ePOS printing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9052863-B2
Application number	US-201313955332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2013
Priority date	Aug 14, 2012
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A script language compatible with HTML is used to define methods or objects capable of communicating directly with an intelligent module for printing operations without going through a web browser's print selection option. A print API library provides the needed methods/objects for embedding into a web page. The intelligent module may be a stand-alone electronic device, or may be an intelligent device incorporated into a printer. The intelligent module may manage multiple printers directly or through a network, and it functions to provide a communication bridge for translating/conveying communication between the print APIs on a web page and a target printer. The print API knows the fixed IP address of the intelligent module, and define a print document or print commands and send it directly to the intelligent module by means of the known IP address.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for creating a document in a web application, and sending the document to a printer through a network, the web application executed by a web browser, the method comprising steps of:
providing a client machine adapted to run the web browser and have access to said network;
providing an intelligent module adapted to connect to the printer, the intelligent module configured to be assigned an address, to receive the document, and to send the document…

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Hideo

Classifications

• G06F3/1295

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1228

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K15/1836

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N1/405

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F9/45512

  Physics · mapped topic