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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsWilliam B. McCormick, James O. Robarts, Sean C. McDowell, Steven J. Fluegel
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A computer system having a visual display indicating the status of an attached printer is disclosed. The visual display allows the user to determine various status states of the attached printer without physical examination of the printer itself. Printer states requiring user intervention, and printer states not requiring user intervention, are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the computer system displays a Printer Status window which both graphically and textually indicates the printer state. When printing, a graphical representation of the attached printer is displayed within a portion of the Printer Status window, and is animated to represent the actual printing of a page. If an error occurs while printing, the Printer Status window preferably indicates the nature of the error, and the steps which must be performed (if any) to continue printing. When not printing, the user may determine the present status of the attached printer, and such information is preferably presented to the user in graphical form. The Printer Status window may be iconized by the user, and the corresponding icon also displays to the user the state of the attached printer.
A method in a computer system for providing an up-to-date display of a printer state of a printer attached to the computer system, the computer system having a display screen, a communications driver, and an executing printer management program, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
A method in a computer system for providing a display of a printer state of a printer attached to the computer system, the computer system having a display screen and an executing printer status program, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
A method in a computer system for providing a display of a printer state of a printer attached to the computer system, the computer system having a display screen and an executing printer status program, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
A method in a computer system for providing a display of a printer state of a printer attached to the computer system, the computer system having a display screen and an executing printer management program, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
A computer readable memory device containing instructions for controlling a computer processor in a computer system to display a printer state of a printer attached to the computer system, the computer system having a display screen and a printer status program by performing the steps of:
A system comprising:
A system comprising:
A method in a computer system for remotely controlling attributes of an attached printer with updated feedback, the printer having a plurality of paper sources, the computer system having a display scream, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
A method in a computer system for remotely controlling an attached printer, the computer system having a display screen, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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