module 320 performs the cmy to cmyk transformation based on modifications of the cyan magenta and yellow channels in one embodiment color module 320 may perform the cmy to cmyk conversion using one of under color removal ucr gray component replacement gcr ink limited secondary colors black only gray point etc in a further embodiment each of the options for the profile is stored in the btoa tables of cluts 216 the options are used to change the device response based upon a selected a rendering intent corresponding to each option in other embodiments the processing performed by color module 320 may be bypassed however bypassing color module 320 may result in saturated colors with a maximum of 400 ink usage an output icc profile 330 conveys the cmy to cmyk transformation based upon a color processing option indicated by rendering intent referring back to fig2 control unit 150 identifies and controls print jobs that are to perform a formula based workflow in this embodiment control unit 150 invokes one of formula based profiles 218 whenever a print job is identified having to perform a formula based workflow in one embodiment a print job is selected for formula based processing by an operator using a graphical user interface gui 170 at printer 130 in such an.