Patent ID: 7385717

Claim:
A method of processing a print job of a customer and including advertising with the print job, the method comprising the steps of: defining a print processing system controller having a plurality of advertisements registered therewith, each of the advertisements having a profile associated therewith; defining a network communication link between the customer and the print processing system controller; receiving a data file for the print job from the customer at the print processing system controller via the network communication link; processing the data file for the print job and determining from the data file a content of the print job; associating at least one of the advertisements with the print job, including automatically selecting the at least one of the advertisements based on the content of the print job and the profile of the advertisements; and printing the print job; and wherein the step of associating the at least one of the advertisements includes querying the customer for approval of associating the at least one of the advertisements with the print job and receiving a response thereto, and wherein printing the at least one of the advertisements includes printing the at least one of the advertisements with the print job if the response is favorable.