Patent ID: 8422053

Claim:
One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause: receiving objective selection data that indicates one or more objectives for processing a print job, wherein the one or more objectives include one or more of a fastest time to process the print job, a lowest cost to process the print job, a lowest cost of materials to process the print job, or a least amount of labor to process the print job, wherein processing the print job includes one or more actions performed, by one or more finishing devices of a plurality of finishing devices, on printed media that one or more printing devices produce based on the print job; and based on the one or more objectives, automatically selecting one or more print options from a plurality of print options; wherein the one or more print options indicate at least one of a finishing device or a parameter value that indicates to one of the one or more finishing devices how to process the printed media; wherein the finishing device is one of the one or more finishing devices, each of which operates on printed media that one or more of the one or more printing devices produce.