Patent ID: 8274714

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying color peripheral devices of a color system; calibrating a first color peripheral device of the color system; calibrating additional color peripheral devices of the color system utilizing the first color peripheral device; calculating a calibration error of a test system, wherein the calculating calibration error of the test system comprises accentuating calibration errors of the test system via: repeating an iterative process for at least two cycles in which the test system and the additional color peripheral devices under test are maintained at a steady color state such that no adjustments are made to the test system, in which the iterative process comprises: a second color peripheral device sending a first output to a third color peripheral device; the third color peripheral device generating a second output based at least on the first output; and the third color peripheral device sending the second output to the second color peripheral device; presenting a final output of the iterative process to a user of the color system; determining a system configuration that includes a first color calibration setting of the first color peripheral device, a second color calibration setting of the second color peripheral device, and a third color calibration setting of the third color peripheral device; creating metadata that includes the system configuration; and associating the metadata with an image, the metadata enabling a second color system comprised of one or more color peripheral devices to adjust at least one of the one or more color peripheral devices to approximate the color state of the color system via the second color system.