An information processing apparatus acquires imaging parameters of a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, and based on the imaging parameters, determines a number of first images to be captured by the first imaging apparatus and a number of second images to be captured by the second imaging apparatus. Further, the information processing apparatus acquires first color information included in the first images and second color information included in the second images, and based on the first color information and the second color information, generates color correction information for correcting a difference in color between the first and second images.

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to cause an image reading device to execute reading processing of a first color chart printed by a particular image forming apparatus of a plurality of image forming apparatuses and display, for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, a progress status of each stage of processing from the reading processing of the first color chart to registration processing of a profile generated based on color information data obtained by the reading processing of the first color chart.

An information processing apparatus includes a display and circuitry. The circuitry controls the display to display a first display field for displaying a first image of document data, a second display field for displaying a second image based on a first data generated by an image reading device reading a print sample, a third display field for displaying a third image based on a second data generated by the image reading device reading a printed matter printed out by an image forming apparatus based on the document data, and a fourth display field for displaying a fourth image after execution of color matching for color of the third image to be matched with color of the second image based on the document data.

In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to print a print job, and determine target color data for each sheet of the print job while printing the job. The instructions further cause the processor to continually save the target color data to a server for each sheet of the print job as each sheet is printed.

According to this method, the mapping color LUT has input colors that sample not only a source color gamut (included in an input encoding color space in which inputs colors of this LUT are encoded) but also a portion of the input encoding color space which is not included in the source color gamut. Preferably, this color LUT further includes output colors located outside the target color gamut. Accuracy of the mapping is improved, notably for source colors located near the boundary of the source color gamut.

An example disclosed herein analyzes a first scan of a first target scanned with a first scanner module of a scanner, analyzes second scan of a second target scanned with a second scanner module of the scanner, identifies a color difference greater than a threshold color difference between the first scan and the second scan, and adjusts color settings for the first scanner module to correct the color difference to less than the threshold color difference.

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).

Systems and techniques for multispectral lighting reproduction, in one aspect, include: one or more light sources having different lighting spectra; and one or more computers comprising at least one processor and at least one memory device, the one or more computers programmed to drive the one or more light sources directly using intensity coefficients that have been determined by comparing first data for a multi-color reference object photographed by a camera in a scene with second data for the multi-color reference object photographed when lit by respective ones of the different lighting spectra of the one or more light sources.

A printer color calibration method includes obtaining first chart printing material by performing the chart printing with a first printer, setting first color data by obtaining the color data measuring the first chart printing material with a second printer, obtaining second chart printing material by performing the chart printing with the second printer, setting second color data by obtaining the color data measuring the second chart printing material with the second printer, and obtaining correction data that is used by the second printer in order for printing output of the second printer to substantially match with printing output of the first printer based on the first color data and the second color data.

A control apparatus capable of setting a suitable correction parameter while reducing user's troublesome. The control apparatus including a database that holds correction parameters for correcting pickup images to reduce color difference between pickup images of image pickup apparatuses in association with combinations of standard image pickup apparatus information and image pickup conditions of image pickup apparatuses, a memory device that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions to obtain first information showing a standard image pickup apparatus at a present time and second information showing a target image pickup apparatus that picks up an image as a correction target at the present time, obtain the image pickup conditions of the image pickup apparatuses, determine a setting correction parameter that is set to the target image pickup apparatus from the database based on the first information and the image pickup conditions apparatuses, and output the setting correction parameter.