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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Jay A. Glaspy, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Provided is a device that allows a DFE decomposer supported for a particular format, such as ICC profile formats, to utilize multiple transformation databases concurrently. For each database, a software plug-in is created to interpret the specific format of particular databases. The plug-ins convert the contents of the third party database into a common structure understood by a decomposer of a digital front end (DFE). The plug-in interface includes data (i.e. structures) and behavior (i.e. methods) supported by all plug-ins. A plug-in for a supported database (i.e. ICC profile formats) is also provided. An interface between a color control manager and decomposer module is used to inform the decomposer of changes to the supported database. An appropriate plug-in may then retrieve data and update an internal database of the decomposer while the system is operating. Updatings of third party databases occur upon initialization of the system.