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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Keiko Torikoshi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Keiko Torikoshi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner saving printing method and related computer program product is described. The program analyzes an input file to extract data that represents background, and if the background is a solid dark color, changes the background to a colorless or a lighter color background. The colors of the foreground objects such as text and graphics are changed correspondingly to maintain adequate contrast between the foreground objects and the background. The method can be implemented as a part of a printer driver.