Invention Grant
US08773675B2 Providing an integrated, feature oriented printer selection system
有权
提供集成的面向特征的打印机选择系统
- Patent Title: Providing an integrated, feature oriented printer selection system
- Patent Title (中): 提供集成的面向特征的打印机选择系统
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Application No.: US13333454Application Date: 2011-12-21
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Publication No.: US08773675B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Zhenning Xiao
- Applicant: Zhenning Xiao
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP
- Agent Daniel D. Ledesma
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for providing and using an integrated printer driver that can be used to print to multiple printing devices. The printer driver executes on a client device. A user selects features and options, displayed in a user interface of the printer driver, for a print job without knowing which printing device will eventually process the print job. Based on the selected features and options, the printer driver determines the printing device to which the print job will be sent. In an embodiment, a printer server receives capabilities data from multiple printing devices and builds, based on the capabilities data, a database of printer description data, from which the user interface that is displayed to an end-user is generated. In an embodiment, the printer server applies an administrative policy that filters out capabilities data of one or more printing devices that are registered with the printer server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130163014A1 PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED, FEATURE ORIENTED PRINTER SELECTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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