Mechanism for automatically disabling printer separator pages

1. A computer generated method comprising:

receiving a print job;

analyzing the print job data stream;

determining whether the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is a secure print job, wherein the command line argument comprises a printer driver flag; and

disabling generation of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting the print job to a print engine; and

printing the print job without a separator page.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream does not include the command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job.

4. The method of claim 1 further compromising:

determining whether the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is to be forwarded to a first output bin of a plurality of output bins at a printer; and

disabling generation of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is to be forwarded to the first output bin at a printer.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising generating a separator page for the print job if the print job data stream includes a command indicating that the print job is to not to be forwarded to the first output bin at the printer.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

transmitting the print job to a print engine; and

printing the print job with a separator page.

7. A print server comprising a processor to execute a printing software product to receive a print job, analyze the print job data stream, determine whether the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is a secure print job and disable generation of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job, wherein the command line argument comprises a printer driver flag.

8. The print server of claim 7 wherein the printing software product transmits the print job to a print engine and prints the print job without a separator page.

9. The print server of claim 7 wherein the printing software product generates a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream does not include the command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job.

10. The print server of claim 9 wherein the printing software product transmits the print job to a print engine and prints the print job with a separator page.

11. The print server of claim 7 wherein the printing software product determines if the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is to be forwarded to a first of a plurality of output bins at a printer and disables generation of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is to be forwarded to the first output bin at a printer.

12. The print server of claim 11 wherein the printing software product generates a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is to not to be forwarded to the first output bin at the printer.

13. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a print job;

analyzing the print job data stream;

determining whether the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is a secure print job, wherein the command line argument comprises a printer driver flag; and

disabling generation of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, further causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

transmitting the print job to a print engine; and

printing the print job without a separator page.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 13 comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, further causes the machine to perform operations comprising generating of a separator page for the print job upon determining that the print job data stream does not include the command line argument indicating that the print job is a secure print job.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15 comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, further causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

transmitting the print job to a print engine; and

printing the print job with a separator page.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 13 comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, further causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining whether the print job data stream includes a command line argument matching one or more pre-defined criteria indicating that a print job is to be forwarded to a first output bin of a plurality of output bins at a printer; and

disabling generation of a separator page for the print job if the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is to be forwarded to the first output bin at a printer.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 17 comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, further causes the machine to perform operations comprising generating a separator page for the print job if the print job data stream includes a command line argument indicating that the print job is to not to be forwarded to the first output bin at the printer.