Patent ID: 8649043

Claim:
A method implemented in a print shop management apparatus for exporting print jobs, comprising: (a) storing a plurality of input job tickets in an input job ticket repository, each input job ticket corresponding to a print job and including a plurality of job parameters, each input job ticket being in one of a plurality of input job ticket formats; (b) storing a plurality of job tickets in a job ticket database, each job ticket corresponding to a print job and including a plurality of job parameters, wherein at least some of the job tickets in the job ticket database are generated from some corresponding ones of the input job tickets and have a format different from any of the plurality of input job ticket formats; (c) receiving a command for exporting a print job, the print job to be exported corresponding to both an input job ticket in the input job repository and a job ticket in the job ticket database which has been generated from the corresponding input job ticket, the command specifying a press device format or an original input format for the exported print job and specifying a destination folder for the exported print job; (d) if the command specifies the press device format, (d1) accessing the job ticket database to obtain job parameters of the job ticket corresponding to the print job to be exported, (d2) generating an output job ticket in the press device format based on the obtained job parameters, and (d3) writing the output job ticket to the destination folder specified in the command; and (e) if the command specifies the original input format, (e1) reading from the input job ticket repository the input job ticket corresponding to the print job to be exported, and (e2) writing the input job ticket to the destination folder specified in the command.