Impersonate user

A method for a user using a thick client to send a print job to a server, the steps comprising:

• invoking an application that runs in the user's context;
• initiating the print job;
• loading a distribution driver;
• displaying a user interface, the interface comprising a plurality of drivers pointing to queues on the server;
• selecting at least one driver.
• creating an image file for each driver selected during the displaying step;
• processing the image file, the processing comprising appending a user identification to a document name of the file;
• invoking a destination driver for each selected driver, the destination driver creating raw print data;
• sending the raw print data to the server, the server parsing the raw data and determining the user identification;
• and
• sending the raw print data to the user's inbox on the server;
• wherein the client is a thick client. and
• wherein the user identification comprises the sequence of ASCII 60, username, and ASCII 62.

Computer readable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, comprising:

• computer readable instructions for initiating a print job from a thick client;
• computer readable instructions for creating an image file;
• computer readable instructions for processing the image file, the processing comprising appending a user identification to the file;
• computer readable instructions for invoking a destination driver and creating raw print data from the image file;
• and
• computer readable instructions for sending the raw print data to a server, the server having computer readable instructions for parsing the raw data, determining the user identification and sending the raw print data to the user's inbox on the server.

A computer-readable medium of instructions comprising:

• means for initiating a print job from a thick client;
• means for creating an image file;
• means for processing the image file, the processing comprising appending a user identification to the file;
• means for invoking a destination driver and creating raw print data from the image file;
• and
• means for sending the raw print data to a server, the server having means for parsing the raw data, determining the user identification and sending the raw print data to the user's inbox on the server.

A system for sending a print job from a thick client to a server, comprising:

• an application program;
• a distribution driver user interface;
• a graphical device interface;
• a print processor;
• a native driver;
• and
• a server communicatively coupled to the native driver;
• wherein the graphical device interface is communicatively coupled to the application program, the distribution driver interface, the print processor, and the native driver;
• and