Patent ID: 8915565

Claim:
A method for obtaining color consistency over at least one printing system in order to print a digital image containing pixels and color information of the primary colors per pixel, each printing system comprising at least one engine, the engine comprising a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers containing a marking material having a primary color, said method comprising the steps of, for each primary color: determining a target color that is printable by each of the at least one engine on a receiving medium, the target color being derived from a color measured when printing a full coverage area from a container with marking material of the primary color; determining, for each of the plurality of containers, how much marking material must be ejected to establish a target color; and for each pixel of the digital image to be printed by an engine: replacing each primary color of the pixel by a corresponding target color; and printing the pixel by ejecting marking material from the plurality of containers of the engine according to the determined marking material per target color per container of the engine.