Using a custom printer driver to automatically electronically create, capture and manage all documents utilized in a transaction

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when loaded into computer memory and executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps:

• managing a plurality of electronic documents utilized in a transaction to purchase or lease a vehicle;
• for separate ones of the electronic documents in separate formats originating from different sources, the different sources including at least two from a group of sources including a vehicle dealership, a state government department that licenses and registers vehicles, a third party financial institution, a third party supplier of vehicle warranties, a third party supplier of post-sale vehicle services, and a third party supplier of impact printer forms, wherein at least one of the sources is a third party to the transaction:
• receiving, by a custom printer driver, instructions to a printer for printing the specific document;
• instead of printing the specific document, creating, by the custom printer driver, a file in a standard format containing non-printed print output of the specific document, based on the received instructions to the printer for printing the specific document;
• automatically adding content concerning the transaction to at least one corresponding field of the file created by the customer printer driver containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format;
• receiving at least one electronic signature for the specific document;
• automatically adding the at least one electronic signature to at least one corresponding location of the specific document in the standard format;
• saving the file containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format with the added content concerning the transaction and the at least one electronic signature;
• and
• associating the file containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format with the transaction.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• system memory;
• an electronic document managing module residing in the system memory, the electronic document managing module being configured to manage a plurality of electronic documents utilized in a transaction to purchase or lease a vehicle, different ones of the electronic documents being in separate formats originating from different sources, the different sources including at least two from a group of sources including a vehicle dealership, a state government department that licenses and registers vehicles, a third party financial institution, a third party supplier of vehicle warranties, a third party supplier of post-sale vehicle services, and a third party supplier of impact printer forms, wherein at least one of the sources is a third party to the transaction;
• a custom printer driver residing in the system memory, the custom printer driver being configured to, for separate ones of the electronic documents of the plurality of documents, receive instructions for printing the specific document, and instead of printing the specific document, to create a file in a standard format containing non-printed print output of the specific document, based on the received instructions to the printer for printing the specific document;
• a content adding module residing in the system memory, the content adding module being configured to, for separate ones of the documents of the plurality of documents, automatically add content concerning the transaction to at least one corresponding field of the file created by the customer printer driver containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format;
• an electronic-signature processing module residing in the system memory, the electronic-signature processing module being configured to, for separate ones of the documents of the plurality of documents, receive at least one electronic-signature for the specific document, and to automatically add the at least one electronic-signature to at least one corresponding location of the specific document in the standard format;
• a document saving module residing in the system memory, the document saving module being configured to, for separate ones of the documents of the plurality of documents, save the file containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format with the added content concerning the transaction and the at least one electronic signature;
• and
• an association module residing in the system memory, the association module being configured to, for separate ones of the documents of the plurality of documents, associate the file containing non-printed print output of the specific document in the standard format with the transaction.