The present information processing apparatus externally receives print data and a print quality criterion as a print job, analyzes the received print data, and extracts an object for which a print quality criterion can be designated. The information processing apparatus also analyzes the received print quality criterion and, based on a result of the analysis, determines whether or not a print quality criterion corresponding to the extracted object is designated in the received print quality criterion. The information processing apparatus also performs a predetermined notification if a print quality criterion corresponding to at least one extracted object is not designated in the received print quality criterion as a result of the determination.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image based on an image forming condition and a controller. The controller determines information related to a density of an image to be formed by the image forming unit; generates the image forming condition based on the information; acquires measurement data outputted from a sensor related to a test image; determines, based on a first determination condition, first information related to a density of the test image; determines, based on a second determination condition, second information related to a density of the test image; and selects the determination condition from among a plurality of determination conditions including the first determination condition and the second determination condition.

A reading apparatus includes a reading device and processing circuitry. The reading device reads a recording medium. The processing circuitry outputs maintenance information based on read information read by the reading device.

There is provided a machine learning model generation device, a machine learning model generation method, a program, an inspection device, an inspection method, and a printing device for inspecting a defect of a printed matter with high accuracy. A machine learning model for detecting the defect of the printed matter is generated by using, as learning input information, at least learning inspection data based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a printed matter as an inspection target and second learning reference data based on print digital data and using, as learning output information, at least learning defect information of the learning inspection data estimated by performing comparison processing of the learning inspection data and first learning reference data based on a captured image obtained by capturing the image of the printed matter.

There are provided a conversion processing method of performing LUT conversion processing for converting, via a lookup table (LUT), texture characteristic information of an object of which texture is to be reproduced into ink amount information of an ink, which is used in order to reproduce the object of which texture is to be reproduced on a medium, the conversion processing method for optical texture reproduction in which the texture characteristic information is separated into internal scattering information and color signal information, the internal scattering information and the color signal information, which are separated out, are used as inputs of the LUT conversion processing, and as values of a modulation transfer function as the internal scattering information and the color signal information are used in the LUT conversion processing, reproduction of internal scattering and reproduction of color reproduction, which are important qualities of texture, can be simultaneously realized with high accuracy in print production of performing texture reproduction, a printed material production method, and a printed material production system.

A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store compensation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the compensation logic to generate transfer functions for each of a plurality of color planes to compensate for overlapping pel forming elements of adjacent printheads, wherein the transfer functions are generated based on ink deposition functions for groups of pel forming elements including non-overlapping pel forming elements and the overlapping pel forming elements, wherein the transfer functions transform input digital counts, and wherein the ink deposition functions represent output ink amount versus input digital count.

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store nozzle correction logic and one or more processors coupled with at least one physical memory device to execute the nozzle correction logic to receive a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, receive an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function, receive a defective nozzles list including one or more of the plurality of pel forming elements indicated as defective during print production and perform missing neighbor processing by applying the average missing neighbor threshold lowering function associated with a pel forming element determined to be a neighbor of a defective pel forming element.

An image forming apparatus includes an image former to form an image on a sheet based on an image forming condition for adjusting a position of the image on the sheet, a heater to fix the image on the sheet, and an image reader to read the image on the sheet, the image reader being arranged downstream from the heater in a conveyance direction in which the sheet is conveyed. A processor controls the image former to form an image including a mark on a sheet, controls the image reader to read the mark, generates the image forming condition based on a reading result of the mark by the image reader, and controls to determine, in a case where a second image including the mark is formed by the image former after the first image including the mark is formed by the image former, whether to form a chart including the mark on the sheet before the second image is formed based on an elapsed time after forming the first image.

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to generate a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor corrected halftone design for each of the pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor threshold lowering function for each of the pel forming elements based on the uniformity compensated halftone designs and the missing neighbor corrected halftone design and compute an average of the missing neighbor threshold lowering functions to generate an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function.

An image scanner includes a conveyance path and a conveyor that conveys a medium through the conveyance path. The medium bears a detection mark that is spaced from a leading edge of the medium in a medium conveyance direction. A background member is disposed opposite the conveyance path. A luminance sensor is disposed opposite the background member via the conveyance path. The luminance sensor detects a luminance value of each of the background member and the medium. A controller controls the luminance sensor to detect the luminance value at a plurality of times while the conveyor conveys the medium so as to obtain a plurality of detected luminance values. The controller determines a ground color luminance value of a ground color area on the medium based on a determination range including a first peak luminance value among the plurality of detected luminance values.