Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090021757 | "Proof print" for job settings - According to techniques described herein, print job attributes are checked to identify potential conflicts and potential invalid settings. According to one embodiment of the invention, a job setting manager process executing on a printing device is configured to examine and store print job attributes as detected by print interpreter modules. According to an embodiment of the invention, the job setting manager maintains a data structure comprising print job attributes, their values, and other information. As each interpreter module detects a job setting in the print data, the job setting manager receives this setting and its value and checks the data structure to identify conflicts between previously-set job attributes and whether the requested job attribute is supported by the destination printing device. According to an embodiment of the invention, if a conflict is identified, a notification is produced. | 01-22-2009 |
20090063710 | CAPABILITY-BASED CONTROL OF A COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises sending, to a computer peripheral device, a request to obtain capabilities of the computer peripheral device; receiving a first capability description from the computer peripheral device, wherein the first capability description describes one or more capabilities, features or functions of the device at the time of the request; creating one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements based upon the first capability description and causing displaying the GUI elements; receiving user input representing one or more selections of the GUI elements; creating job ticket data that describes a job for the computer peripheral device to perform, based on the GUI elements that were selected as represented in the user input; sending the job ticket data to the peripheral device; wherein the job ticket data describes one or more device settings that the computer peripheral device can transform to device commands. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063718 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CAPABILITY-BASED COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE DRIVERS - In an embodiment, a data processing system comprises device driver generation logic that is encoded in one or more computer-readable storage media for execution and which when executed is operable to perform receiving a first capability description from a computer peripheral device, wherein the first capability description describes one or more capabilities of the computer peripheral device; receiving a generic device driver file; receiving configuration data; automatically generating a device driver for the computer peripheral device and for a computer operating system based on the first capability description, the generic device driver file and the configuration data; device job processing logic that is configured to receive a request to use the computer peripheral device, to request and receive current first capability description from the computer peripheral device at the time of the request, to generate based on the current first capability description and send to the computer peripheral device job ticket data that describes a job for the computer peripheral device to perform, and to provide job data formatted in a page description language to the computer peripheral device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090094539 | CONTROLLING A COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE USING A UNIVERSAL DRIVER AND DEVICE-GENERATED USER INTERFACE INFORMATION - In an embodiment, a computer peripheral device driver comprises logic operable to perform sending, from a computer to a peripheral device, a request for a user interface of the peripheral device; receiving from the peripheral device a description of the user interface that the peripheral device has created in at a time of the request and based upon then-current capabilities of the peripheral device; creating one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements based upon the description of the user interface and causing displaying the GUI elements; receiving user input representing one or more selections of the GUI elements; creating a user interface ticket that describes the GUI elements that were selected as represented in the user input; sending the user interface ticket to the peripheral device. | 04-09-2009 |
20090251721 | CONTROLLLING A DOCUMENT PROCESSING WORKFLOW - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving an application identifier value associated with a printed application; receiving a media size; receiving a machine identifier value associated with a first document processing machine; determining programming instructions for a second document processing machine based on said received application identifier value, media size, and machine identifier value. | 10-08-2009 |
20090279124 | METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR CONVERTING JDF INFORMATION INTO COMMANDS FOR A PRINTER - Methods and structures for processing JDF elements for a printing system by translating JDF elements into corresponding command language strings for output to a printer. The command language strings are associated with a priority value. The generated command language strings are output in an order based on the associated priority values so that the intended semantic and scope of the JDF elements may be maintained in the generated command language strings. The translation may use one or more translation tables to match a JDF element path name for a received JDF element with one or more entries in one or more translation tables. The matching table entries may specify a corresponding command language string and a priority value to be output to a printer. The generated command language strings and associated priority values may be stored in a memory structure to permit output in the desired order. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279125 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR GENERATING JDF USING A PRINTER DEFINITION FILE - Methods and structure for generating a JDF job ticket using a printer definition file (e.g., a PPD or GPD) corresponding to a selected printing system. The printer definition file may be a text file that associates a JDF element with each available feature of the corresponding printing system. The JDF elements for specify print parameters to effectuate the available feature according to JDF specifications. A JDF job ticket is thus generated by defining print parameters from selected available features in the printer definition file. The available features in the printer definition file may be presented to an application program or to a user. The application or user may select desired features from those presented. The JDF elements corresponding to the selected features are output and stored as a JDF job ticket representing a print job to be processed by the selected printing system according to the defined print parameters. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282412 | MULTI-LAYER WORKFLOW ARCHITECTURE - A multi-layer workflow architecture for a print shop is disclosed. The workflow architecture includes a workflow front end, service bus, and service providers. The workflow front end provides an interface to print shop operators. The service providers are each associated with a device in the print shop. The service bus represents the layer between the workflow front end and the service providers. In operation, the service providers report device capabilities for devices to the service bus. The workflow front end receives the device capabilities from the service bus, and provides the device capabilities to a user to allow the user to define a job ticket based on the device capabilities. The service bus identifies the processes defined in the job ticket, and identifies the service providers operable to provide the processes. The service bus then routes process messages to the identified service providers to execute the processes on the devices. | 11-12-2009 |
20100060909 | EXTENSIBLE CONTROL OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING - In an embodiment, a method comprises, in a print application management computer program that enables a user to generate a printed application using one or more document processing devices: identifying a plug-in that extends one or more capabilities of the print application management computer program; extending the print application management computer program to include the identified plug-in, including reconfiguring a graphical user interface of the print application management computer program to include one or more GUI widgets associated with the identified plug-in. | 03-11-2010 |
20100149579 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMATED DEVCAPS FILE VERIFICATION - Methods and structure for verifying information in a device capabilities (DevCaps) file associated with a printing system. A job ticket generator generates test job tickets based on the DevCaps file and transmits the generated tickets to a job ticket validator. The validator validates that each received ticket can be correctly executed by the printing system. The generator accesses the DevCaps file to determine features configured on the printing system and possible values for each of the specified features. The validator returns a success or failure signal and the results of each test job ticket may be logged. An error status indicates an error in the DevCaps file relative to the present configuration of the printing system. The validator may be operable within the printing system such as a PostScript program executed by the printer controller or may be operable in a computer system coupled with the generator. | 06-17-2010 |
20100205582 | AUTOMATED MULTI-OPERATING SYSTEM TESTING WITH VIRTUALIZATION - Techniques are provided for testing one or more applications across multiple operating systems (OSs) using virtualization. A device includes a virtualization application and a dispatcher. The virtualization application allows a plurality of guest OSs to execute on a device. The dispatcher is configured to cause a particular file to be stored in a particular location. Each guest OS includes a listener that detects when a file is stored in the particular location. When the listener of each guest OS detects that the particular file is stored in the particular location, the guest OS is configured to perform one or more tasks associated with the particular file. Each guest OS is configured to generate output in response to performing the one or more tasks. The dispatcher is further configured to analyze the output from each of the guest OSs. | 08-12-2010 |