Patent ID: 9706085
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for automatic selection of at least one spot color to be processed by a digital image press, the method comprising: with a processor, identifying process colorants of the digital image press to determine at least one of a principal gamut and an extended gamut of the digital image press; retrieving, from a data storage in communication with the processor, a spot color library of spot color recipes for production of the corresponding spot colors, the spot color recipes corresponding to the at least one of the principal gamut and the extended gamut; retrieving a set of attributes corresponding to use of colorants by the digital image press; for each spot color recipe: communicating, via a communications link, to a display device, the updated spot color library, wherein at least one of identifying, retrieving, calculating, updating, and communicating is performed with the processor of the digital image press.