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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel William Kuchta, Brockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395112 ; 395114 ;
Abstract
An improved printer control interface, for use with computer printing system of the type having a central processor, an operating system, a host application, a printer, and a plug in module which receives image export application programming interface (API) calls from the host application for driving the printer, include an extended suite of API calls, having, API support calls, custom user interface calls, printer calls and calibration calls an extended host application for executing the extended suite of API calls; and an extended plug-in module responsive to the extended suite of API calls for controlling the printer.