Printer control system
US5113355A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1208
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printer control system which enables queue identifiers, which identify different print jobs, to be sorted such that those queue identifiers identifying print jobs which require fonts that are already loaded in the print server are placed at the head of a print list, and those queue identifiers identifying print jobs which require fonts that are not loaded in the print server are placed at the end of the print list. The print jobs are then processed in the order that the queue identifiers appear on the print list. When a print job to be processed requires fonts that are not loaded into the system a message is displayed on a display unit in order to inform the operator which fonts need to be loaded into the system.
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