Memory-saving printer driver

A printer for printing quality color images on different media types, the printer comprising:

• (a) a printhead assembly for printing quality color images on different media types;
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• (b) a memory-saving printer driver for controlling output image aspects and quality in the printer, the memo-saving printer driver comprising:
• (i) a user Interface segment comprising a graphical display for selecting output image aspects, said graphical display having a media type portion for selecting a desired one of a plural number “M” of different media types for printing an output image thereon;
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• (ii) a lookup table segment storing a plural number “N” of media-type basis color correction lookup tables for making color corrections on output images to be printed on each media type selected from said media type portion, each media type basis color correction lookup table of said plural number “N” being mapped for making corrections on each of a plural and variable number “K” of different media types of said plural number “M”, wherein “K” is one of a series of subsets of said plural number “M” thereby resulting in said plural number “N” being less than said plural number “M”, and in significant savings in lookup table storage memory.

A color printing system for printing quality color Images on a medium selected from a plurality of different media types, the color printing system comprising:

• (a) a color document source;
• (b) a color printer including a printhead for printing color images on the medium;
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• (c) a memory-saving printer driver for controlling output image aspects and quality in the color printer, the memory-saving printer driver comprising:
• (i) a user interface segment comprising a graphical display for selecting output image aspects, said graphical display having a media type portion for selecting a desired one of a plural number “M” of different media types for printing an output image thereon;
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• (ii) a lookup table segment storing a plural number “N” of media-type basis color correction lookup tables for making color corrections on output images to be printed on each media type selected from said media type portion, each media type basis color correction lookup table of said plural number “N” being mapped for making corrections on each of a plural and variable number “K” of different media types of said plural number “M”, wherein “K” is one of a series of subsets of said plural number “M” thereby resulting in said plural number “N” being less than said plural number “M”, and in significant savings in lookup table storage memory.