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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
George L. Eldridge, Long Beach, CA (US);
George L. Eldridge, Long Beach, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention generally relates to a method for providing printing services. A database is configured to store data related to a plurality of print engines. The data includes static and time-varying characteristics for each of the print engines of the plurality of print engines. A first print engine is selected from the plurality of print engines. A print job is initiated for the first print engine. The print job is processed at a remote printing service based on data related to the first print engine to create a first print engine print file. The first print engine file is provided to the first print engine.