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US 2003/0227644 A1Published application
Methods and systems for driver independent customized printing
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorAndrew Rodney Ferlitsch
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for modification of print stream data without print driver modification or interference.
Claims12
A method of enabling printer capabilities not supported by a legacy driver, said method comprising:
- sending a print job to a legacy print driver that does not support all capabilities of a desired printer;
- modifying said print job with a print system component to enable a printer capability not supported by said legacy driver;
- and
- sending said print task to said desired printer for printing.
1 more element
A method of enabling printer capabilities not supported by a legacy driver, said method comprising:
- selecting print options in an application;
- recording said print option selections;
- sending a print job to a legacy print driver that does not support all capabilities of a desired printer;
- modifying said print job with a print system component to enable a printer capability not supported by said legacy driver, said modifying based on said recorded print option selections.
1 more element
A method for modifying a print job to enable capabilities not supported by a driver, said method comprising:
- selecting print options in an application;
- recording said print option selections;
- sending a print job to a print driver that does not support all capabilities of a desired printer;
- modifying said print job with a print system component to enable a printer capability not supported by said driver, said modifying based on said recorded print option selections;
- and
- sending said print task to said desired printer for printing.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.