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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:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Danny James Vatland, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Jeff David Pagel, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
ColorSpan Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for printing a document over a network including a network, a printer and a raster image processor. The network connects at least three computing resources. The printer is coupled to the network and included in the computing resources. The printer includes a printer network connection, a printer virtual connection mechanism and a mechanism for printing the document based on the raster image. The printer network connection transfers data packets to and from the computing resources. The printer virtual connection mechanism receives a raster image representative of a document from a member of the plurality of computer resources to which a unique virtual connection has been established. The raster image processor is coupled to the network and included in the computing resources. The raster image processor includes raster image processor network connection mechanism, a rendering, mechanism, and a raster image processor virtual connection mechanism. The raster image processor network connection mechanism transfers information to and from the computing resources. The mechanism rendering mechanism renders a series of page description language instructions representative of the document into the raster image. The raster image processor virtual connection mechanism transmits a raster image to a printer via the unique virtual connection. The virtual connection maintenance mechanism opens, maintains, and closes unique virtual connections between printer and raster image processor.