Patent ID: 6407820
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for efficient use of first and second print resources operative to receive information to be printed and generate printed output, each of said first and second print resources being characterized by respective capabilities, said system comprising:a receiver for receiving a document, said document comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first and second portions comprising information to be printed and characterized by a pre-determined ordering and further wherein said first portion is optimized for a first of said respective capabilities of said first and second print resources and said second portion is optimized for a second of said respective capabilities of said first and second print resources, said first and second portions further comprising an attribute operative to indicate which of said respective capabilities they are optimized for; a resource allocator coupled with said receiver and said first and second print resources and operative to receive said document and read said attribute from each of said first and second portions and route each of said first and second portions to said corresponding print resource with said corresponding of said first and second of said respective capabilities to generate printed output; and an assembler coupled with said first and second print resources and operative to receive said printed output from said first and second print resources and assemble a finished document according to said predetermined ordering.