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AssigneeKonica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.
InventorShane Matthew Cain
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A method implemented in a print shop management system which allows operators to conveniently transport groups of print jobs between different devices and programs of the print shop, such as a MIS system, prepress devices, printers, finishing devices, etc. When exporting print jobs from a print job management program (the exporting program), the operator defines one or more job groups by specifying the criteria for each job group, and the exporting program exports all print jobs in the job groups to a storage location such as a USB flash drive. As a part of the exporting step, the exporting program filters the print jobs in the program's jobs database to find all jobs satisfying the criteria of each job group. The groups of jobs may be imported into another print job management program by accessing the storage location (e.g. by inserting the USB drive into the importing device).
A method implemented in a print shop system which includes a first print job management program controlling a first print job processing device and a second print job management program controlling a second print job processing device, the first print job management program having a print job database for storing print jobs, the method comprising:
A print shop system including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.