Patent ID: 6043909
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G01J,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A system for controlling color reproduction of input color image data representing one or more pages comprising:a network having nodes, each one of said nodes comprising at least one rendering device;means for distributing said input color image data from said one of said nodes to other said nodes;means for producing a data structure in said network;means for providing color calibration data at each said node characterizing output colors of the rendering device of the node;means for producing for each said node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node;means for storing said information in said data structure;means for transforming for each said node said input color image data into output color image data for the rendering device of the node responsive to said information in said data structure;means for rendering at the rendering device of each said node a color reproduction of said pages responsive to said output color image data, wherein colors displayed in said reproduction at the rendering device of each said node appear substantially the same within output colors attainable by the rendering devices;means for selecting color preferences for color reproduction of said pages at said nodes;means for storing said color preferences in said data structure; andsaid producing means further comprises means for producing for each said node, responsive to said color calibration data of the rendering device and said color preferences, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node.