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package/NOTICE

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+@freshcoat-js/for-print
+Copyright 2026 Dotside Studios
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package/README.md

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+# @freshcoat-js/for-print
+
+Image analysis, correction planning and calibration for CR80 cards printed
+on YMCKO dye-sublimation ribbon printers. This is the print policy used by
+[Freshcoat](../../README.md) Studio's "Optimize for card printer" option.
+
+Use this package to recommend corrections from decoded pixels, apply a
+print policy to a scene, or create profiles from measured print charts.
+It returns analysis and [`@freshcoat-js/engine`](../engine) adjustment data; the engine
+applies those adjustments and produces the image. It does not encode files
+or communicate with a printer.
+
+## What it does
+
+- **Analyze** a decoded pixel buffer → a `PrintOptimizeOptions` recommendation
+  tuned to brightness / saturation / contrast (`analyzePixels`,
+  `buildRecommendation`).
+- **Plan** a coat engine scene: classify each layer by print intent and attach a
+  generic coat engine `Adjust` per layer, so correction happens **per-layer at
+  paint time** instead of on the flattened card (`planScene`, `analyzeScene`,
+  `classifyIntent`, `printAdjust`).
+- **Recommend finishing**: the whole-frame output ops that aren't per-layer
+  (`YMCKO_FINISH` → the coat engine's `FrameFinish`).
+- **CR80 geometry**: format spec + crop fitting (`cr80Dimensions`,
+  `fitCr80CropToImage`, …).
+
+Its only runtime package dependency is the engine. Printer-specific decisions
+stay here; the engine supplies the color matrices, lookup tables, sharpening
+and frame-finishing operations that implement them.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Plan a scene (per-layer correction)
+
+```ts
+import { planScene, analyzeScene, YMCKO_FINISH, type ImageSampler } from "@freshcoat-js/for-print";
+import { sampleImageNode, compileScene } from "@freshcoat-js/engine";
+
+// Sync, policy-driven: photos get the YMCKO preset; text/QR/graphics stay pristine.
+const presetScene = planScene(nodeTree);
+
+// Or analyze photos as displayed, including their fit and crop.
+const sample: ImageSampler = async (image) => {
+  const pixels = await sampleImageNode(ck, image, loadBytes);
+  if (!pixels) throw new Error(`Couldn't decode ${image.src}`);
+  return pixels;
+};
+const analyzedScene = await analyzeScene(sample, nodeTree);
+
+// freshcoat does the output: per-layer adjust + the whole-frame finish.
+const commands = compileScene(analyzedScene, {
+  width, height, textEngine, finish: YMCKO_FINISH,
+});
+```
+
+These examples assume an initialized CanvasKit instance (`ck`), a scene and
+text engine, and a `loadBytes(src)` function supplied by your application.
+Choose `presetScene` for fixed corrections or `analyzedScene` for corrections
+based on each photo. Paint the resulting commands through an engine runtime.
+
+### Analyze a single image
+
+```ts
+import { analyzePixels } from "@freshcoat-js/for-print";
+import { decodePixels } from "@freshcoat-js/engine";
+
+const pixels = decodePixels(ck, bytes);
+if (!pixels) throw new Error("Couldn't decode image");
+const analysis = analyzePixels(pixels); // recommendation + notes
+```
+
+## Layer intent
+
+`classifyIntent`: `image → photo`, `text → text`, `bitmap → code` (QR/pixel art),
+`rect|ellipse|path → graphic`, `group|mask → container`. By default, the planner
+attaches photo corrections only to photos. It walks containers and applies
+corrections to leaves. An optional profile's channel balance applies to all
+leaves, including text, vectors and codes. Whole-frame finishing acts on the
+composited image.
+
+For exceptions, pass `PlanPolicy.intentFor`. For example, classify a rasterized
+logo as `graphic` so it remains pristine, or apply a specific graphic policy to
+it. The resolver is also honored by `analyzeScene`, so an overridden image is not
+decoded and analyzed as a photo.
+
+## Mapping
+
+`printAdjust(PrintOptimizeOptions)` → a coat engine `Adjust`:
+
+- saturation + contrast → color **matrix**
+- gamma + darkness → per-channel **LUT**
+- sharpness → **sharpen**
+
+The conjunctive white-clamp / black-extraction and gradient dither aren't per-layer
+expressible; they live in the coat engine's whole-frame `FrameFinish`, which for-print
+requests via `YMCKO_FINISH`.
+
+## Calibration profiles
+
+Use `createPrintProfile(reading, details)` to turn a Gray balance chart reading
+into reusable profile data. It only emits a profile when the capture is usable,
+and records the quality assessment plus printer, ribbon, and stock details beside
+the fitted balance. `parsePrintProfile` remains compatible with older profiles and
+normalizes them to the current `version: 1` schema.
+
+Profiles describe measured channel balance for a printer, ribbon and stock
+combination. They are not ICC profiles. Pass a profile's `balance` through
+`PlanPolicy` to use it in scene planning, or use `withProfile()` to combine
+it with a single-image recommendation.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0, see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) and [`NOTICE`](./NOTICE). Part of
+[Freshcoat](../../README.md).

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@freshcoat-js/for-print",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Image analysis, correction planning and calibration for dye-sublimation card printers",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/dotside-studios/freshcoat.git",
+    "directory": "packages/for-print"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@freshcoat-js/engine": "0.1.0"
+  },
+  "private": false,
+  "main": "./src/index.js",
+  "types": "./src/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "src",
+    "fixtures",
+    "schema",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "NOTICE",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./src/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./src/index.js",
+      "default": "./src/index.js"
+    }
+  }
+}

package/src/analyze.d.ts

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+import { type ColorMatrix } from "@freshcoat-js/engine";
+import type { GamutReport, ImageAnalysis, PixelData, PrintOptimizeOptions } from "./types.js";
+export declare function correctionMatrix(o: PrintOptimizeOptions): ColorMatrix | null;
+export declare function measureGamut(pixels: PixelData, opts: PrintOptimizeOptions): GamutReport;
+export type ImageStats = {
+    meanBrightness: number;
+    medianBrightness: number;
+    shadow: number;
+    highlight: number;
+    avgSaturation: number;
+    contrast: number;
+};
+export declare function analyzeStats(pixels: PixelData): ImageStats;
+export declare function analyzePixels(pixels: PixelData): ImageAnalysis;
+export declare function buildRecommendation(stats: ImageStats): {
+    recommendation: PrintOptimizeOptions;
+    notes: Array<string>;
+};

package/src/analyze.js

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+import { concatColorMatrix, contrastMatrix, identityColorMatrix, saturationMatrix, } from "@freshcoat-js/engine";
+import { detectOrientation } from "./geometry.js";
+// The cross-channel half of a correction — saturation then contrast — as one
+// matrix, or null when both are identity. Shared with the planner so a measurement
+// and the render it describes can never diverge.
+export function correctionMatrix(o) {
+    let m = identityColorMatrix();
+    let touched = false;
+    if (o.saturation !== 1) {
+        m = concatColorMatrix(saturationMatrix(o.saturation), m);
+        touched = true;
+    }
+    if (o.contrast !== 1) {
+        m = concatColorMatrix(contrastMatrix(o.contrast), m);
+        touched = true;
+    }
+    return touched ? m : null;
+}
+// Rec.709 luma, the axis chroma is scaled toward.
+const LUMA = [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722];
+// The largest factor in [0,1] that brings one channel back inside [0,1] when the
+// color is scaled toward `l`. Mirrors the shader's fitScale (see freshcoat's
+// adjust pass) so the number reported is the pullback actually rendered.
+function fitScale(v, l) {
+    const d = v - l;
+    if (v > 1 && d > 0)
+        return (1 - l) / d;
+    if (v < 0 && d < 0)
+        return -l / d;
+    return 1;
+}
+// Measure what a correction costs at the top of the range: how much of the image
+// it drives past full scale, and how much chroma comes back to fit. Reports the
+// pressure itself, so the answer is the same whether the render clips or
+// preserves hue.
+export function measureGamut(pixels, opts) {
+    const m = correctionMatrix(opts);
+    const { data } = pixels;
+    const total = data.length / 4;
+    if (!m || total === 0)
+        return { clipped: 0, pullback: 0 };
+    let clipped = 0;
+    let pullbackSum = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 4) {
+        const r = data[i] / 255;
+        const g = data[i + 1] / 255;
+        const b = data[i + 2] / 255;
+        const out = [0, 0, 0];
+        for (let c = 0; c < 3; c++) {
+            out[c] =
+                m[c * 5] * r + m[c * 5 + 1] * g + m[c * 5 + 2] * b + m[c * 5 + 4];
+        }
+        if (out[0] >= 0 &&
+            out[0] <= 1 &&
+            out[1] >= 0 &&
+            out[1] <= 1 &&
+            out[2] >= 0 &&
+            out[2] <= 1) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        clipped++;
+        const l = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, LUMA[0] * out[0] + LUMA[1] * out[1] + LUMA[2] * out[2]));
+        const t = Math.min(fitScale(out[0], l), fitScale(out[1], l), fitScale(out[2], l));
+        pullbackSum += 1 - t;
+    }
+    return {
+        clipped: clipped / total,
+        pullback: clipped === 0 ? 0 : pullbackSum / clipped,
+    };
+}
+// The i-th value where the cumulative histogram first reaches p·total.
+function percentile(hist, total, p) {
+    const target = p * total;
+    let cum = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+        cum += hist[i];
+        if (cum >= target)
+            return i;
+    }
+    return 255;
+}
+// Compute robust statistics in a single pass — one fixed 256-int histogram, no
+// per-pixel array (the old approach pushed every pixel's brightness into a growing
+// list, millions of floats for a full-res photo).
+export function analyzeStats(pixels) {
+    const { data, width, height } = pixels;
+    const pixelCount = width * height;
+    if (pixelCount === 0) {
+        return {
+            meanBrightness: 0,
+            medianBrightness: 0,
+            shadow: 0,
+            highlight: 0,
+            avgSaturation: 0,
+            contrast: 0,
+        };
+    }
+    const hist = new Uint32Array(256);
+    let totalBrightness = 0;
+    let totalSaturation = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 4) {
+        const r = data[i];
+        const g = data[i + 1];
+        const b = data[i + 2];
+        const brightness = 0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b;
+        totalBrightness += brightness;
+        hist[Math.min(255, Math.max(0, Math.round(brightness)))]++;
+        const max = Math.max(r, g, b);
+        const min = Math.min(r, g, b);
+        const l = (max + min) / 2 / 255;
+        const sat = max === min ? 0 : (max - min) / 255 / (l <= 0.5 ? 2 * l : 2 - 2 * l);
+        totalSaturation += Math.min(sat, 1);
+    }
+    const shadow = percentile(hist, pixelCount, 0.05);
+    const highlight = percentile(hist, pixelCount, 0.95);
+    return {
+        meanBrightness: totalBrightness / pixelCount,
+        medianBrightness: percentile(hist, pixelCount, 0.5),
+        shadow,
+        highlight,
+        avgSaturation: totalSaturation / pixelCount,
+        contrast: (highlight - shadow) / 255,
+    };
+}
+// Inspect a decoded RGBA buffer and recommend print-optimization settings. Pure —
+// the caller decodes (e.g. via freshcoat's `decodePixels`, optionally rendering
+// the layer as it appears on the card); for-print never touches a canvas.
+// `imageWidth`/`imageHeight` reflect the buffer you pass.
+export function analyzePixels(pixels) {
+    const stats = analyzeStats(pixels);
+    const { recommendation, notes } = buildRecommendation(stats);
+    const detectedOrientation = detectOrientation(pixels.width, pixels.height);
+    notes.unshift(`Buffer is ${pixels.width}x${pixels.height} — ${detectedOrientation} orientation`);
+    const gamut = measureGamut(pixels, recommendation);
+    if (gamut.clipped > 0) {
+        notes.push(`${Math.round(gamut.clipped * 100)}% of this image is too saturated for the correction to keep — ` +
+            `pulled back ${Math.round(gamut.pullback * 100)}% there to hold the hue`);
+    }
+    return {
+        avgBrightness: stats.meanBrightness,
+        avgSaturation: stats.avgSaturation,
+        contrast: stats.contrast,
+        detectedOrientation,
+        imageWidth: pixels.width,
+        imageHeight: pixels.height,
+        recommendation,
+        gamut,
+        notes,
+    };
+}
+// Pure: derive recommended print settings from robust image statistics. Brightness
+// decisions key off the median (not the mean), with explicit guards for the tails —
+// protect near-clipping highlights, and ease off darkening when shadows are already
+// crushed. Contrast keys off the p5–p95 spread.
+export function buildRecommendation(stats) {
+    const { medianBrightness: mid, shadow, highlight, avgSaturation, contrast, } = stats;
+    const notes = [];
+    let saturation = 1.0;
+    let contrastMul = 1.0;
+    let gamma = 1.0;
+    const sharpness = 0.3;
+    let darkness = 0.0;
+    // Pastel/light designs: bright, desaturated, low tonal spread.
+    const isPastel = mid > 180 && avgSaturation < 0.3 && contrast < 0.3;
+    // Saturated designed art — a brand gradient or flat vector ground rather than a
+    // photograph. The intersection of the two buckets below that would otherwise
+    // fire hardest on it: already at the top saturation bucket, and inside the
+    // low-spread contrast bucket. Its narrow luma spread is one hue sitting in a
+    // band, not a flat exposure, so the boosts those buckets prescribe are aimed at
+    // a problem it doesn't have and push its leading channel past full scale.
+    const isBrandArt = avgSaturation > 0.55 && contrast < 0.35;
+    if (isPastel) {
+        saturation = 1.2;
+        gamma = 0.92;
+        darkness = 0.1;
+        contrastMul = 1.1;
+        notes.push("Pastel/light design detected — using gentle settings to preserve subtle colors");
+        notes.push("Tip: adjust darkness slider manually to taste, heavy overlay will shift delicate tones");
+    }
+    else {
+        // --- Saturation ---
+        if (isBrandArt) {
+            saturation = 1.0;
+            notes.push("Saturated brand art — already dense, no saturation boost applied");
+        }
+        else if (avgSaturation < 0.2) {
+            saturation = 1.45;
+            notes.push("Very low saturation — aggressive boost needed for dye-sub");
+        }
+        else if (avgSaturation < 0.35) {
+            saturation = 1.35;
+            notes.push("Low saturation — strong boost for dye-sub");
+        }
+        else if (avgSaturation < 0.55) {
+            saturation = 1.25;
+            notes.push("Moderate saturation — standard dye-sub boost");
+        }
+        else {
+            saturation = 1.15;
+            notes.push("Good saturation — light dye-sub compensation");
+        }
+        // --- Brightness / darkness (median-driven) ---
+        if (mid > 200) {
+            gamma = 0.85;
+            darkness = 0.3;
+            notes.push("Very bright image — 30% overlay + gamma to prevent washout");
+        }
+        else if (mid > 160) {
+            gamma = 0.85;
+            darkness = 0.2;
+            notes.push("Bright image — 20% overlay + gamma for dye-sub");
+        }
+        else if (mid > 120) {
+            gamma = 0.88;
+            darkness = 0.15;
+            notes.push("Moderate brightness — light overlay + gamma");
+        }
+        else if (mid < 60) {
+            gamma = 0.95;
+            darkness = 0.0;
+            notes.push("Dark image — minimal adjustment, already dense");
+        }
+        else {
+            gamma = 0.9;
+            darkness = 0.1;
+            notes.push("Medium-dark image — light dye-sub compensation");
+        }
+        // Highlight guard: a bright subject on a mid ground has a moderate median but
+        // blown highlights — add a touch of darkening to hold them even so.
+        if (highlight > 248 && darkness < 0.15) {
+            darkness = 0.15;
+            notes.push("Highlights near clipping — light overlay to hold detail");
+        }
+        // Shadow guard: if the darkest content is already dense, ease off darkening so
+        // shadow detail survives the dye-sub compression.
+        if (shadow < 12 && darkness > 0.1) {
+            darkness = 0.1;
+            notes.push("Shadows already dense — easing darkening to keep detail");
+        }
+        // --- Contrast (p5–p95 spread) ---
+        if (isBrandArt) {
+            contrastMul = 1.05;
+            notes.push("Narrow spread is the hue, not flatness — minimal contrast boost");
+        }
+        else if (contrast < 0.35) {
+            contrastMul = 1.3;
+            notes.push("Low tonal spread — strong contrast boost to add definition");
+        }
+        else if (contrast < 0.6) {
+            contrastMul = 1.2;
+            notes.push("Moderate tonal spread — standard contrast boost");
+        }
+        else {
+            contrastMul = 1.1;
+            notes.push("Wide tonal spread — light compensation for dye spread");
+        }
+    }
+    return {
+        recommendation: {
+            saturation,
+            contrast: contrastMul,
+            gamma,
+            sharpness,
+            darkness,
+        },
+        notes,
+    };
+}

package/src/balance.d.ts

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+import type { ChartReading } from "./measure.js";
+import type { ChannelBalance } from "./types.js";
+export type FitChannelBalanceOptions = {
+    allowUnsafe?: boolean;
+};
+export declare function fitChannelBalance(reading: ChartReading, options?: FitChannelBalanceOptions): ChannelBalance | null;
+export declare function isBalanceMeaningful(balance: ChannelBalance): boolean;