Patent ID: 8736902

Claim:
A method for rendering a clear toner layer, comprising: providing an original print job description in multiple channels including a clear channel and a color channel; executing a program selection for a multi-pass operation; performing image processing on the print job description to generate a ready-to-print file; rendering a layer of an image on a media sheet in a first pass using a clear toner applying component and a pigmented toner applying component; modifying values of the color channel; modifying the ready to print file using the modified values; saving the modified ready to print file in a modified ready to print format; tracking a number of select passes that the clear toner applying component renders a layer of the image against a threshold, the threshold being based on a total number of passes determined for the media sheet; in response to the tracking, returning the media sheet to the clear toner applying component for at least one additional layer of the clear layer being rendered on a same side of the media sheet until the number equals the threshold; and, rendering a layer of the image in a select pass using only the clear toner applying component.