Patent ID: 7715041

Claim:
A method for producing a content data file for a desired print job including customized versions of a printable work, the method comprising: determining an electronic template of the printable work including a common portion and a customizable portion, providing a form accessible via a network to allow each of a plurality of users to associate a corresponding customized content with the customizable portion, receiving from each of a plurality of users accessing the form via a network corresponding customized content for the customizable portion, the corresponding customized content together with the template defining a corresponding customized version of the printable work, aggregating the customized versions of the printable work to produce a content data file for the desired print job, and printing the desired print job in accordance with the content data file by printing the common portions of the customized versions by a first printing device during a first printing pass and the customized portions of the customized versions by a second printing device during a second printing pass.