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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

David C. Robinson, Penfield, NY (US);

Mark A. Smith, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6008 (2013.01); G06K 15/1802 (2013.01); G06K 15/184 (2013.01); H04N 1/6066 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor of a printing device automatically raster image processes print data in a print job to produce a first, relatively low resolution, bitmap for printing the print job with the printer's main colors and one or more optional colors. The processor automatically compares the extended gamut of the lower-resolution first bitmap and the main color gamut of the printing engine to identify image quality improvement pixels of the extended gamut that are outside the main color gamut. The processor automatically either raster image processes the print data with the main colors and one of the optional colors, or raster image processes the print data with only the main colors, based on whether the number of image quality improvement pixels of the extended gamut that are outside the main color gamut exceeds a pixel quantity threshold, to produce a second, relatively higher resolution, bitmap.


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