Method for ink jet printing a digital image on a textile, the system and apparatus for practicing the method, and products produced by the system and apparatus using the method

A system for selecting an amount of inks to print on a textile:

• a multi-color digital image having a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each having a respective set of color space coordinates;
• a plurality of inks correlated to the multi-color digital image forming a user-defined ink set;
• an ink set profile based on user-defined calibrations for the plurality of inks on a user-selected textile;
• means for determining a chromatic value and a shade value for a selected pixel from its respective set of color space coordinates without CIE lab, CIE xyz, CIE luv, CIE xyY, CIE uvY, or CMYK colorspace transformation;
• means for selecting an amount of inks from the ink set based on the chromatic value;
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• means for selecting an amount of inks from the ink set based on the shade value.

An apparatus for printing on a textile comprising:

• a plurality of user-selected inks forming a user-defined ink set;
• an ink set profile based on user-defined calibrations for the plurality of inks on a user-selected textile;
• means for determining a chromatic value and a shade value for a pixel having a set of color space coordinates by correlating the color space coordinates to the ink set profile without CIE lab, CIE xyz, CIE luv, CIE xyY, CIE uvY, or CMYK colorspace transformation;
• means for selecting a first amount of inks from the ink set based on the chromatic value;
• means for selecting a second amount of inks from the ink set based on the shade value;
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• means for printing the first and second amounts of inks on a textile.