Patent ID: 7097369

Claim:
A method for inserting tab sheets in a print job, the method comprising: selecting a position within a document to insert a tab sheet, which document is comprised of a plurality of sheets each with a document defined image space associated therewith; creating the tab sheet as a rasterized tab sheet image that has a rasterized tab specific image disposed in a predetermined location on the rasterized tab sheet image by: (1) determining a tab position of the rasterized tab specific image on the tab sheet by: (a) determining if there are rasterized tab sheets in the document preceding the selected position, wherein each preceding tab sheet has an associated rasterized tab specific image disposed in an associated tab position; and (b) determining the tab position relative to a tab position of a rasterized tab specific image of an immediately preceding tab sheet; (2) creating the tab specific image; and (3) creating the tab sheet as a rasterized image such that the rasterized tab specific image is disposed outside of the document defined image space in the determined tab position; and inserting the created tab sheet image in the document after rasterizing thereof in the selected position.