Security feature in graphic documents

A method comprising:

• receiving, into a printing system, a graphic document having a security area, said security area identifying an area where a secure patterned color will be supplied later, said graphic document identifying a mapped color for all of said security area and only in said security area, said mapped color being the only item printed in said security area, said mapped color comprising an aesthetic color complementing said graphic document, said mapped color being mapped to said secure patterned color, and said secure patterned color unmagnified appearing to visually match said aesthetic color;
• after receiving said graphic document into said printing system, selecting a secure patterned color for use with printing said graphic document using said printing system;
• converting said graphic document for printing by a specific printing engine of said printing system to create a printing bitmap, said converting substituting said secure patterned color in place of said mapped color by mapping said mapped color to an identification of a type of security feature to use for said secure patterned color;
• and
• printing said printing bitmap using said specific printing engine to output a printed version of said graphic document with said secure patterned color in said security area, and
• said graphic document containing an identification of said mapped color, and being devoid of said identification of a type of security feature.

A printing system comprising:

• a network connection receiving a graphic document having a security area, said security area identifying an area where a secure patterned color will be supplied later, said graphic document identifying a mapped color for said security area, said mapped color comprising an aesthetic color complementing said graphic document, said mapped color being mapped to said secure patterned color, and said secure patterned color unmagnified appearing to visually match said aesthetic color;
• a processor operatively connected to said network connection;
• and
• a printing engine operatively connected to said processor,
• said processor converting said graphic document to a print version for printing by said printing engine, said converting substituting said secure patterned color in place of said mapped color by mapping said mapped color to an identification of a type of security feature to use for said secure patterned color,
• said printing engine printing said print version on print media to output a printed version of said graphic document with said secure patterned color in said security area, and
• said graphic document containing an identification of said mapped color being devoid of said identification of a type of security feature.

A printing system comprising:

• a network connection receiving a graphic document having a security area, said security area identifying an area where a secure patterned color will be supplied later, said graphic document identifying a mapped color for all of said security area and only in said security area, said mapped color being the only item printed in said security area, said mapped color comprising an aesthetic color complementing said graphic document, said mapped color being mapped to said secure patterned color, and said secure patterned color unmagnified appearing to visually match said aesthetic color;
• a raster image processor operatively connected to said network connection;
• a printing engine operatively connected to said raster image processor;
• and
• a graphic user interface operatively connected to said raster image processor,
• after receiving said graphic document into said printing system, said graphic user interface providing a menu for selecting a secure patterned color for use with printing said graphic document;
• said raster image processor converting said graphic document for printing by said printing engine to create a printing bitmap, said converting substituting said secure patterned color in place of said mapped color by mapping said mapped color to an identification of a type of security feature to use for said secure patterned color,
• said printing engine printing said printing bitmap on print media to output a printed version of said graphic document with said secure patterned color in said security area, and
• said graphic document containing an identification of said mapped color, and being devoid of said identification of a type of security feature.