INTELLIGENT MEDIA PROFILE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Systems and methods manage information relating to paper media to enhance the quality of printing by printers. Systems and methods efficiently maintain color management profiles for different papers and ensure that the most appropriate (e.g., optimal) color management profile is employed for color conversion on a specific paper. In particular, embodiments may employ dynamic management of data stored in paper catalogs of printing systems. As such, a paper catalog of a printer device can effectively associate a paper with a color management profile that provides the best possible color reproduction on that paper.

Description

Claims

1-40. (canceled)

41. A method for managing paper information in a printing system, comprising: storing, in one or more computer storage devices, a paper catalog, the paper catalog including records for measured papers and standard papers, each record for the measured papers having a respective color information and a respective color management profile, each record for the standard papers having a respective color information but no respective color management profile;dynamically responding to a modification to the paper catalog by: comparing, by the one or more processors, the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers;responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, correlating, by the one or more processors, the measured papers to the standard papers; andfurther updating, by the one or more processors, the records of the paper catalog according to the correlations between the measured papers and the standard papers.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes adding a new record for a new measured paper or a new standard paper to the paper catalog.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a measured paper to a standard paper by removing the respective color management profile from the corresponding record.

44. The method of claim 41, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a standard paper to a measured paper by adding a color management profile to the corresponding record.

45. The method of claim 41, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes modifying the respective color information or the respective color management profile for at least one of the records for the measured papers.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, the one or more processors: correlate one of the measured papers to each of the standard papers, andupdate the records for the standard papers to include references to the correlated measured papers.

47. The method of claim 41, wherein responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, the one or more processors determines that at least one of the standard papers is not correlated to one of the measured papers.

48. A system for managing paper information in a printing system, comprising: one or more computer storage devices configured to store a paper catalog including records for measured papers and standard papers, each record for the measured papers having a respective color information and a respective color management profile, each record for the standard papers having a respective color information but no respective color management profile; andone or more processors configured to execute instructions stored on computer-readable media, the instructions causing the one or more processors to dynamically respond to a modification to the paper catalog by: comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers;responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, correlating the measured papers to the standard papers; andfurther updating the records of the paper catalog according to the correlations between the measured papers and the standard papers.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes adding a new record for a new measured paper or a new standard paper to the paper catalog.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a measured paper to a standard paper by removing the respective color management profile from the corresponding record.

51. The system of claim 48, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a standard paper to a measured paper by adding a color management profile to the corresponding record.

52. The system of claim 48, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes modifying the respective color information or the respective color management profile for at least one of the records for the measured papers.

53. The system of claim 48 wherein responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, the instructions further cause the one or more processors to: correlate one of the measured papers to each of the standard papers, andupdate the records for the standard papers to include references to the correlated measured papers.

54. The system of claim 48, wherein responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine that at least one of the standard papers is not correlated to one of the measured papers.

55. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a printing system, the printing system including one or more computer storage devices configured to store a paper catalog including records for measured papers and standard papers, each record for the measured papers having a respective color information and a respective color management profile, each record for the standard papers having a respective color information but no respective color management profile, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein when executed by a one or more processors, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to dynamically respond to a modification to the paper catalog by: comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers;responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, correlating the measured papers to the standard papers; andfurther updating the records of the paper catalog according to the correlations between the measured papers and the standard papers.

56. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 55, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes adding a new record for a new measured paper or a new standard paper to the paper catalog.

57. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 55, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a measured paper to a standard paper by removing the respective color management profile from the corresponding record.

58. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 55, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes converting a standard paper to a measured paper by adding a color management profile to the corresponding record.

59. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 55, wherein the modification to the paper catalog includes modifying the respective color information or the respective color management profile for at least one of the records for the measured papers.

60. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 55, wherein responsive to comparing the color information for the standard papers and the color information for the measured papers, the instructions further cause the one or more processors to: correlate one of the measured papers to each of the standard papers, andupdate the records for the standard papers to include references to the correlated measured papers.