Patent ID: 8014013

Claim:
A method for modifying settings in printing a document, the method comprising: providing document data that comprises multiple graphical elements; converting the document data into printing instructions by a printer driver, wherein the printing instructions comprise Render Independent elements (Graphics Device Interface (GDI) instructions) or Device Dependent elements (DDI Instructions); applying at least one setting to the printing instructions; presenting a first preview of the printing instructions to a user through a graphical display, the first preview comprising the multiple graphical elements, wherein the first preview is presented after the document data has been converted into printing instructions by the printer driver; presenting a second, different preview, the second preview comprising a subset of the multiple graphical elements, the subset having less than all of the multiple graphical elements presented in the first preview, wherein each of the multiple graphical elements in the subset is presented to the user in the second preview based on device specific information, and wherein the second preview is displayed at a changed quality than the first preview, wherein the second preview is presented after the document data has been converted into printing instructions by the printer driver; enabling the user to change the setting associated with the subset of the multiple graphical elements to a new setting; converting the new setting into modified printing instructions, wherein the modified printing instructions comprise the same format as the printing instructions, wherein the modified printing instructions are provided to the printer driver; and using the modified printing instructions when printing the document.