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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Ignatius M. Zettel, New Berlin, WI (US);
Kevin R. Clayton, Waterloo, WI (US);
Ignatius M. Zettel, New Berlin, WI (US);
Kevin R. Clayton, Waterloo, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of publishing an electronic data file to a document management system in various publication formats includes a printer driver that is configured to publish an electronic media to a document management system irrespective of which application or software program the data file was created. The printer driver is activated to facilitate publication of an electronic data file following a file-print command initialized while resident in a specific media creating program. The present invention further allows for user selection of a number of publication formats as well as providing notices to additional personnel indicating that the electronic data file is ready for additional work flow or review. The present invention further contemplates retrieval of media stored in a database managed by a document management system following the aforementioned file print command.