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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Xiang-qin Wen, Shanghai, CN;
Marvin D. Nelson, Meridian, ID (US);
Inventors:
Xiang-Qin Wen, Shanghai, CN;
Marvin D. Nelson, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/441 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); H04N 1/00204 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for booting a printer includes storing a configuration image of the printer on a network storage device. The configuration image includes an input/output (I/O) initialization sequence for at least one component of the printer and I/O flow control steps and timing. The method further includes downloading the configuration image from the network storage device to the printer and playing back the initialization sequence and flow control based on the configuration image.