Patent ID: 6995860

Claim:
An interface, implemented in a computer, for representing and controlling a production printing workflow comprising: a display; a first document object representing a document, said document further comprising content and formatting, said formatting defining at least one page in said document, said first document object being associated with a first visual representation on said display; a page object representing an ordered media attribute of one of said at least one page, said page object being associated with a second visual representation on said display and capable of being associated with said first document object; a first user input device for selectively associating said first and second visual representations; and a second user input device for creating said page object, said second user input device operative to allow selection of said ordered media attribute, setting of at least one value of said ordered media attribute and selection of one or more of said at least one page in said document to apply said ordered media attribute to wherein upon application, one or more of said page objects are created and associated with each of said one or more of said at least one page and said corresponding document object; wherein association of said first and second visual representations results in association of said respective objects; and further wherein said applied ordered media attribute is visually represented on a visual representation of said one or more of said at least one page.