Patent · US Expired

Method, computer system and computer program product for transmitting a print job from a host computer to a print server

US7460258B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

15Claims

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Assignee

Oce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jose La Rosa Ducato · Erding, DE
Michael McGinley · Munich, DE
Jonathan Urry · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 29, 2003
Grant date	Dec 2, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/1288
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method, computer system and computer program product for transmitting a print job from a host computer to a print server, variable data, particularly in the format Advanced Format Presentation (AFP) of the print job, are stored in the host computer in a main datafile and resource data that are suited for employment in a plurality of print jobs are stored in the host computer in at least one additional datafile. The variable data and the resource data are automatically united in the host computer to form a print datafile, and the print datafile is transmitted to the print server as complete print job.

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