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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Yoshinori Komori, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihiro Inde, Ibaraki, JP;
Komori Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a color management method for a printing press, the first profile representing color reproduction characteristics of a first printing press is generated using color data of a number of patches printed by the first printing press and the dot area percent of each of a plurality of ink colors defined for each patch. The second profile representing color reproduction characteristics of a second printing press is generated using color data of a number of patches printed by the second printing press and the dot area percent of each of a plurality of ink colors defined for each patch. The dot area percent of each ink color to be used to print a printing product by the second printing press is obtained on the basis of the first and second profiles. A color management apparatus for a printing press is also disclosed.