A green printing method based on human perceptual and color difference model

Abstract

Printing industries are ever-improving with new breakthroughs in related technologies to satisfy various marketing requirements. They are capable of providing various value-added services by updating their printing facilities. However, the rapid growth printing requirements are also concomitant environment impact. For example, many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) printing materials are the sources of air pollution. In this paper, an original toner-saving method based on the human perceptual features to curb the negative environmental impacts and decrease material wasting is proposed. In addition, the proposed method is designed for friendly use. By configuring only few parameters, users can select the desired printing quality for varying applications. Furthermore, the proposed method can be applied to cooperate with existing hardware-based toner-saving method to enlarge application scope.