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Adaptive color rendering by an inkjet printer based on object type

US5704021A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1994
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/6072
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of using a printer system for identifying one or more different types of color objects in a document, selecting a preferred rendering option such as halftoning and/or color matching for each one of such different color object types, respectively, and then printing the document in accordance with the rendering options selected for each of such different color object types. In a printing system such as an inkjet color printer coupled through a printer driver to a host computer, a default halftoning technique and a default color-matching map are incorporated into the printer system for automatic invocation whenever a particular color object type is printed.

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