System and method for printing with ink limiting

摘要

An inkjet printer forms ink images from image data including colors in a device independent color space. A color profile associated with the printer maps a plurality of colors in the device independent color space and to a plurality of ink colors formed from a plurality of inks in the printer. The plurality of ink colors only includes colors that are formed with an ink mass density that is below a predetermined threshold.

主权项

1. A method of operating an inkjet printer comprising:
generating a first device dependent printer model that maps a plurality of colors formed from a plurality of inks in the printer and a first plurality of colors in a device independent color space; generating a second device dependent printer model that maps the plurality of colors formed from the plurality of inks and a second plurality of colors in the device independent color space with reference to the first device dependent printer model, the second device dependent printer model including only colors in the device independent color space that correspond to colors formed from the plurality of inks with an ink mass density that is below a predetermined threshold; generating a color profile mapping between the second plurality of colors in the device independent color space and the plurality of colors that are formed from the plurality of inks with an ink mass density that is below the predetermined threshold; and storing the generated color profile mapping in a memory associated with the printer.