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US 2004/0105116 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for informing print error of a wireless printer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-hyung Kim
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a machine-readable medium for informing a user about a print error of a wireless printer in a wireless network.
Claims16
A method of informing a user about a print error of a printer that performs a wireless printing operation using a wireless printer server, comprising:
- (a) determining whether data to be printed are not received by the wireless printer server for more than a predetermined period during the wireless printing operation;
- (b) requesting and receiving wireless communication information on the wireless printer server upon determining that the data to be printed are not received by the wireless printer server for more than the predetermined period;
- (c) determining whether a link state or a link quality of a wireless communication is good by analyzing the received wireless communication information;
- (d) generating print error information regarding the communication between the wireless printer server and a host when the link state or the link quality of the wireless communication is bad;
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- (e) reporting the print error information to the user.
3 more elements
An apparatus for informing a user about a print error of a printer that performs a wireless printing operation using a wireless printer server, the apparatus comprising:
- a data receiving detection unit to detect whether data to be printed are not received by the wireless printer server for more than a predetermined period during the wireless printing operation and to output a detection result;
- a communication information request unit to request the wireless communication information on the wireless printer server in response to the detection result and to output a requested result;
- a communication information analysis unit to analyze a link state or a link quality of the wireless communication by receiving the wireless communication information from the wireless printer server and to output an analysis result;
- an error information generation unit to generate print error information based on the analysis result and to output the print error information;
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- an error information informing unit to report the print error information to the user.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- determining, during a printing operation, whether data to be printed on a wireless network printer is not received for more than a predetermined period of time;
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- generating and reporting print error information regarding a communication between a wireless network printer server and a computer when data is not received for more than the predetermined period of time.
A machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- determining, during a printing operation, whether data to be printed on a wireless network printer is not received for more than a predetermined period of time;
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- generating and reporting print error information regarding a communication between a wireless network printer server and a computer when data is not received for more than the predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.