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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Reinhard H. Hohensee, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert F. Jessen, Berthoud, CO (US);
David E Stone, Longmont, CO (US);
Reinhard H. Hohensee, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert F. Jessen, Berthoud, CO (US);
David E Stone, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for communicating commands and data to a printer and pre- and post-processors through a link using different protocols. In the exemplary embodiment, UPI finishing instructions for a print file are specified in a MO:DCA Form Definition and processed by a print server on a host computer. Print commands are generated by the host computer and transmitted to a printer using the Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) Architecture. The processor within the printer receives and processes the UPI pre- and post-processor commands received via the IPDS communications link and generates commands on a separate communications channel according to the Universal Printer Pre- and Post-Processing Interface (UPI) for transmission to the pre- and post-processors. Status reported by the pre- and post-processors according to the UPI™ specification are received by the printer and transmitted to the host computer.