Patent ID: 7090417

Claim:
A method for printing monochrome pages with one color and colored pages with multiple colors comprising: generating an electronic document file having data signals representative of sequential pages in the document; providing data signals for each page representative of whether the page is a monochrome page or a colored page; providing a plurality of printers including a monochrome printer and a color printer; selecting at least one monochrome printer and one color printer; without creating a new document, sending the monochrome pages to a selected monochrome printer and sending the color pages to a selected color printer, wherein the step of sending the monochrome pages to a selected monochrome printer and sending the color pages to a selected color printer further comprises: using a single key depression or mouse selection by a user, displaying a selection menu containing entries for a class of monochrome printers and a class of color printers; accepting a selection of one of the classes of printers from the user; marking one or more pages to be printed using the selected class of printers; using a single selection action by an operator, displaying a selection menu containing entries for printers in the selected class of printers; using a single selection action by an operator, accepting a selection of one of the printers from the operator; and marking one or more pages to be printed on the selected printer.