Patent ID: 8314953

Claim:
A computer implemented method for printing a highlight color print job in a system including a local printing system with a computer, the computer communicating with multiple non-local client printing systems by way of a network, the highlight color print job including information regarding a selected highlight colorant to be used in printing the highlight color print job, comprising: determining, with the computer, if, based upon a current configuration of the local printing system having the selected highlight colorant loaded therein, the highlight color print job can be processed at the local printing system; determining, when the current configuration of the local printing system cannot process the highlight color print job, if the selected highlight colorant, using a RFID system, is physically located in a local printing environment that includes the local printing system; obtaining information from each of the client printing systems, when it is determined that current configuration of the local printing system cannot process the highlight color print job and the selected highlight colorant is not physically located in a local printing environment that includes the local printing system, indicating if the client printing system is qualified to successfully process the highlight color print job within a selected time interval; selecting, based upon the obtained information, one of the client printing systems qualified to successfully process the highlight color print job within a first predetermined time interval; and forwarding the highlight color print job to the selected client printing system qualified to successfully process the highlight color print job within the first predetermined time interval.