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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Hong LI, Superior, CO (US);
Randell Rivadeneira, Broomfield, CO (US);
Vladimir V. Shestak, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Hong Li, Superior, CO (US);
Randell Rivadeneira, Broomfield, CO (US);
Vladimir V. Shestak, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
InfoPrint Solutions Company, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving color data for an object to be printed and performing post color processing for each pixel in the object if the object is a graphics/text object, while no processing is performed if the object is an image object. Post color processing is performed by determining if a pixel is black or gray and converting the pixel to K only black color if the pixel is black or gray.