Patent ID: 8599421

Claim:
A method of ordering print jobs in a print queue, the print queue being operatively associated with a cell having one or more print processing devices for processing print jobs, comprising: (A) storing a first set of at least two print jobs with a first profile in the print queue; (B) associating a first print job sequencing rule with the print queue, the first print job sequencing rule dictating a first print job sequence in which the first set of at least two print jobs are to be processed; (C) processing the first set of at least two print jobs with the cell in accordance with the first print job sequencing rule; (D) storing a second set of at least two print jobs with a second profile in the print queue; (E) determining a change between the first profile and the second profile; (F) performing simulations to determine if the second set of at least two print jobs should be processed in accordance with the first print job sequencing rule or a second print job sequencing rule, the second print job sequencing rule dictating a second print job sequence in a simulation of which the second set of at least two print jobs can be processed, wherein the first print job sequence is different than the second print lob sequence; (G) determining, using the simulations of (F), whether the second set of at least two print jobs should be processed in accordance with the first print job sequencing rule or the second print job sequencing rule; and (H) in response to determining that the second set of at least two print jobs should be processed in accordance with the second print job sequencing rule, reassigning the correspondence of the print queue from the first print job sequencing rule to the second print job sequencing rule.