Personal print mailbox

A personal print mailbox software application for printing or peripheral device, such as a photocopier or printer, is disclosed. Documents received on the printing device have associated information sent with them identifying the user logged in on the workstation that sent them. Documents from various users are collected in a common storage area or mailbox on the printing device. When a user visits the printing device to select documents of his or hers to print the user logs in to the photocopier. The application verifies the log in against the same user identity / security system, such as Windows Active Directory, that was used to log the users into their workstations. The application then presents the user with a list of his or her documents only, from which he or she may select documents, for example, to print.