Methods and systems for reserving a tray for special media printing while submitting a document for printing

A computing device for allowing a user to reserve a tray for special media printing while submitting a document for printing, the computing device communicatively coupled to at least one multi-function device, comprising:

• a print driver application running on the computing device for:
• receiving a print request for the document;
• providing a user interface to the user comprising one or more printattributes, wherein at least one print attribute comprises special media option;
• upon selection of the special media option, displaying a list of one or more trays available for special media printing at the at least one mufti-function device;
• and
• allowing the user to select a tray for reservation for special media printingat the at least one multi-function device, wherein the user is authenticated upon loading one or more special media sheets in the reserved tray at the at least one mufti-function device.

A system for allowing a user to reserve a tray for special media printing while submitting a document for printing, the system comprising:

• a computing device running a print driver application for:
• receiving a request for printing the document;
• providing a user interface to the user comprising one or more print attributes, wherein at least one print attribute comprises special media option;
• upon selection of the special media option by the user,
• displaying a list of trays available at at least one mufti-function device for special media printing;
• and
• allowing the user to select a tray from the displayed list for reservation for special media printing at the at least one multi-function device;
• and
• sending the user's request to reserve the selected tray to the at the leastone multi-function device;
• and
• the at least one multi-function device communicatively coupled to the computing device, for:
• reserving the tray for the user based on a user ID of he user and a tray ID of the selected tray at the at least one multi-function device;
• authenticating the user upon loading one or more special media sheets inthe reserved tray;
• and
• printing the document of the user on the one or more special media sheets loaded in the reserved tray, based on successful authentication.