US4967379A
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Process for the ink control or regulation of a printing machine by comparing desired color to obtainable color data
Assignee: Gretag AG
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Filing: 1988-12-05
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Granted: 1990-10-30
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Expires: 2008-12-05
Abstract
Abstract In a process for the ink control or regulation of a printing machine the actual color coordinates of measuring fields are compared with the desired color location. If the desired color location is found outside the correction color space defined by the boundary values of the full tone densities of the printing inks, as a substitute for the given desirable color locations, attainable desired color locations are determined on the surface of the correction color space by finding the point on the surface of the color correction space that is nearest to the given desired color location. The search for the nearest point may also be carried out in a manner such that the nearest point on the surface of the correction color space is sought in the direction of the brightness axis of the color space. If in the process, a boundary value of the brightness error is reached, the attainable desired color location is determined beginning at the desired color location displaced along the brightness axis to the maximum permissible brightness error.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans Ott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 01:06
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41F; B41F33/00; B41F33/0036; B41F33/0045; B41P; B41P2233/00; B41P2233/50; B41P2233/51
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
Process for the ink control or regulation of a printing machine with a colorimetric measuring system, whereby measuring fields on sheets printed by the printing machine are optically evaluated, in order to determine the color location of a measuring field in a coordinate system and to produce a regulating value for adjusting the color control elements of the printing machine by a coordinate comparison of a color deviation of the measuring field evaluated from a given desired color location, so that undesirable color deviations will become minimal on the sheet subsequently printed with a new ink control setting, comprising the steps of: defining within the coordinate system a correction color space around a point defined by an actual color location measured on the measuring field using predetermined boundary densities and measured full tone densities; replacing a predetermined desired color location situated outside the correction color space by an attainable desired color location on the boundary surface of the correction color space having a color deviation from the predetermined desired color location, with the components of said color deviation essential for the printing quality being minimal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
Process for the ink control or regulation of a printing machine with a colorimetric measuring system, whereby measuring fields on sheets printed by the printing machine are optically evaluated, in order to determine the color location of a measuring field in a coordinate system and to produce a regulating value for adjusting the color control elements of the printing machine by a coordinate comparison of a color deviation of the measuring field evaluated from a given desired color location, so that undesirable color deviations will become minimal on the sheet subsequently printed with a new ink control setting, comprising the steps of: defining within the coordinate system a correction color space around a point defined by an actual color location measured on the measuring field using predetermined boundary densities and measured full tone densities; replacing a predetermined desired color location situated outside the correction color space by an attainable desired color location on the boundary surface of the correction color space having a color deviation from the predetermined desired color location, with the components of said color deviation essential for the printing quality being minimal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the color location on the surface of the correction color space having the smallest color deviation from the predetermined desired color location is chosen as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
Process according to claim 2, wherein said correction color space includes at least one lateral surface and a perpendicular is established onto an adjacent lateral surface of the correction color space from the predetermined desired color location and an intersection of the perpendicular with said adjacent lateral surface is used as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
Process according to claim 2, wherein the correction color space includes at least one lateral edge and a perpendicular is directed onto an adjacent lateral edge of the correction color space from the predetermined desired color location and an intersection of the perpendicular with said adjacent lateral edge is used as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 2, wherein the correction color space includes at least one corner and a corner of the correction color space adjacent to the predetermined desired color location is used as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein an intersection of a parallel to a brightness coordinate axis of the coordinate system through the predetermined desired color location with the surface of the correction color space nearest to the predetermined desired color location is chosen as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
Process according to claim 6, wherein for the points located on the parallel to a brightness coordinate axis through the predetermined desired color location within a given brightness error range having a maximum and a minimum brightness, the nearest points on the surface of the correction color space are designated as the attainable desired color locations.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein the nearest point on the surface of the correction color space is determined as the point on the parallel associated with a maximum brightness error within said given brightness error range.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein for the points located on a parallel to a brightness coordinate axis through the predetermined desired color location within a given brightness error range having a maximum and a minimum brightness, the nearest points on the surface of the correction color space are designated as the attainable desired color locations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
Process according to claim 9, wherein the nearest point on the surface of the correction color space is determined as the point on the parallel associated with the greatest brightness error which appears to be acceptable.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein an intersection of a color deviation vector between the actual color location and the predetermined desired color location with the surface of the color correction space is chosen as the attainable desired color location.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a surface in the color space and the attainable desired color location for two-color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a straight line in the color space and the attainable desired color location for single color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K.L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 3, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a surface in the color space and the attainable desired color location for two-color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 3, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a straight line in the color space and the attainable desired color location for single color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 3, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K--L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 4, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a surface in the color space and the attainable desired color location for two-color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 4, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a straight line in the color space and the attainable desired color location for single color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 4, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 5, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a surface in the color space and the attainable desired color location for two-color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 5, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a straight line in the color space and the attainable desired color location for single color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 5, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 8, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a surface in the color space and the attainable desired color location for two-color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
32 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein the color correction space is reduced to a straight line in the color space and the attainable desired color location for single color printing determined accordingly.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein brightness errors are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 11, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 12, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
38 words
Process according to claim 13, wherein brightness error components of said color deviation are less heavily weighted in favor of smaller color component errors, by compressing L* according to L**=K·L*, with K being located between 0 and 1.
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