Patent ID: 7843597
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for processing a separator page used for separating print jobs being output from a printer system, said method comprising: receiving an input separator page for use in identifying a second print job; determining if said input separator page contains first print job information indicating use of the input separator page as a first print job page by optically identifying a first set of end markers on the input separator page; obscuring said first print job information and the first set of end markers said first print job information is determined to be present on said input separator page; optically examining the input separator page to determine if all machine readable regions on the input separator page have been obscured by; discarding the input separator page if all machine readable regions on the input separator page have been obscured; and printing second print job information on a machine-readable region of said input separator page between a second set of end markers thereby providing a second print job separator page if all machine readable regions on the input separator page have not been obscured.