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US 2011/0255111 A1Published application
Virtual Print Job Preview And Validation
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazutaka OBA, Ulrich Wehner
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for previewing and submitting print jobs.
Claims19
A printer apparatus configured to generate and return preview data, comprising:
- a preview request receiving part configured to receive a preview request along with print data from an external terminal;
- a resource collection part configured to collect printer resources in accordance with the received preview request and print data;
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- a preview data generation part configured to render and output preview data based on the received print data and the collected printer resources applied to the print data,
- wherein the preview data output by the preview data generation part is in a printer-independent format that is acceptable to a plurality of printing devices, and images generated by the plurality of printers based on the preview data are substantially the same.
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A computer readable medium tangibly embodying instructions for a print driver executable by a computer in connection with print functionalities, said print driver comprising.
- a communication part configured to communicate with a specified printer;
- a user interface part configured for user entry of a request for preview of a print job, for submission along with print data for the print job through the communication part to the specified printer, and configured to generate and output a preview request to the specified printer, receive preview data from the specified printer in response to the preview request and cause a preview image to be displayed based on the received preview data, on a display of the computer,
- wherein the preview image displayed based on the preview data received from the specified printer is a preview of a hardcopy image to be generated by the specified printer based on the print data.
A method for generating a preview of a print job, said method comprising:
- providing a user interface at a terminal for user entry of a request for preview of a specific print job for a specified printer;
- generating and communicating a preview request along with print data for the print job, from the terminal to the specified printer;
- receiving preview data from the specified printer in response to the preview request and causing a preview image to be displayed based on the received preview data, on a display of the terminal,
- wherein the preview image displayed based on the preview data received from the specified printer is a preview of a hardcopy image to be generated by the specified printer based on the print data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.