Managing print jobs
AssigneeVistaPrint USA, Inc.
InventorsRobert Keane, Erik Robertson, Sebastien Coursol
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for managing print jobs. One such method includes (a) accumulating discrete print jobs electronically from respective customers, (b) aggregating the discrete print jobs into aggregate print jobs, each of the aggregate print jobs being printable at one time on units of an integral print medium, and (c) electronically distributing the aggregate print jobs to respective printers for printing.
Claims10
A computer-implemented method for managing individual print jobs from multiple customers, the method comprising
- receiving individual print jobs electronically, and
- aggregating at least some of the individual print jobs to create one or more larger aggregate print jobs, each of the aggregate print jobs comprising individual print jobs arranged in a two-dimensional layout having a plurality of individual print jobs from different customers positioned in each of its two dimensions, whereby individual print jobs from different customers will be printed simultaneously when the aggregate print job is printed.
In a system having electronically stored individual print jobs from multiple customers, a computer-implemented method for managing the individual print jobs comprising
- selecting at least some of the stored individual print jobs, and
- aggregating the selected individual print jobs to create one or more larger aggregate print jobs, each of the aggregate print jobs comprising individual print jobs arranged in a two-dimensional layout having a plurality of individual print jobs from different customers positioned in each of its two dimensions, whereby individual print jobs from different customers will be printed simultaneously when the aggregate print job is printed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.