Patent ID: 7110143

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a first dictionary which includes recognizable patterns which each corresponds to a proprietary mark; a second dictionary which includes definitions of selected colors which each definition corresponds to a color of the proprietary mark and is associated with color space coordinates; a user interface, which includes a menu of common language entries which each corresponds to the proprietary mark, for designating a location within a document and a menu item corresponding to the proprietary mark to be printed at the designated location; a processor for linking the designated location and the menu item representing the designated mark to corresponding entries in the first and second dictionaries, the processor including: a pattern recognizer for identifying the recognizable patterns within the document; and a printing device for generating the document and printing the designated mark with the color space coordinates of the selected designated proprietary mark at the designated location, the printing system having a default operating mode wherein a document to be printed is scanned for determining any likenesses to the recognizable patterns and wherein each determined likeness is linked to the corresponding entries in the first and second dictionaries for printing each determined likeness as the recognized pattern with associated color space coordinates.