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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael S Schwartz, Belmont, MA (US);
Robert F Poe, Charlestown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41B / ; H04N / ; G03F / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395109 ; 395109 ; 358500 ; 358529 ; 358520 ; 358518 ; 382163 ; 382167 ;
Abstract
This is a method for adjusting output device profiles for four-color devices such as offset presses. The user of this invention starts by selecting a base profile. This base profile produces satisfactory color but does not have the desired amount of Gray Component Replacement (GCR). The user of this invention makes use of this invention to adjust the GCR of the output profile until it is at some desired level. The invention then produces a new output profile which produces the same color as the base profile but which has the desired degree of GCR.