9. The method of claim 1 wherein the color page is expressed in a page description language format, the method further comprising the steps of: (a) reading an input data file which represents the color page, the input data file including instructions expressed in the page description language that define the color regions in the color page; (b) translating the page description language instructions comprising the input data file into a format suitable for detection and analysis of color edges between color regions; and (c) analyzing the translated input data file to identify color edges between the color regions, and using the translated input data file to create the proposed trap area.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein one or more of the color regions include existing trap areas that were generated prior to determining the resultant trap area for the color region of interest and further including the step of producing a trapped output file including the existing trap areas, with the resultant and existing trap areas being expressed in the page description language format.