System and method for printing and reusing customized sample sets while printing documents

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory for storing an electronic document, the electronic document arranged in a plurality of pages, each page containing readable information;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• process the electronic document retrieved from the memory in a sample print mode based on a first user input;
• automatically select at least one page from the plurality of pages based on selection of a percentage selection option and a paired content selection option comprising one or more of a marking content selection option, a color content selection option, a picture content selection option, and a text content selection option to define a subset of the electronic document based on a second user input, wherein the percentage selection option selects a percentage of the electronic document for the subset and the paired content selection option selects one or more paired criteria for the at least one page;
• send instructions to print the subset on a physical readable media in a first phase of the sample print mode;
• and
• send instructions to print remaining pages of the electronic document on the physical readable media in a second phase of the sample print mode, the instructions being sent in response to a third user input based on a message displayed at completion of printing in the first phase of the sample print mode.

A method comprising:

• receiving instructions to retrieve an electronic document, the electronic document arranged in a plurality of pages, each page containing readable information;
• receiving a command to process the electronic document in a sample print mode;
• displaying a first message comprising a plurality of first options on a user interface for automatically selecting at least one page of the plurality of pages for a subset of the plurality of pages to be printed in a first phase of the sample print mode, wherein the plurality of first options comprise a percentage selection option and a paired content selection option comprising one or more of a marking content selection option, a color content selection option, a picture content selection option, and a text content selection option, wherein the percentage selection option selects a percentage of the electronic document for the subset and the paired content selection option selects one or more paired criteria for the at least one page;
• printing the subset on a physical readable media in the sample print mode;
• displaying a second message comprising at least one second option on the user interface after completion of the first phase of the sample print mode;
• and
• cancelling or printing remaining pages of the electronic document in a second phase on a physical readable media in response to user input based on the displayed second message.