Patent ID: 7206087
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In a finishing system having at least one finishing device that is controlled separately from production equipment and that is to be used during a finishing job, a method for performing a finishing job process with a finishing job coordinator, comprising: a) electronically receiving finishing job description information before commencement of a printing job, including information descriptive of the job, identification of job segments of the job, and identifying at least one finishing device to be used in performance of the finishing job; b) determining whether the identified finishing device is available for performance of the finishing job; c) in response to determining that the identified device is not currently available, amending a job model to select a different thread for finishing the job; d) communicating programming data for programming and configuring device attributes of at least one finishing device for implementation of the finishing job by automatically programming the finishing device over a communications network; and, e) programming at least one finishing device in adaptation to the capability and constraint attributes of a second finishing device.