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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Yi Ding, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yi Ding, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Techniques are provided for servicing client requests to print data. A client sends print requests to a print server. The print server acts as an intermediary between clients and multiple printing devices. The print server includes drivers for the printing devices that are connected to the same network. The print server retrieves and store capabilities of each printing device. A print request from a client includes multiple parameters. If the capabilities of one or more printing devices satisfy the multiple parameters, then the one or more printing devices are identified as candidates to service the print request. The print server determines which of the candidates is the best match. The print server sends the print request to the determined best match.