Abstract: Document packages for complex engineered equipment and mixed apparatus orders are generated automatically from documents stored in an electronic document library. The items ordered and type of package desired are entered through an order interface. Plant users have access to the items ordered and the electronic document library so that missing drawing documents can be added to the library. An editor identifies documents, including various types of drawings, needed for the ordered package, while a formatter selects an appropriate format for the package including selectable groupings of the ordered items, and therefore, of the documents. An electronic document print service gathers the order documents from the electronic document library to generate an electronic file that can be used to generate printed and/or CD-ROM document packages. The electronic file is placed on a server that can be accessed for remote printing by a commercial printer.