Printer driver user interface and system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJohnathan A. Edmonds
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Abstract
A system includes a printer having at least one container for storing a consumable and a monitor for monitoring the status of the consumable in the at least one container; a host device for sending a print job to the printer, wherein the host device includes a display; and a printer driver for controlling operation of the printer from the host device, for querying the printer for consumable status information, and for providing a user interface in the host device display; wherein the printer driver, responsive to the print job, queries the printer for consumable status information and displays the status of the consumable in the at least one container in the printer in the user interface.
Claims14
A system comprising:
- a printer having a plurality of media containers and a monitor for monitoring the status of the media in each of the plurality of media containers;
- a host device for sending a print job to the printer, wherein the host device includes a display;
- and
- a printer driver for controlling operation of the printer from the host device, for querying the printer for container information, and for providing a user interface in the host device display;
- wherein the printer driver, responsive to the print job, queries the printer for information pertaining to container count, and for each container, media type, media size, container status and container name;
- wherein the printer driver displays media type, media size, container status and container name for each printer container in the user interface for selection by the user;
- and
- wherein the printer driver, responsive to a container status of empty or jammed, constrains the container from selection by the user.
A driver for controlling operation of an image forming device having at least one container for storing media and a monitor for monitoring status of the media in the container, comprising:
- a controller, responsive to a request for an image forming job, for controlling operation of the image forming device from a host device;
- means, responsive to the job request, for querying the image forming device for information pertaining to container count, and for each container, media type, media size, container status and container name;
- and
- a user interface, responsive to the querying means, for displaying media type, media size, container status and container name for each container in the user interface for selection by the user;
- wherein, responsive to a container status of empty or jammed, that container is restrained from selection by the user in the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.