Job separation process, system and method for distributing print jobs

A method of separating print jobs, comprising:

• providing a printer having an output tray configured to receive a stack of completed print jobs;
• delivering a first print job to the output tray;
• printing indicia using a full-bleed pigment medium onto an edge of a job separation page;
• delivering the print job separation page atop the first print job such that at least one edge of the first print job including the indicia is visibly offset from the first print job;
• and
• delivering a second print job atop the print job separation page such that the at least one edge of the print job separation page including the indicia remains visibly offset from the first print job and the second print job so as to visibly separate the first and second print jobs.

A method of separating output jobs, comprising:

• providing a document handling device having an output tray configured to receive a stack of output jobs, a first input tray containing a stack of first-sized paper, and a second input tray containing a stack of second-sized paper, the second-sized paper having a planar dimension sized larger than a corresponding dimension of the first-sized paper as stacked in the output tray;
• generating a print job with the first-sized paper;
• delivering the generated print job to the output tray;
• generating a print job comprising indicia using a full-bleed pigment medium onto an edge of a job separation page with the second-sized paper;
• and
• stacking the generated job separation page atop the delivered print job such that the larger planar dimension of the job separation page includes the edge and indicia so as to indicate one end of the print job.