Patent ID: 9507546
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented on a print server which is connected to a printer, for producing a package of printed documents from multiple original digital documents, comprising: (a) receiving user inputs that specify a plurality of original digital documents to be printed in a specified order as a job set, the user inputs further specifying print settings for each of the plurality of original digital documents; (b) receiving user inputs that specify a plurality of additional print settings for the job set; (c) generating a plurality of sub-job tickets, each sub-job ticket corresponding to one of the original digital documents and being generated in accordance with the print settings for the corresponding original digital document received in step (a), wherein each original digital document and the corresponding sub-job ticket form a sub-job having a sub-job ID, wherein each sub-job ticket further includes: a package tag indicating that the sub-job is a part of the job set, and a next sub-job ID parameter specifying a sub-job ID of a next sub-job of the job set, wherein the next sub-job ID parameter in a sub-job ticket of a last sub-job of the job set specifies a sub-job ID of a first sub-job of the job set, and wherein a sub-job ticket for the first sub-job further includes a parameter indicating that the sub-job is the first sub-job of the job set; and (d) in response to an input received from the user to submit the job set to the printer, transmitting all sub-jobs in the job set to the printer.