Patent Publication Number: US-2018035010-A1

Title: System and method for printing a banner page having indentifing indicia

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present application in general relates to printing devices, and more specifically, to a system and method that allows an individual to incorporate a user identified indicia on a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the printing devices to the originators of the print jobs. 
     BACKGROUND 
     When multiple print jobs are printed on a shared printer, a banner page may be used to separate the print jobs. The banner page may be printed before the sheets of each print job to act as a partition between individual print jobs. Banner pages may be generated by an application running on a host system that originates the print job, or by a print driver installed between the host and the printer. The banner pages may also be generated by the printer itself. 
     When the banner page is generated, predefined fields in a banner page template may be filled in with various information related to the print job. For example, the banner page may include the user name of the person originating the print job, the name of the print job, name of an information processing terminal and IP address allocated to the terminal and the date and time the job was printed. Thus, the content of the banner pages is limited to data included in the print job. 
     While the banner page may include a name of the originator of the print out, the printer administrator may be unfamiliar with the originator and what the originator looks like. In these situations, the printer administrator may have to ask for a picture identification of the originator to verify ownership. Further, in large corporate setting, multiple people may have the same name. Thus, the printer administrator may not know proper ownership of the print job. 
     Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a system and method that overcomes the above. The system and method would allow the printer administrators to manage and distribute the output to the originator of the print job even if they don&#39;t know that person. The system and method would alleviate the need for ID to prove ownership when collecting a printed document. 
     SUMMARY 
     In accordance with one embodiment, a printing system generating a personalized banner page is disclosed. The printing system has a client device that transmits print data. An image forming device receives the print data transmitted by the client device. A banner creation module is in communication with the client device and the image forming device. The banner creation module transmits a user selected personalized indicia to be inserted on a banner page to be printed with the print data to identify the user. 
     In accordance with one embodiment, a method of generating and printing a personalized banner page is disclosed. The method comprises: accessing a banner creation module on a computing device; selecting a user personalized indicia to identify a user; and attaching the user personalized indicia to the personalized banner page to identify a printed document with the user. 
     In accordance with one embodiment, a computing device is disclosed. The computing device has a processor. A display is coupled to the processor. A user interface is coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device. A memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: access a banner creation module stored in the memory of the computing device; select a user selected personalized indicia to identify the user; and attach the user selected personalized indicia to a personalized banner page to identify a printed document with the user. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present application is further detailed with respect to the following drawings. These figures are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but rather illustrate certain attributes thereof. 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram of an exemplary system for printing a banner page having a personalized indicia according to one aspect of the present application; 
         FIG. 2  is a simplified block diagram showing an illustrative computer system depicted in  FIG. 1  in accordance with one aspect of the present application; 
         FIG. 3  is a simplified block diagram showing an illustrative mobile computer system depicted in  FIG. 1  according to one aspect of the present application; 
         FIG. 4  is a simplified block diagram showing an illustrative image forming device depicted in  FIG. 1  according to one aspect of the present application; 
         FIG. 5  is an exemplary embodiment of a flowchart depicting a method for forming a banner page having a personalized indicia according to one aspect of the present application; 
         FIG. 6  is an exemplary embodiment of a banner page having personalized indicia according to one aspect of the present application; and 
         FIG. 7  is an exemplary embodiment of a flowchart depicting a method for forming a banner page having a personalized indicia according to one aspect of the present application. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICATION 
     The description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of presently preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is not intended to represent the only forms in which the present disclosure can be constructed and/or utilized. The description sets forth the functions and the sequence of steps for constructing and operating the disclosure in connection with the illustrated embodiments. It is to be understood, however, that the same or equivalent functions and sequences can be accomplished by different embodiments that are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. 
     Embodiments of the exemplary system and method relates to a system and method that allows an individual to incorporate a user identified indicia on a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the printing devices to the originators of the print job. The system and method may allow a user to take or upload a picture of the user or other unique identifying feature as part of print initiation process. This image may then be incorporated into a banner page as part of the print job so the starting point of that print job can easily be found amongst multiple print jobs. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 1 , a system  10  may be shown. The system  10  may provide a printing network platform that may allow for a user to incorporate a user identified indicia on a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the printing devices to the originators of the print job. The components of the system  10  may be coupled through wired or wireless connections. 
     The system  10  may have an image forming device  14 . The image forming device  14  may be any type of device having printing capabilities. For example, the image forming device  14  may be a printer, a copier, a fax machine, a multi-function peripheral including a scanner and one or more of functions of a copier, a facsimile device, and a printer and/or other types of rendering devices. The image forming device  14  may be used for outputting a print job and banner page as described below. 
     The image forming device  14  may be coupled to a print server  16 . The print server  16  may be used to connect the image forming device  14  to one or more computing devices  18  over a network  22 . The network  22  may be a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or a public network. The print server  16  may accept print jobs from the computing device  18  and may send the print jobs to the appropriate image forming device  14 . The print server  16  may queue the jobs locally as print jobs may arrive more quickly than the image forming device  14  may be able to print. 
     Individuals  20  may use one or more computing devices  18  to send print jobs to the image forming device  14 . The computing devices  18  may be a client computer system such as a desktop computer, handheld or laptop device, tablet, mobile phone device, server computer system, multiprocessor system, microprocessor-based system, network PCs, and distributed cloud computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like. The computing device  18  may be described in the general context of computer system executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer system as may be described below. In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 1 , the computing device  18  may be seen as a client computing system  18 A, a tablet device  18 B and a mobile phone device  18 C. However, this should not be seen in a limiting manner as any computing device  18  described above may be used. 
     The computing devices  18  may be loaded with an operating system. The operating system of the computing device  18  may manage hardware and software resources of the computing device  18  and provide common services for computer programs running on the computing device  18 . At least one of the computing devices  18  may be loaded with a banner creation application  24 . The banner creation application  24  may allow the individual  20  using the computing device  18  to incorporate a user identified indicia on a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the image forming device  14  to the originators of the print job as will be described below. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 2 , the client computing system  18 A may be described in more detail in terms of the machine elements that provide functionality to the systems and methods disclosed herein. The components of the client computing system  18 A may include, but are not limited to, one or more processors or processing units  30 , a system memory  32 , and a system bus  34  that couples various system components including the system memory  32  to the processor  30 . The client computing system  18 A may typically include a variety of computer system readable media. Such media may be chosen from any available media that is accessible by the client computing system  18 A, including non-transitory, volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. The system memory  32  could include one or more personal computing system readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM)  36  and/or a cache memory  38 . By way of example only, a storage system  40  may be provided for reading from and writing to a non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media device typically called a “hard drive”. 
     The system memory  32  may include at least one program product/utility  42  having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules  44  that may be configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention. The program modules  44  may include, but is not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. Each of the operating systems, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data or some combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networking environment. The program modules  44  generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein. For example, the program modules  44  may store the banner creation application  24  which carries out the steps for the individual  20  to take and/or upload a user identified indicia to a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the image forming device  14  to the originators of the print job as will be described below. 
     The client computing system  18 A may communicate with one or more external devices  46  such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a display  48 , camera  54  and/or any similar devices (e.g., network card, modern, etc.). The display  48  may be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) display, Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) display and similar display devices. Images captured by the camera  54  may be stored in the system memory  32 . The external devices  46  may enable the personal computing system  18 A to communicate with the image forming device  14  ( FIG. 1 ). Such communication may occur via Input/Output (I/O) interfaces  50 . Alternatively, the personal computing system  18 A may communicate with one or more networks  22  ( FIG. 1 ) such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network via a network adapter  52 . The client computing system  18 A may be coupled to the one or more networks via a wired or wireless connection. As depicted, the network adapter  52  may communicate with the other components of the personal computing system  18 A via the bus  34 . 
     As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the disclosed invention may be embodied as a system, method or process, or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon. 
     Any combination of one or more computer readable media (for example, storage system  40 ) may be utilized. In the context of this disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible or non-transitory medium that can contain, or store a program (for example, the program product  42 ) for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the system  10  may have mobile computing devices  18 ′ such as the tablet device  18 B and/or the mobile phone device  18 C. The mobile computing devices  18 ′ may be wireless type devices which communicate with the network  22  through wireless connections. Referring to  FIG. 3 , the mobile computing devices  18 ′ may be described in more detail in terms of the machine elements that provide functionality to the systems and methods disclosed herein. The components of the mobile computing devices  18 ′ may include, but are not limited to one or more processors or processing units  60 , a system memory  62 , and a system bus  63  that couples various system components including the system memory  62  to the processor  60 . The mobile computing device  18 ′ may typically include a variety of mobile computing device readable media. Such media could be chosen from any available media that is accessible by the mobile computing device  18 ′, including non-transitory, volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. The system memory  62  may include one or more mobile computing device readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM) and/or a cache memory. 
     The system memory  62  may include at least one program product/utility  64  having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules  66  that may be configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention. The program modules  66  may include, but is not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. Each of the operating systems, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data or some combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networking environment. The program modules  66  generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein. For example, the program modules  66  may carry out the steps for the individual  20  ( FIG. 1 ) to take and/or upload a user identified indicia to a banner page to allow printer administrators to manage and distribute print jobs from the image forming device  14  ( FIG. 1 ) to the originators of the print job as will be described below. 
     The mobile computing device  18 ′ may have one or more communication modules  68 . The communication modules  68  may allow the mobile computing device  18 ′ to communicate with one or more networks  22  ( FIG. 1 ) such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or a public network, communicate with another mobile computing device  18 ′ as well as to communicate with the image forming device  14  ( FIG. 1 ). In accordance with one embodiment, the communication modules  68  may include a network communication processing unit  70 A coupled to a network communication interface  70 B. The network communication processing unit  70 A and the network communication interface  70 B may allow the mobile computing device  18 ′ to communicate with one or more networks  22 . These networks  22  may be a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), a wireless local area network, a public network, a cellular network as well as other type of networks. The communication modules  68  may include a near field communication processing unit  72 A coupled to a near field communication interface  72 B. The near field communication processing unit  72 A and the near field communication interface  72 B may allow the mobile computing device  18 ′ to communicate with other electronic devices located near the mobile computing device  18 ′. In accordance with one embodiment, the mobile computing device  18 ′ to communicate with other electronic devices located near the mobile computing device  18 ′ using Bluetooth, infrared, or similar communication protocols. 
     The mobile computing device  18 ′ may include a display unit  76 . The display unit  76  may be used to show information on the mobile computing device  18 ′. The display unit  76  may be an LED display unit, Thin Film Transistor (TFT) display unit, LCD display unit, and similar display devices. In accordance with one embodiment, the display unit  76  may be a touch screen to allow the individual  20  ( FIG. 1 ) to enter data into the mobile computing device  18 ′ thereby allowing the display unit  76  to function as an input device. In some other example embodiments, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may include the display unit  74  and separate input devices. 
     The mobile computing device  18 ′ may have a camera  76 . The camera  76  may be used to capture images. The images captured may be stored in the system memory  62  of the mobile computing device  18 ′. 
     In some embodiments, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may be configured to perform the same or similar operations as that of the client computing device  18 A. For example, the mobile computing device  18 A′ may be used to generate a document. The mobile computing device  18 A′ may further be used to transmit the document to the image forming device  14  for printing. 
     As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the disclosed invention may be embodied as a system, method or process, or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon. 
     Any combination of one or more mobile computer readable media (for example, storage system  62 ) may be utilized. In the context of this disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible or non-transitory medium that can contain, or store a program (for example, the program product  64 ) for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. A mobile computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 4 , the image forming device  14  may be described in more detail in terms of the machine elements that provide functionality to the systems and methods disclosed herein. The components of the image forming device  14  may include, but are not limited to, one or more processors or processing units  80 , a system memory  82 , and a system bus  83  that may couple various system components including the system memory  82  to the processor  80 . The image forming device  14  may typically include a variety of computer system readable media. Such media could be chosen from any available media that is accessible by the image forming device  14 , including non-transitory, volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. The system memory  82  could include one or more image forming device readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM) and/or a cache memory. By way of example only, the system memory  82  may be provided for reading from and writing to a non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media device typically called a “hard drive”. 
     The system memory  82  may include at least one program product/utility  84  having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules  86  that may be configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention. The program modules  86  may include, but is not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. Each of the operating systems, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data or some combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networking environment. The program modules  86  may include procedures such as a page converter, rasterizer, compression code, page print scheduler, print engine manager, banner page generator, and similar printing applications. The program modules  86  generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein. 
     The image forming device  14  may have one or more communication modules  88 . The communication modules  68  may allow the image forming device  14  to communicate with one or more networks (i.e., network  22  shown in  FIG. 1 ) such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or a public network. In accordance with one embodiment, the communication modules  88  may include a network communication processing unit  90 A coupled to a network communication interface  90 B. The network communication processing unit  90 A and the network communication interface  90 B may allow the image forming device  14  to communicate with one or more networks  22  ( FIG. 1 ). These networks  22  may be a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), a wireless local area network, a public network, a cellular network as well as other type of networks. The communication modules  88  may include a near field communication processing unit  92 A coupled to a near field communication interface  92 B. The near field communication processing unit  92 A and the near field communication interface  92 B may allow the image forming device  14  to communicate with other electronic devices located near the image forming device  14  using Bluetooth, infrared or similar communication protocols. 
     The image forming device  14  may include an operation panel  94 . The operation panel may include a display unit  96  and an input unit  98  for facilitating human interaction with the image forming device  14 . The display unit  96  may be any electronic video display, such as a LCD display, LED display and similar display types. The input unit  98  may include any combination of devices that allow users to input information into the operation panel  94 , such as buttons, a keyboard, switches, and/or dials. In addition, the input unit  98  may include a touch-screen digitizer overlaid onto the display unit  96  that can sense touch and interact with the display unit  96 . 
     As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the disclosed invention may be embodied as a system, method or process, or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the disclosed invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon. 
     Any combination of one or more computer readable media (for example, storage system  82 ) may be utilized. In the context of this disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible or non-transitory medium that can contain, or store a program (for example, the program product  86 ) for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 1-5 , operation of the system  10  in accordance with one exemplary embodiment may be seen. The method  100  shown in  FIG. 5  may be for a computing device  18  which has the banner creation application  24  loaded therein. In this embodiment, the computing device  18  may be described as the client computing system  18 A, however, the method is applicable to any computing device  18  which has the banner creation application  24  loaded therein that is sending a print job to the image forming device  14 . Prior to sending the print job, the individual  20  may open the banner creation application  24  on the client computing device  18 A as shown in  102 . The individual  20  may use one or more of the external devices  46  to select and open the banner creation application  24 . For example, the individual  20  may use a keyboard, a pointing device or similar I/O devices to click on an icon, open a menu and select, or otherwise select and open the banner creation application  24 . 
     When the banner creation application  24  is open, a banner creation page may direct the individual  20  to select an existing personalized indicia from the system memory  32  of the client computing device  18 A or to add a new personalized indicia as shown in  104 . If the individual  20  chooses to select an existing personalized indicia from the system memory  32  of the client computing device  18 A, the banner creation application  24  may direct the individual  20  to a file directory of the client computing device  18 A as shown in  106 . In the file directory, the individual  20  may select a file associated with an existing personalized indicia to add to a banner page to be printed with the print job as shown in  108 . The existing personalized indicia may be a photo, a personalized emoji file such as a cartoon sketch of the individual  20 , or other personalized indicia which may help a print administrator or others recognize the individual  20 . The selected file may then be saved in the banner creation application  24 . 
     If the individual  20  chooses to add a new personalized indicia, the banner creation application  24  may activate a camera  54  on the client computing device  18 A as shown in  112 . The individual  20  may then take a new photograph (i.e., selfie) which may be used as the personalized indicia. After a new photograph has been taken, the banner creation application  24  may ask if the individual  20  would like to use the new photograph taken. If the individual  20  selects “Yes”, the new photograph taken may be saved in the banner creation application  24 . If the individual  20  selects “No”, the individual  20  may then take another new photograph (i.e., selfie) which may be used as the personalized indicia. The individual  20  may continue to take new photographs until the individual  20  selects “Yes and the new photograph taken is saved in the banner creation application  24  as shown in  114  as the new personalized indicia. 
     When the individual  20  sends a print job to the image forming device  14 , the personalized indicia saved as well as other information such as: user name, computer IP address, time sent and the like may be inserted onto a banner page  120  ( FIG. 6 ) and printed on the image forming device  14  as shown in  110 . In accordance with one embodiment, the banner creation application  24  may create the banner page  120  with the personalized indicia as well as other information such as: user name, computer IP address, time sent and the like and transmit the banner page and print job to the image forming device  14 . 
     Alternatively, the file of the personalized indicia as well as other information such as: user name, computer IP address, time sent and the like may be sent to the image forming device  14 . The banner page generator of the image forming device  14  may add this information as well as other information such as job number, time printed, and other print job information to the banner page  120 . The image forming device  14  may then print the banner page  120  as well as the print job sent by the computing device  14 . 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 1-4 and 6-7 , operation of the system  10  in accordance with one exemplary embodiment may be seen. The method  130  shown in  FIG. 7  may be for a computing device  18  which does not have the banner creation application  24  loaded therein. In this embodiment, the computing device  18  may be described as the client computing system  18 A, however, the method is applicable to any computing device  18  which does not have the banner creation application  24  loaded therein. The client computing device  18 A may wish to send a print job to the image forming device  14 . Prior to sending the print job, the individual  20  may open the banner creation application  24  on a mobile computing device  18 ′ of the individual  20 . The individual  20  may use the display unit  76  of the mobile computing device  18 ′ if the display unit  76  is a touch screen to select and open the banner creation application  24 . Alternatively, the individual  20  may use other I/O devices such as a keyboard, a pointing device or the like to click on an icon, open a menu and select, or otherwise select and open the banner creation application  24  as shown in  132 . 
     When the banner creation application  24  is open, a banner creation page may direct the individual  20  to select an existing personalized indicia from the system memory  62  of the mobile computing device  18 ′ or to add a new personalized indicia as shown in  134 . If the individual  20  chooses to select an existing personalized indicia from the system memory  32  of the mobile computing device  18 ′, the banner creation application  24  may direct the individual  20  to a file directory of the mobile computing device  18 ′ as shown in  136 . In the file directory, the individual  20  may select a file associated with an existing personalized indicia as shown in  138 . The existing personalized indicia may be a photo, a personalized emoji file such as an animated version of the individual  20 , or other personalized indicia which may help a print administrator or others recognize the individual  20 . The selected file may then be saved in the banner creation application  24 . 
     If the individual  20  chooses to add a new personalized indicia, the banner creation application  24  may activate a camera  76  on the mobile computing device  18 ′ as shown in  140 . After a new photograph has been taken, the banner creation application  24  may ask if the individual  20  would like to use the new photograph taken. If the individual  20  selects “Yes”, the new photograph taken may be saved in the banner creation application  24 . If the individual  20  selects “No”, the individual  20  may then take another new photograph (i.e., selfie) which may be used as the personalized indicia. The individual  20  may continue to take new photographs until the individual  20  selects “Yes” and the new photograph taken is saved in the banner creation application  24  as shown in  142 . 
     Once the file of the personalized indicia is saved in the banner creation application  24 , the personalized indicia may be inserted onto a banner page ( FIG. 6 ) as shown in  144 . In accordance with one embodiment, the banner creation application  24  in the mobile computing device  18 ′ may create the banner page  120  with the personalized indicia. The banner page  120  may be saved in the system memory  62  of the mobile computing device  18 ′. The mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  created to the computing device  18 . The mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  to the computing device  18  through wireless connections. For example, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file via wirelessly through the network  22 . Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file of the personalized indicia to the computing device  18  through a direct wireless connection such as Bluetooth, Infrared or similar wireless communication protocols. When the individual  20  sends a print job to the image forming device  14 , the computing device  18  may send the banner page  120  created by the mobile computing device  18 ′ to the image forming device  14 . 
     Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  created to the image forming device  14  prior to the computing device  18  sending the print job. The mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  to the image forming device  14  through wireless connections. For example, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  wirelessly through the network  22 . Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the banner page  120  through a direct wireless connection such as Bluetooth, Infrared or similar wireless communication protocols. Prior to the individual  20  sends a print job to the image forming device  14 , the individual  20  may use the mobile computing device  18 ′ to send the banner page  120  created by the mobile computing device  18 ′ to the image forming device  14 . 
     Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may send the file of the personalized indicia to the computing device  18  which does not have the banner creation application  24 . The computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file of the personalized indicia to the computing device  18  through wireless connections. For example, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file wirelessly through the network  22 . Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file of the personalized indicia to the computing device  18  through a direct wireless connection such as Bluetooth, Infrared or similar wireless communication protocols. 
     When the individual  20  sends a print job to the image forming device  14 , the personalized indicia as well as other information such as: user name, computer IP address, time and the like may be inserted onto a banner page  120  and printed on the image forming device  14 . The personalized indicia and other information may be inserted onto a banner page  120  created by the computing device  18  and sent to the image forming device  14  with the print job. Alternatively, the personalized indicia and other information may be sent to the image forming device  14  along with the print job by the computing device  14 . The image faulting device  14  may insert the personalized indicia and other information onto a banner page  120  created by the image forming device  14  and print the banner page  120  and print job. 
     Alternatively, the mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file of the personalized indicia directly to the image forming device  14  through wireless connections prior to the computing device  18  sending the print job to the image forming device  14 . The mobile computing device  18 ′ may transfer the file wirelessly through the network  22  or directly through Near Field Communication (NFC) protocol. Once the mobile computing device  18 ′ transfers the file of the personalized indicia to the image forming device  14 , the individual  20  may then send the print job from the computing device  18  to the image forming device  14 . 
     The foregoing description is illustrative of particular embodiments of the invention, but is not meant to be a limitation upon the practice thereof. The following claims, including all equivalents thereof, are intended to define the scope of the invention.