METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING RESOURCE CONSERVATION POLICIES WITH PRINTING DEVICES

摘要

A method and apparatus for policy based enforcement of print job attributes is provided. A printing device receives a print job that includes user identification information. The printing device determines a policy associated with the user identification information. The policy indicates how electronic documents associated with that user are to be printed. A command, based on the policy, is inserted into the print job. The command includes at least one of: a) a duplex command; b) a grayscale command; c) an N-up command; or d) a command reducing the use of consumable resources at the printing device.