Patent ID: 11893286
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method for managing color printing resources for printing operations, the method comprising:
querying a plurality of printing devices within a printing system, wherein the plurality of printing devices includes a printing device;
aggregating a plurality of color quality attributes from the plurality of printing devices;
selecting a color quality attribute from the plurality of color quality attributes for a paper for use in the printing operations at the printing device;
performing a calibration for the paper, wherein settings for the calibration correspond to the color quality attribute;
storing the calibration for the paper with the color quality attribute;
generating an ICC profile based on the calibration, wherein the ICC profile is associated with the settings for the calibration and the color quality attribute;
receiving a print job using the paper, wherein the print job specifies the color quality attribute; and
applying the ICC profile to color printing the print job using the paper.