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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Bryan K. Carter, Meridian, ID (US);
Brian C. Hiatt, Eagle, ID (US);
Bryan K. Carter, Meridian, ID (US);
Brian C. Hiatt, Eagle, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A portable document format (pdf) file is printed by creating an intermediate file including the contents of the pdf file, adding at least one formatting command to the intermediate file, and sending the intermediate file to a printer for printing. The intermediate file is either created by creating a copy of the pdf file and designating the copy of the pdf file as the intermediate file or by creating the intermediate file, reading the contents of the pdf file, and inserting the contents of the pdf file into the intermediate file. The intermediate file is sent to the printer either by writing the intermediate file to a printer port or by writing the intermediate file to a printer spool file.