64 Processing Colour Image Information

This paper examines one of the core technologies in colour printing solutions colour image information processing and discusses our related development activities in the fields of colour science research, colour processing research and development, and colour printer product technology. The first topic, colour science research 1) 2) 3) 4) 5), forms a background for both colour processing research and colour printer product technology development. In the section on colour processing R&D, we will take a broad look at several relevant themes, whilst the section on colour printer product technology gives an overview of the colour processing firmware, colour processing LSIs, and colour processing utilities that we have designed and developed, and already introduced in our products as core processing units. In our contribution towards the development of colour printer products and printing solutions which incorporate these printers into system packages, we have set our sights not only on colour image information processing, but also information processing in general, thus ensuring that we approach our solution from a broad perspective.