Patent ID: 8760684

Claim:
A system for producing continuous print jobs comprising: a printing unit which prints an image; and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a continuous print job, the instructions comprising: activating a continuous print mode from a list of print properties within a printer driver user interface, and wherein the continuous print mode stacks at least three print jobs in a print job queue until instructed to print; sending the at least three print jobs to the print job queue; selecting a final print format for each of the at least three print jobs, the final print format for each of the at least three print jobs includes independently selecting for each subsequent print job of the at least three print jobs, a start new page command, wherein the subsequent print job starts on a new sheet of print medium, or a continue command, wherein the subsequent print job is appended to a previous print job, and wherein the selecting of the final print format for each of the at least three print jobs comprises: selecting at least one start new page command for at least one of the at least three print jobs; and selecting at least one continue command for at least one remaining print job of the at least three print jobs; processing and formatting each of the at least three print jobs into a single combined print job; and printing the single combined print job on the printing unit.