Methods and system for ink limit adjustments to ICC profiles for color printing
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsMichael M. Chang, Javier A. Morales
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Abstract
A color printing system manages ICC profiles by controlling ink use without performing the ICC profile creation operations. To obtain an ink limit for an ICC profile, a table associated with the ICC profile is parsed to determine the ink limit. The ink limit is decreased or increased. For an ink limit decrease, a color over the decreased ink limit is adjusted to meet the new ink limit. The ICC profile is updated accordingly. For an ink limit increase, the combination of primary colors are boosted by a percentage amount. Checks are made with regard to the volume-based ink limit and an quality check operation to accepted the boosted amount. The ICC profile is updated accordingly.
Claims8
A method for managing an ICC profile, the method comprising:
- accessing the ICC profile at a printing device;
- parsing all destination tables associated with the ICC profile to determine an ink limit for a plurality of primary colors in the ICC profile;
- decreasing the ink limit for the plurality of primary colors corresponding to the ICC profile;
- adjusting a first color of the plurality of primary colors in the ICC profile that is over the decreased ink limit to meet the decreased ink limit;
- updating the ICC profile with the first color;
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- saving the updated ICC profile at the printing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.