Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method of job programming comprising the steps of using a processor to assemble a printable file based on more than two reference pages of an input file and a plurality of print instructions; including printer readable instructions in the printable file to print more than one copy of a reference page of the more than two reference pages.

Abstract: An electronic job management system for an image reproduction system includes a plurality of processing units for forming print products. The management system is arranged to: store a set of capabilities and capability constraints for each processing unit; receive a job specification for a print job; derive required processing operations and attributes from the job specification; and check whether the required processing operations and attributes match the capabilities and constraints of at least one selection of processing units from the processing units available in the image reproduction system.