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US 2008/0291491 A1Published application
Method and system for print job processing
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlexandre Chabrol, Benoit Granier, Aurellen Jarry, Arnaud Mante
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Abstract
Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a visible representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the print job, the reusable print job addendum. is fed back into the printer, for reuse in later print jobs.
Claims17
A method of processing a print job comprising the steps of:
- receiving print job data defining a print job from a requesting entity;
- assigning a reference to said print job;
- retrieving a reusable print job addendum bearing a representation of said reference from a reusable print job addendum reservoir,
- printing a print job hardcopy from said print job data;
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- adding said reusable print job addendum to said print job hardcopy to produce a completed print job, and
- returning said reusable print job addendum to said reusable print job addendum reservoir.
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