Patent ID: 8334995

Claim:
A method for controlling an imaging node having at least one pre-parser and a plurality of imaging node subsystems, comprising: receiving by the imaging node a print job language (PJL) command line including a pre-parser identifier (PPID), a subsystem identifier (SSID), a command token and an option; selecting by the imaging node, using the PPID, a pre-parser associated with the PPID; selecting by the pre-parser from a plurality of command token profiles associated with the plurality of imaging node subsystems, respectively, using the SSID, a command token profile associated with one of the imaging node subsystems; selecting by the pre-parser from the selected command token profile, using the command token, an option profile associated with the command token; selecting by the pre-parser from the selected option profile, using the option, a call address associated with the option; calling by the pre-parser, using the selected call address, a routine associated with the call address and executable on the one of the imaging node subsystems; and executing by the routine, using the command token and the option, a command in the PJL command line.