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

Claim 10:
11. A method for generating a test chart for spot color adjustment during printing operations, the method comprising:
selecting a color swatch having a spot color;
modifying a first primary color component for the spot color using different levels of gray component replacement (GCR);
generating a first set of test color swatches, wherein each level of GCR includes at least one test color swatch;
determining the first primary color component is below a minimum colorant setting for a level of GCR of the different levels;
setting the first primary color component to 0% for the corresponding level of GCR;
adding a minimum colorant test color swatch to the at least one test color swatch for the corresponding level of GCR; and
printing a test chart including the first set of test color swatches and the minimum colorant test color swatch.