Image processing system and method of controlling same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Namikata
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Namikata
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In a system in which color matching is performed upon downloading a profile from a profile management server (100), the profile of a target printer may not be available under the management of the profile management server. In such case the profile management server decides a similar profile based upon information relating to the target printer. This information is composed of colorimetric values obtained on a print sample from the target computer and image data values of the print sample. The profile management server evaluates color differences with respect to color values of profiles under its management and selects a profile for which the color difference is smallest as the similar profile.
An image processing system comprising:
An image processing system comprising:
A method of controlling an image processing system in which a plurality of printers, a profile management server for managing a plurality of profiles that express color characteristics of respective ones of the plurality of printers, and a client for outputting data to the plurality of printers and for being connected to the profile management server are connected by a network, the printers downloading profiles from the profile management server and performing color matching;
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This invention relates to an image processing system and to a method of controlling the same. More particularly, the invention relates to an image processing system, in which color reproducibility of a printer belonging to the system is controlled, and to a method of controlling this system.
The color reproducibility of printers has improved markedly in recent years and such printers are now capable of meeting various demands. For example, these include a proof output for calibrating the output of the printer, and a print service for printing images captured by a digital camera.
In order to improve the color reproducibility of an output image in an application for satisfying the above-mentioned demands, it is extremely important to
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the structure of a profile management server according to the first embodiment;
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
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