Web print submission from within an application

A computing machine, comprising:

• a computer controlled by software modules;
• a first module to sense an Internet print request, the first module displaying plural printer routing options, one of the printer routing options being the Internet print request;
• a second module to automatically launch a communications module upon a selection of the Internet print request to access a server associated with at least one of a service bureau and an intermediary at a predefined address, the server providing a browser with a print order form;
• a third module to display the print order form;
• a fourth module to transmit user individualized print order data and a document to be routed form the computer to the server providing the browser with the print order form, wherein the computer controlled by the modules selects the appropriate printer destinations;
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• a fifth module to store user selected individualized print order data in a memory accessible by the computer and to provide the user selected individualized print order data upon a subsequent selection of one of the printer routing options.

A computer readable medium to control a computer and having modules stored thereon, the modules comprising:

• a first module to sense an Internet print request, the first module displaying plural printer routing options, one of the printer routing options being the Internet print request;
• a second module to automatically launch a communications module upon selection of the Internet print request to access a server associated with at least one of a service bureau or an intermediary at a predefined address, the server providing a browser with a print order form;
• a third module to display the print order form;
• a fourth module to transmit user individualized print order data and a document to be routed from the computer to the server providing the browser with the print order form,
• wherein the computer controlled by the modules selects the appropriate printer destination;
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• a fifth module to store user selected individualized print order data in a memory accessible by the computer and to provide the user selected individualized print order data upon a subsequent selection of one of the printer routing options.

A computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a data processing device and usable to submit a document in electronic form to a service bureau, the set of program instructions comprising:

• instructions for displaying plural printer routing options;
• instructions for inputting a selection of one of the plural printer routing options, one of the printer routing options being the Internet print request;
• instructions for receiving a print command input to the computer for printing at the service bureau a document stored in memory accessible to the computer wherein the print command includes user individualized instructions;
• instructions for routing the document from the computer over the Internet to at least one of the service bureau and an intermediary for printing in response to the print command comprising;
• instructions for automatically activating a communications program in the computer upon selection of the print command;
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• instructions for transmitting the document to a server associated with the service bureau or the intermediary;
• instructions for storing user selected individualized instructions in the memory accessible by the computer and providing the stored user selected individualized instructions upon a subsequent selection of one of the displayed printer routing options.