Patent ID: 8649043
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a print shop management apparatus for exporting print jobs, comprising: (a) storing a plurality of input job tickets in an input job ticket repository, each input job ticket corresponding to a print job and including a plurality of job parameters, each input job ticket being in one of a plurality of input job ticket formats; (b) storing a plurality of job tickets in a job ticket database, each job ticket corresponding to a print job and including a plurality of job parameters, wherein at least some of the job tickets in the job ticket database are generated from some corresponding ones of the input job tickets and have a format different from any of the plurality of input job ticket formats; (c) receiving a command for exporting a print job, the print job to be exported corresponding to both an input job ticket in the input job repository and a job ticket in the job ticket database which has been generated from the corresponding input job ticket, the command specifying a press device format or an original input format for the exported print job and specifying a destination folder for the exported print job; (d) if the command specifies the press device format, (e) if the command specifies the original input format,