Method and apparatus for reproducing color printer output, and color-printer-output reproducing program

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, 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.