Adaptive color rendering by an inkjet printer based on object type
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsThomas G. Smith, Kirt Alan Winter, Frank Anthony Kurucz
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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.
Claims19
A method of color inkjet printing for use in printing color objects of any of a plurality of different object types;
- said method comprising the following steps:
- providing means for identification and recognition of a plurality of different types of color objects;
- providing means for using a plurality of different color-rendering options in printing color objects;
- automatically providing default settings for at least one of said color-rendering options;
- identifying the type of at least one color object in a document to be printed;
- selecting a preferred color-rendering option to be used for objects of said identified type;
- and
- using a printer system to cause a color inkjet printer to use the preferred color-rendering option of said selecting step to print said at least one color object, of said identified type, in said document.
A method of color inkjet printing for use in printing color objects of any of a plurality of different object types;
- said method comprising the following steps:
- providing means for identification and recognition of a plurality of different types of color objects;
- providing means for using a plurality of different color-rendering options in printing color objects;
- identifying the type of at least one color object in a document to be printed;
- selecting a preferred color-rendering option to be used for objects of said identified type;
- and
- using a printer system to cause a color inkjet printer to use the preferred color-rendering option of said selecting step to print said at least one color object, of said identified type, in said document;
- wherein said selecting step includes selecting both a halftoning color-rendering option and a color-matching option to be used for said identified color-object type.
A method of using a color inkjet printer for printing a composite document having therein color objects of different color-object types;
- said method including the steps of:
- providing a color inkjet printer;
- identifying the type of at least one color object;
- using a predetermined first rendering option to print, using said color inkjet printer, all color objects of said one color-object type of said identifying step;
- and
- employing a predetermined second rendering option to print, using said color inkjet printer, color objects of remaining types, different from said one color-object type.
A method of printing a composite document having therein color objects of different color-object types;
- said method including the steps of:
- identifying the type of at least one color object;
- using a predetermined first rendering option to print all color objects of said one color-object type of said identifying step;
- and
- employing a predetermined second rendering option to print color objects of remaining types, different from said one color-object type wherein:
- said identifying step includes identifying all raster-data commands as photo image color objects.
A method of printing a composite document having therein color objects of different color-object types;
- said method including the steps of:
- identifying the type of at least one color object;
- using a predetermined first rendering option to print all color objects of said one color-object type of said identifying step;
- and
- employing a predetermined second rendering option to print color objects of remaining types, different from said one color-object type;
- wherein:
- said identifying step includes identifying all text commands as text objects.
A system of printing color documents in a raster printer comprising:
- a printer for applying color to media;
- a document source for providing specifications for a composite color document having nontext color objects;
- and
- a printer system connected through a printer driver to said document source, said printer system including color-management means for providing print-rendering options which are selectively enabled for said nontext color objects;
- wherein:
- said printer is a color inkjet printer.
A system of printing color documents in a raster printer comprising:
- a printer for applying color to media;
- a document source for providing specifications for a composite color document having nontext color objects;
- and
- a printer system connected through a printer driver to said document source, said printer system including color-management means for providing print-rendering options which are selectively enabled for said nontext color objects;
- wherein:
- said color-management means automatically provide default setting for at least one of said print-rendering options.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.