Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces for printing object optimized images using virtual printers

   
   

Rather than implementing a printer as a single set of rendering parameters, a printer can be implemented as a "meta-printer" that comprises one or more virtual printers. The virtual printers define different sets of rendering parameters. Each virtual printer is accessed through a page description language or through a user interface presiding in a print driver or server. In particular, each virtual printer of the meta-printer has an associated set of rendering parameters. One virtual printer of this meta-printer may be set up to print a first type of content using a first set of selected rendering parameters. This same virtual printer may be set up to print a different type of content using a different set of selected rendering parameters. This may be repeated for any number of additional content types. A user can access these virtual printers to print a document containing a variety of different content types. A user may select one virtual printer of the meta-printer to render an entire document. In this case, if the selected virtual printer defines only a single selected rendering parameter option for each rendering parameter, that rendering parameter option will be used to render all of the different various content types in that document. In contrast, if the selected virtual printer defines different selected rendering parameter options for different content types for various rendering parameters, the different content types will be rendered differently using the particular rendering parameter options selected for each content type.

 
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