1. A method for operating a printing system comprising: printing an inkjet image on a receiver using a hydrophilic ink capturing an image of the printed inkjet image on the receiver after a predetermined period of ink absorption; identifying local areas of the image of the printed inkjet image on the receiver that have reached a threshold level of non-uniform distortion and where unabsorbed ink remains; determining a distortion estimate for an extent to which the receiver will be distorted at a time when a second image is printed on the receiver based upon information from the identified areas; generating a second print image based on the distortion estimate; and printing the second print image.