Patent ID: 8854688

Claim:
A system, comprising: a host processor; and a raster image processor (RIP); wherein the host processor is to: determine whether each page in a multi-page print job contains color, the pages of the print job having a predetermined order; partition the print job into a plurality of print sub-jobs based on the determination as to whether each page has color, the print sub-jobs comprising a first print sub-job containing only pages that include color and a second print sub-job containing only pages that do not contain color; determine a separate configuration for the RIP for each print sub-job; for the first print sub-job, cause the RIP to compute a plurality of separations for each page in accordance with the configuration determined for the first print sub-job; for the second print sub-job, cause the RIP to compute a single separation for each page in accordance with the configuration determined for the second print sub-job; and after computing the separations, aggregate the separations into an order such that the pages of the print job will be printed by a printer in the predetermined order.