Provided are an inspection method, a program, an inspection device, and a printing device capable of realizing a uniform inspection in a defect inspection of a printed article using a special substrate. A method includes an imaging data acquisition step (S14) of acquiring imaging data (48) of a printed article using a special substrate, a non-printing region positional information acquisition step (S16) of acquiring information (44) for specifying a position of a non-printing region in the imaging data, the non-printing region corresponding to a substrate region of the printed article on which a pattern and a background of the pattern are not printed, an inspection step (S20) of specifying the non-printing region, analyzing the imaging data by applying a predetermined inspection rule (46), and performing an inspection of the printed article, and a notification step (S22) of performing a notification of an inspection result (50) and not performing a notification of an inspection result indicating that a defect is present in the substrate region of the printed article corresponding to the non-printing region.

Provided are a printing apparatus, a reading method, and a program capable of stably acquiring a high-quality read image. Provided are a printing section (102) that performs printing on a transparent base material to generate a printed matter; a reading section (40) that is disposed on one surface side of the base material and reads reflected light or transmitted light; an illumination section (122) including a reflective illumination part (122) that is disposed on the one surface side of the base material and irradiates the base material with illumination light and a transmissive illumination part (124) that is disposed on the other surface side of the base material and irradiates the base material with illumination light; an inspection information acquisition section (120) that acquires inspection information on an inspection performed on the printed matter; and an illumination control section (120) that selectively controls at least one of the reflective illumination part or the transmissive illumination part on the basis of the inspection information.

A method for closed-loop color control in printing machines using a computer includes initially coating a printing substrate with opaque white to set up closed-loop color control in the course of a print job, subsequently applying process colors and, in the process, color measurement strips onto the opaque white, recording the opaque white and the color measurement strips using a measuring device, and, based on data recorded by the measuring device, performing closed-loop color control for process colors and opaque white using the computer. The measuring device is an inline measuring device and is initially calibrated at a fixed position of the printing substrate, then the application of opaque white is adjusted and, when a deviation stays below a maximum deviation, closed-loop control of both the opaque white and the process colors is done using the computer by taking measurements in the color control strip.

Provided are a manufacturing method of a printed article and a printing device which obtain a back printed article with a high image quality. A first treatment liquid which contains an aggregating agent that aggregates a color ink and a white ink is added to an impermeable medium, the color ink is applied to the impermeable medium to which the first treatment liquid is added to print an image, and the white ink is applied to the impermeable medium to which the color ink is applied. In a case in which a total amount of an applied amount of the color ink and an applied amount of the white ink exceeds a threshold value, a second treatment liquid which contains at least the aggregating agent that aggregates the white ink is added to the impermeable medium after the color ink is applied and before the white ink is applied.

Provided are an inkjet printer and an inkjet printing method with which, when image forming is performed on a web-shaped printing base material with inkjet inks, nozzles for discharging the inks are less liable to clog, streaks or density unevenness is less liable to occur at the time of solid printing, and a density of a single-color printing portion is easily increased. The inkjet printer for an inkjet ink is configured to perform image forming by discharging inkjet inks on a web-shaped printing base material by a single-pass method. The inkjet printer includes: a conveyance mechanism configured to continuously convey the web-shaped printing base material; a plurality of single-pass inkjet heads configured to discharge the inkjet inks to a front surface of the web-shaped printing base material conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; and a curing device configured to cure the inkjet inks discharged on the front surface of the web-shaped printing base material. Resolutions of the plurality of single-pass inkjet heads are varied depending on colors of the inkjet inks.

There is provided an inspection device, an inkjet printing apparatus, and an inspection method capable of accurately inspecting a printed image printed on a surface of a transparent base material. A first light-emitting unit (61) emits light from one side of a transparent base material (9) toward the transparent base material (9). An imaging unit (63) images the transparent base material (9) from the other side of the transparent base material (9). As described, the first light-emitting unit (61) and the imaging unit (63) are disposed on the opposite sides of the transparent base material (9). As a result, it is possible to suppress generation of the shadow of a printed image itself in a captured image (D1). Therefore, the printed image can be accurately inspected based on the captured image (D1) obtained.

An information processing device includes a controller. The controller acquires an appearance image configured of a plurality of colors, identifies the plurality of colors configuring the acquired appearance image, and specifying a plurality of printing medium types based on the plurality of identified colors. The plurality of printing medium types includes a first printing medium type and a second printing medium type. The controller generates a first print dataset and a second print dataset by using the appearance image. The first print dataset corresponds to the specified first printing medium type. The second print dataset corresponds to the specified second printing medium type.

Systems and methods are described for inline rendering of a color filter within a print job. A program associated with a printing system can select an overhead transparency media to serve as a color filter during inline print job finishing. A duplex path and finishing for the transparency media can be enabled on the printing system by the program. A first side of the overhead transparency media can be printed on with one or more colors by the printing system by the program. A transform can be used on a second side of the overhead transparency media to correct for front to back registration and includes one or more colors printed directly underneath colors printed on the first side by the program. The transparency medium including color filters can be inserted into pages of the print job, which can be rendered in the form of a bound book.

There are provided a chart manufacturing apparatus, a chart manufacturing method, a program, and an image forming system that do not need to switch backgrounds in a case of measuring a chart using two types of backgrounds having colors different from each other. The chart manufacturing apparatus that forms, on a transparent substrate, a chart (102) measured by applying a first background color and a second background color, forms a first measurement background image (130) on a transparent substrate (100) using a coloring material corresponding to a first background color, forms a first patch group (122) including one or more first patches (126) using a coloring material of a first color at a position corresponding to the first measurement background image, and forms a second patch group (120) including one or more second patches (124) at a position where the first measurement background image is not formed.

An image inspection device includes an image reader that reads a printed matter obtained by forming an image on a transparent support medium; a switcher that changes a reading condition by the image reader; a controller that performs reading in the image reader on a same printed matter for a plurality of times by changing the reading condition in the switcher; and a determiner that inspects the printed matter on a basis of data read by the image reader for the plurality of times.