METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING AND MARKETING MORE ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PRINTING
A method and system for promoting and marketing more environmental friendly print shops through a process carried out by an online platform. The process includes the steps of receiving a print job request with particular specifications from a customer, retrieving from a database profiles of participating print shops to determine which print shops can handle the print job, calculating a job-level green score based on the particular specifications of the print job request for each such print shop, and recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their job-level green scores. The process may also include the steps of collecting information and data from the print shops to prepare their profiles and calculate a shop-level green score for each print shop based on a set of environmental friendly factors, and storing the profiles in a database, and recommending the print shops that can handle the print job based on a ranking of total green score.
1 . A method for promoting and marketing more environmental friendly print shops, comprising the steps of:
a. receiving a print job request with particular specifications from a customer;
b. retrieving from a database profiles of a multiplicity of participating print shops to determine which print shops can handle the print job;
c. calculating a job-level green score based on the particular specifications of the print job request for each such print shop that can handle the print job; and
d. recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their job-level green scores.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of collecting information and data from the participating print shops to prepare their profiles and storing the profiles in the database
3 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of calculating a shop-level green score for each print shop based on a set of environmental friendly factors.
4 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of combining the shop-level green score and the job-level green-score of each print shop that can handle the print job to calculate a total green score of each such print shop.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising a step of recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their total green scores.
6 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of updating the information and data and the profiles of the participating print shops.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of receiving a selection by the customer of a print shop from the recommended list.
8 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a step of assigning the print job request to a print shop selected by the customer.
9 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of establishing the set of environmental friendly factors.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of providing an online platform to carry out one or more of the steps.
11 . A system for promoting and marketing environmental friendly print shop comprising at least one data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory storing a computer software program and a processor executing the computer software program, wherein the computer software program includes program code configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to execute a process which comprises the steps of:
a. receiving a print job request with particular specifications from a customer;
b. retrieving from a database profiles of a multiplicity of participating print shops to determine which print shops can handle the print job;
c. calculating a job-level green score based on the particular specifications of the print job request for each such print shop that can handle the print job; and
d. recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their job-level green scores.
12 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the process further comprises a step of collecting information and data from the participating print shops to prepare their profiles and storing the profiles in the database
13 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the process further comprises a step of calculating a shop-level green score for each print shop based on a set of environmental friendly factors.
14 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the process further comprises a step of combining the shop-level green score and the job-level green-score of each print shop that can handle the print job to calculate a total green score of each such print shop.
15 . The system according to claim 14 , wherein the process further comprises a step of recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their total green scores.
16 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the process further comprises a step of updating the information and data and the profiles of the participating print shops.
17 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the process further comprises a step of receiving a selection by the customer of a print shop from the recommended list.
18 . The system according to claim 17 , wherein the process further comprising a step of assigning the print job request to a print shop selected by the customer.
19 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the process further comprises a step of establishing the set of environmental friendly factors.
20 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the process further comprises a step of providing an online platform to carry out one or more of the steps of the process.
21 . A computer software program product having a computer readable program code embedded in a computer usable non-transitory storage medium for controlling at least one data processing apparatus, the computer readable program code configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to execute a process for promoting and marketing environmental friendly print shops comprising the steps of:
a. receiving a print job request with particular specifications from a customer;
b. retrieving from a database profiles of a multiplicity of participating print shops to determine which print shops can handle the print job;
c. calculating a job-level green score based on the particular specifications of the print job request for each such print shop; and
d. recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their total green scores.
22 . The computer software program product according to claim 21 , wherein the process further comprises a step of collecting information and data from the participating print shops to prepare their profiles and storing the profiles in the database
23 . The computer software program product according to claim 22 , wherein the process further comprises a step of calculating a shop-level green score for each print shop based on a set of environmental friendly factors.
24 . The computer software program product according to claim 23 , wherein the process further comprises a step of combining the shop-level green score and the job-level green-score of each print shop that can handle the print job to calculate a total green score of each such print shop.
25 . The computer software program product according to claim 24 , wherein the process further comprises a step of recommending to the customer a list of print shops that can handle the print job with a ranking of their total green scores.
26 . The computer software program product according to claim 21 , wherein the process further comprises a step of updating the information and data and the profiles of the participating print shops.
27 . The computer software program product according to claim 21 , wherein the process further comprises a step of receiving a selection by the customer of a print shop from the recommended list.
28 . The computer software program product according to claim 27 , wherein the process further comprising a step of assigning the print job request to a print shop selected by the customer.
29 . The computer software program product according to claim 23 , wherein the process further comprises a step of establishing the set of environmental friendly factors.
30 . The computer software program product according to claim 16 , wherein the process further comprises a step of providing an online platform to carry out one or more of the steps of the process.