Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Kris Randall Livingston

Ward Scott Foster

Shell Sterling Simpson

Howard G Wong

James E Anderson

Robert E Pentecost

Rich Forcier

Mark Muguira

Wesley R Schalk

Kenneth R Williams

Peter G Hwang

Duane A Koehler

Robert Douglas Christiansen

Tyler Phillip Kapp

Kenneth Russell Williams

In one example, a system to fill or drain a reservoir in a printer includes a controller to set a unit to a total capacity of a container divided by an integer greater than 1, a container sensor to sense the container connected to the printer, and a pump to pump, in set unit increments, at least one unit of a printing agent from the container to the reservoir or from the reservoir to the container. In one example, a memory having processor executable instructions to generate a graphical user interface displaying, during the transfer of a printing agent from a container to a reservoir in a printer or from the reservoir to the container, an animation showing a changing volume of the printing agent in the reservoir and a corresponding changing volume of the printing agent in the container.

Printing agent transfer for 2D and 3D printers

In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a communication interface, a location sensor, a personalized printer list generator, a display, and a processor. The processor is communicatively coupled to the communication interface, the location sensor, the personalized printer list generator, and the display to control operation of the communication interface, the location sensor, the personalized printer list generator, and the display. The communication interface is to communicate with a plurality of printers to identify available printers at a current geographic location. The location sensor is to detect the current geographic location. The personalized printer list generator is to generate a personalized printer list that prioritizes the plurality of printers at the current geographic location based on the user account. The display is to provide a graphical user interface to display the personalized printer list that is generated for the current geographic location.

Personalized printer lists

A printing device includes a door, a display, and a colorant supply. The printing device detects that the door has been opened. In response to detecting that the door has been opened, the printing device displays, on its display, current status information of the colorant supply within the printing device.

Displaying current colorant supply status information responsive to opening of printing device door

An example printing device may comprise an indicator to convey information to a user, a print substance reservoir to house a print substance, where the print substance reservoir is communicatively coupled to a fill port, a sensor to determine when a refill container is connected to the fill port, a processing resource, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to transmit signals to the indicator responsive to an indication that the sensor has detected the refill container connected to the fill port, where the signals correspond to the information to be conveyed by the indicator, and authenticate the refill container.

Print substance reservoirs

The method of the present invention is capable of providing distributed imaging capability to a user of a computing device within a UNIX printing environment. Document creation, manipulation, editing, and output are provided by the present invention. Document design and image data are associated with the originating user. Generic access instructions cause associated document data to be retrieved or stored in accordance with the present invention. Multiple documents and output devices may be employed to accomplish the requesting user's needs. Further, interactive graphical printing configuration and monitoring may be utilized.

Mechanism for sharing web based imaging information from a unix terminal computing environment

A client-server system is described. The system includes a group of Web sites that provide Web resources to clients. The resources can communicate with a common interface in order to access a user's documents when the user is actively making use of the resource. The system further includes a Web site that can deliver a Web page to a client. The Web page provides links and other information regarding the group of Web sites.

System for providing information regarding network resources

A system and method for charging a user for printing services. In one arrangement, the system and method include the steps of receiving a debiting request from a printing service via a network, verifying privileges of the printing service to access a user account, and debiting a user account for the printing services.

System and method for charging for printing services rendered

A printing system that includes a personal computer and a printer having multiple output trays. The printer operates both as a server and a printer. The printer serves a program to the personal computer upon request. The program enables the personal computer to print a document using the printer. The program also enables the personal computer to display an image of the printer while the printer is printing the document. The image indicates the printer output tray receiving the document. The image further indicates the present capacity of the output tray to receive additional media.

System and method of identifying a printer output tray

System and method for dynamically providing printing status.

System and method for dynamically providing printing status

A system and method for transferring scanned imaging data from a scanning device to a personal imaging repository. The present invention includes a scanning device capable of reading information encoded items, such as smart cards for scanning imaging data, a personal imaging repository associated with a particular user for storing imaging data that is to be accessed by requested web services, an item for storing user information relating to the personal imaging repository, and a device firmware for storing scanned imaging data from the scanning device into the personal imaging repository, which is an exchange infrastructure between the imaging data and available web services on the Internet.

System and method for transferring scanned imaging data to a personal imaging repository

A distributed imaging capability to a user of a client device using data partially obtained from an enterprise resource planning system. Document creation, manipulation, editing, and output is provided by and associated with the originating user. Generic access instructions cause associated document data to be retrieved or stored. Multiple documents and output devices may be employed to accomplish distributed imaging functionality. Interactive graphical printing configuration and monitoring can be utilized.

Mechanism and method for sharing imaging information from an enterprise resource planning computing environment

Pre-defined print option configurations for printing in a distributed environment are established by user selection of one or more print options via a network service. The one or more print options are identified for subsequent resolution, and can be applied to one or more other network services.

Pre-defined print option configurations for printing in a distributed environment

A method of providing distributed imaging capability to a user of a client device. Document creation, manipulation, editing, and output may be provided. Document design and image data may be associated with the originating user. Generic access instructions cause associated document data to be retrieved or stored. Multiple documents and output devices may be employed to accomplish the requesting user's needs. Further, interactive graphical printing configuration and monitoring may be utilized.

Mechanism for sharing web-based imaging information from a mainframe computing environment

A system for printing target data from a web application used through a browser of a client computer that is operatively connected to a web server providing the web application. The system includes a client computer having a browser for using the web application, a web server for providing the web application, a web application content for providing the web application on the browser, and a print destination server specified by the user for printing the target data. The web application content further directs the browser to the print destination server responsive to user print selection.

System and method for printing from a web application

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for color gamut inadequacy notification. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to accessing imaging data to be printed, identifying colors represented by the imaging data, comparing the identified colors with a color gamut of a printing device, and notifying the user if one or more of the identified colors is not included in the color gamut of the printing device.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Kris Randall Livingston