The compensation method includes an importing step, an analyzing step, an identifying step, a comparing step, and a compensating step. The importing step includes obtaining a template pattern and an initial pad printed image. The analyzing step includes analyzing the initial pad printed image to generate a plurality of sample feature points. The identifying step includes identifying the coordinates of each of the sample feature points to generate corresponding sample feature point coordinates. The comparing step includes comparing the sample feature point coordinates to template sample feature point coordinates to generate a coordinate change result. The compensating step includes generating a compensation pattern based on the coordinate change result and the template pattern.

A method of controlling an inkjet printer when printing on a substrate that is to be shrink wrapped on to an object (10), by loading an image file on to a raster image processor; undertaking raster image processing on the loaded image file to generate raster image data for controlling discharge of ink droplets on to the substrate; receiving an indication of a shape (19) of the object (10); and manipulating the generated raster image data in response to the indication of the shape (19) of the object (10) to alter the distribution and/or size of droplets applied to the substrate to take into account anticipated changes (14) in a dimension (11, 12, 13) of the substrate due to shrinkage into contact with the object (10). Also a printer for carrying out the method.

A printing data generation device generates printing data for printing only one part of a specific image in a solar cell module. The solar cell module includes a solar cell module body and a print layer that is formed further toward a light-receiving surface side than the solar cell module body by printing with a specific transparency in a specific region. A rear surface side is visible from the light-receiving surface side in at least part of the specific region. The specific transparency is set such that a condition A is satisfied, the condition A being that a spectral sensitivity integral ratio A defined by formula (1), shown below, is not less than 0.6 when printing is performed with a transparency resulting in a short circuit current ratio of 0.6,

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}A=\frac{{}_{360}^{830}\left(f\left(\right)\right)d}{{}_{360}^{830}\left(f_{\mathrm{SC}}\left(\right)\right)d}& \mathrm{Formula}\left(1\right)\end{array}$

An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to generate image forming data in which a pattern that includes a first image formed with a first color and a second image formed with a second color different from the first color is arranged, the first image being arranged at a position that simultaneously satisfies a first main scanning position and a first sub-scanning position, the second image being arranged at a position that simultaneously satisfies a second main scanning position and the first sub-scanning position, the second main scanning position being different from the first main scanning position, a print engine to form a color image on a medium based on the image forming data, the color image having a plurality of images superimposed one above the other, and a reading device to read the color image formed on the medium. The circuitry is further to detect positional deviation information indicating a deviation of at least one of the first image or the second image based on the color image read by the reading device.

An image forming apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set an exposure luminance; and a processing unit configured to generate first image data, which is a set of bit data for controlling emission or non-emission of light-emitting elements of a exposure head, and second image data, which is obtained by increasing/decreasing light-emitting elements that emit light in the first image data. The processing unit is configured to generate the second image data by increasing/decreasing, in a first region, which excludes an edge region inside a region in which pieces of bit data indicating emission are contiguous in the first image data, bit data indicating emission, according to a ratio of a setting value of the exposure luminance and a reference value of the exposure luminance.

A liquid application apparatus includes a body; a head in the body, the head to discharge a liquid from a nozzle; a carriage movable between a first position and a second position; a base; a plate slidable on a horizontal plane; a cap on the plate, the cap to cap the nozzle of the head; a first mover to move the carriage, to the first position above the cap, on the horizontal plane; a second mover to move the carriage to the cap in a vertical direction; a cleaner on the plate, the cleaner to discharge a cleaning liquid onto the nozzles at the second position; and a guide to slide the plate relative to the base on the horizontal plane to guide the cap to the carriage at the first position when the second mover moves the carriage to the cap in the vertical direction.

An information processing device includes an instruction information acquisition unit configured to acquire instruction information input as voice by a user, a storage control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is registration instruction information, cause a storage to store a printed image as a favorite image, and a print control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is second print instruction information for instructing to print the favorite image, cause an image forming device to execute printing of the image stored as the favorite image.

A controller of a producing data output system acquires a target image. The controller performs style conversion on the target image to generate a converted image of a selected style. The selected style is selected from image styles including first and second styles. The controller outputs producing data for producing a medium based on the converted image. The selected producing type is selected from one or more producing candidates associated with the selected style. The one or more producing candidates are among producing types including first and second producing types. In a case where the selected style is the first style, the one or more producing candidates include the first producing type and do not include the second producing type. In a case where the selected style is the second style, the one or more producing candidates include the first and second producing types.

A jig to be used is appropriately selected, and information necessary for printing is acquired. A printing system includes a print control device that outputs print data; a printing device that executes printing based on the print data; and a jig that is placed on a table of the printing device. Multiple jigs are prepared. A jig ID for identifying the jig is attached to each of the jigs. The print control device includes a jig information acquisition unit that acquires jig information of the jig placed on the table based on the jig ID of the jig placed on the table, and a print data generation unit that generates print data based on the image data and the jig information.

Accuracy of the quality determination is improved while suppressing a wasteful spring. An ink jet printing apparatus includes: an ejection section that ejects ink toward an object to be drawn; an imaging section that captures an image of the object to be drawn and generates a captured image; a storage section that stores determination sensitivity indicating a degree of allowing disturbance in drawing; and a quality determination section that determines quality of a drawing state drawn on the object to be drawn by the captured image based on the determination sensitivity stored in the storage section.