PRINT COLOR MANAGEMENT

• US 20100123911A1
• Filed: 11/20/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Guay, Randall G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.900
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/603 controlled by characteristics of the picture signal generator or the picture reproducer

Abstract

In one embodiment, computer readable instructions for: displaying together in a single display a group of user selectable icons each representing a discrete color scheme for printing an image; and then, in direct response to a user selecting one of the icons, displaying a color preview of the image as the image will appear when printed with the selected color scheme. In another embodiment, computer readable instructions for: allowing a user to select a color scheme, which selects a first color profile; allowing the user to select a printer, which selects a second color profile; identifying a third color profile for a display device; transforming image source data into image print data using the first and second color profiles; transforming the image print data into image display data using the second and third color profiles; and displaying the image on the display device using the image display data.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions thereon for performing a method comprising:

displaying together in a single display a group of user selectable icons each representing a discrete color scheme for printing an image; and

then

in direct response to a user selecting one of the icons, displaying a color preview of the image as the image will appear when printed with the color scheme represented by the selected icon.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises, for the same image, repeating the act of displaying a color preview in direct response to any change in the color scheme icon selection.

3. The medium of claim 1, wherein displaying a color preview comprises:

transforming image source data into image print data using a first color profile associated with the color scheme represented by the selected icon;

identifying a second color profile for a display device;

transforming the image print data into image display data using the second color profile; and

displaying a preview of the image on the display device using the image display data.

4. The medium of claim 1, wherein:

the method further comprises allowing the user to select a printer for printing the image and associating a printer color profile with a user selected printer; and

displaying a color preview comprises;

transforming image source data into image print data using the printer color profile and a source color profile associated with the color scheme represented by the selected icon;

transforming the image print data into image display data using the printer color profile and a preview color profile associated with a display device; and

displaying a preview of the image on the display device using the image display data.

5. The medium of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises, for the same image, repeating the act of displaying a color preview in direct response to any change in the color scheme icon selection and/or in the printer selection.

6. The medium of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises printing the image on the printer using the image print data.

7. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions thereon for performing a method comprising:

allowing a user to select a color scheme for printing an image, which selects a first color profile;

allowing the user to select a printer for printing the image, which selects a second color profile;

identifying a third color profile for a display device;

transforming image source data into image print data using the first and second color profiles;

transforming the image print data into image display data using the second and third color profiles; and

displaying the image on the display device using the image display data.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises, for the same image, repeating the acts of transforming and displaying whenever a change is made to the color scheme selection and/or to the printer selection.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein allowing a user to select a color scheme which selects a first color profile includes displaying together in a single display a group of user selectable icons each representing a discrete color scheme for printing the image.

10. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions thereon for performing a method comprising:

associating a different source color profile with each of a plurality of discrete color schemes for printing an image;

displaying together in a single display a group of user selectable icons each representing one of the color schemes;

transforming image source data into profile connection space first data using the source color profile associated with a user selected color scheme;

transforming the profile connection space first data into image print data using a first color profile for a printer;

transforming the image print data into profile connection space second data using a second color profile for the printer;

transforming the profile connection space second data into image display data using a color profile for a display device;

displaying the image on the display device using the image display data; and

for the same image, repeating the acts of transforming and the act of displaying the image whenever a change is made to the user selected color scheme.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

allowing a user to select a printer for printing the image; and

associating a first color profile with a user selected printer for transforming profile connection space data into print data and associating a second color profile with the user selected printer for transforming print data into profile connection space data; and

wherein;

transforming the profile connection space first data into image print data comprises transforming the profile connection space first data into image print data using the first color profile associated with a user selected printer; and

transforming the image print data into profile connection space second data comprises transforming the image print data into profile connection space second data using the second color profile associated with the user selected printer.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises, for the same image, repeating the acts of transforming and the act of displaying the image whenever a change is made to the user selected printer.

13. The medium of claim 10, wherein the first and second color profiles for the printer comprise parts of a single color profile.