Patent ID: 8111417

Claim:
A system for selective control of at least part of at least one print production facility, comprising: a server communicating with a network and being remotely located from and in operative communication with a workstation operatively associated with at least one print production facility, the server being adapted for: receiving at least one set of information corresponding with an operational or structural aspect of the at least one print production facility and parameters for a repetitive print job, wherein the repetitive print job is performed on a routine basis; and using the at least one set of information and the parameters transmitted from the workstation for constructing and storing a model for regularly processing the repetitive print job by configuring at least one or more print related components for each stage of the repetitive print job; and, a processor being adapted for: receiving select parameters for executing the constructed model for producing a repeat one of the repetitive print job, electronically performing at least one simulation with the select parameters in accordance with the constructed model, the processor being further adapted to analyze the each stage for determining a number of the one or more print related components to deploy at the each stage, and providing to the workstation at least one recommendation for at least one physical reconfiguration of the one or more print related components at the at least part of the at least one print production facility.