Nolan G Rosenbaum

US Patent:

6574001, Jun 3, 2003

Filed:

May 4, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/304816

Inventors:

Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID
Shane Konsella - Boise ID
Chris R. Gunning - Boise ID
Nolan Glen Rosenbaum - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 111, 358 118

Abstract:

A method and a system are used to manage fonts in print jobs with more than one context where at least some of the contexts include text strings. Print jobs may be divided into portions, called contexts, so that they are easier for a print manager to manage. These larger contexts are called graphic sets. Each of these graphic sets is sent to the printer driver consecutively. Each text string has a font associated with it. The font data for each text string is read from the operating system and cached into memory at the time each string is received by the printer driver. After all individual text strings elements of a given graphic set have been received by the printer driver, the context is stored and the cached fonts are stored with the context. After all of the contexts of the print job have been received by the printer and stored, each context is restored and rendered. The graphics sets may be restored in any order.