Patent ID: 8676666

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a database comprising vendor information for vendors, said vendor information comprising printing capabilities and environmental impact parameters associated with each vendor; and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with said processor, said computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for assessing environmental impact of processing print jobs by: electronically receiving a campaign specification data structure including at least one print job specification; selecting a plurality of vendors from said database, each selected vendor being capable of performing a print job as specified by said at least one print job specification of said campaign specification data structure; and generating a plurality of environmental impact assessments corresponding to said campaign specification data structure, said plurality of environmental impact assessments comprising prepress factors, press factors, paper factors, ink factors, post press factors, and other factors selected from said environmental impact parameters associated with each vendor, each of said plurality of environmental impact assessments being associated with one of said selected vendors.