Patent ID: 8452201

Claim:
A method of operating a document processing system having a plurality of marking devices of different colors individually operable to transfer marking material in a first transfer operation onto an intermediate transfer structure, the method comprising: allowing a user to select either a first mode or a second mode for processing a given print job; if the user selects the first mode, processing the print job with first transfer components of the marking devices operating at predetermined first transfer field levels; and if the user selects the second mode: determining one or more selected marking devices associated with colors required for processing the print job; disabling first transfer components of any non-selected marking devices associated with colors not required for processing the print job, setting transfer field levels for first transfer components of the one or more selected marking devices to predetermined second transfer field levels lower than the first transfer field levels, and processing the print job with first transfer components of the one or more selected marking devices operating at the second transfer field levels.