Patent ID: 8564831
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage device; program code, stored on the computer readable storage device, for identifying a plurality of respective costs, each respective cost associated with printing a document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of a set of colors; program code, stored on the computer readable storage device, for identifying an amount of contrast for the first respective combination using a contrast matrix, wherein the contrast matrix contains a contrast value for pairs of colors in the set of colors, wherein the program code for identifying the amount of contrast for the first respective combination using the contrast matrix comprises program code, stored on the computer readable storage device, for adding the contrast value for each pair of colors in the first respective combination of the set of colors; program code, stored on the computer readable storage device, for determining whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost of the first respective combination meet a set of criteria, wherein the set of criteria comprises a minimum number of pairs in the first respective combination having the contrast value greater than a threshold value; and program code, stored on the computer readable storage device, for printing the document using the first responsive combination responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met.