Patent ID: 8836977

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a print manager configured to: receive instructions from a system administrator whether to implement a resource conservation mode on the printing device; implement the resource conservation mode on the printing device in response to determining that the instructions request the resource conservation mode on the printing device; receive, from a user, a particular print job that specifies a plurality of print options and features to process the particular print job on the printing device; determine, without receiving any input from the user, whether the resource conservation mode is specified for reducing an amount of consumable printing resources used for printing on the printing device; in response to determining that the resource conservation mode is specified for the printing device: identify, from the plurality of print options and features, one or more particular print options that are associated with the resource conservation mode, and generate, without receiving any input from the user, a modified plurality of print options and features by changing one or more features of the one or more particular print options to implement the resource conservation mode, wherein implementing the resource conservation mode reduces the amount of the consumable printing resources used to print the particular print job; wherein, when the resource conservation mode is specified, the modified plurality of print options and features is used to process the particular print job instead of the plurality of print options and features.