JP2002259771A - Toning service system, toning order receiving method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate procedures of sending and receiving an order of a toning request and to extensively shorten work time from toning request ordering to toning. SOLUTION: A toning service server 1 presents an image plane for specifying a color to be toned by a user to a user terminal 3 through a network 2 such as the Internet. When the user terminal 3 specifies a desired color, twenty five peripheral colors including the specified color are displayed on the image plane and they are printed out by a printer 4. The user refers to the printed out colors, determines a conclusive color to be specified, and specifies it to the toning service server 1 by the user terminal 3. The toning service server 1 receives the order of the toning request of the color specified by the user terminal 3 as the specified color to be toned and carries out toning.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a toning service system, a toning order receiving method, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a side to be requested for toning (a receiving side for a toning request) confirms a requested color with a side for requesting a toning (a receiving side for a toning request: customer). , To check the color, or to get something that is a sample of the color (color sample). Also, "Toning request receiving side"
Toned based on the above color sample, and when the toning was completed, the sample was brought to the "toning request ordering side", and the "toning request ordering side" checked the color. If the toning requester is not satisfied, the above-described operation is repeated between the toning requester and the toning requester.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, a great deal of labor and time are required until final approval is obtained from the customer who is the "toning requester". There was a problem of being spent.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and can facilitate the ordering / ordering process of a toning request and greatly reduce the work time from the order of the toning request to the toning. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toning service system, a toning order receiving method, and a recording medium which can perform the toning.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toning for receiving a color requested from a user terminal via a network as a designated color to be toned. A toning service system including a server, wherein the toning server displays, via the network, a color designation screen for allowing the user terminal to designate a designated color to be toned with the user terminal. Presenting means for presenting, at least designated color printing control means for causing the user terminal to print a designated color designated by the user terminal on a color designation screen presented by the presenting means, and printing on the user terminal side Means for receiving a toning request with a designated color designated based on the specified color as a designated color to be toned, and a designated color printing system on the order receiving side for printing the designated color to be toned. Characterized by comprising a means.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1,
In the toning service system according to the aspect, the toning server includes an approximate color presenting unit that presents, to the user terminal, a plurality of approximate colors similar to the designated color, including the designated color designated by the user terminal. The designated color print control means for causing the user terminal side to print includes printing on the user terminal side a plurality of approximate colors similar to the designated color, including the designated color, presented by the approximate color presentation means. It is characterized by making it.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 2,
In the toning service system described above, the designated color print control means for causing the user terminal to perform printing is based on printer model name information and printing paper information of a printer used on the user terminal side, and the designated color is controlled on the user terminal side. The printing is performed by adjusting the color reproducibility of the image.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, according to claim 1,
A user authentication unit for receiving user authentication information for authenticating a user from the user terminal, and authenticating the user based on the user authentication information. The system further comprises order receiving control means for controlling the order receiving means to receive an order only from a user authenticated by the user authenticating means.
Further, it is preferable to control so that only the user authenticated by the user authentication means can print the designated color, or to control the range of color data in which the color can be searched.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5, according to claim 1,
The toning service system according to the item, wherein the presenting means further presents an identifier for specifying the designated color designated by a user on the color designation screen of the user terminal.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 6, according to claim 1,
In the toning service system described, the order receiving means includes at least a resin for designating printer model information of a printer that has printed the designated color on the user terminal side, printing paper information, and properties of a material to be toned. It is characterized in that it receives an order for the toning request including a name, a resin grade, coloring conditions, and property information on the application.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, according to claim 1,
The color-matching service system according to claim 1, further comprising: a search unit connected to the network and configured to search for a plurality of limit colors in a color-tunable range based on a designated color designated by the user terminal. The control means causes the user terminal to print a plurality of limit colors of the tonable range, including the specified color specified by the user terminal, searched by the search means.

[0012] According to the invention described in claim 8, according to claim 1,
The toning service system according to claim 1, further comprising a color data storage device connected to the network and storing a plurality of toned color data that can be toned in advance, wherein the designated color print control unit is designated by the user terminal. Based on the specified color, a plurality of approximate colors approximating the specified color, including the specified color specified by the user terminal, are selected from among the plurality of toned color data stored by the color data storage device. It is acquired and printed on the user terminal side.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the first aspect of the present invention is provided.
In the toning service system described above, the designated color print control unit, based on a color conversion profile corresponding to the printer model of the user terminal side and the order receiving side, the designated color designated by the user terminal, the user terminal side And printing on the order receiving side.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems,
According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toning order receiving method in which a color requested by a user terminal to a toning server via a network is received as a designated color to be toned. A color designation screen that allows designation of a designated color to be designated by the user terminal is presented via the network, and at least the designated color designated by the user terminal on the color designation screen is printed on the user terminal side. Then, a toning request is received for a designated color designated based on the color printed on the user terminal side as a designated color to be toned.

Further, in the invention according to claim 11, in the toning order receiving method according to claim 10, the plurality of approximate colors, including the designated color designated by the user terminal, which are similar to the designated color, are selected by the user. A plurality of approximate colors including the designated color and being approximated to the designated color are presented to the terminal and printed on the user terminal side.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the toning order receiving method according to the eleventh aspect, the specified color is included.
The printing of the plurality of approximate colors approximating the designated color is performed by adjusting the color reproducibility of the designated color on the user terminal side based on the printer model name information and the printing paper information of the printer used on the user terminal side. And print it.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the toning order receiving method according to the tenth aspect, the printing of the specified color is performed by using printer model information on which the specified color is printed on the user terminal side and printing paper information. And, to specify the properties of the material to be toned, print the toning request including at least the resin name, resin grade, coloring conditions, property information on the application together with the specified color, and print the toning request. The order receives at least a resin name, a resin grade, a coloring condition, and a use for designating printer model information of a printer that has printed the designated color on the user terminal side, printing paper information, and properties of a material to be toned. The color matching request including the property information is ordered together with the designated color.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the toning order receiving method according to the tenth aspect, a plurality of limit colors within a range capable of toning are searched for based on a designated color designated by the user terminal. The user terminal prints a plurality of limit colors within the tonable range, including the specified color specified by the user terminal.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the toning order receiving method according to the tenth aspect, a plurality of toned color data that can be toned are stored in advance, and the designation specified by the user terminal is performed. Based on the color, a plurality of approximate colors including the designated color designated by the user terminal, which are similar to the designated color, are obtained from the plurality of toned color data and printed on the user terminal side. It is characterized by the following.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the color matching order receiving method according to the tenth aspect, the user terminal specifies the color based on a color conversion profile corresponding to the printer model of the user terminal and the order receiving side. The designated color is printed on the user terminal side and the order receiving side.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems,
In the invention according to claim 17, a step of presenting, via a network, a color designation screen for allowing the user terminal to designate a designated color to be toned by the user terminal, at least on the color designation screen Printing the specified color specified by the user terminal on the user terminal side; and requesting the specified color specified based on the color printed on the user terminal side as a specified color to be toned. And a step of receiving a toning request program for causing a computer to execute the step of receiving an order.

In the present invention, the toning server displays, on the user terminal, a color designation screen that allows the user terminal to designate a designated color to be toned by the user terminal.
Present via the network. The designated color print control means causes the user terminal to print at least the designated color designated by the user terminal on the color designation screen presented by the presentation means. The user terminal determines the designated color to be toned with reference to the printed color. Then, the toning server receives an order for a toning request with the designated color designated based on the color printed on the user terminal side as a designated color to be toned by the order receiving means. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform the ordering / ordering process for the toning request, and to significantly reduce the working time from the order for the toning request to the toning.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a color transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a toning service server 1 includes a network 2 such as the Internet.
To the user terminal 3 accessed via
Using page b, the user specifies a color to be toned, narrows down the specified color, receives an order for toning, toning, and sends samples after toning.

The user terminal 3 is a terminal capable of starting an application capable of browsing Web pages, such as a personal computer. The user terminal 3 accesses the toning service server 1 via the network 2 such as the Internet, and receives a toning request, a toned sample, and the like via the Web page. The printer 4 is a color printer connected directly to the user terminal 3 or indirectly via a LAN (local area network 2) or the like. The printer 4 prints colors provided from the toning service server 1. The user determines the desired designated color with reference to the printed color.

In general, colors on a screen of a CRT or the like are luminescent colors (so-called additive color mixing), and the colors of actual samples (printed materials: made by mixing a resin, a pigment, and a dye) are subtractive. It is a mixed color. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately specify a desired color by specifying the color while viewing the color (subtractive color mixture) printed by the printer.

When the color matching server 5 is accessed from the toning service server 1 via the network 2 such as the Internet, the color matching server 5 determines whether or not the color specified by the user terminal 3 can be toned and to what extent. A search is performed to determine whether a color can be output, and the search result is transmitted to the toning service server 1.

A-2. Operation of First Embodiment Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to screen transitions and print examples shown in FIGS.

First, the user terminal 3 transmits a "color transmission system (CD)" via the network 2 such as the Internet.
S) ”, the homepage 100 is displayed (FIG. 2). The user logs in from the home page 100 using an ID, a password, and the like.

A "color selection" screen 101 representing a color space is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 3 (FIG. 3). The user moves the marker “+” on the color space to the position of a desired color on the “color selection” screen 101 and moves the marker “+” on the bar below the color space to the left and right,
Specify the desired color or use the color value (L * a *
b *, etc.) directly in the input field to specify the desired color. Color designated by user (hereinafter designated color)
Is displayed in the “selected color” box on the same screen. Thus, the color specified by the user is converted into digital data. If the designated color displayed is OK, the user clicks the “OK” button to proceed to the next screen, and N
If G, specify again. "Cancel"
Click the button to return to the default values.

The toning service server 1 creates a color map of the designated color and its surrounding 25 colors according to the designated color, creates and transmits a Web page to which the color map is attached.

In the user terminal 3, the toning service server 1
The specified color and its surroundings 25 sent from the side
“Color printing” screen 102 including a color map of colors and the like
Is displayed (FIG. 4A). The “color printing” screen 10
On 2, columns for designating the model of the color printer 4 and the type of paper used by the user are displayed in addition to the 25 sample colors including the designated color.

On the user terminal 3 side, when the user specifies the model of the color printer 4 to be used on the "color printing" screen 102, the paper type is automatically specified, and "OK" is displayed.
Click the button. On the toning service server 1 side,
A color conversion profile corresponding to the designated model of the color printer 4 is transmitted. The reason why the color conversion profile corresponding to each type of the color printer 4 is transmitted is to eliminate the difference in printing colors due to the difference in the type of the printer, and if the color values (for example, L * a * b * values) are the same. This is to ensure that the same color is always printed.

The user terminal 3 downloads the color conversion profile and specifies the type of paper. When printing is performed in the user terminal 3, a 25-color map is printed out (103 in FIG. 4B). 25
On the color color map, 25 colors around the selected color (colors in which hue and saturation are slightly changed in predetermined steps) are printed. On the user terminal 3 side, the user
The five-color map is compared with a color sample or the like (not shown), and a color to be requested for toning is determined from the color map. Displaying and printing out the 25 colors around the designated color specified on the screen is done by absorbing the subtle color difference between the screen and the printed out, and temporarily printing out only the designated color for confirmation. This is because it is possible to save the trouble of printing out many times as compared with the case.

At this time, a “color designation” screen 104 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the user terminal 3. The user sees FIG.
In the “Specify Color” screen 104 shown in FIG. 5, the determined color, that is, the specified color to be requested for toning, is selected from the colors on the 25-color color map, or the numerical value of the color (L * a * b *, etc.) is displayed. Specify by directly entering in the input field. The specified color is displayed in the “specified color” column on the same screen. In addition, the user is asked whether or not to perform a tonal search for the specified color. When searching, the user checks the “Search for tonal search” column. Check the box. Then, click the "OK" button.

In the user terminal 3, when the user checks the "Search for toning" field and clicks the "OK" button, the toning service server 1 performs a toning search. In the color matching search, the color matching server 5 on the order receiving side determines whether the specified color can be color-matched and to what extent the color can be output. First, when the user terminal 3 is connected to the color matching server 5 on the order receiving side via the network 2 such as the Internet, a “search for designated color” screen 105 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. On the “search for designated color” screen 105 shown in FIG. 6, an input field for “user registration ID”, an input field for “password”, an input field for “desired resin grade”, an input field for “coloring condition”, Specified color "
, The designated color values “L *”, “a *”, “b”
* ”Is displayed.

In order to execute a search, user registration is required. If the user has already been registered, input the user registration ID and password in the fields shown in the figure, and specify the desired resin grade (registered) and coloring conditions. I do.

The desired resin grade is the type of the resin (determined by the resin name, the maker name, and the product number).
BS resin (acrylonitrile, butadiene, styrene), PP resin (polypropylene), polyacetal resin, polycarbonate resin and the like. The coloring conditions are specified by the properties of the pigment for coloring the resin, specifically, migration (the degree to which the color is transferred to another), light resistance (whether the color is easily discolored by ultraviolet rays or the like), heat resistance ( (Discoloration due to heat) or toxicity (things that are not toxic to dishes and food containers). During the search, a bar extending according to the search progress state is displayed in “Now searching” shown in FIG.

As a result of the search, the user terminal 3
A “search result” screen 106 shown in (a) is displayed.
On the “search result” screen 106, in addition to the designated color and the limit color of the tonable range obtained based on the designated color, the numerical value of the search color corresponding to the numerical value “L * a * b *” of the designated color is displayed. .
In addition, "Print with search color" or "Change specified color,
A check box is also displayed to select whether to "re-search" or "stop search".

On the user terminal 3 side, the user enters "O
Click the "K" button to print and the printer 4
The limit color that can be toned is printed out from FIG.
(B) 107). Next, the user determines whether or not to re-designate the designated color from among the printed search colors.

At this time, the user terminal 3 displays a “order for toning” screen 108 shown in FIG. Note that, even if the user checks the "No" field on the "Specify Color" screen 104 and clicks the "OK" button, the "Toning Order" screen shown in FIG. Is displayed. When the user determines a desired color (designated color), the user proceeds to FIG.
In the “Toning order” screen 108 shown in FIG. 5, “User registration ID”, “Password”, “Preferred resin grade”,
By designating “coloring conditions”, “presence / absence of sample”, “desired delivery date”, and the like, and clicking an “OK” button, a toning order is placed via the network 2 such as the Internet.

Upon receiving a toning request from the user via the network 2 such as the Internet, the toning service server 1 displays an "order for toning" screen 109 shown in FIG. In the “order of toning” screen 109, the user terminal 3 enters the “order of toning” screen 108.
The specified content is displayed. On the side of the toning service server 1, the toning order result, which includes the acceptance of the requested toning of the designated color, the designated color, the desired resin grade, the coloring condition, the acceptance number, the presence or absence of the sample, the delivery date, the method of sending the sample, etc., is received. Notify the user. As the notification method, for example, a method is used in which an e-mail describing the toning order result is transmitted to an e-mail address specified by the user (e-mail address specified at the time of user registration).

B. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. First
In the second embodiment, the color matching server 5 on the order receiving side is connected to perform the color matching search. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the color library on the order receiving side (already toned) is used. By connecting to the searchable stock data 6 via the network 2 such as the Internet, similar colors can be immediately extracted.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a color transmission system according to the second embodiment. Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to FIG. In the figure, the color library 6 stores color data that has already been toned in a searchable manner. An approximate color is extracted based on the extracted color and sent to the toning service server 1. In the toning service server 1,
When color data of an approximate color is received from the color library 6, a "search result" screen (same as FIG. 7) 1 shown in FIG.
10 is created and transmitted to the user terminal 3. Then, on the user terminal 3 side, it is determined that the user who has checked the “search result” screen 110 shown in FIG. 11 is close to the desired color,
When the user clicks the “OK” button to instruct printing, the approximate color retrieved from the printer 4 connected to the user terminal 3 is printed out (111 in FIG. 11B). Less than,
This is the same as the first embodiment described above.

According to the above-described second embodiment, since the toning request is made by selecting from the color library 6, new toning is not required, and the delivery time can be greatly reduced.

C. Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The third embodiment relates to a toning method performed on the toning order receiving side based on the toning request described in the first or second embodiment. Here, FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a color transmission system according to the third embodiment. Note that the same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to FIG. In the figure, a color printer 7 adjusted by a color conversion profile is connected to a toning service server 1. The toning service server 1
In the above-described first embodiment, the designated color requested for toning via the network 2 such as the Internet is displayed on the “color receiving order” screen 109 shown in FIG. Print using (Fig. 13
112). The order receiving side performs toning based on the printed color. The toned color plate is sent to the user side for approval. Thereby, it is possible to perform toning without a sample of a color sample of the user.

D. Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The fourth embodiment relates to a toning method performed on the toning order receiving side based on the toning request described in the first or second embodiment, similarly to the third embodiment described above. It is. In the fourth embodiment, instead of performing the toning based on the color printed by the color printer on the toning order receiving side in the third embodiment described above, the digital data of the designated color is directly sent to the toning service server 1. The user inputs the color and performs toning based on the result calculated and analyzed by the toning service server 1. Others are the same as the third embodiment.

Note that, on the "color selection" screen 101 displayed on the screen of the user terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3, the designated color is designated together with the designated color designated by the marker "+" in the color space. A “color number” (identifier) for specifying a color may be displayed. The color number is, for example, an eight-digit number, and the color is determined to a predetermined precision such that the upper two digits are lightness, the next three digits are hue, and the lower three digits are saturation. Any character string can be specified. In the above-described embodiment, the color reproducibility of the designated color to be printed by the printer on the user terminal 3 side is adjusted using the color conversion profile. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The version of the printer driver which is a program for controlling the printer is used. The color reproducibility can also be adjusted by managing settings and settings.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The toning server presents, via the network, a color designation screen that allows the designated color to be designated to be designated by the user terminal to the user terminal by the presentation means, and the designated color print control means Thus, at least the designated color designated by the user terminal on the color designation screen presented by the presentation means is printed on the user terminal side, and the order receiving means is based on the color printed on the user terminal side. Since a specified color is received as a designated color to be toned, a color matching request is accepted, so that the procedure for ordering and receiving a color matching request can be simplified, and from the color matching request order to color matching. The advantage is that the working time up to the time can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a color transmission system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (homepage) on the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (color selection) on the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (color printing) and a print example in the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (color designation) on the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (search for a designated color) on the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (search result) and a print example in the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (order of toning) on the user terminal 3 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen (color toning order) in the toning service server 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a color transmission system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen and a print example in a user terminal 3 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a color transmission system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of printing by a printer of the toning service server 1 according to the third embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 Toning service server (toning server, presentation means, designated color printing control means, order receiving means, approximate color presentation means) 2 network 3 user terminal 4 printer 5 color matching server (search means) 6 color library (Search means, color data storage device) 7 Printer

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takamitsu Kusakari 4350-9, Oji-shuku, Kawasaki Sanko Kasei Co., Ltd. No. Hexa Chemical Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiaki Kobayashi 153 Yokomakura Nishi, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A toning service system comprising a toning server that receives a color requested from a user terminal via a network as a designated color to be toned, the toning server comprising: On the other hand, a presentation means for presenting, via the network, a color designation screen that allows the designated color to be designated by the user terminal to be designated, and at least the user on the color designation screen presented by the presentation means A designated color print control means for causing a designated color designated by a terminal to be printed on the user terminal side; and a designated color designated based on the color printed on the user terminal side as a designated color to be toned A toning service system comprising: an order receiving means for receiving a request; and a designated color printing control means on an order receiving side for printing the specified color to be toned. 2. The color-matching server further includes an approximate color presenting unit that presents, to the user terminal, a plurality of approximate colors that include the designated color designated by the user terminal and approximate the designated color, The designated color printing control means for printing on the user terminal side is:
2. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal side prints a plurality of approximate colors similar to the designated color, including the designated color, presented by the approximate color presentation unit. 3. 3. The designated color print control means for causing the user terminal to perform color reproduction of the designated color at the user terminal based on printer model name information and printing paper information of a printer used at the user terminal. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed by adjusting a property. 4. A user authentication means for receiving user authentication information for authenticating a user from the user terminal, and authenticating the user based on the user authentication information; and receiving the order only from the user authenticated by the user authentication means. 4. The toning service system according to claim 1, further comprising order receiving control means for controlling the means to receive an order. 5. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein said presenting means further presents an identifier for specifying said designated color designated by a user on said color designation screen of said user terminal. 6. The order receiving means for specifying printer model information of a printer which has printed the designated color on the user terminal side, printing paper information, and properties of a material to be toned.
2. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein the toning request including at least a resin name, a resin grade, a coloring condition, and property information on an application is received. 7. A search unit connected to the network and searching for a plurality of limit colors in a tonable range based on a designated color designated by the user terminal, wherein the designated color print control unit is Including the specified color specified by the user terminal, searched by the search unit;
2. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal prints a plurality of limit colors of the toning range. 3. 8. A color data storage device connected to the network and storing a plurality of toned color data which can be toned in advance, wherein the designated color print control means is a designated color designated by the user terminal. Based on the color, including a specified color specified by the user terminal, to obtain a plurality of approximate colors similar to the specified color from a plurality of toned color data stored in the color data storage device, 2. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed on the user terminal side. 9. The designated color print control means, based on a color conversion profile corresponding to the printer model of the user terminal and the order receiving side, converts the designated color designated by the user terminal to the user terminal side and the order receiving side. 2. The toning service system according to claim 1, wherein the printing is performed by the following. 10. A toning order receiving method in which a color requested from a user terminal to a toning server via a network is received as a specified color to be toned, and a specification to be toned for the user terminal is provided. Presenting, via the network, a color designation screen that allows a color to be designated by the user terminal; at least, a designated color designated by the user terminal on the color designation screen is printed on the user terminal side; A toning order receiving method for receiving a toning request with a specified color designated based on a color printed on a user terminal side as a designated color to be toned. 11. A plurality of approximate colors including a designated color designated by the user terminal and approximate to the designated color are presented to the user terminal, and a plurality of approximate colors including the designated color are approximated to the designated color. The method of claim 10, wherein the approximate color is printed on the user terminal side. 12. A method of printing a plurality of approximate colors including the designated color, which is similar to the designated color, based on printer model name information and printing paper information of a printer used on the user terminal side. The method according to claim 11, wherein the printing is performed by adjusting the color reproducibility of the designated color. 13. The printing of the designated color includes at least a resin name, a resin name, and a printer model information for printing the designated color on the user terminal side, printing paper information, and a property of a material to be toned. The toning request including the grade, the coloring condition, and the property information relating to the use is printed together with the designated color, and the order for the toning request is provided by the printer model information of the printer that has printed the designated color on the user terminal side. And requesting the toning request including at least the resin name, the resin grade, the coloring condition, and the property information on the use for designating the properties of the material to be toned and the printing paper information together with the designated color. The toning order receiving method according to claim 10, characterized in that: 14. A method for retrieving a plurality of limit colors within a color-tunable range on the basis of a designated color designated by the user terminal, and including the searched designated color including the designated color designated by the user terminal. The toning order receiving method according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of limit colors in a colorable range are printed on the user terminal side. 15. A method for storing a plurality of toned color data that can be toned in advance and including a designated color designated by the user terminal based on a designated color designated by the user terminal. 11. The toning order receiving method according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of approximate colors that approximate colors are obtained from the plurality of toned color data and printed on the user terminal side. 16. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the designated color specified by the user terminal is printed by the user terminal and the order receiving side based on a color conversion profile corresponding to a printer model of the user terminal and the order receiving side. The toning order receiving method according to claim 10. 17. presenting, via a network, a color designation screen that allows the user terminal to designate a designated color to be toned by the user terminal; Printing the designated color specified by the terminal on the user terminal side, and receiving a color matching request with the specified color specified based on the color printed on the user terminal side as the specified color to be toned And a computer-readable recording medium storing a toning request receiving program for causing a computer to execute the steps.