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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
John S. Steele, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward B. Ghazalian, Lexington, KY (US);
John S. Steele, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward B. Ghazalian, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A universal output control system and method for outputting an output job at a target output location wherein a universal user interface facilitates access to and control of a plurality of output devices located on a network or at an output center such that specific details of each output device are encapsulated. The universal user interface provides searches of available output devices in a network, wherein printer drivers are automatically installed as needed. Alternatively, an output management application service stores an output job until output job data is generated for controlling the output of the output job on the selected output device, at which time the output job is output on the selected output device per the output job data. If the target output location is an output device on a network, an output device database service captures and generates the output job data. If the target output location is an output device at an output center, an output center interface is launched for capturing and generating the output job data.