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US8928899B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8928899-B2 |
| Application number | US-201113034572-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2011 |
| Priority date | Feb 24, 2011 |
| Publication date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2015 |
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An approach is provided for printing electronic documents that provides support for all types of printer models and PDL. A printer driver is configured to interact with Web print services that provide model-specific device capabilities and render PDL on behalf of the printer driver. A printer driver receives application data from an application program. The printer driver causes the application data to be transmitted to one or more Web print services that render the application data and generate print data in a format supported by a specified printing device. The printer driver receives the print data from the one or more Web print services and causes the print data to be transmitted to the specified printing device, wherein processing of the print data at the specified printing device causes a printed version of the electronic document to be generated.
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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method for printing an electronic document, the computer-implemented method comprising: a printer driver on a client device receiving application data from an application program; the printer driver on the client device retrieving, from one or more Web print services that are separate from both the client device and a specified printing device, via the one or more networks, printing device capability data that indicates one or more f…
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- What does patent US8928899B2 cover?
- An approach is provided for printing electronic documents that provides support for all types of printer models and PDL. A printer driver is configured to interact with Web print services that provide model-specific device capabilities and render PDL on behalf of the printer driver. A printer driver receives application data from an application program. The printer driver causes the application…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Sekine Hitoshi, Selvaraj Senthil, Xiao Zhenning, and 2 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F3/1204. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).