Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc

Scott Craig Koss

Andrew Rodney Ferlitsch

Ron Neil Patton

A system and method are provided for processing an imaging job using adaptive universal symbols. The method comprises: establishing a user interface (UI) representing imaging job options with adaptive universal symbols at a job source, which can be an imaging driver or a direct submit application; accepting adaptive universal symbol selections from the UI; sending an imaging job to an imaging device, in an imaging device-specific format, along with the adaptive universal symbol selections; and, at the imaging device, processing the imaging job in response to the selected adaptive universal symbols. With respect to print, copy, or fax jobs for example, the adaptive universal symbols may represent options such as staple, cut, fold, hole-punch, trim, N-up, duplex, paper size, input tray, output bin, copies, collation, margin, sheet/page orientation, or front/back covers.

Adaptive universal symbol driver interface

A method for network printing. The method includes activating an interface between a document processing device and a workstation, providing at least one user interface to a user at the workstation. The interface allows the user to select operational settings for the document-processing device. The system then generates a document data file in accordance with the operational settings and communicates a location of the document data file and any auxiliary information to the document-processing device. This activates a document-processing job. The interface then receives a completion message upon completion of the document-processing job.

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Vancouver, WA, United States of America

Scott Craig Koss