Patent Document ID: 20050280847
Application ID: 11122090
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for color matching an overprinted graphic document for a target device, the method comprising: obtaining an overprinted graphic document comprising a plurality of graphic elements, each of the graphic elements comprising at least one color; examining the plurality of graphic elements to identify at least one overprint region, the overprint region corresponding to an area wherein a plurality of contributing graphic elements overlap, wherein each contributing graphic element contributes at least some color to the overprint region; selecting an overprint graphic element type from a plurality of graphic element types; creating at least one overprint graphic element of the overprint graphic element type that paints in the corresponding overprint region; establishing at least one color for the overprint graphic element; and, creating a modified document by adding the at least one overprint graphic element to the overprinted graphic document.