Patent ID: 8786880

Claim:
A method of a first image processing device connected to a network, comprising: determining whether a second device of second devices on the network includes an agent compatible with receiving a portion of a print job and transmitting a processed portion of a print job back to the first device; in response to determining the second device does not include an agent compatible with receiving a portion of a print job and transmitting a processed portion of a print job back to the first device, transmitting a compatible agent from the first device to the second device so that the second device is to include an agent compatible with receiving a portion of a print job and transmitting a processed portion of a print job back to the first device; receiving a print job from a user device; dividing the print job into a plurality of portions of the print job; transmitting the portions to a plurality of second networked image processing devices to be processed by the second devices; receiving the processed portions from the second devices; and assembling the processed portions into an assembled print job.