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Interface for building a print container

US8023135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 2008
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1205
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for creating a print container with a series of resident fixed documents. The method opens a user interface (UI). Using the UI, a first plurality of elements stored in memory is selected and a print container is created. The print container preserves a second plurality of elements as separate entities in the print container. For example, a print container may have an element hierarchy of jobs in the print container, fixed documents in a job, and fixed pages in a fixed document may be created. Elements are defined as print containers, fixed documents, application-specific documents, page description language (PDL) documents, extensible markup language (XML) paper specification (XPS) fixed documents, or combinations of the above-mentioned elements. In one aspect, the selected elements are extensible markup language (XML) paper specification (XPS) fixed documents, which are preserved as separate entities in an XPS container.

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