EP0867799A2
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Network printing system
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1998-03-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-03-12
Abstract
Abstract A printing system disposed in a local or side area network in which one of a plurality of queries is transmitted from a client to a server for obtaining a set of information including both a file with static information and a subset of dynamic information is provided. The subset of dynamic information varies as a function of one or more print related characteristics of a document processing system with which the server communicates. The printing system includes a parsing subsystem, communicating with the client for receiving the one of the plurality of queries, the parsing subsystem facilitating the obtaining of the set of information by copying a portion of the file, in response to reading a first instruction, and communicating the copied portion at the server for storage thereat. The printing system further includes a query resolving subsystem, communicating with the parsing subsystem, for obtaining the subset of dynamic information from the document processing system in response to the parsing system reading a second instruction. In practice, the copied portion of the file and the subset of dynamic information are combined for output thereof at the client.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul R Austin
- 👤 Peter Cullen
- 👤 Steven E Haehn
- 👤 Wendell L Kibler
- 👤 Jie Zhu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1296; G06F3/1201; G06F3/1202; G06F3/1211; G06F3/1218; G06F3/122; G06F3/1223; G06F3/1237; G06F3/1244; G06F3/1247; G06F3/126; G06F3/1278; G06F3/1285; G06F3/1293
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A printing system disposed in a local or wide area
network in which one of a plurality of queries is
transmitted from a client to a server for obtaining a set
of information including both a file with static
information and a subset of dynamic information, the subset
of dynamic information varying as a function of one or more
print related characteristics of a document processing
system with which the server communicates, comprising: a) a parsing subsystem, communicating with the client
for receiving the one of the plurality of queries, said
parsing subsystem facilitating the obtaining of the set of
information by copying a portion of the file, in response
to reading a first instruction, and communicating the
copied portion at the server for storage thereat; b) a query resolving subsystem, communicating with
said parsing subsystem, for obtaining the subset of dynamic
information from the document processing system in response
to said parsing system reading a second instruction; and c) wherein the copied portion of the file and the
subset of dynamic information are combined for output
thereof at the client.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
The printing system of claim 1, wherein a second
portion of the file is copied for storage at the server
after the subset of dynamic information has been obtained
from the document processing system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The printing system of claim 1 or 2, further
comprising a document manager, communicating with said
query resolving subsystem, for obtaining the subset of
dynamic information in response to a command to do so from
the query resolving subsystem.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The printing system of 3, wherein one or more
parameters are passed from the query resolving subsystem
for designating the type of dynamic information to be
obtained in the subset of dynamic information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The printing system of claim 4, in which the document
processing system includes a job queue communicating with
said document manager, wherein at least one job queue
related parameter is passed to the document manager so that
dynamic information regarding a state of each job currently
in the job queue is obtained.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
The printing system of claim 4 or 5, in which the
document processing system includes a plurality of machine
settings with respective values, wherein at least one
machine setting related parameter is passed to the document
manager so that dynamic information regarding the at least
one machine setting related parameter is obtained.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The printing system of any preceding claim, further
comprising a formatting subsystem, communicating with said
query resolving subsystem, for formatting the subset of
dynamic information for delivery to the server.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
The printing system of claim 7, query resolving
subsystem uses a first set of code to obtain the subset of
dynamic information and said formatting subsystem converts
the first set of code into a second set of code with the
second set of code being substantially greater in size than
the first set of code.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
The printing system of any preceding claim, in which
the first and second instructions are disposed in a
template, wherein the template is corresponded with a
plurality of files and said parsing subsystem causes one of
the plurality of files to be selected for selected copying
thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
186 words
In a printing system disposed in a local or wide area
network in which one of a plurality of queries is
transmitted from a client to a server for obtaining a set
of information including both a file with static
information and a subset of dynamic information, the subset
of dynamic information varying as a function of one or more
print related characteristics of a document processing
system with which the server communicates, an improvement,
including a method, for obtaining the set of information,
comprising: a) transmitting the one of the plurality of queries
from the client to the server; b) in response to receiving the one of the plurality
of queries, parsing a program, the program facilitating
said obtaining of the set of information, said parsing
including, (i) in response to reading a first instruction,
copying a portion of the file and storing the copied
portion at the server, (ii) in response to reading a second instruction,
obtaining the subset of dynamic information, from the
document processing system, c) transmitting the copied portion and the subset of
dynamic information to the client for output thereat.
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