COMBINED INTERFACE FOR SPECIFYING SEPARATE CHARACTERISTICS FOR MULTIPLE COPIES OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT

A method for specifying handling characteristics for multiple printed copies of an electronic document is disclosed. According to one aspect, a user interface is displayed. The user interface comprises user interface elements through which a user can specify, for each copy of two or more printed copies of an electronic document, a separate handling characteristic (e.g., a source tray and/or an output tray) for that copy. The handling characteristics for each copy of the electronic document may differ. Through the user interface, separate handling characteristics for each copy of the two or more copies are received. Print data, which causes the printing device to print the two or more copies in accordance with the handling characteristics, in sent to a printing device (e.g., a printer). Consequently, users are not required to repetitively activate the “print” control of an application program for each copy that is to be handled differently.