Patent ID: 7876464
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B41J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for printing an electronic document, the method comprising: displaying a user interface that comprises user interface elements through which a user can specify, for each particular copy of two or more printed copies of an electronic document, a different source tray from which media for printing that particular copy is to be drawn, wherein the user interface concurrently displays at least a first user interface element that accepts an identification of a first source tray from the user and a second user interface element that accepts an identification of a second source tray from the user; receiving, through the user interface, an identification that at least a first copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document are to be printed using media drawn from a first source tray and that at least a second copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document are to be printed using media drawn from a second source tray that is different than the first source tray; in response to receiving, through the user interface, the identification that at least the first copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document is to be printed using media drawn from the first source tray and that at least the second copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document is to be printed using media drawn from the second source tray that is different than the first source tray, generating a single print job that specifies that at least the first copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document is to be printed using media drawn from a first source tray and that at least the second copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document is to be printed using media drawn from the second source tray that is different than the first source tray; and sending the single print job to a printing device, wherein processing of the single print job at the printing device causes the printing device to print at least the first copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document using the media drawn from the first source tray, and to print at least the second copy of the two or more printed copies of the electronic document using the media drawn from the second source tray that is different than the first source tray.