Print color management

• US 8,786,922 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2008
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Madelein A
• Application Number:
  US12/274,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20100123911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,070 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.9, 358/527, 358/537, 358/538, 358/539, 358/1.16, 358/1.13, 358/540, 382/309, 382/167, 382/163
• US Class Current: 358/527
• 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 non-transitory 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 predefined color scheme to produce a corresponding predefined visual effect in an image printed using that color scheme; and

then

in direct response to a user selecting one of the icons, selecting a predefined first color profile associated with the color scheme represented by the selected icon, the first color profile usable to transform data from an image source into first PCS data that is subsequently transformed into image print data, the first color profile corresponding to the selected visual effect and not specific to any image source, and displaying a color preview of the image as the image will appear when printed with the color scheme represented by the selected icon by transforming the image print data into second PCS data and transforming the second PCS data into image data of the color preview.

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:

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;

associating a printer color profile with a user selected printer;

transforming the first PCS data into the image print data using the printer color profile; and

wherein the displaying a color preview comprises

transforming the image print data into image display data using the printer color profile and a preview color profile associated with a display device, the preview color profile different from the first color profile; 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. The medium of claim 1, wherein the predefined visual effect is:

optimizing graphics for saturated color in the printed image, providing a realistic photograph in the printed image, intensifying pastel colors in the printed image, or providing a monochrome printed image.

8. The medium of claim 1, wherein each predefined visual effect is independent of the characteristics of an image input or output device.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions thereon for performing a method comprising:

allowing a user to select a discrete predefined color scheme for producing a corresponding predefined visual effect in an image printed using that color scheme, which selects a predefined first color profile, associated with the selected color scheme, that corresponds to the selected visual effect and is not specific to an image source;

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

identifying a fourth color profile for a display device;

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

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

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

10. The medium of claim 9, 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.

11. The medium of claim 10, 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.

12. The medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting a “

Print View”

option as a selection in a menu of printer drivers displayed in response to a user request to print an image from an image source application; and

in response to the user selecting the “

Print View”

option as the desired printer driver, initiating a color management application that performs the acts of allowing, the act of identifying, the acts of transforming, and the act of displaying.

13. The medium of claim 9, wherein the transforming image source data into image print data comprises:

transforming the image source data into profile connection space data using the first color profile; and

transforming the profile connection space data into the image print data using the second color profile.

14. The medium of claim 9, wherein the fourth color profile is different from the first color profile.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions thereon for performing a method comprising:

associating a different predefined source color profile with each of a plurality of discrete predefined color schemes for producing a corresponding predefined visual effect in an image printed using that color scheme, each source color profile corresponding to a respective predefined visual effect and not specific to an image source;

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

transforming image source data from the image source into profile connection space first data using the source color profile associated with a user selected one of the color schemes;

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; and

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

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the first and second color profiles for the printer comprise parts of a single color profile.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

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.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

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

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

19. The medium of claim 18, 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.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting a “

Print View”

option as a selection in a menu of printer drivers displayed in response to a user request to print an image from an image source application; and

in response to the user selecting the “

Print View”

option as the desired printer driver, initiating a color management application that performs the act of associating, the act of displaying, and the acts of transforming.

21. The medium of claim 15, wherein the color profile for the display device is different from the source color profiles.