A novel color mapping method for preferred color reproduction

Kyeong Man Kim; Hyun Soo Oh; Sang Ho Kim; Don Chul Choi

doi:10.1117/12.705501

29 January 2007 A novel color mapping method for preferred color reproduction

Kyeong Man Kim, Hyun Soo Oh, Sang Ho Kim, Don Chul Choi

Proceedings Volume 6493, Color Imaging XII: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications; 64930J (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.705501
Event: Electronic Imaging 2007, 2007, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We propose a novel color mapping method that generates smooth color transition and can accommodate the color preference. The method consists of two stages; rough calibration and black generation. The rough calibration process generates a three dimensional (3-D) Look-Up-Table converting input RGB data to printable CMY values. When the 3-D LUT is created, a new intent for color mapping, target color is internally used. The target color is predefined from a reference color book based on the color preferences of testers involved in the target definition phase. All of the input data of the 3-D LUT are mapped to the printable values in a printer based on the target color, and then simply converted to CMYK values. We evaluated the proposed algorithm comparing with a commercial printer profiler and found that the proposed algorithm makes better printing quality.

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Kyeong Man Kim, Hyun Soo Oh, Sang Ho Kim, and Don Chul Choi "A novel color mapping method for preferred color reproduction", Proc. SPIE 6493, Color Imaging XII: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications, 64930J (29 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.705501

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