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Abstract

A method and apparatus for routing an electronic document to an output device is disclosed. The electronic document comprises first and second sets of pages, in which the first set of pages has a first characteristic and the second set has a second characteristic. Using a parser or based on information embedded in the electronic document, the first and second sets of pages are identified. First and second output devices, that are respectively compatible with the first and second sets of pages, are selected. The pages are automatically routed to the respective output devices. In a preferred embodiment, the electronic document has both monochrome and black-and-white pages and color pages. The process identifies pages within the document that are monochrome or color. Automatically, the monochrome pages are routed to a black-and-white printer and the color pages are routed to a color printer. Optionally, identifying information is routed to the printer to identify each set of pages when they are printed and facilitate re-assembly of the pages into a document.

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