US 6,707,568 B1 · Printer driver filter and method of printing with the same

Abstract

A printer filter including a companion script file and which filters a standard printer data stream to perform a user-specified print job. In particular, the filter is a computer program which may access other programs or data files, and which reads a standard printer data stream, transforms the input in accordance with instructions contained within the computer program, and then outputs the filtered or transformed information to the printer. The present invention also provides a graphical user interface to assist a user in operating the computer program. In particular, the graphical user interface includes a parent window having a display control which list a possible filters to be selected, along with a plurality of other display controls to assist the user in operating the computer program product.

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Dependent claims

A computer program product comprising:

a first computer code configured to receive data output from a printer driver;
a second computer code having instructions corresponding to a print operation and configured to filter the received data in accordance with the instructions;
and
a third computer code configured to output the filtered data to a printer.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/432,409Filed 2 Nov 1999

Granted

16 Mar 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 3/1276
Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing: within a printer driver, e.g. driver resides either on a server…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1208
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours,…
G06F 3/1277
Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing: using filter pipeline, e.g. outside the driver, adding traps

Printer driver filter and method of printing with the same

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