Network printing system for programming a print job by selecting a job ticket identifier associated with remotely stored predefined document processing control instructions

In a network printing system for creating a document job at a document processing apparatus to be transmitted across a network to an output or storage location disposed remotely of the document processing apparatus the document job being developed In accordance with a job ticket including a set of document processing control instructions for controlling a manner in which the document processing apparatus develops a set of image data for creating the document job, the job ticket having been developed at a processing station disposed on the network remotely of the document processing apparatus and corresponding to a selected job ticket identifier with both the job ticket and selected job ticket identifier being stored in a memory disposed on the network remotely of the document processing apparatus, said document processing apparatus comprising:

• a) an input subsystem for inputting a personal identifier to the document processing apparatus;
• b) a user interface for displaying, in response to the inputting of the personal identifier a job ticket identifier directory including a plurality of job ticket identifiers one of which plurality of job ticket identifiers includes the selected job ticket identifier, the user interface and input subsystem functioning cooperatively to permit the user to employ the selected job ticket identifier for facilitating transmission of a copy of the set of document processing control instructions to the document processing apparatus;
• c) a document processing apparatus memory for storing the set of document processing control instructions;
• d) an information retrieval subsystem for retrieving a copy of the set of document processing control instructions across the network from the remotely disposed memory to said document processing apparatus memory in response to selecting the selected job ticket identifier from the job ticket identifier directory;
• e) an image capture subsystem for developing the set of Image data, the image data being automatically developed in a preprogrammed manner, in accordance with the set of document processing control instructions stored in said document processing apparatus memory, to create the document job while minimizing an amount of job programming required by the user at said document processing apparatus;
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• f) an image data transmission subsystem for transmitting one or more copies of said set of image data across the network for storage at the storage location or outputting at the output location.