Method and system for embellishment of printed document

A method for printing a document with an embellishment, the method comprising, by a processor:

• identifying an image to be applied to a substrate using cyan, magenta, yellow, and/or black (CMYK) inks to form a printed document;
• causing a display to output the image;
• in response to input from a user, defining an area of the image to which an embellishment will be added, wherein the embellishment comprises a design to be applied to the printed document using a non-CMYK deposition material;
• and
• generating one or more print files containing information that is configured to cause one or more print devices to print the document by affixing the image to the substrate using one or more of the CMYK inks and affixing the embellishment to the substrate using the non-CMYK deposition material.

A computer program product comprising a memory containing programming instructions that are configured to cause a processor to:

• identify an image to be applied to a substrate using cyan, magenta, yellow, and/or black (CMYK) inks to form a printed document;
• cause a display to output the image;
• in response to input from a user, define an area of the image to which an embellishment will be added, wherein the embellishment comprises a design to be applied to the printed document using a non-CMYK deposition material;
• and
• in response to a user input, generate one or more print files containing information that is configured to cause one or more print devices to print the document by affixing the image to the substrate using one or more of the CMYK inks and affixing the embellishment to the substrate using the non-CMYK deposition material.