Patent ID: 6665095
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B41J,D06P

Abstract:
A system for hybrid printing of a design having a selected design color and a plurality of remaining design colors, comprising:a digital printer for printing the design; an input device for receiving an input signal corresponding to a user selection of a spot color representing the selected design color; a memory for storing a plurality of calibrated process color sets; a processor coupled to the digital printer, the input device and the memory and operable to execute computer-executable instructions for: selecting from memory one of the calibrated process color sets comprising a plurality of process colors, creating a hybrid color set comprising the spot color and the processes colors, determining whether the remaining design colors can be reached using the hybrid color set in a process color printing mode, and instructing the digital printer to print the design using the hybrid color set if the remaining design colors can be reached, wherein the spot color is used to print the selected design color in a spot color printing mode and wherein the hybrid color set is used to print the remaining design colors in the process color printing mode.