公开(公告)号：US06335795B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-01

申请号：US08932066

申请日：1997-09-15

申请人： Deborah Elizabeth Neuhard ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

发明人： Deborah Elizabeth Neuhard ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： G06F3/1226 ,  G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1255 ,  G06F3/1288

摘要： The present invention concerns a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for selecting one of a plurality of printers attached to a server with a user interface installed on a computer networked to the server. The computer would first query a cache or the server for a first set of print options supported by at least one of the printers. The user interface is then updated to include the first set of print options. After the user interface program is used to select a print option from the first set, the computer then determines a second set of print options available with the previously selected print option. Each print option in the second set is supported by at least one of the printers that also supports the print option selected from the first set. The user interface program is then updated to include the second set of print options. After the user interface program is used to select a print option from the second set, the computer determines all the printers that support the user selected print options. After the user interface program is updated with the printers that support the user selected print options, the user interface can be used to select a printer that can handle the print job and user selected options.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于选择连接到服务器的多个打印机中的一个的方法，装置和制品，其中安装有连接到服务器的计算机上的用户界面。 计算机将首先向缓存或服务器询问由至少一个打印机支持的第一组打印选项。 然后更新用户界面以包括第一组打印选项。 在用户界面程序用于从第一组中选择打印选项之后，计算机然后确定先前选择的打印选项可用的第二组打印选项。 至少一个也支持从第一组中选择的打印选项的打印机支持第二组中的每个打印选项。 然后更新用户界面程序以包括第二组打印选项。 用户界面程序用于从第二组中选择打印选项后，计算机将确定支持用户选择打印选项的所有打印机。 在用支持用户选择的打印选项的打印机更新用户界面程序之后，用户界面可用于选择可以处理打印作业和用户选择的选项的打印机。

公开(公告)号：US6052198A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-18

申请号：US929997

申请日：1997-09-15

申请人： Deborah Elisabeth Neuhard ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

发明人： Deborah Elisabeth Neuhard ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/00 ,  B41B15/00 ,  B65H29/00 ,  B65H39/10

CPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F3/1296 ,  G06K2215/0014

摘要： The present invention discloses a system for organizing files associated with a job ticket, including raster image process (RIP) files. The files and job ticket are in a storage device attached to a computer system. The job ticket includes information on print files included in a print job, print file location information indicating a location of the print files in the storage device, and RIP file location information indicating a location of the RIP version of a print file in the storage device. The print files include data representing graphical images and the RIP version is generated from the print file. When the job ticket is submitted for printing, a RIP version is submitted in lieu of the print file if the RIP version was modified after the print file was modified. Any generated RIP versions may be saved in the storage device with their location indicated in the RIP file location information.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种用于组织与作业单相关联的文件的系统，包括光栅图像处理（RIP）文件。 文件和作业单位在连接到计算机系统的存储设备中。 作业单包括关于打印作业中包括的打印文件的信息，指示存储装置中的打印文件的位置的打印文件位置信息，以及指示存储装置中的打印文件的RIP版本的位置的RIP文件位置信息 。 打印文件包括表示图形图像的数据，并从打印文件生成RIP版本。 提交作业单打印后，如果修改了打印文件后修改了RIP版本，则会提交RIP版本代替打印文件。 任何生成的RIP版本都可以保存在存储设备中，其位置在RIP文件位置信息中指示。

公开(公告)号：US06173295B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-09

申请号：US08929609

申请日：1997-09-15

申请人： Chris Samuel Goertz ,  Leonard Corning Lahey ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

发明人： Chris Samuel Goertz ,  Leonard Corning Lahey ,  Robert Curt Nielsen ,  Dwight Ross Palmer ,  Luana Vigil

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1253 ,  G06F3/1288

摘要： The present invention concerns a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for creating a job ticket on a computer, wherein the job ticket includes information on components and print attributes of a print job. The created job ticket includes an identification record including information identifying the job ticket, a document record including information on a document included in the print job and print attributes for the document, and an item record including information on an item that is a component of the document and print attributes for the item. The item may be a print image file. The job ticket may further include a record including information on scheduling options for the print job. The item record is arranged in a lower hierarchical relationship to the document record such that the print attributes for the document apply to the item. After creating the job ticket, the present invention processes the job ticket and, then, transmits the processed job ticket to a printer. A GUI program may be installed on the computer used to create the job ticket. In such case, the user would use an input device, such as a mouse pointer and keyboard, to enter information in the job ticket records.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于在计算机上创建作业单的方法，装置和制品，其中作业单包括关于打印作业的组件和打印属性的信息。 所创建的作业单包括包括识别作业单的信息的识别记录，包括关于包括在打印作业中的文档的信息的文档记录和用于文档的打印属性的项目记录，以及包括关于作为文档的组成部分的项目的信息的项目记录 文档和打印属性的项目。 该项目可以是打印图像文件。 作业单可以进一步包括包括关于打印作业的调度选项的信息的记录。 项目记录被布置成与文档记录的较低层次关系，使得文档的打印属性适用于该项目。 在创建作业单之后，本发明处理作业单，然后将处理的作业单发送给打印机。 可以在用于创建作业单的计算机上安装GUI程序。 在这种情况下，用户将使用诸如鼠标指针和键盘的输入设备来输入作业单记录中的信息。