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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Terry A. Wozniak, Springfield, OH (US);
Christopher L. Watkins, Fairborn, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Terry A. Wozniak, Springfield, OH (US);
Christopher L. Watkins, Fairborn, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of determining substrate and ink compatibility includes providing a test pattern having a range of ink loading levels and including test features corresponding to at least one of text and graphics; identifying a substrate; identifying an ink set; printing the test pattern on the identified substrate using the identified ink set; selecting an ink loading level for at least one of the at least one of text and graphics using the test pattern; and generating a tone scale transformation for one or more ink colors of the identified ink set using the selected ink loading level for at least one of the at least one of text and graphics, the selected ink loading level for the at least one of the at least one of text and graphics being dependent on the identified substrate.