Patent ID: 8736930

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, into a printing device, a print job; determining, by a processor of said printing device, whether said print job specifies one or more extended gamut color marking materials, said extended gamut color marking materials comprising marking materials having colorants other than standard colorants, said standard colorants consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow, black (CMYK); when said print job does not specify one or more of said extended gamut color marking materials, determining, by said processor of said printing device, whether said print job will perform better with one or more of said extended gamut colorants in addition to said standard colorants; and printing said print job using said extended gamut color and said standard colorants, using a printing engine of said printing device, when said print job specifies said extended gamut color marking material, and when said print job will perform better with one or more of said extended gamut colorants in addition to said standard colorants.