Managing print jobs
First Claim
1. A method for managing individual print jobs from multiple customers, the method comprisingreceiving individual print jobs electronically, 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, and electronically transmitting one or more aggregate print jobs to one or more printers for printing, the one or more printers being configured to print copies of the aggregate print jobs transmitted to it.
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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.
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1. A method for managing individual print jobs from multiple customers, the method comprising
receiving individual print jobs electronically, 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, and electronically transmitting one or more aggregate print jobs to one or more printers for printing, the one or more printers being configured to print copies of the aggregate print jobs transmitted to it.
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