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Automatic installation of printers in a distributed environment

  • US 5,692,111 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1996
  • Issued: 11/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1994
  • Status: Expired
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1. In a distributed system comprising a first workstation and a remote network having a printer and a network server, a method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • providing a database of printer configuration information, including printer configuration information for the printer in the remote network, in shared memory at the network server;

    retrieving the printer configuration information for the printer from the shared memory of the network server in response to a request from the first workstation, said printer configuration information including information that identifies the printer;

    using the information that identifies the printer to identify a printer driver to be installed at the first workstation and to determine where the printer driver is stored in the distributed system; and

    retrieving the printer driver from where it is stored, installing the identified printer driver at the first workstation and storing at least some of the retrieved printer configuration information in the local storage of the first workstation.

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