Patent · US Expired

System for printing image data in a versatile print server

US5526469A · kind A · utility

41Cited by
5References
15Claims
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Filing dateJun 14, 1994
Grant dateJun 11, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0011
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for operatively connecting a source of a quantity of digital data having an image data format associated therewith, and an output device to create a print of the original image based on the digital data. A library includes a plurality of selectable format variable sets, each format variable set corresponding to an image data format. A portion of the quantity of digital data is polled for evidence relating to the presence of one image data format. A format structure operates the output device to print an image based on the digital data according to the format variables entered therein. One of the format variable sets is entered into the format structure, based on evidence in the portion of the quantity of digital data.

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