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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Jeff M. Anderson, Camas, WA (US);
Jeremy Bunn, Kelso, WA (US);
Daniel Revel, Portand, OR (US);
David Staas, Camas, WA (US);
Jeff M. Anderson, Camas, WA (US);
Jeremy Bunn, Kelso, WA (US);
Daniel Revel, Portand, OR (US);
David Staas, Camas, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various systems and methods for printing documents. In one embodiment, a printing system is provided that comprises a host and a local printer coupled thereto, the local printer having a portable device communications port with which to establish a communications link a portable device. The local printer includes means for relaying a non-rendered document received via the portable device communications port to the host for rendering. The host includes means in the host for orchestrating a rendering of the non-rendered document into a rendered document with a printer format compatible with the local printer, the non-rendered document being rendered using one of a number of applications in the host, and, means in the host for transmitting a rendered document to the local printer to be printed.