Patent ID: 7463376

Claim:
A printing and finishing system having a printing device for producing a print according to printing parameters and a finishing device for finishing the print according to finishing parameters, the system comprising: a controller configured for two-way communication between the printing device and the finishing device, wherein: the controller determines substrate parameters for a substrate for the print, based on a prior selection of the substrate and monitoring of parameters of substrates available to the printing device, and the controller determines ink deposition parameters that are determined in part by the substrate parameters, and the controller determines drying parameters, and the controller determines finishing parameters based in part on the substrate parameters, the ink deposition parameters and the drying parameters; the controller adjusts at least one of the printing parameters in response to two-way communication that includes at least one of the finishing parameters; the controller adjusts at least one of the finishing parameters in response to two-way communication that includes at least one of the printing parameters; and the controller regulates a buffer of printed material between the printing device and the finishing device, wherein the buffer of printed material is queued to go to the finishing device and wherein the buffer regulation is based on a determination of speed of operation of the printing device and the finishing device: wherein the controller operates the printing device using the at least one printing parameter adjusted in response to at least one finishing parameter and operates the finishing device using the at least one finishing parameter adjusted in response to at least one printing parameter.