Patent ID: 7471405

Claim:
A method for sending a print job from an application on a Windows ® 2000 platform to a local print queue, comprising the following steps: a) initiating the print job from the application; b) selecting distribution of the print job to multiple recipients; c) collecting a plurality of print job attributes and communicating the print job to a print server, wherein the plurality of print job attributes include distribution information, the distribution information including information necessary for sending the print job to multiple recipients and communicating the plurality of print job attributes to an agent service module operatively connected to the print server; d) rendering the print job on the print server according to the print job attributes; e) generating a plurality of copies of the print job, one for each of the multiple recipients; and f) directing the print job to a target device, wherein the target device is an electrophotographic printer which further includes; an imaging and exposing station; a photoreceptor; a developing station; a transferring station; and, a fusing station.