Printing systems for generating optimized images

A printing system comprising:

• a machine readable storage medium storing instructions;
• and
• a processor to execute the instructions to:
• receive a source image comprising a plurality of regions and text and thin lines;
• separated out the text and thin lines within the source image;
• analyze each region of the plurality of regions to determine an ink density of each region;
• in response to the ink density for a region exceeding a threshold, tag the region for depletion of the ink density;
• and
• during printing of an optimized image based on the source image, deplete the ink density of the respective regions tagged for depletion of the ink density and maintain the ink density of the text and thin lines and the regions not tagged for depletion of the ink density.

A method for printing a duplex print job, the method comprising:

• receiving a first image and a second image to be printed on opposite sides of a print media;
• analyzing the first image and the second image to determine which of the first image and the second image comprises a greater ink density;
• setting the first image as a source image in response to the second image comprising the greater ink density:
• setting the second image as the source image in response to the first image comprising the greater ink density;
• dividing the source image into a plurality of regions;
• analyzing each region of the plurality of regions to determine an ink density of each region;
• comparing the ink density of each region of the plurality of regions to a threshold;
• in response to a region of the plurality of regions being greater than or equal to the threshold, depleting the ink density of the respective region;
• in response to a region of the plurality of regions being less than the threshold, maintaining the ink density of the respective region;
• combining the depleted regions and the maintained regions to generate an optimized image;
• and
• printing the optimized image on the first side of the print media.