Patent ID: 8073728

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a multi-page single document print job on a multiple-color printing apparatus for a customer from an intermediate program that provides a color classification of said multi-page single document print job, wherein said multi-page single document print job comprises instructions to print a single document comprising at least two pages for said customer; evaluating, by a computing device, each page of said multi-page single document print job to determine whether any multi-color items are included within each page of said multi-page single document print job; classifying, by said computing device, independent of said color classification from said intermediate program, each page of said multi-page single document print job as one of a multi-color page and a single color page based only on whether said multi-color items are included within each page; providing billing information for said customer, by said computing device, based on said classifying independent of said color classification from said intermediate program, wherein said billing information makes a distinction between said multi-color page and said single color page within said multi-page single document print job; and printing said document on said multiple-color printing apparatus.