Patent ID: 6488423
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A method of sending a document to a multifunction peripheral for printing, the document comprising plural pages arranged in a forward consecutive order from a first page 1 through a last page n, the multifunction peripheral communicatively coupled to a control unit which is communicatively coupled to a computer workstation, the method comprising:a. the control unit receiving a command to print the document; b. the control unit converting the document into a print file comprising the document pages described in a language understandable by the multifunction peripheral wherein, in the print file, the control unit arranges the pages in a forward consecutive order 1 through n if the multifunction peripheral prints in a face-down configuration and wherein, in the print file, the control unit arranges the pages in a reverse consecutive order n through 1 if the multifunction peripheral prints in a face-up configuration; c. the control unit processing an initial processing portion of the print file into a printable format, the initial processing portion comprising one or more of the pages from the print file beginning with the first page in the print file and continuing consecutively thereafter; d. the control unit sending the initial processing portion of the print file to the multifunction peripheral for printing; e. the control unit processing a remainder of the print file into a printable format, the remainder comprising the pages in the print file not present in the initial processing portion; f. the control unit sending the remainder of the print file to the multifunction peripheral for printing.