Patent ID: 9699357
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. A printing device comprising: an input receiving a print job request comprising instructions for printing both a first logical page and a second logical page on a print surface, the first logical page having a first output color profile that is associated with a first number of colorants including at least one extended gamut and the second logical page having a second output color profile that is devoid of the extended gamut such that the second output color profile is associated with a second number of colorants that is less than the first number; a memory; and, a controller in communication with the input and the memory, the controller processing the first logical page using the first output color profile so as to generate first image data and processing the second logical page using the second output color profile so as to generate second image data such that the first image data has at least one additional layer of dimension than the second image data, the controller further appending the second image data to generate appended second image data such that dimensions of the first image data and the appended second image data are equal, the appending of the second image data to generate the appended second image data being performed by adding, to the second image data, at least one pseudo layer of dimension with a null value in place of the extended gamut to ensure that the dimensions of the first image data and the appended second image data are equal, and the first image data and the appended second image data being stored in a consolidated buffer in the memory.