Encapsulated pdf direct printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBryan K. Carter, Brian C. Hiatt
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Abstract
A portable document format (pdf) file is printed by creating an intermediate file including the contents of the pdf file, adding at least one formatting command to the intermediate file, and sending the intermediate file to a printer for printing. The intermediate file is either created by creating a copy of the pdf file and designating the copy of the pdf file as the intermediate file or by creating the intermediate file, reading the contents of the pdf file, and inserting the contents of the pdf file into the intermediate file. The intermediate file is sent to the printer either by writing the intermediate file to a printer port or by writing the intermediate file to a printer spool file.
Claims15
A method for printing a portable document format (pdf) file, the method comprising:
- (a) creating an intermediate file including the contents of the pdf file;
- (b) inserting at least one formatting command, into the intermediate file, separate from the contents of the pdf file;
- and,
- (c) sending the intermediate file to a printer for printing.
A system for printing a portable document format (pdf) file, the system comprising:
- (a) means for creating an intermediate file including the contents of the pdf file;
- (b) means for inserting at least one formatting command, into the intermediate file, separate from the contents of the pdf file;
- and,
- (c) means for sending the intermediate file to a printer for printing.
A computer readable medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to print a portable document format (pdf) file, the method steps comprising:
- (a) creating an intermediate file including the contents of the pdf file;
- (b) inserting at least one formatting command, into the intermediate file, separate from the contents of the pdf file;
- and,
- (c) sending the intermediate file to a printer for printing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.