Thomas C Donovan

US Patent:

58225030, Oct 13, 1998

Filed:

Jun 20, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/879476

Inventors:

Al C. Gass - Lynnwood WA
Jack M. Kirstein - Bainbridge Island WA
John W. Fearnside - Seattle WA
Thomas A. Donovan - Seattle WA
Chiiwen Kevin Hu - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Adobe Systems Incorporated - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

395109

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method of modifying one or more colors contained in an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file in a computer program such as a desktop publishing program (50). After an EPS file has been imported into a publication, all identifiable colors in the EPS file, i. e. , spot colors and, in some instances, process colors, are displayed to a color palette (84). The color palette allows a user to see those colors (or inks) that are needed to print the publication, and subsequently modify the colors without having to return to the originating program that exported the EPS file. The method includes creating a publication color list that contains those colors that have been modified, generating a PostScript (PS) color table from the publication color list after the modifications are complete, and changing the attributes of those colors in the PS table while printing the publication to a file or to a printer.