Patent ID: 6947174

Claim:
A printing process responsive to a print job query including at least one printing attribute value, each printing attribute having two or more values associated with it, one of the values being a wildcard value, the printing process having the steps of converting input color pixels of an original color space into output color pixels of a different color space that is used by a printer, and printing the resultant pixels, the converting step comprising: providing a set of printing profiles for the printer, wherein each printing profile of the printer has a plurality of printing attribute values associated with it; identifying a printing profile from the set having the at least one printing attribute value in the print job query; and if the identified printing profile does not include the at least one printing attribute value in the print job query, selecting a printing profile from the set whose printing attribute values either match the at least one printing attribute values in the print query or have wildcard value, wherein a wildcard value means the printing profile is good for handling of any value in the printing attribute.