Patent Document ID: 8493609
Application ID: 12030850

Base Claim:
1. A method executed by a printing device for producing a print job, wherein the printing device includes an input tray for holding printing sheets and an insert sheet tray for holding insert sheets, the method comprising: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the requested multiple copies of the document using the printing sheets from the input tray; (d) determining whether insert sheets are available in the insert sheet tray; (e) if insert sheets are available in the insert sheet tray, inserting insert sheets from the insert sheet tray between printed copies of the document; and (f) if insert sheets are unavailable in the insert sheet tray, printing one or more simulated insert sheets using the printing sheets from the input tray as a substitute and inserting them between printed copies of the document.

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Claim 9:
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the job information includes a parameter indicating whether simulated insert sheets are to be printed, and wherein in step (f) the simulated insert sheets are printed if the parameter indicates that simulated insert sheets are to be printed.