Patent ID: 8199346

Claim:
A system for controlling printing of a print job in a printing system having a plurality of print subsystems, wherein at least a portion of the print job is subject to copyright clearance, comprising: a controller for controlling operation of the plurality of print subsystems; and a memory, communicating with said controller, for storing a first value corresponding with a first proposed number of prints to be produced with the printing system; said controller, when the first value exceeds a number for which copyright clearance is available, changing the first value corresponding with the first proposed number of prints to be produced to a second value corresponding with a second proposed number of prints to be produced; said controller communicating with a copyright clearance authority; said controller, when approval is obtained from the copyright clearance authority to produce the second proposed number of prints to be produced, using the second value corresponding with the second proposed number of prints to be produced to control the number of prints produced by the printing system.