Patent ID: 7072059

Claim:
A method for submitting print jobs from a client to a reproduction center via a network, a print job including document data and job specifications regarding processing of said document data, the method comprising the steps of: creating, on the side of the reproduction center, a job submission form description indicating job specification options currently available at the reproduction center, said submission form description being suitable for electronic transmission via the network to a client and for generating, on the side of the client, a submission form capable of being filled-in electronically by the client; electronically submitting a job request including document data of a document to be printed, from the client to the reproduction center via the network; and receiving said job request at the reproduction center and, in response to said job request, creating an electronic document file, storing the document data in the created electronic document file, and electronically sending the submission form description from the reproduction center to the client via the network; receiving the submission form description at the client and locally generating a corresponding submission form; filling in job specifications in said corresponding submission form at the client and submitting the filled-in submission form from the client to the reproduction center; and receiving the filled-in submission form at the reproduction center and storing the job specifications in an electronic job ticket linked to said document file.