Patent Document ID: 9706064
Application ID: 14868439

Base Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printing engine; a print processor operatively connected to said printing engine; and a user interface operatively connected to said print processor, said user interface receiving instructions to retrieve a remote electronic document maintained within a print queue of an external server, said user interface displaying a full-printing menu option and a second printing menu option, based on said user interface receiving selection of said full-printing menu option, said printing engine printing all of said remote electronic document without pausing to print a fully printed document, and based on said user interface receiving selection of said second printing menu option: said printing engine beginning printing sample pages of said remote electronic document and pausing printing said remote electronic document to print a partially printed document, said sample pages comprising non-consecutive pages of said remote electronic document appearing at various locations within said remote electronic document; said user interface displaying an inquiry regarding whether said partially printed document is acceptable after said pausing printing; said printing engine printing a remainder of said remote electronic document based on said user interface receiving input that said partially printed document is acceptable, said remainder comprising all pages of said remote electronic document other than said sample pages; and said print processor canceling printing said remainder of said remote electronic document and resetting said print queue of said external server to indicate that said remote electronic document has not been printed, based on said user interface receiving input that said partially printed document is unacceptable.

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Claim 5:
5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , said sample pages comprising pages from a beginning, middle, and end of said remote electronic document.