System and method for staged processing of electronic document processing jobs

A method for staged processing of electronic document processing jobs comprising the steps of:

• receiving a plurality of electronic documents directed to at least one associated document processing device, each received electronic document having setting data representative of document processing device operations corresponding thereto;
• identifying a plurality of processing stages for each received electronic document in accordance with the setting data that corresponds thereto;
• communicating each received electronic document to a plurality of processing stages in accordance with an output of the identification step;
• and
• sequentially completing a preselected document processing operation via each of the plurality of processing stages corresponding to each received electronic document.

A computer-implemented method for staged processing of electronic document processing jobs comprising the steps of:

• receiving a plurality of electronic documents directed to at least one associated document processing device, each received electronic document having setting data representative of document processing device operations corresponding thereto;
• identifying a plurality of processing stages for each received electronic document in accordance with the setting data that corresponds thereto;
• communicating each received electronic document to a plurality of processing stages in accordance with an output of the identification step;
• and
• sequentially completing a preselected document processing operation via each of the plurality of processing stages corresponding to each received electronic document.