Patent ID: 7525685

Claim:
A color printing system comprising: a color monitor having a first color gamut; a color printer having a second color gamut different from the first color gamut; a light source for projecting light upon a color chart printed by the color printer; a color sensor for detecting light reflected from the printed color chart and generating therefrom, a set of sensor color values; and a processor for: computing a sensor matrix from the set of sensor color values received from the color sensor; computing a monitor matrix from a set of monitor color chart values that are used for generating a reference image of the color chart on the color monitor; calculating a print-preview matrix from the monitor matrix and the sensor matrix; and using the print-preview matrix for generating a print-preview image on the color monitor whereby a viewer compares the print-preview image against the reference image and adjusts the print-preview image in accordance with a format characterized as a what-you-see-on-the-monitor is what-you-get-from-the-printer.