Patent ID: 7872770

Claim:
A method for concatenating at least two independent items from at least one workstation including a memory, the method comprising: retrieving a first item from a first application; executing a command to print said first item; submitting by an operating system said first item to a printer driver residing on said memory; selecting from a first interface displayed by said printer driver a selection for printing said first item in a compound print set; displaying by said printer driver a second interface for constructing said compound print set including at least a menu of existing compound print sets; associating by said printer driver said first item as first content in a new compound print set; reassociating said new compound print set as a specified compound print set with a user-specified name; creating said specified compound print set by said printer driver; saving said specified compound print set in said memory and storing said specified print set with the existing compound print sets; performing associated actions on said workstation not related to forming and printing said specified compound print set; retrieving a second item from said first or a second application; executing a second command to print said second item; submitting by said operating system said second item to said printer driver; selecting from said first interface displayed by said printer driver said selection for printing said second item in said compound print set; displaying by said printer driver said second interface for constructing said compound print set, said second interface including said menu including at least said specified compound print set; associating by said printer driver said second item as said first content in a second new compound print set; reassigning said second item to said specified compound print set; submitting said specified compound print set for print output; after completing a preparation of said specified compound print set, sending by the printer driver said specified compound print set to an associated printer; and, processing said specified compound print set by said associated printer for printing said compound print set as a single job; wherein said print driver also provides for later and repeated retrievals of said specified compound print set for additional printing.