Patent 7414752 was granted and assigned to X-Rite on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An improved color correction system and more specifically, a color profiling system for a printer and scanner. Highly accurate device independent printer profiles are generated using a scanner and processing means. The process utilizes the simultaneous scanning of a reference target and a print target to produce a scanner profile. Uncompensated printer profile is developed using the scanner profile and compensation transforms convert the uncompensated printer profile into the printer profile.