Patent ID: 8520254

Claim:
A system for processing a set of print jobs, the system comprising: a set of one or more resources in a document production environment; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a set of print jobs, the method comprising: providing a print job set comprising one or more print jobs, wherein each of the one or more print jobs has one or more corresponding setup characteristics, wherein each of the one or more setup characteristics comprise a feature of a production process associated with the one or more print jobs, storing the print job set in a computer-readable storage medium, identifying the print job set as one of a first job processing speed set and a second job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics including at least one of the features of the production process, if the print job set is a first job processing speed set, routing the print job set to a first subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the first subset comprises one or more first resources for processing the print job set, and if the print job set is a second job processing speed set, routing the print job set to a second subset of the set of one or more resources, wherein the second subset comprises one or more second resources for processing the print job set.