Patent · US Expired

Method of printing a print job with a print file

US5533172A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1993
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1296
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of printing a job in either a first mode or a second mode, to produce a set of prints from a set of print-related information transmitted to a print file, is provided. In the first mode, which occurs when the set of print-related information is less than a preselected quantity, a portion of the print file is filled with the set of print-related information and the set of print-related information is read with a marker for producing the set of prints. In the second mode, which occurs when the set of print-related information is greater than the preselected quantity, the steps of filling a portion of the print file with a subset of the set of print-related information and reading the subset with the marker are repeated until the set of print-related information is read completely.

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