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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and systems disclosed provide for validating branching print workflows by segmenting the workflows into a plurality of linear sequences of steps, and validating each of the linear sequences. In one embodiment, a system receives a print workflow for a print job. The print workflow comprises steps identifying the print shop activities to perform for the print job. The system determines whether the print workflow comprises a branching workflow. If the print workflow is a branching workflow, then the system segments the branching workflow into a plurality of linear sequences of steps. The system then determines if the branching workflow is valid by analyzing each of the linear sequences based on workflow rules.