US 9,134,928 B2 · Print job processing in an automated document factory environment

Abstract

The systems and methods presented herein provide for processing print jobs in an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system. More specifically, these embodiments provide for the selected removal of certain documents after processing of the print job has already initiated (e.g., printing, sorting, inserting, etc.). In one embodiment, a method of processing print jobs through the ADF system includes receiving a print job from a host system via the ADF system. The print job comprises a plurality of documents. The method also includes initiating printing of the documents in the print job, and processing an instruction that identifies at least one document in the print job for removal after initiating printing of the print job. The method also includes removing the at least one document from the print job based on the instruction and processing the remaining documents in the print job through the ADF.

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Dependent claims

A method of processing print jobs through an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system, the method comprising:

receiving a print job from a host system via the ADF system, wherein the print job comprises a plurality of documents;
initiating printing of the documents in the print job;
altering post-print handling in the ADF system for at least one document in the print job based on a user instruction that is received at the ADF system after the initiating the printing of the documents;
and
generating a report that indicates that the at least one document is to be diverted in the print job in response to a determination that an inserter control file has been generated for the print job, wherein the inserter control file includes insertion instructions for the print job, and wherein the report includes information that enables an inserter to divert the at least one document in the print job after the inserter control file is created for the print job.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising software instructions that, when executed on a processor, are operable to direct the processor to control processing of print jobs through an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system, the software instructions being further operable to direct the processor to:

receive a print job from a host system via the ADF system, wherein the print job comprises a plurality of documents;
initiate printing of the documents in the print job;
alter post-print handling in the ADF system for at least one document in the print job based on a user instruction that is received at the ADF system after the initiating the printing of the documents;
and
generate a report that indicates that the at least one document is to be diverted in the print job in response to a determination that an inserter control file has been generated for the print job;
wherein the inserter control file includes insertion instructions for the print job;
and
wherein the report includes information that enables an inserter to divert the at least one document in the print job after the inserter control file is created for the print job.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Print job processing in an automated document factory environment

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