Patent ID: 8072646

Claim:
A method comprising: providing reference color information corresponding to a desired color of a desired output image; producing an output image on media using image output settings; coating the output image on the media with a clear coat finish to create a clear coated output image on the media; measuring, with a sensor, color attributes of the clear coated output image to provide color information of the clear coated output image; determining a difference between the color information of the clear coated output image and the reference color information; adjusting the image output settings according to the difference between the color information and the reference color information to achieve adjusted image output settings that create a clear coated output image on the media that has color information closer to the reference color information; producing a next output image on media using the adjusted image output settings; and coating the next output image on the media with a clear coat finish to create a clear coated next output image on the media.