APPLYING INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES TO PRINTED DOCUMENTS

• US 20140092435A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: CUDAK, GARY D., HARDEE, CHRISTOPHER J., HUMES, RANDALL C., ROBERTS, ADAM
• Application Number:
  US13/630,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20140092435A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1257 by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1286 via local network
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers

Abstract

Applying individual preferences to printed documents, including: receiving, by a preference application module, a print request; identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request; retrieving, by the preference application module, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request; and generating, by the preference application module, one or more individualized print jobs for each of the users in dependence upon the print preferences.

Claims

1. A method of applying individual preferences to printed documents, the method comprising:

receiving, by a preference application module, a print request;

identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request;

retrieving, by the preference application module, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request; and

generating, by the preference application module, one or more individualized print jobs for each of the users in dependence upon the print preferences.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein retrieving, by the preference application module from a preference repository, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises retrieving the print preferences from a preference repository.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises receiving, by the preference application module from a user, the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request are identified by a group identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing, by the print preference application module, print preferences associated with one or more users in a preference repository.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request includes an identifier of a rendering device for servicing the print request.

7. An apparatus for applying individual preferences to printed documents, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving, by a preference application module, a print request;

identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request;

retrieving, by the preference application module, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request; and

generating, by the preference application module, one or more individualized print jobs for each of the users in dependence upon the print preferences.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein retrieving, by the preference application module from a preference repository, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises retrieving the print preferences from a preference repository.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises receiving, by the preference application module from a user, the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request are identified by a group identifier.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of storing, by the print preference application module, print preferences associated with one or more users in a preference repository.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request includes an identifier of a rendering device for servicing the print request.

13. A computer program product for applying individual preferences to printed documents, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, by a preference application module, a print request;

identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request;

retrieving, by the preference application module, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request; and

generating, by the preference application module, one or more individualized print jobs for each of the users in dependence upon the print preferences.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein retrieving, by the preference application module from a preference repository, print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises retrieving the print preferences from a preference repository.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein identifying, by the preference application module, one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request further comprises receiving, by the preference application module from a user, the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request are identified by a group identifier.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to carry out the step of storing, by the print preference application module, print preferences associated with one or more users in a preference repository.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the print preferences for the one or more identifiers of users associated with the print request includes an identifier of a rendering device for servicing the print request.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a signal medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a storage medium.