A printing system accurately prints proprietary marks and selected colors.
A dictionary of recognizable patterns and defined colors corresponding to
the proprietary marks and selected colors is linked to a user interface
wherein a user may designate a location within a document and at least
one of the proprietary marks with defined colors from an accessible menu.
A processor associates the defined colors with the image at the specified
location and generates a printer signal representative thereof.
Alternatively, the processor includes a pattern recognizer for
identifying recognizable patterns within a document. The patterns have a
likeness to defined patterns within a pattern dictionary and can be
converted to the defined patterns for display or imaging.