Patent ID: 8136120
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a print job in a document production environment, comprising: receiving a job ticket for the print job, wherein the job ticket comprises one or more job ticket parameters for processing the print job; identifying a process plan template comprising one or more processing instructions for processing the print job; performing, by a computing device, a parameter value resolving process for each job ticket parameter to yield a set of resolved parameter values by: presenting a user with a representation of the set of the resolved parameter values, and permitting the user to modify at least one of the resolved parameter value of the set of resolved parameter values to yield a user-modified parameter value; processing a first portion of the print job using the identified process plan template, at least one resolved parameter value of the set of the resolved parameter values, and the user-modified parameter values, wherein using the resolved parameter value in the processing of the first portion of the print job comprises: after at least one instruction from the identified process plan template has been implemented, performing the parameter value resolving process for each parameter value that has not yet been resolved to yield at least one subsequently-resolved parameter value; and processing a second portion of the print job using the identified process plan template, the set of resolved parameter values, the user-modified parameter values, and each of the at least one subsequently-resolved parameter values.