A printer includes a printing mechanism, a display device, a print controller configured to control the printing mechanism to print an image on a print medium, and a display controller configured to make the display device display a preview image in which the image to be printed on the print medium and a processing position where processing is performed on the print medium after the printing are superimposed with each other.

An image processing device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to process a background image into which a latent image is embedded, to obtain an effect to conceal the latent image. The circuitry is configured to perform color conversion of the background image to obtain a color-matching masking effect to conceal the latent image. The circuitry is configured to embed the latent image in the background image processed and converted, to generate an image embedded with the latent image.

An image processing control apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains: read image data obtained through reading a color sample and shown in a first color system; original image data corresponding to the color sample and shown in a second color system; and region-by-attribute information indicating a first region corresponding to spot-color printing and a second region corresponding to decoration printing, the first and second regions being in the original image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the first region and a color conversion parameter for color conversion of a third region different from the first and second regions in the original image data by using the read image data. The hardware processor determines a color conversion parameter for color conversion of the second region according to predetermined values shown in the second color system.

Luminance data indicating luminance of the print product illuminated by the lighting is calculated and processing for causing a high luminance region to have gradation characteristics is performed.

A three-dimensional (3D) object printing process-level simulator including, in an example, a layer module for modeling a plurality of layers of a simulated 3D object to be built and a printing device controller to receive a number of simulated values from the layer module to simulate a 3D object printing process and adjust the 3D object printing process based on physical characteristics of a printing device associated with the printing device controller. A cyber-physical three-dimensional (3D) object printing simulator including, in an example, a printing device including a processor to send instructions describing how a simulated 3D object is to be printed and a layers module to simulate heat transfer from a plurality of layers in the 3D object to be printed based at least a density of the plurality of layers.

A system and method for image testing is configured to apply at least one display property to a test image to generate a display modified test image and applying the at least one display property to a reference image to generate a display modified reference image. The system also applies a human eye model to the display modified test image to generate an eye modified test image and applies the human eye model to the display modified reference image to generate an eye modified reference image. The system may compare the eye modified test image with the eye modified reference image to determine human perceivable differences between the test image and the reference image.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for a cognitive personalized channel on a computer network or telecommunications network, such as a 5G mobile communication network, which can be used for medical purposes to assist color-blind users and people afflicted with achromatopsia. The personalized channel can be a bidirectional channel capable of identifying color and serve as an enhanced medical service. The service operates by collecting collects inputs and streaming data, creates situation-based tags and embeds the tags on human-readable displays to assist users understanding of additional context of the streaming data that might otherwise not be understood due to the user's medical condition. The systems, methods and program products use the embedded tags to create a manifestation of the colors in images, videos, text and other collected visual streams by taking advantage of end-to-end service orchestration provided by 5G networks.

An apparatus including a control device, a first processing device, a second processing device, and one or more memories, wherein the first processing device issues a signal based on the first processing device having processed a predetermined amount of data in received image data so that an engine controller starts to obtain image data from the one or more memories, wherein the control device provides dummy data to the first processing device so that the first processing device processes the dummy data and issues the signal, wherein the control device provides to the one or more memories, not via the first or second processing device, image data to be printed, wherein the second processing device discards the dummy data processed by the first processing device, and wherein the engine controller obtains the image data to be printed from the one or more memories.

An embodiment of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as: means for preparing print layout data in accordance with an instruction of a user, the print layout data indicating print layout of print information corresponding to a print object that includes a fixed print object and a variable print object; and means for preparing screen layout data, by the computer in accordance with preparation of the print layout data, the screen layout data indicating screen layout that includes an input field for accepting input of print information corresponding to the variable print object.

An information processing apparatus, for use with an image forming apparatus including one or more mounting portions to which containers filled with color materials of different types respectively are mountable, includes a receiving unit that receives designation of pieces of color material information respectively indicating plural color materials selected by a user from the color materials with which the containers are to be filled respectively; an acquisition unit that acquires first image data indicating a first image; and a display unit that displays a second image using the color material information and the first image data.