Patent ID: 8462385

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a processor operable to receive a print job and convert the print job into a full sheetside bitmap comprised of an array of color pixels, wherein the full sheetside bitmap is destined for color conversion via an ink limitation algorithm; and an image identification module operable to identify a portion of the print job for a level of color accuracy and to designate that portion of the print job for color conversion via a color accuracy algorithm, wherein the processor is operable to convert a color value of the identified portion of the print job using the color accuracy algorithm and to convert color values of the remainder of the print job using the ink limitation algorithm, wherein the color accuracy algorithm is a color difference algorithm, wherein the processor is operable to receive an input color value, to process the color difference algorithm to compute a difference between the input color value and the color value of the identified portion of the print job, and to generate alternate color values for the identified portion of the print job based on the computed difference, wherein the input color value is a Lab color value, the color value of the print job is a CMYK color value, and the color difference algorithm is a genetic algorithm.