Patent ID: 9542137
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first print job into a document output device, said first print job comprising document finishing instructions and instructions for printing pages of a document using said document output device; automatically analyzing said document finishing instructions and identifying areas of said pages of said document that will be unusable after a finishing operation according to said document finishing instructions; receiving selection, on a user interface of said document output device, to print an image shift template on said pages of said document, said image shift template comprising lines representing x- and y-axes associated with said document and lines indicating said areas of said pages of said document that will be unusable after said finishing operation according to said document finishing instructions; creating a second print job comprising said pages of said document with said image shift template superimposed on said pages of said document using said document output device; and printing, on said document output device, said pages of said document including said image shift template, according to said second print job.