A COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORTING LEGACY AND ADVANCED COLOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for supporting a legacy application programming interface (API) set between a component and a color management system.;SOLUTION: A legacy API set supports both new functions as well as legacy functions. A color management system determines a format type for an object that is referenced by an API call. If the object is associated with a legacy format, the API call is processed by a legacy processing module. If the object is associated with an advanced format, the API call is processed by an advanced processing module. If a plurality of objects is associated with an API call with mixed formats, the color management system converts some of the objects so that the objects have a consistent format.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT