Patent ID: 8194298

Claim:
A method for a generating a composite printer transform, said method comprising: a) receiving printer color profile data from a printer at a printer driver residing on a host computing device, in response to a first print job, and wherein said receiving occurs over a bi-directional connection between said printer and said host computer; b) accessing input color space transform data with said printer driver on said host computing device; c) combining said printer color profile data with said input color space transform data to create a single composite transform matrix, wherein said combining is performed by said printer driver, and where said single composite transform matrix outputs data in a device-native color space of said printer from input data in an application color space; d) storing said composite transform on said host computer for application to print jobs received subsequent to construction of said single composite transform matrix; and e) applying the stored said composite transform to a second print job, different from said first print job and initiated subsequent to said first print job.