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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Michael Barry, Daluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey Pitts Dockman, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kevin John O'neill, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert Gregory Pennington, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Michael David Raines, Daluth, GA (US);
Matthew David Shumaker, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Elliot Neal Tompkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Barry, Daluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey Pitts Dockman, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kevin John O'Neill, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert Gregory Pennington, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Michael David Raines, Daluth, GA (US);
Matthew David Shumaker, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Elliot Neal Tompkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Forster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for distributing print jobs. A print job is generated at an application node of a network, and has associated therewith print parameters. The print job is routed to a distribution node on the network. The parameters are then parsed from the generated print job and the print job parameterized with predetermined metrics that are a function of at least one of the parsed parameters. The parameterized print job is then routed to a destination device on a destination node the network.