Method and apparatus for selecting interpreter for printer command language based upon sample of print job transmitted to printer
US5293466A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1279
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printer and method of operating same which receives print jobs from a host computer encoded in any one of several printer control languages. The printer has the capability of interpreting print jobs in each printer control language. The printer samples a portion of each print job and, using a resident algorithm and data sets obtained by statistical techniques, analyzes the sampled portion of the print job to identify the printer control language in which the print job is encoded.
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