US 9,001,365 B2 · Conflict resolution and optimization for job definition format instructions

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for addressing conflicts when merging Job Definition Format (JDF) instructions. The system includes a memory that stores rules for prioritizing Job Definition Format (JDF) instructions. The system also includes a controller able to receive a print job and to identify multiple sets of JDF instructions for the print job. The controller is further able to generate a merged set of JDF instructions from the JDF instructions in each of the identified sets, and to identify conflicts within the merged set between JDF instructions that share page ranges with each other. The controller is also able to resolve the conflicts by altering JDF instructions based on the rules stored in memory.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a memory that stores rules for prioritizing Job Definition Format (JDF) instructions;
and
a controller operable to receive a print job, to identify multiple sets of JDF instructions for the print job, to create a merged set of JDF instructions from the JDF instructions in each of the identified sets, to identify conflicts within the merged set between JDF instructions that share page ranges with each other, and to resolve the conflicts by altering the merged set of JDF instructions based on the rules stored in memory,
wherein the multiple sets of JDF instructions include a set of JDF instructions received at the system and a set of JDF instructions generated by the system, and wherein the rules define whether received JDF instructions take priority over generated JDF instructions.

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Facts

Application

13/783,630Filed 4 Mar 2013

Published

US 2014/0247460 A14 Sep 2014

Granted

7 Apr 2015

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G06F 3/12
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1255
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device…
G06F 3/1288
Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server: in client-server-printer device configuration

Conflict resolution and optimization for job definition format instructions

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Conflict resolution and optimization for job definition format instructions

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Abstract

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