US 2007/0177207 A1 · Printing user-created custom header/footer/separator pages from the printer driver

Abstract

A method for customizing header pages, footer pages, and/or separator pages is disclosed. According to one aspect, a user interface is displayed. The user interface comprises user interface elements through which a user can specify user-customized content that is to appear on an additional page that is to be printed with the pages of an electronic document. A user-generated representation of the content is received through the user interface. A printer driver generates modified print data based on additional print data, which represents the additional page, and original print data, which represents the electronic document. The modified print data causes the printing device to print the user-customized content on a header, footer, or separator page. As a result, when the printing device receives the modified print data, the printing device prints the header, footer, or separator page, with the user-customized content, in addition to the pages of the electronic document.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for processing print data, the method comprising:

in response to a user's activation of a print mechanism of an application program, the printer driver displaying a first dialog box that comprises a first control;
in response to a user's activation of the first control, the printer driver displaying a second dialog box that comprises (a) a second control for a header page, (b) a third control for a separator page, and (c) a fourth control for a footer page;
in response to a user's activation of a particular control of the second control, the third control, and the fourth control, the printer driver displaying a third dialog box that comprises controls through which a user can insert images and text into a page specification for a page that corresponds to the particular control;
the printer driver storing the page specification on a persistent storage medium;
the printer driver generating modified print data by modifying original print data generated by an application program to include additional print data that represents the page specification;
and
the printer driver sending the modified print data to a printing device.

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Printing user-created custom header/footer/separator pages from the printer driver

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Printing user-created custom header/footer/separator pages from the printer driver

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