Patent ID: 8156033

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a print job through a computerized network; evaluating said print job as a digital print job that is characterized by the number of images within said digital print job; evaluating said print job as an offset print job that is characterized by the number of sheets within said offset print job; performing, by a computer, a reverse auction for both said digital print job and said offset print job through said computerized network by offering both said digital print job and said offset print job to a plurality of printing entities and receiving bids for at least one of said digital print job and said offset print job from said printing entities, wherein said bids for said digital print job are based upon said number of images within said digital print job and wherein said bids for said offset print job are based upon said number of sheets within said offset print job; evaluating, by a computer, said bids to rank said bids into a ranking; and outputting said ranking.