System and method that facilitates off-site printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSteve R. Wiley, Corey J. Norris
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method that facilitates off-site printing. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving printable data with a printing controller, forwarding the printable data to a proxy driver, receiving processed data from the proxy driver, and forwarding the processed data as a print job to a printing device.
Claims20
A method for facilitating printing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving printable data with a printing controller;
- forwarding the printable data to a proxy driver;
- receiving processed data from the proxy driver;
- and
- forwarding the processed data as a print job to a printing device.
The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of prompting a user to select a printing device to which to forward the printable data.
A printing system, comprising:
- means for receiving printable data;
- means for forwarding the printable data to a proxy driver;
- means for receiving processed data from the proxy driver;
- and
- means for forwarding the processed data as a print job to a printing device.
A computing device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- memory, the memory comprising controlled space and uncontrolled space;
- and
- a printing controller stored in the controlled space of the memory, the printing controller being configured to receive printable data, forward the printable data to a proxy driver, receive processed data from the proxy driver, and forward the processed data as a print job to a printing device.
A computer-readable medium for use with a computing device, comprising:
- logic configured to receive printable data;
- logic configured to forward the printable data to a proxy driver;
- logic configured to receive processed data from the proxy driver;
- and
- logic configured to forward the processed data as a print job to a printing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.