Patent ID: 7072064

Claim:
In a web based imaging environment, a method for manual duplex printing, comprising: downloading, from a destination service representing one or more printing devices, content to a browser for a user, the content to be executed by the browser to enable the user to select one of the one or more printing devices as well as production options; at the destination service, receiving from the browser a production option for manual duplex printing for a selected one of the one or more printing devices; from the destination service, causing the selected printing device to print training images; at the destination service, receiving confirmation of orientations of the training images based on a response from the user; formulating manual duplex printing instructions specific to the selected printing device based on the confirmed orientations of the raining images; and receiving, at the destination service, imaging information from a personal imaging repository associated with a user; from the destination service, causing the selected printing device to print a first portion of the imaging information on a first side of each of a plurality of sheets; presenting the user with instructions to reload the printed sheets in the selected printing device in accordance with the formulated manual duplex printing instructions; and from the destination service, causing the selected printing device to print a second portion of the imaging information on a second side of each of the plurality of sheets.