Patent ID: 6922261

Claim:
A color correcting apparatus comprising: a controller for controlling a printer to print a plurality of first modulated images of a first reference image having a plurality of colors, each of said first modulated images being obtained by globally modulating at least one color parameter for the plurality of colors in said first reference image, and for controlling the printer to print a plurality of second modulated images of a second reference image consisting of a single color, each of said second modulated images being obtained by modulating at least one parameter of said single color; an input device for accepting a selection of one of said first modulated images from among said plurality of first modulated images in accordance with said first reference image which is displayed and a selection of one of said second modulated images from among said plurality of second modulated images in accordance with said second reference image which is displayed; and correcting means for correcting information for transforming image data to print data on the basis of said selected first modulated image and said selected second modulated image, said information indicating a relation between said image data and said print data.