Printer Driver Interface and Methods
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid Salgado, Jeremy Griffith
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of displaying status information in a printer driver interface, and corresponding apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments display a printer driver interface, the printer driver interface including selectable document settings, and display a status bar on the printer driver interface, the status bar displaying iconic status indicators, wherein the iconic status indicators include status indicators each conveying status information on a printer consumable.
Claims20
A method of displaying status information in a printer driver interface, comprising:
- displaying the printer driver interface, the printer driver interface including selectable document settings;
- and
- displaying a status bar on the printer driver interface, the status bar displaying iconic status indicators, wherein the iconic status indicators include status indicators each conveying status information on a printer consumable.
An apparatus for causing display of status information in a printer driver interface, comprising:
- a memory that stores print driver instructions;
- and
- a processor that executes the print driver instructions to cause display of the printer driver interface upon receipt of a print command from a user by:
- displaying the printer driver interface, the printer driver interface including selectable document settings;
- and
- displaying a status bar on the printer driver interface, the status bar displaying iconic status indicators, wherein the iconic status indicators include status indicators each conveying status information on a printer consumable.
A computer-readable medium, comprising:
- a computer-usable data carrier storing instructions, the instructions when executed by a computer causing the computer to display status information in a printer driver interface by:
- displaying the printer driver interface, the printer driver interface including selectable document settings;
- and
- displaying a status bar on the printer driver interface, the status bar displaying iconic status indicators, wherein the iconic status indicators include status indicators each conveying status information on a printer consumable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.