Remote print press proofing system
AssigneeLotsadots, Inc.
InventorsKevin P. Davis, D. Jack Gaido, Jr., Franz H. Herbert
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a remote press proofing system having the camera or cameras for digitizing the image of a press proof, for example, transmitting the digital image to a printer's terminal, color correcting the digital image, transmitting the image to a client's site also having a color correct monitor, so that the client may be view a color corrected digital image of a physical press proof sheet in order to approve whether the quality and color of the sample is sufficient without having to physically travel to the printer's location.
Claims29
A virtual press proofing system for providing a color managed digital image of a press proof originating at a printer's site to a viewer's computer located at a remote site comprising:
- an image server having a computer readable medium and color calibrated video display;
- a network connection for allowing communications between said image server and a network;
- at least one processor contained within said image server in communication with said computer readable medium;
- a digitizing device in communication with said computer readable medium for creating digital image information representing the hard press proof;
- said digitizing device having color profile information specific to said digitizing device;
- a set of computer readable instructions contained within said computer readable medium, that when executed by said processor, said set of instructions causes said processor to perform the steps of receiving said color profile information from said digitizing device, receiving the digital information representing the hard press proof from said digitizing device, adjusting said digital information representing the hard press proof responsive to said color profile information, and displaying the digital information representing the hard press proof on said color calibrated video display, and transmitting said adjusted digital information representing the hard press proof responsive to a request from the viewer to view the virtual press proof at a remote location so that said digital information representing the hard press proof is viewable simultaneously at both the printer's site and viewer's site.
A virtual proofing system for providing a color managed digital image of a physical sample originating at an image server site to at least one remote site comprising:
- an image server having, a processor, a computer readable medium and connected to a network;
- a digitizing device in communication with said computer readable medium for capturing digital information representing the physical sample;
- a first color calibrated monitor connected to said image server for displaying a digital image from said digital information;
- at least one remote terminal having a computer readable medium connected to said network for transmitting image requests to said image server and receiving responses from said image server;
- a second color calibrated monitor connected to said remote computer for allowing the digital images representing physical samples viewed on said first and second monitors to be color matched within a predetermined tolerance;
- a set of computer readable image server instructions stored within said computer readable medium of said image server for receiving said digital information representing the physical sample from said digitizing device, displaying said digital image representing at least a portion of the physical sample on said first color calibrated monitor and transmitting at least a portion of said digital information representing the physical sample to the remote site for viewing;
- and,
- a set of computer readable remote instructions stored within said computer readable medium of said remote computer for sending an image request to said image server, receiving at least a portion of said digital information representing the physical sample from at least one layer representing the requested resolution, and displaying a digital image on said second color calibrated monitor based upon said portion of said digital information received so that said displayed image is color matched within a predetermined tolerances of the digital image displayed on said first monitor.
The method of providing a color managed digital image from a digitizing device of a physical sample originating at an image server with a image server monitor to a client's remote computer having a remote monitor at a remote site over a network comprising the steps of:
- calibrating the image server monitor based upon a color profile of the monitor so that said image server monitor will display a digital image color matched within a prescribed tolerance of a digital image displayed on the remote monitor;
- receiving a color profile of the digitizing device containing calibration information of the digitizing device;
- receiving digital image information representing the physical sample from said digitizing device representing the physical sample;
- adjusting said digital image based upon said color profile of said digitizing device;
- and,
- transmitting said digital image information to said remote computer and remote monitor so that a digital image displayed from said digital image information on said image server monitor is color matched within a proscribed tolerance of the digital image displayed on the remote monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.