Patent ID: 8477367
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for selectively printing color content of a page with a reduced color gamut, comprising: a detection module configured to detect a color object among a plurality of color objects in the page based upon the object type of the color object; a printing mode module existing in at least one mode; a conversion module configured to selectively convert, based on the object type, the detected color object of the plurality of color objects to a converted reduced-colorant object thereby having a reduced color gamut in accordance with the existence of the at least one mode of the printing mode module, wherein the conversion module generates a processed page having the converted reduced-colorant object and any non-converted objects of the plurality of objects; a user selection component in operative communication with at least one of the printing mode module and the conversion module, wherein the user selection component is configured to communicate a user selection, wherein in response to the user selection, the conversion module selectively converts the detected color object to the converted reduced-colorant object by reducing a number of colorants used to render the color object to a predetermined number of colorants based upon the object type of the color object; a marking engine in operative communication with the conversion module to receive the processed page, wherein the marking engine marks a substrate in accordance with the processed page; and a billing module configured to calculate three or more different fees that each corresponds to a different mode of the printing module for printing the page with the converted reduced-colorant object.