Methods and system for managing color management resources

1. A method for managing color management resources, the method comprising:

defining calibration settings for a printing device, wherein the calibration settings are associated with calibration measurement data captured at the printing device;

generating a first calibration tone reproduction curve (TRC) having TRC settings including end point targets (EPTs) using the calibration settings and the calibration measurement data;

storing a calibration data set at a color management server, the calibration data set including the first calibration TRC, the TRC settings, and the calibration measurement data captured at the printing device;

installing the first calibration TRC at the printing device;

determining at the color management server that the first calibration TRC failed a calibration operation at the printing device;

sending an instruction from the color management server to edit an end point target for the first calibration TRC;

editing the end point target of the EPTs for the first calibration TRC;

retrieving the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set associated with the TRC settings including the end point target;

updating the first calibration TRC based on the end point target and the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set; and

applying the first calibration TRC when processing a print job at the printing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising printing a calibration target having a test chart.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising measuring the test chart of the calibration target to obtain the calibration measurement data.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a second calibration TRC associated with the calibration measurement data corresponding to the end point target.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising updating the second calibration TRC based on the end point target.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising replacing the first calibration TRC with the second calibration TRC.

7. A method for managing color printing resources, the method comprising:

defining calibration settings, wherein the calibration settings are associated with calibration measurement data captured at a printing device;

generating a first calibration tone reproduction curve (TRC) having TRC settings including end point targets (EPTs) using the calibration settings and the calibration measurement data;

storing a calibration data set at a color management server, the calibration data set including the first calibration TRC, the TRC settings, and the calibration measurement data measured at the printing device;

installing the first calibration TRC at the printing device;

determining at the color management server that the first calibration TRC failed a calibration operation at the printing device;

sending an instruction from the color management server to edit an end point target for the first calibration TRC;

editing the end point target of the EPTs for the first calibration TRC;

retrieving the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set associated with the TRC settings including the end point target;

generating a second calibration TRC based on the end point target and the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set, wherein the second calibration TRC is associated with the TRC settings and the calibration measurement data; and

applying the second calibration TRC when processing a print job at the printing device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising

printing a calibration target having a test chart; and

measuring the test chart of the calibration target to obtain the calibration measurement data.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising sending the second calibration TRC to the printing device.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising generating new calibration measurement data and new TRC settings that are associated with the second calibration TRC.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining that a recalibration of the printing device fails according to the second calibration TRC.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising associating an ICC profile corresponding to the first calibration TRC.

13. A color management server for a printing system configured to

define calibration settings for a printing device within the printing system, wherein the calibration settings are associated with calibration measurement data;

generate a first calibration tone reproduction curve (TRC) having TRC settings including end point targets (EPTs) using the calibration settings and the calibration measurement data;

store a calibration data set, wherein the calibration data set includes the first calibration TRC, the TRC settings and the calibration measurement data measured at the printing device;

install the first calibration TRC at the printing device;

determine that the first calibration TRC failed a calibration operation at the printing device;

send an instruction to edit an end point target for the first calibration TRC;

edit the end point target of the EPTs for the first calibration TRC;

retrieve the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set associated with the TRC settings included the end point target;

update the first calibration TRC based on the end point target and the calibration measurement data from the calibration data set; and

send the first calibration TRC to the printing device.

14. The color management server of claim 13 , further configured to

instruct the printing device to print a calibration target having a test chart; and

receive the calibration measurement data obtained by measuring the test chart of the calibration target.

15. The color measurement server of claim 13 , further configured to generate a replacement calibration TRC based on the edited TRC settings.

16. The color measurement server of claim 15 , further configured to replace the first calibration TRC with the replacement calibration TRC.