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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank Gorgenyi, Bremerton, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darren Davis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Justin Hutchings, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank Gorgenyi, Bremerton, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darren Davis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a printer user interface (UI) component configured to handle presentation of information to a user during printing operations. The printer UI component may de-couple the rendering and configuration functionality provided by a printer driver from the presentation of information to end users, thereby reducing the risk that applications may crash or hang due to printer driver malfunction. In some embodiments, a registry of events upon which information should be presented to the user is established, and the printer UI component may be registered for some or all of these events, so that when the specified events occur the printer UI component may be invoked to cause information to be presented to the user.