Patent · US Expired

Universal printing system

US7212297B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 2002
Grant dateMay 1, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1292
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for printing content from a computing device is provided. Content from the computing device is converted to a device independent format and printed in the device independent format. The content is converted using a mark-up language, which also defines the style of the content. The converted content description format is preloaded in the computing device and is provided to the printing device. The mark-up language may be XML and the description format may be in the is in the extensible Style sheet language (“XSL”) or extensible Style sheet language Transformation (“XSLT”) format.

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