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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Zhenning Xiao, Renton, WA (US);
Senthil K. Selvaraj, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Zhenning Xiao, Renton, WA (US);
Senthil K. Selvaraj, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for printing to a Web services-enabled printing device. A print driver executing on a client device receives, from the printing device, printing device capability data that specifies a plurality of features and options currently supported by the printing device. The print driver generates a second version of a DEVMODE data structure from a first version. A portion of the DEVMODE data structure indicates, in XML, a particular print feature and one or more options for the particular print feature that are indicated in the printing device capability data. A user interface is generated based on the second version. A third version of the DEVMODE data structure is generated and indicates that an option of the particular print feature is selected. The print driver generates a print job ticket based the third version of the DEVMODE data structure.