Platform independent remote printing system
OwnerMichael Barth, Michael Szardeningsinventors
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Abstract
A print request is received at a reusable software component of a server and forwarded to a server application. The server application provides in response to the print request print data to the server's reusable software component, which, in turn, sends a second print request and forwards the print data from an interface of the server's reusable software component to the client. The client receives the second print request and print data at an interface of a reusable software component of the client; and forwards the print data to a spool system of the client in response to the second print request.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a print request at a reusable software component of a server;
- forwarding the print request to a server application;
- providing in response to the print request print data to the server's reusable software component;
- sending a second print request and forwarding the print data from an interface of the server's reusable software component to the client;
- receiving the second print request and print data at an interface of a reusable software component of the client;
- and
- forwarding the print data from the client's reusable software component to a spool system of the client in response to the second print request.
A system, comprising:
- a server including a server application and a reusable software component, the server's reusable software component having an interface to receive a print request and forward the same to the server application, the server application to receive the print request and provide print data in response thereto, the interface to transmit a second print request and the print data;
- and
- a client including a spool system and a reusable software component, the client's reusable software component having an interface to receive the second print request and print data;
- and a method to forward the print data to the spool system in response to the second print request.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive a print request at an interface of a reusable software component of a server;
- forward the print request to a server application;
- provide in response to the print request print data to the server's reusable software component;
- send a second print request and forwarding the print data from an interface of the server's reusable software component to the client;
- receive the second print request and print data at an interface of a reusable software component of the client;
- and
- forward the print data from the client's reusable software component to a spool system of the client in response to the second print request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.