Patent ID: 7372587

Claim:
A printing method for recovering a printer from a cleared media jam of a print job having multiple output sets, each said set having media sheets including a plurality of sheets of ordered media having a repetitive sequence, the method comprising: (1) printing the print job, said printing including the steps of: initializing a resumption pointer in a sheet list of said print job, said sheet list having individual entries identifying each of the sheets in said sets, said resumption pointer designating a resumption sheet; feeding said sheets into a media path through the printer to an output destination; determining if each of said sheets has been delivered to said output destination; setting said resumption pointer to a next said entry in said sheet list responsive to each said determining that a respective one of said sheets has been delivered; repeating said initializing, feeding, determining, and setting steps for each of said output sets; and (2) during said printing, following occurrence and clearing of the media jam, the computer-implemented steps of: setting a sheet pointer to a current said resumption sheet; advancing said sheet pointer through a cycle of entries on said sheet list beginning with said resumption sheet until said resumption sheet is again reached; during said advancing, purging respective said ordered media corresponding to said cycle of entries; and then, resuming the respective said feeding step.