Design-to-ship enabled shipping device in a commercial printing environment and managing workflow for use with same

摘要

A design-to-ship enabled shipping device in a commercial printing environment and method for managing workflow for use with the same. The present invention provides a method, program product and system for managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, where the method comprises establishing a closed-loop communication link between the designer location and the print service provider location, creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information received from the print service provider location via the closed-loop communication link, submitting the press ready file to the print service provider location via the closed-loop communication link, and receiving a printed output of the press ready file and shipping the printed output using an automated shipping device.