Method and apparatus for language translation of production job output
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGary Stringham
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for control of a multiple copy print job involving documents in multiple languages. The method and apparatus prompt a document user to specify any languages other than that of the original document. The apparatus causes the translation of the document into the specified languages. The user may also specify how many of each translation are desired and direct copy subsets independently to specific printer trays.
Claims12
A system for executing a print job of an electronic document, said print job containing translations in a plurality of languages of said document, the system comprising:
- a translation module of a printer driver running on a host computer, wherein said translation module accepts user input specifying at least one additional language into which a document of a print job is to be translated and calls a translation program to perform translation of the document;
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- a printer for printing said print job including at least one hardcopy of said document translated into said additional language.
A printer driver stored on a medium for storing computer-readable instructions, said printer driver comprising:
- a graphical user interface for accepting user input;
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- a translation module, wherein said translation module receives user input specifying at least one additional language into which a document of a print job is to be translated and calls a translation program to perform translation of the document.
A system for executing a print job of an electronic document, said print job containing translations into one or more languages of said document, the system comprising:
- a translation module of a printer driver running on a host computer, wherein said translation module accepts user input specifying at least one additional language into which a document of a print job is to be translated and automatically calls a translation program to perform translation of the document;
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- a printer for printing said print job including at least one hardcopy of said document translated into said additional language;
- wherein said translation module further accepts user input specifying a number of hardcopies of said document to be printed in an original and each additional specified language;
- wherein said printer comprises a plurality of output receptacles and said translation module further accepts user input specifying a number of hardcopies of said document in various languages to be output to specific output receptacles;
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- wherein at least one output receptacle receives hardcopies of said document in a plurality of languages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.