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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Steven A. Billow, Pittsford, NY (US);
Sean E. Skelly, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth D. Stack, Fairport, NY (US);
Steven A. Billow, Pittsford, NY (US);
Sean E. Skelly, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth D. Stack, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product is provided for optimizing a printer for driver settings and color profile in order to optimally print an image on a selected media. Data is stored in an index file for various combinations of printers, printer drivers, printer media and color profiles. The printer driver that is currently used on the user's machine for the selected printer is determined and the printer media selected for the printer is identified, e.g., by a simple query of the user. One set of steps involves choosing an appropriate stored color profile for the selected printer-media combination, and applying the chosen color profile to the image data, thereby generating transformed image data. Another set of steps involves retrieving printer settings for the selected printer-media combination and modifying the settings of the driver in use for the selected media. Finally the transformed image data is printed using the modified settings of the printer driver to obtain optimal printing of the image.