Methods and printing system for intelligently handling job rendering

A method for managing printing operations, the method comprising:

• rendering a print job having a plurality of pages at a raster image processing (RIP) system for a printing device;
• determining a first source page of the plurality of pages includes an error by the RIP system, wherein the first source page fails to render;
• opening the first source page in a preflight application associated with the printing device;
• correcting the error of the first source page using the preflight application to generate a first corrected page;
• replacing the first source page with the first corrected page in the plurality of pages;
• and
• rendering the first corrected page by the RIP system.

A printing system comprising:

• a printing device having a raster image processing (RIP) system;
• a preflight application;
• and
• a processor connected to a memory storing instructions, wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations including
• rendering a plurality of pages of a print job using at least one raster image processor (RIP) of the RIP system for the printing device;
• determining at least one source page of the plurality of pages includes an error that causes the at least one source page to fail to render using the at least one RIP;
• providing the at least one source page to the preflight application;
• opening a data file of the at least one source page in the preflight application;
• executing the preflight application to correct the error on the at least one source page to generate at least one corrected page;
• replacing the at least one source page of the plurality of pages with the at least one corrected page;
• and
• rendering the at least one corrected page using the at least one RIP of the RIP system.