Creo, LLC

Dave Hylands

Robert Wendell Cook

Daniel John Blondal

A raster image processing system ( ) for producing the appropriate number and set of halftoned color separations for a select output device ( ) is disclosed. The raster image processing system ( ) includes a processing unit ( ), an interpreter ( ) and a color combiner ( ). The interpreter ( ) and color combiner ( ) are application processes that are controlled by software running on the processing unit ( ). The processing unit ( ) identifies the number and set of colorants used to describe input image data and the number and set of halftoned color separations that a select output imaging device ( ) is capable of rendering. The interpreter ( ) converts the input data describing an image that is composed of &ldquo;N&rdquo; colorants into &ldquo;N&rdquo; halftoned color separations. The color combiner ( ) thereafter converts the N halftoned color separations into &ldquo;M&rdquo; halftoned color separations that are ideally suited for the particular output device ( ) chosen by a user of the system. The color combiner ( ) performs this conversion by utilizing digital filtering and combining processes.

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Dave Hylands