Universal printing system
AssigneeTransdimension, Inc.
InventorsPing Liang, Minghua Chen
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Abstract
A method and system for printing content from a computing device is provided. Content from the computing device is converted to a device independent format and printed in the device independent format. The content is converted using a mark-up language, which also defines the style of the content. The converted content description format is preloaded in the computing device and is provided to the printing device. The mark-up language may be XML and the description format may be in the is in the extensible Style sheet language (“XSL”) or extensible Style sheet language Transformation (“XSLT”) format.
Claims27
A method for printing content from a computing device at a printing device, comprising
- converting the content from the computing device into a device independent format;
- and
- printing content in the device independent format.
A computer-readable medium storing computer executable process steps of a printing process for printing content from a computing device at a printing device, comprising of:
- converting the content from the computing device into a device independent format;
- and
- printing content in the device independent format.
A system for printing content at a printing device from a computing device, comprising:
- a universal engine, wherein the universal engine converts content from an application to a mark-up language format;
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- a plurality of style sheets, wherein the style sheets define the format of the content that is converted by the universal engine.
A computing device for printing content at a printing device, comprising:
- a universal engine, wherein the universal engine converts content from an application into a mark-up language format;
- and
- a plurality of style sheets, wherein the style sheets define the format of the content that is converted by the universal engine.
A printing device for printing content from a computing device in a first mark-up language, comprising:
- pre-loaded content format information, wherein the content format information is in a second mark-up language.
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