Patent ID: 8446599

Claim:
A method for translating Job Definition Format (JDF) elements into a command language of a printer, the method comprising: receiving JDF elements wherein each JDF element is identified by a JDF element path name; providing a JDF translation table including a plurality of entries each of which associates a JDF element path name with a corresponding command language string and a corresponding priority value; translating, via a processor, the received JDF elements to generate command language strings wherein each command language string is associated with a corresponding priority value, wherein for each received JDF element translating includes performing the steps of: locating an entry in the JDF translation table matching the received JDF element path name; and responsive to locating the entry, saving the command language string and the priority value of the located entry; and outputting the saved command language strings in an order to a printer based on the saved priority value associated with each saved command language string for processing.