Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Kwesi E Abraham

Shane R Konsella

Steven C Johnson

Jessop Dennis

Michael L Rishel

Arti Shukla

Kurt Robert Bengtson

Paul K Mui

John W Huffman

Charles J Gazdik

Elliot Lee Klosterman

Michael S De Laurentis

Michael F Webster

An operating system font is created from a printer metrics file. The printer metrics file includes at least one set of font metrics. Each set of font metrics represents one font. The printer metrics file is opened and the font metrics are read. A system font is created from each set of font metrics. The system font is created by applying the font metrics to a font template. The font template with the applied font metrics is saved as a system font. The system font is then installed and registered with the operating system. A name of the operating system font is recorded with a printer driver associated with the printer metrics file.

Creating operating system fonts from printer font metrics

One embodiment of the invention is directed to a data processing system that includes an electrical detection circuit to determine whether the electrical power is going from 'on' to 'off,' or changing from &#x201c;off&#x201d; to &#x201c;on;&#x201d; a peripheral device, including a processor to calculate the amount of electrical energy required for the peripheral device to perform a task; a task queue for the peripheral device that can be read to find a task if the electrical power is going from &#x201c;on&#x201d; to &#x201c;off;&#x201d; and a non-volatile memory, including a task queue to store data describing the task if insufficient electrical energy remains available to the peripheral device to complete the task.

Apparatus and method to handle power supply failures for a peripheral device

An Internet print device font distribution method and web site. Font users are visitors to a web site that allows browsing and obtaining of fonts, either individually or in groups. Preferably, purchases are made through the web site, but the method may allow installation of fonts through the web site as a result of other authorizations, e.g., an electronic coupon for visitors or a tie-in to other products, services, and web sites. Web site functions include operating system compatibility matching. The web site obtains configuration information to insure compatibility of a font to a visitor's configuration. Software on the web site downloads, installs and configures fonts on the visitor's print device.

Internet print device font distribution method and web site

One embodiment of the invention is directed to a data processing system that includes an electrical detection circuit to determine whether the electrical power is going from &ldquo;on&rdquo; to &ldquo;off,&rdquo; or changing from &ldquo;off&rdquo; to &ldquo;on;&rdquo; a peripheral device, including a processor to calculate the amount of electrical energy required for the peripheral device to perform a task; a task queue for the peripheral device that can be read to find a task if the electrical power is going from &ldquo;on&rdquo; to &ldquo;off;&rdquo; and a non-volatile memory, including a task queue to store data describing the task if insufficient electrical energy remains available to the peripheral device to complete the task.

An input roller pushes the media through the electrophotographic device at a given linear velocity. An output roller pulls the media through the electrophotographic device after the media leaves the input roller. The output roller has a linear velocity greater then the input roller's linear velocity. In-between the input and output rollers is a variable media path having an arcuate shape. A compressible media guide is placed along the concave side of the variable media path. As the media is pulled faster by the output roller, the variable media path decreases. The compressible media guide begins to compress thereby creating a constant tension in the media as it passes through the electrophotographic device. By keeping the media under a constant pressure, the likelihood of deformations is greatly reduced.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Kwesi E Abraham