System for printing with ordered stock

In a printing system with at least two discrete print media trays, a marking engine and a controller in which prints are produced from a print job by using the controller to control delivery of print media sheets from the at least two discrete print media trays to the marking engine, the at least two discrete print media trays respectively including the print media sheets, a method for producing multiple copies of a set of electronic ordered stock from the at least two discrete print media trays, comprising:

• (a) programming an ordered stock profile in which the set of electronic ordered stock is provided with at least two sequentially ordered electronic pages and each electronic page in the set corresponds with a set of print media properties, wherein the set of print media properties for one of the electronic pages differs from the set of print media properties for any one of the other electronic pages in the set of electronic ordered stock, and wherein a third electronic page is added to the set of electronic ordered stock with the third electronic page having a set of print media properties similar to that of one of the two sequentially ordered electronic pages;
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• (b) mapping the at least two sequentially ordered electronic pages of the set of electronic ordered stock to the at least two discrete print media trays so that each copy of the set of electronic ordered stock is produced by delivering a print media sheet from a first one of the at least two discrete print media trays to the marking engine at a first time, a print media sheet from a second one of the at least two discrete print media trays to the marking engine at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time.

In a printing system with a marking engine in which prints are produced from a print job by delivering print media sheets to and marking print media sheets with the marking engine, an ordered stock production system for producing multiple copies of a set of electronic ordered stock comprising:

• (a) at least two discrete print media trays, said at least two discrete print media trays respectively including the print media sheets;
• (b) a user interface for programming an ordered stock profile in which the set of electronic ordered stock is provided with at least two sequentially ordered electronic pages and each electronic page in the set corresponds with a set of print media properties, wherein the set of print media properties for one of the electronic page differs from the set of print media properties for any one of the other electronic pages in the set of electronic ordered stock, and wherein a third electronic sage is added to the set of electronic ordered stock with the third electronic page having a set of print media properties similar to that of one of the two sequentially ordered electronic pages;
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• (c) a controller for mapping the at least two sequentially ordered electronic pages of the set of electronic ordered stock to the at least two discrete print media trays so that each copy of the set of electronic ordered stock is produced by delivering a print media sheet from a first one of the at least two discrete print media trays to the marking engine at a first time, a print media sheet from a second one of the at least two discrete print media trays to the marking engine at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time.