Patent ID: 7116452

Claim:
A method of calibrating a scanner in a system having a printer, a monitor, a CPU and a monitor-to-scanner lookup table, the calibration method comprising the steps of: (a) creating an electronic representation corresponding to a range of color combinations of Red, Green and Blue, said range being consistent with a monitor color combination range of said monitor; (b) printing a printer image on said printer using said monitor-to-printer lookup table; (c) scanning said printer image with said scanner to create a scanner image; (d) creating a monitor-to-scanner relationship by relating said electronic representation to said scanner image; (e) creating a scanner-to-monitor relationship using said monitor-to-scanner relationship; (f) creating a scanner-to-printer relationship using said scanner-to-monitor relationship and said monitor-to-printer relationship, and (g) storing said scanner-to-printer relationship.