Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses Thesis/Dissertation Collections 8-1-2011 Reproducing wooden and marble patterns using multi-channel ICC profile Saurabh Chaturvedi Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses Recommended Citation Chaturvedi, Saurabh, "Reproducing wooden and marble patterns using multi-channel ICC profile" (2011). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Thesis/Dissertation Collections at RIT Scholar Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of RIT Scholar Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Reproducing Wooden and Marble Patterns Using Multi-channel ICC Profile By Saurabh Chaturvedi Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the School of Print Media in the college of Imaging Arts and Sciences of the Rochester Institute of Technology August 2011 Primary Thesis Advisor: Professor Robert Chung Secondary Thesis Advisor: Professor Franz Sigg School of Print Media Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Certificate of Approval Reproducing Wooden and Marble Patterns Using Multi-channel ICC Profile This is to certify that the Master’s Thesis of Saurabh Chaturvedi has been approved by the Thesis Committee as satisfactory for the thesis requirement for the Master of Science degree at the convocation of May 2011 Thesis Committee: __________________________________________ Primary Thesis Advisor __________________________________________ Secondary Thesis Advisor __________________________________________ Graduate Thesis Coordinator __________________________________________ Chair, School of Print Media ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Working on this research paper as a Master Thesis at Rochester Institute of Technology has been an interesting, challenging, and great valuable learning experience for me. In this research I would like to recognize and thank my primary thesis advisor Prof. Robert Chung for his dedicated support, guidance, and encouragement. I would also like to thank Prof. Franz Sigg for his guidance and support for my research. I would also like to offer sincere gratitude to Mr. Rodrigo Sosa from Armstrong Industries and the faculty members at RIT for helping me to finish my thesis successfully. I am also thankful for the School of Print Media for funding my research. Finally, I would like to thank my family, and friends for their encouragement and support. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………………….. iii List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………………… iv Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………..viii Chapter 1: Introduction and Statement of the Problem ...................................................................1 Color Management...............................................................................................................2 Reason of Interest in the Study............................................................................................4 Chapter 2: Literature Review........................................................................................................... 7 Color Reproduction ………………..................................................................................... 4 ICC Color Management....................................................................................................... 6 Analysis of Color Image Reproduction……………………………………………..…….9 Chapter 3: Research Questions .....................................................................................................23 Equipments/Software .......................................................................................................23 Chapter 4: Methodology ............................................................................................................... 25 Printer Characterization....................................................................................................26 Color Conversion............................................................................................................... 32 Color Synthesis .................................................................................................................33 Method of Analysis............................................................................................................ 34 Process Drift ......................................................................................................................35 Chapter 5: Results …………………….………………………………………………………... 41 Color Match …………………….………………………………………………………42 Process Drift ...………………….…………………………………………………........44 iv Chapter 6: Discussion and Conclusion.........……………………………………….…………… 46 Further Research …………………………………………………………………………….49 Shortcoming in profiles .......................................................................................................49 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................50 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................52 Appendix ......................................................................................................................................55 v List of Figures Fig. 1 Proprietary Workflow ..........................................................................................................15 Fig. 2 Analysis of workflow ..........................................................................................................26 Fig. 3 The Six Composite Images .................................................................................................27 Fig. 4 Gamut of Images and Primaries ........................................................................................ 29 Fig. 5 Test Chart Generator ...........................................................................................................29 Fig. 6 Test Chart ............................................................................................................................30 Fig. 7 HP Indigo 5500 ....................................................................................................................30 Fig. 8 Eye one-iSis ........................................................................................................................31 Fig. 9 Profilemaker 5 .....................................................................................................................31 Fig. 10 Conversion and syntheis ...................................................................................................32 Fig. 11 Convert To .........................................................................................................................33 Fig. 12 PDF Settings ......................................................................................................................34 Fig. 13 Drift Simulation ................................................................................................................36 Fig.14 Composite Image 2 ............................................................................................................37 Fig. 15 Sampling in CCT ...............................................................................................................38 Fig. 16 Workflow Process Drift .....................................................................................................42 Fig. 17 Analysis of Color Match....................................................................................................43 Fig. 21 CRF for color match ..........................................................................................................43 vi Fig. 20 Variations for spot and CMYK .........................................................................................50 Fig. 21 Gamut Comparison ............................................................................................................51 Fig. 22 Gamut Volume Comparison ..............................................................................................53 vii Abstract Gravure can reproduce a high quality images because of its capacity to lay down ink films of variable thickness, especially for long runs and high color saturation; this aspect provides a very high shadow detail just like photograph. Many organizations have tried to standardize printing like Fogra, ISO, and more. Larger gamut are being built to cover more out-of-gamut colors, but designs, graphics and colorfulness of the products, are limited due to the involvement of several process variables. In publication printing, only four colors of ink are used: yellow, magenta, cyan, and black. CMYK primaries are generally used because the images to be printed have memory colors (blue sky, green grass) or colors that are obtainable within the CMYK gamut. ICC color management helps the user to build ICC profile is to establish which color is produced when a given combination of CMYK dots are printed. However flooring and wooden patterns printing industry, which often uses gravure printing, use non-CMYK primaries because they are better tuned to the limited color space of such patterns. To successfully reproduce these colors, a smaller or customized gamut is selected. Today proprietary software applications are being used for