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 10:
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein in steps (a) and (b), the data and the job information are received from a host computer connected to the printing device.