Patent ID: 8913311

Claim:
A method for transforming an ICC profile of a target printer used for outputting image data using a processor, the method comprising the following acts implemented by the processor: for image data to be output: determining an initial output CMYK data set from a LUT table for a color gamut of an ICC profile to output the image data with the target printer; choosing a second ICC profile of a different printer comprising a limited color gamut, the color gamut of the ICC profile of the target printer comprising a greater range of CMYK values as compared to a lesser range of CMYK values of the limited color gamut of the second ICC profile; determining an encoded data set from the initial output CMYK data set that inherits the limited color gamut of the second ICC profile of the different printer, and determining a constrained output CMYK data set by re-encoding the determined encoded data set, which limits the initial output CMYK data set, in order to output the image data using the target printer based on the limited color gamut of the different printer.