Patent ID: 8027066

Claim:
A method for enhancing image processing for a color reprographic system, the method comprising: receiving page data to print with a printer; separating black text data represented by pixels in a color space and color image data from the page data; binarizing the black text data to convert the black text data to black color values; determining if halftoning associated with the printer interacts with halftoning of the page data when a halftone frequency of the page data is approximately the same as a halftone frequency of the printer; filtering the color image data with a descreen filter associated with the halftoning of the page data responsive to the determination that the halftone frequency of the page data is approximately the same as the halftone frequency of the printer; correcting the color image data with printer correction parameters for the printer; and printing a combination of the binarized black text data and the corrected color image data with the printer.