Patent ID: 8243317

Claim:
A computer readable memory device, comprising: a spool storage for storing a fixed page of a job, the fixed page having a fixed layout and static content that are fixed prior to the fixed page being stored by the spool storage; a spool storage data structure stored on the computer readable memory device, the spool storage data structure including: a first part containing data representing the fixed page of the job; a second part containing data representing a fixed document of the job, the second part being generated to include a reference to the first part; a third part containing data representing a fixed sequence of documents of the job, the third part being generated to include a reference to the second part; and a fourth part containing data representing a root of the job, the fourth part being generated to include a reference to the third part, wherein the data includes descriptive properties of at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth parts, persisted in schematized metadata attached to the at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth parts; and filter logic configured to process the data of at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth parts, the filter logic comprising a filter configuration module and a plurality of filters, the filter configuration module being configured to define which of the plurality of filters are to be invoked to process the data of the at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth parts, and the filter configuration module further configured to chain two or more of the plurality of filters together in different arrangements, summing processes of the two or more filters to produce different net effects on a presentation of the data based on the different arrangements, the processing of the data being controlled by one or more print tickets which include the schematized metadata.