EP0529818A2
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Dialog filtering
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1992-07-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-07-30
Abstract
Abstract A network printing system have plural printers for making prints, with some of the printers having different job processing capabilities; plural client inputs providing electronic documents and printing instructions that comprise each print job; and dialog filtering to enable the program selections on a universal job ticket to be edited in accordance with the processing capabilities of each individual printer.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven V. Rosekrans
- 👤 Thomas M. Bellucco
- 👤 Sharon A. Catapano
- 👤 Joseph A. Diprospero
- 👤 Samuel A. Fedele
- 👤 Lawrence P. Frumusa
- 👤 David C. Fuller
- 👤 Elliot J. Sobel
- 👤 Suzanne M. Zingo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:29
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1201; G06F3/1223; G06F3/1237; G06F3/1253; G06F3/1255; G06F3/1202; G06F3/1203; G06F3/1205; G06F3/1278; G06F3/1285; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/123
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
328 words
A process for filtering the job programming dialog displayed on the screens (17) of the user interfaces (16) associated with the clients (15-1,...15-n) of a network printing system having plural printers (12-1...12-n), print queues (42-1, ...42-n) associated with each of said printers (12-1, ... 12-n) for selection of a printer by said clients; and a server (25) for transmitting print jobs comprising electronic documents (45) and printing selections from said clients (15-1, ... 15-n) to said printers (12-1, ... 12-n), comprising the steps of: a) providing a common electronic job ticket (35) having a first binary inter-client protocol format (35-2) and a second client-server protocol format (35-1) for use by said clients (15-1,... 15-n) in programming printing selections for print jobs; b) providing a printer user interface mask file (55-1, ...55-n) for each of said printers (12-1,... 12-n) identifying the printing selections available with each individual print queue (42-1,...42-n); c) on selection of one (42) of said print queues (42-1,...42-n) by one of said clients (15-1, ... 15-n) for printing a print job, accessing the printer user interface mask file (55-1, ...55-n) for said one print queue (42); d) masking said first job ticket format (35-2) with said printer user interface mask file (55-1,...55-n) for said one print queue (42) to convert said common job ticket (35) to a special job ticket (35-3) with printing selections limited to printing selections available for said one print queue (42); e) using said first job ticket format (35-2), displaying said special job ticket (35-3) on the user interface screen (17) of said one client (15) to enable said one client to generate said second job ticket format (35-1) with printing selections for printing said one print job; and f) transmitting said second job ticket format (35-1) with said printing selections for said print job to said one print queue (42) for printing the electronic documents (45) comprising said print job on the printer (12) associated with said one print queue (42).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to claim 1 including the step of: obtaining said electronic documents (45) for said print job from said client (15).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2 including the step of: obtaining said electronic document (45) for said print jobs from said server (25).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process according to claim 1 or 2 including the step of: appending said electronic documents (45) for said print job to said second job ticket format (35-1).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to any of claims 1 to 4 including the steps of: masking unavailable printing selections on said special job ticket (35-3); and deleting said masked printing selections from said special job ticket (35-3).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to any of claims 1 to 4 including the steps of: masking unavailable printing selections on said special job ticket (35-3); and dimming said masked printing selections on said special job ticket (35-3).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The process according to any of claims 1 to 6 including the step of: where a printing selection on said common job ticket (35) is different from the corresponding printing selection available with said one print queue (42), changing said printing selection on said special job ticket (35-3) to a default printing selection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
86 words
The process according to claim 1 including the steps of: providing a user interface family mask (50) generic to all of said printers (12-1,... 12-n) in the same family; providing a printer configuration file (52) for each of said print queues (41-1,...42-n) identifying the current setup of the printer (12) represented by each of said print queues (41-1, ...42-n); and combining said family mask (50) and said configuration file (52) to provide said printer user interface mask file (55-1,...55-n) for each of said print queues (42-1,...42-n).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
283 words
A dialog filtering process for a printing system to filter out non-selectable print programming selections, said system including plural non-selectable print programming selections, said system including plural virtual printers (12-1,...12-n) for making prints, at least one print queue (42-1, 42-n) associated with each of said printers (12-1,...12-n) for accessing said printers (12-1,...12-n), plural clients (15-1,...15-n) for inputting printing selections for print jobs, said clients (15-1, ...15-n) including a user interface (16) for entering printing selections and a display screen (17) for displaying said printing selections, each of said print jobs comprising electronic documents (45) and the printing selections for printing the print job on one of said printers; a server (25) for distributing said print jobs to the print queue (42) selected for printing by the printer (12) associated with said print queue (42); and a network (27) coupling said clients, printers, and server, comprising the steps of: a) providing a common electronic job ticket (35) for said printing system for use in programming said print jobs; b) in response to selection of one of said print queues (42) by one of said clients (15), filtering the printing selections provided by said job ticket (35) to provide a modified electronic job ticket (35-3) with printing selections limited to the printing selections provided by said one print queue (42); c) displaying said modified job ticket (35-3) on the screen (17) of said one client (15) for input of printing selections for said job; and d) following input of said printing selections for said print job, transmitting said job ticket (35) with said printing selections to said server (25) for printing said print job on the printer (12) associated with said one print queue (42).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
The process according to claim 9 including the steps of: providing an inter-client format (35-2) for said electronic job ticket (35); providing a mask file (55-1, ...55-n) for each of said print queues (42-1, ...42-n) identifying the individual printing selections of each said print queues (42-1,... 42-n); and on selection of one of said print queues (42), masking said inter-client job ticket format (35-2) with said mask file (55), for said one print queue (42) to provide said modified job ticket (35-3).
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