Patent ID: 8164766

Claim:
In a digital print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options, a method for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the PDL content, the method comprising: identifying spot colors within a print job; receiving a job ticket for a print job in at least one electronic format file, wherein said job ticket includes supplementary information including non-digital production press capabilities, digital press capabilities, color processing options, non-color processing options, or inks to be used on said non-digital production press; structuring job programming options depending on said supplementary information, wherein said job programming options include at least one parameter, at least one parameter value, and parameter selectability; presenting said job programming options on the user interface for selection by an operator wherein said job programming options are based on determinations of whether said print job contains elements defined in RGB color spaces, whether said print job contains embedded profile information, whether said print job is pre-imposed, whether said print job is trapped, whether said print job contains process control marks, whether said print job is a variable data job, and whether the print job contains RGB images, and wherein said job programming options are configured to allow said operator to select which of said spot colors are intended for use as real printing inks; disabling user interface programming options that are not relevant for processing said electronic file; determining whether said operator has selected a modification to said at least one parameter value; adjusting said at least one parameter value for said print job if said operator has selected a modification to said at least one parameter value; and processing said electronic format file according to said adjusted processing parameters.