Global printing system and method of using same
AssigneeZHI Corp.
InventorsJohn Fay, Jessica Wettstein, Cabel Sholdt, Fred Susi
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Abstract
A system and method for parsing data formatted in a plurality of encoding schemes at a printer is provided. The method comprises receiving data from at least one host computer at the printer, wherein at least a portion of the data is encoded in a plurality of encoding schemes. The method also includes determining a parser state of the data based on a plurality of characters and/or at least one printer control command associated with the plurality of encoding schemes.
Claims24
A method for formatting bar codes that are encoding scheme independent, the method comprising:
- receiving data from at least one host computer at the printer, wherein at least a portion of the data is encoded in at least one encoding scheme;
- determining whether the data comprises a Unicode encoding scheme;
- converting the data into at least a first predetermined encoding scheme;
- and
- formatting at least one bar code using the at least first predetermined encoding scheme.
A method for formatting a label that is encoding scheme independent, the method comprising:
- receiving data from at least one host computer at the printer, wherein at least a portion of the data is encoded in at least one encoding scheme;
- determining whether the data comprises a Unicode encoding scheme;
- converting the data into at least a first predetermined encoding scheme;
- and
- formatting at least one label using the at least first predetermined encoding scheme.
A printer for printing a label that is encoding scheme independent, the printer comprising:
- a receiving component configured to receive data from at least one host computer, wherein at least a portion of the data is encoded in at least one encoding scheme;
- and
- a parser component configured to:
- determine whether the data comprises a Unicode encoding scheme;
- convert the data into at least a first predetermined encoding scheme;
- and
- format at least one label using the at least first predetermined encoding scheme.
24-27. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.