Patent ID: 11936834
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for adjusting spot colors in printing operations, the method comprising:
generating a test chart having a plurality of rings centered on a first color swatch having a first spot color;
selecting a second color swatch having a second spot color from one of the plurality of rings on the test chart;
modifying a color composition for the second spot color of the second color swatch using a gray component replacement (GCR) process, wherein a primary color of the color composition is replaced with a gray component;
generating a plurality of test color swatches having different GCR levels, wherein one level of the different GCR levels includes a maximum GCR level;
generating a test chart of the plurality of test color swatches having different GCR levels.