Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Print driver store for redirection printing in a virtualized computing environment
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Application No.: US17184603Application Date: 2021-02-25
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Publication No.: US11886760B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Hui Zhang , Weigang Huang , Kun Shi , Mangui She , Hui Yuan , Gang Si
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: King Intellectual Asset Management
- Priority: WO TCN2021070788 2021.01.08
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06F9/451 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
A print driver store is usable for redirection printing in a virtualized computing environment that supports virtual desktops. Native print drivers are uploaded to the print driver store from a client side. When an agent attempts to instantiate a virtual printer at the agent side that corresponds to a physical printer at the client side, the agent checks to determine if a native print driver for the physical printer is installed at the agent side. If the native print driver is not installed, then the agent obtains the native print driver from the print driver store and installs the native print driver at the agent side. The agent completes the instantiation of the virtual printer at the agent side and associates the native print driver with the virtual printer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220222019A1 PRINT DRIVER STORE FOR REDIRECTION PRINTING IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2022-07-14
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