Print management in print-on-demand jobs

摘要

A method for managing reproduction of a print generation of a document, where a machine-readable pattern of the original print has been previously generated and printed on the original print and containing document registration and management information of the original print. The method includes the steps of receiving a print-on-demand (POD) job order for producing a reprint of the original print, retrieving document registration information and print management information from the machine-readable pattern, authenticating the original print based on the document registration information, verifying reprint permission based on the print management information, generating a new machine-readable pattern for the reprint, maintaining a master machine-readable pattern on a digital form of the document or a data file for the document with updated information of the reprint, and completing the POD job order by producing the reprint with the new machine-readable pattern.

主权项

1. A method for managing reproduction of an original print of a document, where a machine-readable pattern of the original print has been previously generated and printed on the original print and containing document registration and management information of the original print, the method comprising:
receiving a print-on-demand (POD) job order for producing a reprint of the original print; retrieving document registration information and print management information from the machine-readable pattern; authenticating the original print based on the document registration information; verifying reprint permission based on the print management information; generating a new machine-readable pattern for the reprint; maintaining a master machine-readable pattern on a digital form of the document to encode updated information of the reprint, wherein data encoded in the new machine-readable pattern for the reprint is a subset of data encoded in the master machine-readable pattern on the digital form of the document; and completing the POD job order by producing the reprint with the new machine-readable pattern.