Validation of print jobs using bitmapped image

A method comprising:

• capturing, by a computerized device within a printing device, bitmapped images of pages of a print job that have been raster image processed by a digital front end of said printing device while being printed by said printing device;
• collecting electronic image data from at least one predetermined area of said bitmapped images of said pages using said computerized device;
• performing optical character processing on said electronic image data to identify characters and numbers within said bitmapped images;
• processing said characters and numbers into accumulated data for said pages of said print job using said computerized device;
• and
• comparing said accumulated data to expected data to validate whether said print job printed correctly.

A printing device comprising:

• a computerized device capturing bitmapped images of pages of a print job that have been raster image processed while being printed by said printing device,
• said computerized device collecting electronic image data from at least one predetermined area of said bitmapped images of said pages;
• said computerized device processing said electronic image data into accumulated data for said pages of said print job;
• and
• said computerized device comparing said accumulated data to expected data to validate whether said print job printed correctly.

A computer storage medium, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying instructions executable by said computer to perform a method comprising:

• capturing, by a computerized device, bitmapped images of pages of a print job that have been raster image processed while being printed by a printing device;
• collecting electronic image data from at least one predetermined area of said bitmapped images of said pages using said computerized device;
• processing said electronic image data into accumulated data for said pages of said print job using said computerized device;
• and
• comparing said accumulated data to expected data to validate whether said print job printed correctly.