each compressed, and second compressed data in which, by using a dictionary in which a plurality of different colors are registered as indexes, a corresponding one of the indexes associated with the color of each pixel is compressed. The decoding section decodes the first compressed data in N cycles and decodes the second compressed data in one cycle to obtain print data decoded in units of the blocks.

An image processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit acts as a searcher, a translator, a comparator, and an outputter. The searcher searches a first file and a second file, each including a text that is different in language from each other. The translator generates a translated text of the second file, by translating the text in the second file into a same language as a language of the text in the first file. The comparator compares between the text in the first file and the translated text generated from the second file, and detects a difference between the text of the first file and the text of the second file, through the comparison. The outputter outputs the difference detected by the comparator.

An image processing apparatus includes a control unit that acts as: a searcher searching a first and second file, each including a text that is different in language from each other; a translator generating a translated text in the second file, by translating the text in the second file into a same language as a language of the text in the first file; a comparator comparing between the text in the first file and the translated text generated from the second file, and detecting a difference between the text in the first file and the text in the second file through comparison; and an outputter creating and outputting an image including both of the text in the first file and the text in the second file, with the difference detected by the comparator marked on the text in the first file or the text in the second file.