GRAPHICAL INTERFACE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COPYING SETTINGS TO MULTIPLE NETWORK DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:CA2289415A1

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-09

    申请号:CA2289415

    申请日:1999-11-12

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for configuring a plurality of devices linked to a network, such as printers or any other network device, with a computer also linked to the network. A computer determines from the devices a source device. The computer then determines a set of features from features implemented in the source device. At least one value is set for each feature in the source device. The computer also determines at least one target device. For each target device, the computer then determines features from the determined set of features that the target device is capable of implementing. The computer then transmits to each target device via the network the values for the determined features the target device is capable of implementing. If there are multiple target devices, then different sets of values from the determined set of features may be transmitted to different target devices when the target devices have different capabilities with respect to the determined set of features. The target devices are configured with the values transmitted over the network.

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