System and method to enable correction to application of substantially colorless material over identified text via segmentation

A system for processing image data having a plurality of pixels comprising at least one processing element, the at least one processing element comprising an input and an output and configured to receive and process pixels of the image data, the at least one processing element configured to:

• receive a page description language file of image data comprising a plurality of pixels and related image instructions;
• raster image process the page description language file to create a bitmap file with a first data structure indicating at least pixels representing text;
• segment the bitmap file to determine at least pixels in the bitmap file representing text not indicated in the first data structure to form a second data structure, and
• combine the first data structure and the second data structure to form a third data structure indicating locations for marking substantially colorless marking material onto a substrate using an image output device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by a computer, direct a computer to perform a method for processing image data, the method comprising:

• receiving a page description language file of image data comprising a plurality of pixels and related image instructions;
• raster image processing the page description language file to create a bitmap file with a first data structure indicating at least pixels representing text;
• segmenting the bitmap file to determine at least pixels in the bitmap file representing text not indicated in the first data structure to form a second data structure, and
• combining the first data structure and the second data structure to form a third data structure indicating locations for marking substantially colorless marking material onto a substrate using an image output device.