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System for controlling the printing of electronic documents with various page description languages and other parameters

US5475801A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1992
Grant dateDec 12, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1248
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a network wherein a plurality of independent computers having various page description languages (PDL's) interface with a central printer through a plurality of lines, a system allows the user or administrator of a computer on each line to elect whether the line shall have the property of persistence of a PDL for all jobs coming through the line, or whether a new PDL shall be activated as necessary depending on the particular line.

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