One touch printing
First Claim
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1. A printer configured to receive documents to be printed from a computer system, the printer including an interface, and being configured to:
- receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command;
send, from the printer to the computer system, a print request;
receive, from the computer system and in response to the print request, a document to be printed; and
print the document.
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Abstract
A printer configured to receive documents to be printed from a computer system, the printer including an interface, and being configured to: receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command; send, from the printer to the computer system, a print request; receive, from the computer system and in response to the print request, a document to be printed; and print the document.
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52 Claims
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1. A printer configured to receive documents to be printed from a computer system, the printer including an interface, and being configured to:
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receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command;
send, from the printer to the computer system, a print request;
receive, from the computer system and in response to the print request, a document to be printed; and
print the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 28, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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16. A peripheral device connected to a computer system via an interface, the computer system also being configured to send print data to a printer to be printed in response to receiving a print request from the peripheral device, the peripheral device including an interface and being configured to:
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receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command;
send, from the peripheral device to the computer system, a print request for causing printing of print data from a currently active program running on the computer system.
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17. A method of causing printing of a document by a printer that is remotely connected to a computer system, the printer including an interface, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command;
sending, from the printer to the computer system, a print request;
receiving, from the computer system and in response to the print request, a document to be printed; and
printing the document at the printer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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- 24. A method according to claim 24, wherein the operating system is configured such that only one of the application programs can be the focus at any given time.
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29. A printer including an interface, the printer being configured to:
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receive, via the interface, input from a user indicative of a print command;
send, from the printer to a computer system, a print request;
receive, from the computer system and in response to the print request, a document to be printed; and
print the document, wherein the document is printed in response to the input, without a dialog box requiring further input from the user being displayed by the computer system or the printer. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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