Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting print queues to obtain more efficient printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method for adjusting a print queue pertain to detecting proximity of a user to the printing device, determining if the user has any outstanding print jobs, and adjusting a print queue for the printing device if it is determined that the user does have an outstanding print job. By way of example, adjusting the queue can include one or more of interrupting a current print job so that the user's print job can be printed, elevating the user's print job in the order of the queue, and adding the user's print job from another queue to the queue for the printing device.

Abstract: Mediating access to production devices. A method embodying the invention includes acquiring an access request for a production device and then retrieving an interface for the production device, the interface having user accessible controls for selecting production options for a document. Production options selected through the interface along with instructions for accessing the document are returned to the production device.

Abstract: Camera systems, systems of offering photographs for sale, and methods of offering photographs for sale are described. According to one aspect, a method of offering photographs for sale includes providing digital image data of an image using a camera system, wherein the image data is capable of being utilized to produce a photograph of the image, providing purchase information relative to a sale of the photograph, associating the purchase information with the image data using the camera system, addressing the image data and the purchase information using the camera system, and communicating the image data and the purchase information from the camera system to a destination where the photograph is offered for sale.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting print queues to obtain more efficient printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method for adjusting a print queue pertain to detecting proximity of a user to the printing device, determining if the user has any outstanding print jobs, and adjusting a print queue for the printing device if it is determined that the user does have an outstanding print job. By way of example, adjusting the queue can include one or more of interrupting a current print job so that the user's print job can be printed, elevating the user's print job in the order of the queue, and adding the user's print job from another queue to the queue for the printing device.

Abstract: Mediating access to production options. A method embodying the invention includes acquiring a user's request for a production device and providing the user with an interface for the production device, the interface having user accessible controls for only those options for which the user has permission to access. In one embodiment the interface is generated upon request based upon an electronic record containing data identifying which options the user has permission to access. In another embodiment, an existing interface is modified upon request based upon an electronic record containing data identifying which options the user has permission to access. Once generated or modified the interface is presented to the user.

Abstract: A method for providing queue management and production device status in a distributed environment. One embodiment involves generating a queue interface having user accessible controls for managing production data held in a queue and presenting that queue interface to a client. A status interface is then generated to the client for a production device selected through the queue interface. In a second embodiment a queue interface is generated and presented to a client. Once the production data is delivered to a production device, a status interface for that production device is generated and delivered to the client.

Abstract: Mediating access to production devices. A method embodying the invention includes acquiring an access request for a production device and then retrieving an interface for the production device, the interface having user accessible controls for selecting production options for a document. Production options selected through the interface along with instructions for accessing the document are returned to the production device.