Printing system with print job programming capability

In a printing system for producing one or more prints from a document job characterized by an adjustable image processing attribute, a job ticket generating system for generating a job ticket, comprising:

• a user interface having a display screen;
• a job ticket displayed on the user interface, said job ticket including an original user feedback image including a set of pixels, the set of pixels including no more than 16 gray levels, and an electronically based scale settable in a plurality of positions;
• an image processing subsystem for altering an appearance of the user feedback image in response to a change in the electronically based scale, wherein the electronically based scale is set to one of the plurality of positions;
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• said image processing subsystem, in response to the electronically based scale being set the one of the plurality of positions, dynamically altering the original user feedback image in a manner that minimizes memory usage of the printing system.

In a printing system for producing one or more prints from a document job including an image portion characterized by an adjustable image processing attribute, a system for adjusting the image processing attribute, comprising:

• a user interface having a display screen;
• an electronically based scale settable in a plurality of positions and displayable on the user interface screen;
• an image processing subsystem for altering an appearance of the document job image in response to a change of setting in the electronically based scale, wherein the electronically based scale is set to one of the plurality of positions;
• a library of masks, one of the masks being selected from said library of masks based on the one of the plurality of positions set with the electronically based scale, each mask in the library of masks including a pattern of pixels which alter an apparent contrast of at least a portion of the document job image when the pattern of pixels is superimposed on the document job image;
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• said image processing subsystem, in response to setting the electronically based scale to the one of the plurality of positions, superimposing the selected mask on the document job image so as to dynamically adjust the adjustable image processing attribute.

In a printing system for producing one or more prints from a document job characterized by an adjustable image processing attribute, the printing system including a user interface having a display screen with a job ticket displayed thereon, the job ticket including an original user feedback image and an image processing subsystem for altering an appearance of the original user feedback image in response to a change in an electronically based scale, the electronically based scale being settable in a plurality of positions, a method for generating the job ticket, comprising:

• adjusting the electronically based scale so that one of the plurality of positions is set;
• based on the position set in said adjusting step, selecting a mask from a library of masks, each mask in the library of masks including a pattern of pixels which alter an apparent contrast of at least a portion of the user feedback image when the pattern of pixels is superimposed on the user feedback image;
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• superimposing the selected mask on the original user feedback image, with the image processing subsystem, so as to obtain an altered user feedback image whose appearance is changed relative to the original user feedback image.