Patent ID: 7433081

Claim:
A color conversion method for a color printer comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of color conversion profiles for each of plural types of color conversion profiles; (b) selecting one color conversion profile for each of the color conversion profile types, according to a printing mode used when printing; and (c) performing color conversion by sequentially using the selected color conversion profiles, without combining these selected color conversion profiles; wherein the printing mode is determined based on a plurality of parameters including input color space, print medium and printing resolution, and wherein the plural types of color conversion profiles include: a plurality of a first type of color conversion profiles, one of which is selected according to the input color space; a plurality of a second type of color conversion profiles, one of which is selected according to the print medium; and a plurality of a third type of color conversion profiles, one of which is selected according to a combination of print medium and printing resolution.