Method and system for checking color among a printer having an in-line sensor and printers without an in-line sensor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9917985
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15141950

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A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are disclosed for a first printer connected to a second printer to perform color calibration for the second printer, wherein the second printer does not have a sensor, the first printer including a sensor which measures a media, which has been printed by the second printer and is being fed on a media path of the first printer. The method includes (a) determining the timing to instruct the second printer to print a first measurement chart; (b) instructing, at the timing determined at step (a), the second printer to print the first measurement chart; (c) measuring, by the sensor, the first measurement chart which has been printed by the second printer; and (d) outputting information corresponding to a result measured at step (c).

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KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U S A INC2855 CAMPUS DR SUITE 100 SAN MATEO CA 94403

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Yamamoto, Kazuto Foster City, US 60 597

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