Patent ID: 8018619
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A server for providing data representing appearance of a print to a client computer over a network, comprising: a receiving module for receiving input of a simulation condition from the client computer; a print simulator that, for a print which is to be printed according to image data representing an image and to be observed under a first observation condition, creates display-use data for reproducing under a second observation condition of a monitor of the client computer the appearance of the print under the first observation condition; and a transmitting module for transmitting the display-use data to the client computer; wherein the print simulator includes: wherein the color conversion module is able to utilize a plurality of color conversion lookup tables corresponding to a plurality of printing conditions, and selects for use a single color conversion lookup table depending on the printing condition of the print, the spectral reflectance conversion module is able to utilize a plurality of spectral model lookup tables corresponding to the plurality of printing conditions, and selects for use a single spectral model lookup table depending on the printing condition of the print, the print simulator creates a first display-use data representing a first simulation image with in-gamut colors that are all within a gamut of a monitor color system of the monitor, and a second display-use data representing a second simulation image in which all out-of-gamut colors lying outside the gamut of the monitor color system have been converted to a specific color, the transmitting module transmits the plurality of the display-use data to the monitor of the client computer to simultaneously display the plurality of simulation images side-by-side or to alternately display the plurality of simulation images, and in the event that a user of the client computer has specified multiple different printer models, multiple simulation images corresponding to the different printer models are displayed simultaneously on the monitor.