Cloud Paper Catalog Map for Dynamic ICC Profile Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for creating ICC profiles for new paper types in printing systems are time-intensive, require skilled technicians, and result in lost production time, especially when ICC profiles are used on a limited basis.
Innovation Solution
A method for dynamic sharing of ICC profiles, where existing profiles are accessed from cloud-based paper catalogs to complete print jobs, reducing the need for new profile creation and leveraging existing calibration data and ICC profiles for similar paper types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional ICC profile creation process is used for new paper types, then accurate color printing is achieved, but time consumption increases and production time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates ICC profiles for multiple paper types in advance and stores them in a cloud-based paper catalog. When a print job arrives, the system checks if a suitable profile already exists in the catalog, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-demand profile creation while maintaining color accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of ICC profiles from previously measured and calibrated paper types and stores them in the cloud catalog. These copied profiles can be quickly retrieved and applied to similar paper types without requiring physical measurement and calibration processes to be repeated.
2Measurement precision
If skilled technicians perform ICC profile creation, then accurate profiles are generated, but operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic retrieval and application of ICC profiles from the cloud catalog without requiring skilled technicians to manually create profiles. The printing device or server automatically checks the catalog, retrieves appropriate profiles, and applies them to print jobs, making the process self-service and eliminating the need for specialized technician skills.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud-based paper catalog acts as an intermediary between the need for accurate ICC profiles and the printing operation. It stores pre-processed profile data and provides it to printing devices automatically, mediating the complex profile creation process and simplifying the user interface to basic paper type selection.
3Productivity
If ICC profiles are created for limited use, then resource utilization decreases, but profile creation cost remains high
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based paper catalog serves multiple printing devices and multiple paper types simultaneously. A single ICC profile stored in the catalog can be retrieved and applied by any printing device in the network for any compatible paper type, maximizing the utilization of each profile and eliminating the need to create separate profiles for each device-paper combination.
Data Source
AI summary
A color printing system includes a printing device and other components that use color printing resources, such as calibration and ICC profiles, to complete color printing operations. These color printing resources are used for a large number of paper types stored in a paper catalog. The paper types can be further placed into paper groups within the paper catalog. The paper groups may be formed by assigning new papers into the paper catalog to those having paper types with existing calibration data and ICC profiles. These relationships are shown in a paper catalog map. The print shop can use the paper catalog map for selling paper types, providing different capabilities for paper types, and other information. The paper catalog map also may be used to select a paper type from a primary paper type and a secondary paper type.