Soft proofing display
OwnerJohn Thomas Lind, Donald N. Reeves +1inventors
InventorsJohn Thomas Lind, Donald N. Reeves, Richard David Warner
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Abstract
A display for soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected printing colors includes a plurality of display elements each for displaying a color substantially spectrally matched to one of a set of printing colors.
Claims35
A display for soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected colorants, comprising:
- a plurality of display elements each for displaying a color substantially spectrally matched to one of the set of colorants;
- and
- means for illuminating the display elements.
A liquid crystal display for soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected printing colors, comprising:
- a plurality of overlapping display elements each for displaying a color substantially spectrally matched to one of the set of printing colors;
- means for securing the display elements together to form the display;
- and
- means for backlighting the liquid crystal display layers.
A method of fabricating a display for soft proofing an image to be printed with selected colors, the method comprising the steps of:
- choosing color display elements that are substantially spectrally matched to the selected colors;
- and
- providing means for illuminating the color display elements.
A method of soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected colors on paper, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a display having color display elements substantially spectrally matched to the set of selected colors;
- and
- operating the display to reproduce the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.