Peripheral device output job routing

• US 20070153322A1
• Filed: 11/20/2006
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dennis Howard
• Original Assignee: Dennis Howard
• Inventors: Howard, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US11/601,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20070153322A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1209 resulting in adapted or bridged legacy communication protocols, e.g. emulation, protocol extension
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1248 by printer language recognition, e.g. PDL, PCL, PDF
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

An address and a file naming convention are obtained for storing data in files that are to be output with a peripheral device. A file named according to the file naming convention is written to the address having data therein that is to be output by the peripheral device. If data is detected at address by monitoring thereof, the data in the corresponding file having a file name in accordance with file naming convention is sent to the address of the peripheral device to be output there from.

Claims

1-43. -43. (canceled)

44. A printing method performed on a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a print request that specifies a printer on which to print;

creating print data with a printer driver;

transferring the print data from the printer driver to a redirection application;

creating with the redirection application a print data file comprising the print data;

storing with the redirection application the print data file in a directory designated for the specified printer;

detecting with a printing solution application the stored print data file;

accessing with the printing solution application a configuration file to obtain information about the specified printer; and

sending with the printing solution application the print data from the print data file to the specified printer.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising accessing with the redirection application the configuration file to obtain an address of the directory.

46. The method of claim 44, further comprising accessing with the redirection application the configuration file to obtain a file naming convention used for the specified printer.

47. The method of claim 44, wherein the printing solution application accesses the configuration file to determine an address of the specified printer.

48. The method of claim 44, wherein the printing solution application accesses the configuration file to determine a communication protocol used by the specified printer.

49. The method of claim 44, wherein the printing solution application accesses the configuration file to determine characteristics of the specified printer.

50. The method of claim 44, further comprising modifying the print data with the printing solution application relative to the determined information.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein modifying the print data comprises reformatting the print data into a format used by the specified printer.

52. A printing method performed on a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a print request that specifies a printer on which to print;

creating print data with a printer driver;

transferring the print data from the printer driver to a redirection application;

accessing with a redirection application a configuration file for the specified printer to obtain an address of a directory designated for the specified printer;

creating with the redirection application a print data file comprising the print data;

storing with the redirection application the print data file in the directory;

monitoring with a printing solution application an address of the directory;

detecting with the printing solution application the stored print data file;

accessing with the printing solution application the configuration file to determine information comprising one or more of (i) an address of the specified printer, (ii) a communication protocol used by the specified printer, and (iii) characteristics of the specified printer;

reformatting with the printing solution application the print data of the print data file relative to the determined information; and

sending with the printing solution application the print data to the specified printer.

53. A print system stored on a computer-readable medium of a computer, the system comprising:

a printer driver configured to

receive a print request that specifies a printer on which to print, and

create print data;

a redirection application configured to

receive the print data created by the printer driver,

create a print data file comprising the print data, and

store the print data file in a directory designated for the specified printer; and

a printing solution application configured to

detect the stored print data file,

access a configuration file to obtain information about the specified printer, and

send the print data from the print data file to the specified printer.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the redirection application is further configured to access the configuration file to obtain an address of the directory and a file naming convention used for the specified printer.

55. The system of claim 53, wherein the printing solution application is configured to accesses the configuration file to determine one or more of (i) an address of the specified printer, (ii) a communication protocol used by the specified printer, and (iii) characteristics of the specified printer.

56. The system of claim 55, wherein the printing solution application is further configured to modify the print data of the print data file relative to the determined information.

57. The system of claim 55, wherein the printing solution application is further configured to reformat the print data of the print data file into a format used by the specified printer.

58. A computer comprising:

a printer driver configured to

receive a print request that specifies a printer on which to print, and

create print data;

a redirection application configured to

receive the print data created by the printer driver,

create a print data file comprising the print data, and

store the print data file in a directory designated for the specified printer; and

a printing solution application configured to

detect the stored print data file,

access a configuration file to obtain information about the specified printer, and

send the print data from the print data file to the specified printer.