Dennis W Hicks

US Patent:

7086001, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Oct 20, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/175905

Inventors:

Dennis W. Hicks - Eagle ID, US
Richard Newman - Meridian ID, US
Gary Johnson - Boise ID, US
Lisa O'Toole - Eagle ID, US
David Hay - Boise ID, US
Chris Gyllenskog - Boise ID, US
Steven C. Johnson - Eagle ID, US
Matt Stephenson - Stratford WI, US
Frank Hartmann - Boise ID, US
Ray Asbury - Boise ID, US
Eric Luttmann - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

OCÉ-USA, Inc. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715523, 7155001, 358 115, 709321

Abstract:

A system of networked computers and peripherals and document delivery software which provides a user with a familiar simple user interface to deliver documents to a variety of different destinations. Each document generation device participating in the system is provided with a unified print driver which translates an electronic document into a non-specific or printer independent printer language file and appends to this file a job ticket containing any other rendering characteristics which may not be supported by the printer independent language. This entire file is then transmitted to the system server which analyzes the file, including the rendering characteristics; determines the best output device(s); appends output device specific commands to the general printer language file; and transmits this file to the device(s) for final output.