Adaptive take-off strips for smoothing ink consumption
AssigneeVistaprint Schweiz GmbH
InventorsGuido Keller, Anna Maria Ayuso, Jonathan H. Chen, Ciaran Daly, Vyacheslav Nykyforov, Anatoliy V. Tsykora, Marinus H. van Rooij, Johan Roelof Wiersema
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Abstract
Take-off strips are adaptively generated based on the color profile of the image to be printed to smooth ink consumption and present a more constant ink coverage and ink flow. Adaptive take-off strips have complementary color profiles to the image being printed.
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A method for adaptively generating a take-off strip corresponding to an image to be printed, comprising:
- obtaining a color profile of the image to be printed;
- determining a complementary color profile to the color profile of the image to be printed;
- generating a take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile;
- and
- printing the image and the take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile of the image to be printed on the same sheet of material so as to smooth ink consumption when the image to be printed is printed.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage mediums tangibly embodying program instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement a method for adaptively generating a take-off strip corresponding to an image to be printed, the method comprising:
- obtaining a color profile of the image to be printed;
- determining a complementary color profile to the color profile of the image to be printed;
- generating a take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile;
- and
- printing the image and the take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile of the image to be printed on the same sheet of material so as to smooth ink consumption when the image to be printed is printed.
A system for adaptively generating a take-off strip corresponding to an image to be printed, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to obtain a color profile of the image to be printed, determine a complementary color profile to the color profile of the image, generate a take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile, and print the image and the take-off strip embodying the complementary color profile of the image to be printed on the same sheet of material so as to smooth ink consumption when the image to be printed is printed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.