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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:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Shawn E. Maloney, Redmond, WA (US);
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank Gorgenyi, Bremerton, WA (US);
Joshua A. Dersch, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Erik O. Peterson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shawn E. Maloney, Redmond, WA (US);
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank Gorgenyi, Bremerton, WA (US);
Joshua A. Dersch, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Erik O. Peterson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, a print server can publish, to client devices, capabilities and configurations of one or more print devices utilizing a device-independent 'personality.' Client devices can then use an associated device-independent print driver to select print job settings and record print job content for a particular print job, in a device-independent format, that is then to be sent to the print server. The print server can then process the device-independent format that describes the print job, and convert the print job into a print device-specific format that can be consumed by a particular specific print device. In at least some embodiments, the client device can cause a print job to be printed on a print device, via a print server, without downloading, utilizing or otherwise accessing a print driver that is specific to the print device.