US 11,789,665 B2
Variable ink saturation within a print job
Zachary A. Silverstein, Georgetown, TX (US); Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US); Trudy L Hewitt, Cary, NC (US); Alan Chung, Hopewell Junction, NY (US); and Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/646,874.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229365 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1208 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1237 (2013.01); G06F 3/1286 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a template corresponding to a document type, the template including document elements and assigned print quality levels of the document elements;
identifying a set of elements of a document of a print job by matching the document elements of the template to the document, the document type corresponding to the document;
determining print quality levels for the set of elements of the document based on the assigned print quality levels as defined by the template;
determining print quality attributes for printing the set of elements of the document based, at least in part, on the determined print quality levels for the set of elements;
responsive to determining the print quality attributes, automatically adjusting one or more default print settings of the print job for the set of elements of the document according to the print quality attributes; and
sending the print job to a selected printer for applying the determined print quality attributes while printing the document.