The determined differences may be multiplied by a weighting coefficient depending on values of the input image data depending on the printing conditions in the entire color space, and the differences multiplied by the weighting coefficient may be added to the printing profile to correct the printing profile. The colors of the proof can more accurately be equalized with the colors of a print.
Rather than determining the differences between the printing color reproduction profile and the printing profile with respect to the entire color space of the input image data depending on the printing conditions, the differences may be determined with respect to an entire colorimetric color space which is a color space of the colorimetric data to correct the image data depending on the proofer conditions using the determined differences, rather than correcting the colorimetric data.
Corrected colorimetric data in the colorimetric color space may be determined from the determined differences and the printing profile, the proofer profile may be corrected with the corrected colorimetric data, and the image data depending on the proofer conditions may be corrected with the corrected proofer profile. In this manner, a proof which matches a print as a target can be outputted from the proofer by only correcting the proofer profile without correcting the printing profile.
Corrected colorimetric data in the colorimetric color space may be determined from the determined differences and the printing profile, the proofer profile may be corrected with corrected colorimetric data produced by multiplying the determined corrected colorimetric data by a weighting coefficient depending on the colorimetric color space, and the image data depending on the proofer conditions may be corrected with the corrected proofer profile. In this fashion, the colors of a proofer can possibly be equalized more accurately with the colors of a print as a target.
According to the present invention, furthermore, differences between colorimetric data produced by colorimetric ally measuring the proof color chart and colorimetric data of the printing color chart may be determined with respect to an entire color space of the input image data depending on the printing conditions, and the colorimetric data may be corrected with the determined differences.
According to the present invention, it is not necessary to produce a printing color reproduction profile.
Even in the above arrangement, the printing profile may be corrected by the differences, and the colorimetric data may be corrected with the corrected printing profile.
The differences may be multiplied by a weighting coefficient depending on values of the input image data depending on the printing conditions in the entire color space, the differences multiplied by the weighting coefficient may be added to the printing profile to correct the printing profile, and the colorimetric data may be corrected with the corrected printing profile.
The weighting coefficient may have a value of 1 in a color reproduction range of the printing proofer, and a value of 0 outside the color reproduction range. Alternatively, the weighting coefficient may have a value of 1 in a color reproduction range of the printing proofer, and may be gradually reduced from the value of 1 in a direction away from the color reproduction range. The colors of a proofer can possibly be equalized much more accurately with the colors of a print as a target.