Three-dimensional printer color management

A computer implemented method comprising:

• mapping three-dimensional printer native space coordinates of a three-dimensional printer to three-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates of the three-dimensional printer;
• mapping, based on a colorimetric model for the three-dimensional printer, the three-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates to color space coordinates for a predetermined color space;
• mapping, based on a different colorimetric model for a two-dimensional printer, the color space coordinates to two-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates of the two-dimensional printer;
• mapping the two-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates to two-dimensional printer native space coordinates of the two-dimensional printer to thereby map the three-dimensional printer native space coordinates to the two-dimensional printer native space coordinates;
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• utilizing, for the three-dimensional printer and based on the mapping of the three-dimensional printer native space coordinates to the two-dimensional printer native space coordinates, a color management protocol of the two-dimensional printer to print a three-dimensional object.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions, when executed, cause a processor to:

• ascertain three-dimensional printer native space coordinates of a three-dimensional printer;
• map the three-dimensional printer native space coordinates to three-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates of the three-dimensional printer;
• map the three-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates to color space coordinates;
• map the color space coordinates to two-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates of a two-dimensional printer;
• map the two-dimensional printer printing agent space coordinates to two-dimensional printer native space coordinates of the two-dimensional printer to thereby map the three-dimensional printer native space coordinates to the two-dimensional printer native space coordinates;
• and
• utilize, for the three-dimensional printer and based on the mapping of the three-dimensional printer native space coordinates to the two-dimensional printer native space coordinates, a color management protocol of the two-dimensional printer to print a three-dimensional object.