Eachchapterofthehandbookislargelyself-containedandcanbereadinisolation,providedthereaderisgenerallyfamiliarwiththearea.Crossreferencesamongthechapterscapturetheimportantinterrelationshipsintheinformationpresentedintheindividualchapters.Chapter1alsoincludesabroadoverviewofdigitalcolorimagingsystemswithreferencesto,andconnectionsbetween,thematerialintheotherchapters,whichmaynotbedirectlyapparent.Thisisintendedtofacilitatetheunderstandingofdigitalcolorimagingfromasystemsperspective,whichisbecomingincreasinglyimportantintoday’sopen,interconnectedworld.Additionalmaterialrelatedtothebookwillbemadeavailableonthepublisher’swebsitewww.crcpress.com.Inparticular,duetoconcernsofincreasedcostandthelimitationsofcoloraccuracyintheprintingprocess,anumberofimagesthatwereoriginallyincolorhavebeenincludedonlyasblack-and-whitefiguresinthebook;full-colorelectronicversionsofthesefiguresareavailableonline.
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