Abstract: There are disclosed methods, systems and computer readable medium for a scalable printing software system. The method includes requesting installation of printing software from a printing device to enable a computing device to print using the printing device, receiving printing software from the printing device, and installing the printing software. The method further includes requesting information related to a customized version of the printing software from a customization server unrelated to the printing device, requesting installation of the customized version of the printer software, installing the customized version of the printing software and performing a print operation using the computing device to execute software components from the printing software and from the customized version of the printing software.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods, systems and computer readable medium for a scalable printing software system. The method includes requesting installation of printing software from a printing device to enable a computing device to print using the printing device, receiving printing software from the printing device, and installing the printing software. The method further includes requesting information related to a customized version of the printing software from a customization server unrelated to the printing device, requesting installation of the customized version of the printer software, installing the customized version of the printing software and performing a print operation using the computing device to execute software components from the printing software and from the customized version of the printing software.

Abstract: A system for rendering and outputting a non-standard colorant comprises a print driver for accepting identification of a document for output via a print operation, accepting identification of overlay data for use in the print operation, converting the overlay data into grayscale data, and generating a page description language document including data from the document divided into standard colorspace channels and an overlay colorspace channel, the overlay channels made up of the grayscale data and identified by a colorspace keyword; and a multifunction peripheral device for rendering the standard channels in standard buffers as directed by the page description language document, identifying the overlay channels using the color name keyword within the page description language document, rendering the overlay channel in an overlay buffer, and completing the print operation by outputting the contents of the standard buffers using standard colorants and the overlay buffer using an overlay colorant.

Abstract: A system for rendering and outputting a non-standard colorant comprises a print driver for accepting identification of a document for output via a print operation, accepting identification of overlay data for use in the print operation, converting the overlay data into grayscale data, and generating a page description language document including data from the document divided into standard colorspace channels and an overlay colorspace channel, the overlay channels made up of the grayscale data and identified by a colorspace keyword; and a multifunction peripheral device for rendering the standard channels in standard buffers as directed by the page description language document, identifying the overlay channels using the color name keyword within the page description language document, rendering the overlay channel in an overlay buffer, and completing the print operation by outputting the contents of the standard buffers using standard colorants and the overlay buffer using an overlay colorant.