Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Mark Louis Brown

Vincent C Skurdal

Shane Theodore Gehring

Marvin D Nelson

Carol Elise Bassett

Ali S Ezzet

Richard M Archuleta

Terry James Garrison

Mark A Thompson

A method of printing a print job includes storing print job data on a non-volatile memory device that includes a connector for connection to a port of a printer.

Method and system for printing a print job using a memory device

A docking station for a wireless mouse includes an output for communicating with a computer and a mouse detector for detecting when the mouse is docked in the docking station. The docking station is configured to transmit a signal to the computer to automatically deactivate the computer when the mouse is docked in the docking station.

Docking station for a wireless mouse with control of a computer

A processor executes a document rendering application for an open document. When the open document is unedited and a predetermined portion of the processor is available, the document is rendered to an output buffer. The rendering is suspended when a predetermined interrupt is received and is resumed after the predetermined interrupt has been serviced. When the document has been edited, any rendered portion of the document is removed from the output buffer and the document is reset as being unedited.

Background document rendering system and method

A printer comprises at least one print control that can be operated by a user. In response to operation of the print control, the printer generates and transmits a request from the printer to a general purpose computer that has data stored in it. The request contains information to cause the computer to execute a print operation. The printer prints the data received from the computer.

Apparatus and method for initiating a printing operation from a printer

An electronic device includes a scanning device for converting one or more configuration symbols on a printed medium into scan data. The scanning device is capable of scanning a configuration sheet and creating the scan data, including the one or more configuration symbols. The electronic device further includes a configuration device that receives the scan data and is capable of extracting the one or more configuration symbols to create one or more corresponding address-independent configuration values. The configuration device is further capable of configuring the electronic device with the one or more address-independent configuration values.

Apparatus and method for configuration of an electronic device using a scanned configuration sheet

An electronic device includes a scanning device for converting indicia and markings on a printed medium into scan data and a configuration device that receives the scan data. The scanning device is capable of scanning a user-fillable configuration sheet marked by a user of the electronic device and creating the scan data, with the scan data including one or more configuration indicia. The configuration device is capable of decoding the one or more configuration indicia to create one or more corresponding configuration values and configuring the electronic device with the one or more configuration values.

Apparatus and method for configuration of an electronic device using a user-fillable configuration sheet

A system includes an operating mode in which the system detects requests to print nearly-blank pages and suppresses their printing. The detection and suppression may occur in a computer or other host device, in a printer, or in an intermediate device. A nearly-blank page may be identified in any of multiple ways. The mode may optionally be switched off so that nearly-blank pages are printed. The mode may optionally apply to only the last page in a print job.

Apparatus and method for suppressing the printing of nearly-blank pages

An adapter system for coupling a mobile computer to a computer network is disclosed. When the mobile computer is not connected to the computer network, the invention stores network messages intended for the mobile computer. When the mobile computer is reconnected to the computer network, the adapter system sends the messages received in its absence to the mobile unit in the order the messages were received.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Mark Louis Brown