Abstract: A method is provided for an electronics device user interface (UI) to create a rules-validated service request. Initially, a UI device presents a plurality of selections, and accepts a selection command from a user. A UI application sends the selection command to a rules engine. The rules engine compares the selection command to a rules collection cross-referencing selection commands to allowable selection commands, wherein a rule is defined as a relationship between service parameters. In response to the rules engine validating the selection commands, the UI application sends a service request including the selection commands to a service device, and the service device performs a service defined in the service request. In response to the rules engine invalidating the selection command, the UI device may present an explanation of a rule violation associated with the invalid selection command. An associated system is also provided.

Abstract: A method is provided for an electronics device user interface (UI) to create a rules-validated service request. Initially, a UI device presents a plurality of selections, and accepts a selection command from a user. A UI application sends the selection command to a rules engine. The rules engine compares the selection command to a rules collection cross-referencing selection commands to allowable selection commands, wherein a rule is defined as a relationship between service parameters. In response to the rules engine validating the selection commands, the UI application sends a service request including the selection commands to a service device, and the service device performs a service defined in the service request. In response to the rules engine invalidating the selection command, the UI device may present an explanation of a rule violation associated with the invalid selection command. An associated system is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for print job fingerprinting in a print job generation system. The method comprises: at a print job generation system, accepting an electronically formatted document with print instructions; accepting fingerprint information; generating a fingerprint image from the fingerprint information; supplying a fingerprinted print job; and, generating a raster image of the fingerprinted print job. For example, the fingerprinted print job may be sent, via a print subsystem, to a printer that creates a raster image of the fingerprinted print job and generates a copy of the document, with the fingerprint image. The fingerprinted print job is generated in a format such as a journaled print job, page description language (PDL), machine-dependent raster image data, or machine independent bitmap data. The image can be a marking such as a barcode, alpha-numeric text, watermark, font set, or steganographic image.

Abstract: A method for choosing a compression process for a scanned image includes scanning an image, forming a bitmap of the scanned image and selecting at least one portion of the scanned image as a compression test subject. The selected portion is selected by a variety of compression techniques and a score for each technique is assigned. The compression technique with the best score is then used to compress the entire bitmap of the scanned image.