Method for Obtaining Status, Printer Driver and Information Processing Device
OwnerTakayuki Shimataniinventor
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Abstract
A method for obtaining a status is disclosed in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to the server computer, and the client computer enables two-way communication and obtains status information of the printer via the server computer without depending on an operating system.
Claims10
A method for obtaining a status, wherein
- a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to said server computer, and
- said client computer enables two-way communication and obtains status information of the printer via the server computer without depending on an operating system.
A printer driver applicable to a system in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to said server computer, comprising:
- a unit to obtain status information of said printer by performing two-way communication with said server computer without depending on an operating system of said client computer.
An information processing device applicable to a system in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to said server computer, comprising:
- a unit to obtain status information of said printer by performing two-way communication with said server computer without depending on an operating system of said information processing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.