Technique for improving the quality of images from digital cameras, printed using ink-jet printers, using smoothed RGB transfer curves

Nitin Sampat; John F. Grim; James E. O'Hara

doi:10.1117/12.304573

1 April 1998 Technique for improving the quality of images from digital cameras using ink-jet printers and smoothed RGB transfer curves

Nitin Sampat, John F. Grim, James E. O'Hara

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Proceedings Volume 3302, Digital Solid State Cameras: Designs and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304573
Event: Photonics West '98 Electronic Imaging, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The digital camera market is growing at an explosive rate. At the same time, the quality of photographs printed on ink- jet printers continues to improve. Most of the consumer cameras are designed with the monitor as the target output device and ont the printer. When a user is printing his images from a camera, he/she needs to optimize the camera and printer combination in order to maximize image quality. We describe the details of one such method for improving image quality using a AGFA digital camera and an ink jet printer combination. Using Adobe PhotoShop, we generated optimum red, green and blue transfer curves that match the scene content to the printers output capabilities. Application of these curves to the original digital image resulted in a print with more shadow detail, no loss of highlight detail, a smoother tone scale, and more saturated colors. The image also exhibited an improved tonal scale and visually more pleasing images than those captured and printed without any 'correction'. While we report the results for one camera-printer combination we tested this technique on numbers digital cameras and printer combinations and in each case produced a better looking image. We also discuss the problems we encountered in implementing this technique.

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Nitin Sampat, John F. Grim, and James E. O'Hara "Technique for improving the quality of images from digital cameras using ink-jet printers and smoothed RGB transfer curves", Proc. SPIE 3302, Digital Solid State Cameras: Designs and Applications, (1 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304573

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