Patent ID: 7660460

Claim:
A method for preparing to produce a multi-page document in a multi-engine system, the method comprising: identifying objects within the document; identifying, by at least one component of the multi-engine system, characteristics of the identified objects, wherein identifying characteristics of the identified objects comprises identifying respective objects to be one of a graphic object, a pictorial object, a normal text or line object and a large text or line object; selecting a respective target gamut for processing each respective identified object based upon at least the respective identified characteristics of the respective identified object, wherein selecting a respective target gamut comprises: determining, for each identified large text or line object, pictorial object and/or graphic object, a similarity to other identified large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects in the document, thereby associating large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects in the document with groups of similar large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects, selecting an intersection of a respective plurality of gamuts, associated with the plurality of engines as a respective target gamut for respective groups of similar large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects having a group characteristic that meets a selected criteria; and selecting a blended combination of a gamut of a selected individual engine and an intersection of a respective plurality of gamuts associated with the plurality of engines as a respective target gamut for a respective group of similar large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects having a group characteristic that does not meet the selected criteria; wherein determining, for each identified large text or line object, pictorial object and/or graphic object, a similarity to other identified large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects in the document comprises at least one of: identifying clusters of large text or line objects and/or graphic objects and sub-objects that have a same or nearly a same uniform color; and identifying clusters of large text or line objects, pictorial objects and/or graphic objects and sub-objects that have the same or nearly the same combination or collection of colors.