TOOLS FOR FACILITATING PRINTER INSTALLATION
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1. A print application including one or more programs of instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a computer, wherein the print application executed by the computer comprises:
- a printer selection interface to communicate with a print server to receive a listing of printers selectable by a user of the computer, display the listing of printers, receive user selection of a printer amongst the listing of printers, communicate with the print server to request a print driver for the user-selected printer, and receive an installer package from the print server; and
a printer installation module that automatically creates, upon receipt of the installer package from the print server, an installation scenario file on the computer to perform plural actions, including (a) an action to automatically execute the installer package on the computer to install the print driver corresponding to the user-selected printer, and in addition (b) an action to create a port on the computer, to permit access to the installed printer directly without communicating further with the print server,wherein all of the plural actions are executable on the computer without administrative login on the computer.
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Abstract
Tools (such as systems, apparatuses, methodologies, executable computer program, etc.) are provided to facilitate installation of a device drivers on a user terminal by user selection of a target peripheral device, without any other required action by the user and without administrative login by the user on the user terminal.
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1. A print application including one or more programs of instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a computer, wherein the print application executed by the computer comprises:
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a printer selection interface to communicate with a print server to receive a listing of printers selectable by a user of the computer, display the listing of printers, receive user selection of a printer amongst the listing of printers, communicate with the print server to request a print driver for the user-selected printer, and receive an installer package from the print server; and a printer installation module that automatically creates, upon receipt of the installer package from the print server, an installation scenario file on the computer to perform plural actions, including (a) an action to automatically execute the installer package on the computer to install the print driver corresponding to the user-selected printer, and in addition (b) an action to create a port on the computer, to permit access to the installed printer directly without communicating further with the print server, wherein all of the plural actions are executable on the computer without administrative login on the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system of terminals connected to a network and that have a need for print service, plural printers also being connected to the network, the system comprising:
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a print server that registers for each printer amongst the plural printers connected to the network, one or more installer packages for installing a driver of the printer; and a print application including one or more programs of instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a computer, wherein the print application executed by the computer comprises; a printer selection interface to communicate with the print server to receive a listing of printers selectable by a user of the computer, display the listing of printers, receive user selection of a printer amongst the listing of printers, communicate with the print server to request a print driver for the user-selected printer, and receive an installer package from the print server; and a printer installation module that automatically creates, upon receipt of the installer package from the print server, an installation scenario file on the computer to perform plural actions, including (a) an action to automatically execute the installer package on the computer to install the print driver corresponding to the user-selected printer, and in addition (b) an action to create a port on the computer, to permit access to the installed printer directly without wherein all of the plural actions of the installation scenario file are executable on the computer without administrative login on the computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically installing device drivers on a network-connected user terminal, said method comprising:
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providing a printer selection interface that displays a listing of network-connected printers and receiving user selection of a specified printer selected from the listing of network-connected printers; communicating with a print server to obtain a printer installer package for the user-selected printer, from the print server; generating automatically on the user terminal, upon receipt of the printer installer package from the print server, an installation scenario file to perform plural actions, including (a) an action to automatically execute the installer package on the terminal to install the print driver corresponding to the user-selected printer, and in addition (b) an action to create a port on the terminal, to permit access to the installed printer directly without communicating further with the print server, wherein all of the plural actions of the installation scenario file are executable on the user terminal without administrative login on the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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