Method and device for determining the color appearance of color overprints
First Claim
1. A method to predict the color of an overprint of a set of colorants at a set of respective coverage percentages on a substrate of a substrate type using a printing technique, the method comprising:
- providing one or more device profiles for one or more subsets of the set of colorants for printing on the substrate with the printing technique;
determining the colorant parameters of the device profile colorants of the subsets;
determining the spectrum of the substrate;
providing the colorant parameters of the non-device profile colorants; and
determining the color of the overprint.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to predict the color of an overprint of a set of colorants at a set of respective coverage percentages on a substrate of a substrate type using a printing technique. The colorants include some for which a device profile is provided. The method includes determining the colorant parameters of the device profile colorants; determining the spectrum of the substrate, providing spectral colorant parameters for the non-device profile colorants, and determining the color of the overprint. One version including modifying the data of the device profile such that the colorant parameters determined in the step of determining colorant parameters determines the colorant parameters of modified colorants that match the color of the device profile colorants and that cover at least the gamut of the device profile colorants. In one version, the step of determining the determining the color of the overprint includes determining the coverage percentages of the modified colorants corresponding to the colorants of each subset, and using the coverage percentages of the modified colorants to determine the color of the overprint.
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3 Claims
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1. A method to predict the color of an overprint of a set of colorants at a set of respective coverage percentages on a substrate of a substrate type using a printing technique, the method comprising:
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providing one or more device profiles for one or more subsets of the set of colorants for printing on the substrate with the printing technique;
determining the colorant parameters of the device profile colorants of the subsets;
determining the spectrum of the substrate;
providing the colorant parameters of the non-device profile colorants; and
determining the color of the overprint. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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