Printing process, arrangement for realizing the printing process and a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeCortado AG
InventorCarsten MICKELEIT
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Abstract
The invention relates to a printing process, an arrangement for realizing the printing process and a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium which, in particular, enables wireless printing via Wi-Fi (Wireless Local Area Network) or Bluetooth® from a desktop computer or a laptop independent of a printer-specific driver installation and printer configuration on the computer.
Claims11
Printing process, wherein at least one printer driver adapted to generate a printer object with an associated output port is stored on a first data processing device, and wherein printers that can be connected for communication via a wireless interface from the first data processing device are determined by the first data processing device, and wherein when a printout of contents is initiated by using the printer object, at least the following process steps are performed:
- establishing a connection via the output port to a second data processing device, and transmitting to the first data processing device information about printers supported by at least the second or a third data processing device,
- selecting at least one printer that is supported by the second or third data processing device,
- converting with the printer driver the contents to be printed into at least one device-independent format,
- transmitting the contents that is present in a device-independent format and information about the selected printer via the output port to the second data processing device,
- rendering the contents on the second or the third data processing device, and
- transmitting the data generated by the rendering process to at least one of the selected printers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.