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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2020
Walter R. Albers, Boulder, CO (US);
Linda Sue Liebelt, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey Alan Sikkink, Longmont, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Walter R. Albers, Boulder, CO (US);
Linda Sue Liebelt, Boulder, 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 handling print jobs. One embodiment is a system that includes a print server that serves a print shop having printers which exhibit different capabilities. The print server includes an interface that receives print jobs that each include content in the form of a Job Definition Format (JDF) job ticket and Portable Document Format (PDF) print data, a memory that stores the print jobs, and a controller. The controller schedules the print jobs for printing at the printers, and converts content of at least one of the print jobs to a different implementation, such that print jobs scheduled for printing at different printers include different implementations of content, based on the capabilities of the printer that they are scheduled for printing at.