COLOUR MANAGEMENT FOR BACKLIT APPLICATIONS
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Accepted
28 March 2026
Available Online
15 September 2017
Abstract
UNTIL NOW COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR BACKLIT APPLICATIONS WAS PERFORMED MOSTLY BY APPLYING THE EDUCATED GUESS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN EDITING OR PRINTING. SUCH APPROACH IS SUBJECTIVE, TEDIOUS AND TAKES TIME WHILE THE RESULT MAY NOT BE THE EXPECTED ONE. THE METHOD P RESENTED IN THIS PAPER PROPOSES AN OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO PERFORM COLOUR MANAGEMENT FOR BACKLIT APPLICATIONS. AFTER OBTAINING THE MEDIA-RELATIVE TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS OF THE BACKLIT MEDIA AND THE MEASUREMENT OF SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION O F THE LIGHT EMITTED THROUGH THE MEDIA, AN ICC-PROFILE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED FOR EACH MEDIA AND LIGHTBOX COMBINATION. AN IMAGE IS MODIFIED FOR EACH OF THE LIGHT BOXES SO WHEN PRINTED IT IS EXPECTED TO LOOK PERCEPTUALLY THE SAME BEING LIMITED ONLY BY THE RESULTING COLOUR GAMUT. THE APPROACH IS INTENDED TO BE USED WITH THE GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY COLOUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND DEVICES INCREASING THEIR EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY.
Keywords
PRINTING THE EXPECTED
COLOUR MANAGEMENT
BACKLIT APPLICATIONS
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