Patent ID: 8407316

Claim:
A print job processing system, comprising: a workstation communicating with a network; a custom service communicating with the network; and said workstation including, a document application for creating a document in a first format, a print driver, communicating with said document application, for converting the document in the first format into a document in a second format, a user interface, said user interface including a display and a user input device, and a browser, communicating with said user interface and said custom service, for accessing a services interface associated with said custom services, the services interface including selectable services of said custom service, said browser, responsive to said print driver converting the document in the first format into the document in the second format, being launched so as to display the selectable services of said custom service in the services interface on said display; a file watching service communicating with the network; said file watching service buffering the document in the second format; said file watching service, responsive to selecting, though said user input device, one of the selectable services displayed in the services interface, transmitting the document in the second format to said custom service; said custom service applying the selected selectable service to the document in the second format to form a print job; said file watching service buffering the print job; said file watching service transmitting the buffered print job to a printer for printing.