System and method for queueing and printing electronically fillable form print jobs

A method comprising:

• storing a plurality of fillable electronic document forms in a persistent storage;
• receiving a form request from a personal user device via a network interface;
• sending at least one fillable electronic document form corresponding to a received form request from the persistent storage to the personal user device via the network interface;
• receiving, via the network interface, at least one user filled electronic document corresponding to the at least one fillable electronic document form, inclusive of user-supplied information, from the personal user device;
• generating queue position data corresponding to receipt of the at least one user filled electronic document;
• outputting a public display corresponding to the queue position data;
• communicating queue position data to the personal user device;
• generating a private display corresponding to the queue position data on the personal user device;
• determining when a printout of the at least one user filled electronic document is imminent;
• generating a prompt on the personal user device directing an associated device user to approach a printing device when the printout is determined to be imminent;
• and
• commencing a printout of the at least one user filled electronic document upon receipt of a predefined code, biometric or glyph from the device user.

A multifunction peripheral comprising:

• a print engine;
• a memory configured to store a plurality of fillable electronic document forms;
• a network interface configured for data communication with a plurality of portable user devices;
• and
• an intelligent controller including a processor and associated memory configured to control the print engine,
• the processor further configured to receive a form request from an identified personal user device,
• the processor further configured to generate an identifier corresponding to the received form request,
• the processor further configured to send at least one fillable electronic document form corresponding to the received form request from the memory to the personal user device via the network interface,
• the processor further configured to receive, via the network interface, at least one user filled electronic document corresponding to the at least one fillable electronic document form, inclusive of user-supplied information, from the personal user device,
• the processor further configured to generate queue position data corresponding to receipt of the at least one user filled electronic document,
• the processor further configured to output a public display corresponding to the queue position data,
• the processor further configured communicated queue position data to the personal user device generate a private display corresponding to the queue position data on the personal user device,
• the processor further configured to determine when a printout of the at least one user filled electronic document is imminent,
• the processor further configured to generate the queue position data so as to generate a prompt on the personal user device directing an associated device user to approach a printing device when the printout is determined to be imminent, and
• the processor further configured to commence a printout of the at least one user filled electronic document upon receipt of a predefined code, biometric or glyph from the device user.