Patent ID: 8755063

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 not directing the first set of documents, as identified by the remote automated data processing system, from the document buffer to the printer.