Computer readable recording medium recording a program for color reproduction color printer output apparatus, and the color reproduction method for a color printer output

摘要

Apparatus is provided for reproducing on a monitor the output of a color printer. A coefficient calculating section (44) calculates coefficients representing color characteristics of the color printer output and concerning the respective spectral reflectivities of 3 reference color chips for a side, which is neither a side where the dot-area percentage of black is 100% nor a side representing black gradation, based on the spectral reflectivities of the color chips. A spectral reflectivity calculating section (46) calculates a spectral reflectivity corresponding to an arbitrary dot-area percentage on the side, based on the coefficients calculated by the coefficient calculating section (44), and in the meantime calculates a spectral reflectivity corresponding to an arbitrary dot-area percentage on the side where the dot-area percentage of black is 100%, based on the spectral reflectivities of the color chips. Such apparatus matches the real output color of a color printer with the color to be reproduced on a monitor (36) by estimating spectral reflectivities precisely with consideration of an optical phenomenon peculiar to the color printer output and is useful in reproducing the output of an electrophotographic color printer on a monitor (36), such as CRT, LCD or PDP. IMAGE