Patent ID: 8488195

Claim:
An apparatus for accurately displaying an electronic document on a color display, comprising: a memory device for storing a plurality of International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles, each one of the plurality of ICC profiles including at least one tag for storing a plurality of colorant names in an order in which the colorant names are laid down during a reproduction process; and a rendering application operating on a computer and in communication with the memory device, the application being configured to: receive an instruction to display the electronic document on the color display, the electronic document including a DeviceN color space; identify a names array in a color definition of the DeviceN color space; compare the names array to the plurality of colorant names in each one of the plurality of ICC profiles stored in the memory device; select one of the plurality of ICC profiles whose plurality of colorant names match the names array; and use the selected one of the plurality of ICC profiles to map, at least indirectly, the DeviceN color space into control values, the control values being used to accurately display the electronic document on the color display.