An intelligent printing system (110). The overall system has a light-imaging subsystem (120), an electrophotography subsystem(130) and a printing substrate subsystem (140). The system processor (126) monitors all of the characteristics of the system, including toner content and quantity, photoreceptor wear and usage, heat of the fuser, quantity of printing substrates remaining, power of the light source, and profile of a spatial light modulator. The monitored processes are used to adjust the printing process so that the maximum print quality is achieved. Additionally, the information received assists in maintaining the highest level of quality functioning of the system through the maintenance cycle.