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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Devon James Kemp, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Christopher John Carcerano, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Devon James Kemp, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Christopher John Carcerano, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Remotely installing a new printer on a client workstation that communicates via a network with a control point terminal by, in the control point terminal, performing an operation to add the new printer on the client workstation, and in response to the operation being performed, the control point terminal transmitting identification information of the new printer being added to an agent in the client workstation, and in the client workstation, the agent receiving the identification information from the control point terminal, in response to receiving the identification information of the new printer, the agent automatically obtaining printer configuration information and print driver information based at least in part on the received identification information, the agent automatically configuring the printer and installing a print driver based on the obtained printer configuration information and print driver information, and the agent creating a locally managed instance of the printer.