Interfacing with a printer using a dynamic print path
US7298509B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1285
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer readable medium for printing using a dynamic print path are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises the steps of rendering a document in a computer system into a print ready file without a specification of a destination printer upon which the document is to be printed, specifying the destination printer to which the print ready file is to be transmitted to print the document, and, transmitting the print ready file from the computer system directly to the destination printer using a predefined communications protocol.
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