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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
Roger Lee Buis, Longmont, CO (US);
Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Boulder, CO (US);
Susan Cheryl McElrafth, Longmont, CO (US);
David Earl Stone, Longmont, CO (US);
Nancy Elizabeth Wood, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A registry is established in document presentation architecture that provides a unique numeric identifier for the most commonly used media types. Logic checks a print job and the accompanying form definition for a numeric identifier, a media name and a bin number in that order. Use of a numeric identifier eliminates ambiguity, caused by character matching that is utilized when using a media name identifier, between a request and printer media availability. Logic then attempts to find a matching numeric media identifier, a matching media name or a matching media bin in that order. If no matching identifier or name is found, the print server directs the media request to the default bin of the printer.