Patent ID: 8482745

Claim:
A print processor for interfacing with a remote automated data processing system, the print processor comprising a processor executing code comprising: a print job source interface for receiving a sequence of documents from a print job source, the sequence of documents comprising a first set of documents and a second set of documents, the first set of documents and the second set of documents being mutually exclusive: each document of the first set of documents comprising data content to be directed to the remote automated data processing system; and each document of the second set of documents to be directed to a printer; a document buffer for storing the sequence of documents from the print job source; a print processor application for: establishing a network session to the remote automated data processing system; authenticating to the remote automated data processing system; and directing the transfer of the entire sequence of documents from the print job source to the remote automated data processing system; receiving, from the remote automated data processing system, identification of those documents within the sequence of documents from the print job source which are of the second set of documents; directing only the second set of documents, as identified by the remote automated data processing system, from the document buffer to a printer; and directing a group one summary document to the printer, the group one summary document comprising an identification of each document of the first group that was transferred to the remote automated data processing system.