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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Andrew Fertlitsch, Tigard, OR (US);
Mary Louise Bourret, Portland, OR (US);
Jerry Steven Orleck, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Fertlitsch, Tigard, OR (US);
Mary Louise Bourret, Portland, OR (US);
Jerry Steven Orleck, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for providing load-balancing in cluster printing environments. Embodiments may operate in conjunction with journalled print files, pre-processed, printer-ready print files and other file types. Some embodiments provide load-balanced cluster printing through a printer-independent, driver-independent print system component.