Abstract: A system and method of scheduling print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account at least one parameter of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of paper to be used.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a data driven methodology to construct software configurations and product catalogs. A system and method are provided for tracking and maintaining large numbers of groupings of data and their interrelationships and thereby providing scalable and customized product offerings to customers. In particular, the present invention relates to a product catalog tagging methodology for specifying and making available specific product items from a catalog of products, to individual customers or locations. Such product offering of related data items include, product availability information, product descriptions and graphics, associated pricing, shipping/delivery options, product specifications (e.g., image sizes in the case of a photography related implementations), mappings of orderable products to fulfillment instructions, and specifications for centralized/common data files that may be relevant to particular fulfillment locales.

Abstract: A system and method that combines features of existing websites to link images between websites to create products with high-resolution images from sites that support only low-resolution data is provided. Even further, a system and method are provided for an integrated account management, image storage and product ordering means to upload images to multiple sites at once.

Abstract: A system and method of scheduling print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account at least one parameter of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of paper to be used.

Abstract: A system and method of scheduling photograph print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a photograph printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account various parameters of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of photographic paper to be used to print the photographs.

Abstract: A method of allowing for selective editing of a digital image that has undergone a correction of at least one area of interest is provided. The method includes: providing for the identification and correction of the at least one area of interest in the digital image while maintaining the digital image; providing the correction of the at least one area of interest as correction metadata; providing a low resolution corrected image using a low resolution version of the digital image and the correction metadata; and allowing the correction metadata to be edited to establish modified correction metadata, wherein a revised version of the low resolution corrected image includes the modified correction metadata.

Abstract: A system for virtual fulfillment is also disclosed. The system has one or more distributed fulfillment devices. The system also has one or more fulfillment controllers coupled to the one or more distributed fulfillment devices. The system further has a client and a virtual fulfillment driver installed on the client. The virtual fulfillment driver is configured to: a) render a document; b) bundle the rendered document into an order for later communication to the one or more fulfillment controllers; and c) communicate the order to the one or more fulfillment controllers. A related method, virtual fulfillment driver, and machine executable instructions embodied on a machine readable medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of allowing for selective editing of a digital image that has undergone a correction of at least one area of interest is provided. The method includes: providing for the identification and correction of the at least one area of interest in the digital image while maintaining the digital image; providing the correction of the at least one area of interest as correction metadata; providing a low resolution corrected image using a low resolution version of the digital image and the correction metadata; and allowing the correction metadata to be edited to establish modified correction metadata, wherein a revised version of the low resolution corrected image includes the modified correction metadata.

Abstract: A system and method of scheduling photograph print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a photograph printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account various parameters of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of photographic paper to be used to print the photographs.

Abstract: A pulse modulation scheme for a thermal printer having pulses which have three different widths.

Abstract: A continuous tone thermal printer having a print head with a plurality of heating elements is disclosed. Each heating element is energized during first and second halves of a line print time interval to more uniformly distribute heat during such interval.

Abstract: A continuous tone temperature compensated thermal printing apparatus is described which uses a thermistor that produces a signal representative of the average temperature of a print head. This signal is used to control the pulse width of constant current pulses which are used to energize heating elements of a print head in printing an image pixel.