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Apparatus and method for generating a print job from a command stream describing multiple copies of a document

US6608693B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1999
Grant dateAug 19, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/1822
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for generating a print job from a device driver interface command stream (command stream) is described. The command stream describes multiple collated copies of a document but is in an undifferentiated form. The print job that is generated includes print data that describes only a single copy of the document and a command that indicates the number of printed copies that are to be printed.

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