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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Darell Dean Cronch, Georgetown, KY (US);
Thomas Jon Eade, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Joseph Edwards, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Darell Dean Cronch, Georgetown, KY (US);
Thomas Jon Eade, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Joseph Edwards, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method of printing on a print medium with a printer which is in communication with a host computer includes the steps of providing the host computer with a print job to be printed by the printer, identifying a data format associated with the print job, determining an operating system stored in the printer, comparing the data format with the printer operating system, downloading an operating system which corresponds to the data format from the host computer to the printer if the printer operating system does not correspond to the data format, transmitting print data associated with the print job from the host computer to the printer, and printing on the print medium with the printer using the print data.