Color printer calibration with blended look up tables
US5483360A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6033
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A color printer, responsive to printer signals to deposit printer colorants on a medium in accordance with printer signals received, is calibrated by operating the color printer with printer signals selected to cause the printer to print color samples on the medium; measuring the color samples to determine a first colorimetric response of the printer to the printer signals using the first measured colorimetric response to generate a first mapping of colorimetric values to printer signals; using the first measured colorimetric response or a subsequent measured colorimetric response to generate at least one additional mapping of colorimetric values to printer signals; storing the first and additional mappings in a color conversion memory producing printer signals as a function of the first and additional mappings stored in the color conversion memory to convert color definitions from a first color space to the printer signals suitable for producing a corresponding response at the color printer.
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