Method and computer program product for controlling a configuration of a printer

• US 7,508,533 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2003
• Issued: 03/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Kanghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia; Gabriel I
• Application Number:
  US10/625,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20050088685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,070 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.1, 358/1.8, 358/1.9, 358/1.12, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/400
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1255 Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0011 characterised by a particular command or data flow, e.g. Page Description Language, configuration commands

Abstract

A method and and computer program product for controlling a configuration of a printer. The printer receives a request for a printer control interface and sends the printer control parameters, and updates a control memory of the printer based on the series of printer control parameters.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium which when executed by a computer, causes a printer to perform a method of controlling a configuration of the printer, comprising:

receiving a request for a printer control interface from a computer remote from the printer;

sending the printer control interface to the remote computer, wherein the printer control interface is in the form of a Web page;

receiving, from the computer remote from the printer, a series of printer control parameters in response to sending the printer control interface; and

updating a control memory of the printer based on the series of printer control parameters.

2. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the series of printer control parameters in the control memory of the printer based on an identification of the remote computer.

3. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the series of printer control parameters in the control memory of the printer based on an Internet address of the remote computer.

4. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the series of printer parameters in a database.

5. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to a paper size.

6. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to tray selection.

7. The computer program product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to an image type.

8. An image forming device, comprising:

an interface configured to receive a request for a control interface from a computer remote from the image forming device;

an interface configured to send the control interface to the remote computer, wherein the control interface is in the form of a Web page;

an interface configured to receive, from the computer remote from the image forming device, a series of control parameters in response to sending the control interface; and

a processor configured to update a control memory of the image forming device based on the series of control parameters.

9. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to store the series of control parameters in the control memory of the image forming device based on an identification of the remote computer.

10. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to store the series of printer control parameters in the control memory of the image forming device based on an Internet address of the remote computer.

11. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein

the processor is configured to store the series of printer parameters in a database.

12. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to a paper size.

13. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to tray selection.

14. The image forming device of claim 8, wherein the series of printer control parameters correspond to an image type.