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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Thomas Nathan Bilan, Longmont, CO (US);
Scott Matthew Jones, Longmont, CO (US);
Linda Sue Liebelt, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael Glen Lotz, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey Alan Sikkink, Longmont, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Thomas Nathan Bilan, Longmont, CO (US);
Scott Matthew Jones, Longmont, CO (US);
Linda Sue Liebelt, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael Glen Lotz, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey Alan Sikkink, Longmont, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for merging print data and metadata for a print job processed in a print workflow. One system is a print server that monitors an input device that receives print files and metadata files, groups at least one print file and at least one metadata file into a batch based on a predetermined pattern defined for the input device, and initiates processing of the batch as a print job in a print workflow in response to a determination that the batch meets a threshold condition. A step of the print workflow is configured to merge document properties from the at least one print file and the at least one metadata file into a single document properties file. Subsequent steps in the print workflow process the print job according to the single document properties file.