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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anthony X. Francisco, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shawn Maloney, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Harper, Seattle, WA (US);
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anthony X. Francisco, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shawn Maloney, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Harper, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a layered printer driver model in which, at the 'bottom layer,' a rendering component provides rendering functionality to format information constituting a print job initiated according to a page description language that a printer device is designed to process, and one or more other components that provide configuration and/or user experience functionality may 'sit atop' the bottom layer. Any or all of these higher-level components may support not just a single printer device, but a class of printer devices defined by one or more shared characteristics.