Patent ID: 8842313
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A print job processing system for use with a document processing system, comprising: a client workstation; a web server operatively connected to said client workstation through a network, said web server including a list of selectable custom printing related services; and a multifunctional printing device, operatively connected to said client workstation through the network, having a scanner and a printer, said multifunctional printing device having selectable printing related services, said selectable custom printing related services of said webserver being distinct from said selectable printing related services of said multifunctional printing device, said multifunctional printing device being unable to provide said selectable custom printing related services; said client workstation including, said print driver, in response to a user, through said user interface, initiating a print operation in an application being executed by said client workstation, causing said display to display a print operation window, the print operation window including a browser activating area in the print operation window; said print driver, through the print operation window on said display, enabling selection of said selectable printing related services of said multifunctional printing device; said printer driver, in response to user interaction relating to selection of printing related services of said multifunctional printing device, identifying selected printing related services of said multifunctional printing device; said browser, in response to user interaction with said browser activating area, causing said display to display a browser window, the browser window enabling selection of said selectable custom printing related services of said webserver; said client workstation, in response to user interaction relating to selection of selectable custom printing related services of said webserver, causing the selected custom printing related service of said webserver to be applied to the corresponding document having the printable format; said client workstation closing the browser window after the selected custom printing related service of said webserver are applied to the corresponding document having the printable format and causing said display to display the print operation window; said printer driver forming a print job, after the selected custom printing related service of said webserver have been applied to the corresponding document, the print job including the corresponding document having the printable format with the selected custom printing related service applied thereto and identification of selected printing related services of said multifunctional printing device; said client workstation transmitting the print job to said multifunctional printing device; said multifunctional printing device receiving the transmitted print job and applying the identified selected printing related services of said multifunctional printing device to the corresponding document having the printable format with the selected custom printing related service applied thereto; said multifunctional printing device printing, after applying the identified selected printing related services of said multifunctional printing device, the print job.