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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Patrick Smyth, Thornton, CO (US);
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Ikuo Inouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Patrick Smyth, Thornton, CO (US);
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Ikuo Inouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for generating workflows for printing systems. The system includes a memory that stores requirements for sequencing each of multiple activities available at a print shop into workflows. The system also includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) able to graphically present a workflow. The workflow includes an ordered subset of the activities to perform for processing a print job. The GUI is further able to graphically present the available activities, and to enable a user to drag the available activities onto the workflow to alter the workflow. The system also includes a processing system able to detect an activity being dragged by a user, to determine locations in the workflow where requirements for the activity are met, and to operate the GUI to highlight the determined locations.