Patent ID: 7540414

Claim:
A system for managing the production of a ticket in accordance with a ticket order, the ticket order including size information relating to an article, said system comprising: (a) a ticketing services bureau comprising a server, the server being adapted to receive the ticket order and generate an on-screen ticket proof in accordance therewith, (b) a client connected to the server via an electronic network, wherein said client can retrieve the on-screen ticket proof from the server, and (c) at least one print center assigned by the ticketing services bureau to print tickets in accordance with the ticket order and the on-screen ticket proof, the at least one print center being connected to the server via an electronic network, (d) wherein the server retrieves a client-specific look-up table which cross-references size information with corresponding industry standard colors and automatically converts the size information in the ticket order into a color element of its corresponding industry standard color in the on-screen ticket proof.