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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1998
Cyril G Edmunds, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing subsystem for use in a network printing system, having a database communicating with a client browser, is provided. The database includes a plurality of data sets and the client browser includes a program with a set of instructions for displaying at least one of the plurality of data sets on a user interface display screen. The printing subsystem is disposed remotely of and communicates with both of the database and the client browser. The printing subsystem includes a marking engine and a copy of the program, the program copy receiving the at least one of the plurality of data sets for placing the same in a displayable format. An interface communicates with the program copy for converting the at least one of the plurality of data sets from the displayable format to a printable format, and a print buffer is employed to store the at least one of the plurality of data sets in the printable format in anticipation of producing a print therefrom.