Patent ID: 8305605

Claim:
A method of operating a print shop having a composition engine including a database and a schema element, the database having data stored therein, the method comprising: receiving a print job order; generating a print job from the print job order with the composition engine; associating a set of data from the data stored in the database with the print job, with the schema element; associating at least one electronic data storage device with the print job; assigning the set of data to the at least one electronic data storage device, wherein assigning the set of data comprises storing the set of data on the electronic data storage device with a programming device associated with the at least one printing device, the set of data including a unique identifier associated with the electronic data storage device on which the set of data is stored; and periodically updating the database of the composition engine, updating comprising removing the unique identifiers of electronic data storage devices that had been associated with a print job and adding the unique identifiers of replacement electronic data storage devices.