System for remotely rendering content for output by a printer
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for rendering content described by a content description, the method comprising a step of:
- (A) providing the content description and an output device description to a web browser display rendering engine to generate rendered content suitable for output by a printer, the rendered content comprising a raster image, wherein the output device description describes the printer according to at least one input parameter of the web browser display rendering engine.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for using the display rendering engine of a web browser to render content in a form suitable for output by a printer. The content is described by a content description, which may describe the content using any appropriate language, such as the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). An output device description describes the printer according to input parameters of the web browser display rendering engine. The content description and the output device description are provided as inputs to the web browser display rendering engine, which generates the rendered content. The rendered content, once generated, may be captured, stored, and transmitted to the printer, which may print the rendered content. Some or all of the steps just described may be performed without displaying the rendered content on a display monitor. The web browser display rendering engine may be the display rendering engine of a conventional web browser.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for rendering content described by a content description, the method comprising a step of:
(A) providing the content description and an output device description to a web browser display rendering engine to generate rendered content suitable for output by a printer, the rendered content comprising a raster image, wherein the output device description describes the printer according to at least one input parameter of the web browser display rendering engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method for rendering content described by a content description written in the Hypertext Markup Language, the method comprising steps of:
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(A) providing the content description and an output device description to a web browser display rendering engine to generate rendered content suitable for output by a printer, the rendered content comprising a raster image, wherein the output device description describes the printer according to at least one input parameter of the web browser display rendering engine;
(B) capturing the rendered content generated by the web browser display rendering engine in the step (A);
(C) storing the rendered content on a computer-readable medium; and
(D) transmitting the rendered content to the printer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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12. A system for rendering content described by a content description, the rendering server comprising:
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means for receiving the content description; and
means for providing the content description and an output device description to a web browser display rendering engine to generate rendered content suitable for output by a printer, the rendered content comprising a raster image, wherein the output device description describes the printer according to at least one input parameter of the web browser display rendering engine. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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22. A system for rendering content described by a content description written in the Hypertext Markup Language, the system comprising:
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means for providing the content description and an output device description to a web browser display rendering engine to generate rendered content suitable for output by a printer, the rendered content comprising a raster image, wherein the output device description describes the printer according to at least one input parameter of the web browser display rendering engine;
means capturing the rendered content generated by the web browser display rendering engine;
means for storing the rendered content on a computer-readable medium; and
means for transmitting the rendered content to the printer.
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