Method and system for changing physical page properties in a priting application

A printing system for changing physical page properties in a large format printing application, comprising:

• an image forming apparatus;
• a client device having a graphical user interface, the client device having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a printout of an image, comprising:
• selecting an image for a print job;
• selecting the image for the print job;
• selecting a logical page size for the printout of the image;
• dividing the logical page size into a plurality of physical pages based on a selected medium;
• generating a bitmap of the plurality of physical pages based on the selected medium and displaying the bitmap of the plurality of physical pages on the graphical user interface;
• selecting at least one physical page from the bitmap of the plurality of physical pages using the graphical user interface and changing at least one print property on the at least one physical page, wherein the graphical user interface includes a selector for selecting the at least one physical page from the plurality of physical pages, and a print property change window for selectively changing the at least one print property on the at least one physical page;
• and
• adjusting the at least one print property on adjacent physical pages to the selected at least one physical page to avoid a sudden change in image quality and/or image appearance of the image in the printout, and wherein for each of the plurality of physical pages not selected or adjacent to the at least one selected physical page, the at least one print property does not change;
• and
• wherein the image forming apparatus and the client device are connected.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a computer program for creating a print job, wherein the computer program comprises executable instructions for:

• selecting the image for the print job;
• selecting a logical page size for the printout of the image;
• dividing the logical page size into a plurality of physical pages based on a selected medium;
• generating a bitmap of the plurality of physical pages based on the selected medium and displaying the bitmap of the plurality of physical pages on a graphical user interface;
• selecting at least one physical page from the bitmap of the plurality of physical pages using the graphical user interface and changing at least one print property on the at least one physical page, wherein the graphical user interface includes a selector for selecting the at least one physical page from the plurality of physical pages, and a print property change window for selectively changing the at least one print property on the at least one physical page;
• and
• adjusting the at least one print property on adjacent physical pages to the selected at least one physical page to avoid a sudden change in image quality and/or image appearance of the image in the printout, and wherein for each of the plurality of physical pages not selected or adjacent to the at least one selected physical page, the at least one print property does not change.