Data structure for printer description file
US6426798B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1228
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data structure for a universal printer description file, the description file for storing printer-specific description data for use in the configuration of a printer driver in a computer system that is utilizing any one of several operating systems, thereby enabling the printer driver to provide the necessary data and control interface between application programs in the computer system and the printer, regardless of the operating system being utilized by the computer system.
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