Evral E Bodden

7471405, Dec 30, 2008

Jan 29, 2001

09/771737

Raymond J. Sabbagh - Harbor City CA, US
Timothy Graney - Mendon NY, US
Evral E. Bodden - Hawthorne CA, US
Gregory R. Conway - Webster NY, US

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

G06F 15/00
G06F 15/16

358 115, 709223

An augmented operating system printing architecture is provided to permit certain print job attributes from a client to have a desired effect on a print server in a networked environment. The augmented operating system printing architecture includes: 1) an augmented print driver for collecting certain print job attributes and for rendering the print job, 2) an augmented print spooler for processing the print job and for directing the print job to a target device, and 3) an agent service to enable print job attributes collected on the client when a print job is initiated to be used by the print server when the print job is processed. The augmented operating system printing architecture also permits print jobs to be sent to multiple recipients. The augmented print spooler creates multiple copies of the print job when it is directed to multiple recipients, one copy for each recipient.

20050052660, Mar 10, 2005

Sep 30, 2004

10/956182

Raymond Sabbagh - Harbor City CA, US
May Onaga - Cypress CA, US
Likang Guo - Rochester NY, US
Evral Bodden - Hawthorne CA, US

G06F015/00

358001100, 358001130

A method and apparatus for updating print drivers is described. The described system includes a port monitor that monitors the configuration and status of a printer. When changes occur to the configuration of a printer, the port monitor updates a print driver registry on the print server. The port monitor also wakes the print driver on the print server and informs the print driver of the configuration changes. Depending on the client operating system used, a client device connected to the server's shared print queue may either directly read or request the configuration data from the print server. In some client operating systems, the client device may also update a local registry on the client device to reflect the changes in configuration of the printer. The described system allows print drivers to have a consistent interface to printer configuration and status data regardless of which version of the Microsoft Windows Operating System is used by the client.

6814510, Nov 9, 2004

Aug 2, 2000

09/631869

Raymond J. Sabbagh - Harbor City CA
May G. Onaga - Cypress CA
Likang Guo - Rochester NY
Evral E. Bodden - Hawthorne CA

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

B41J 1144

400 63, 400 61, 400 70, 400 76

A method and apparatus for updating print drivers is described. The described system includes a port monitor that monitors the configuration and status of a printer. When changes occur to the configuration of a printer, the port monitor updates a print driver registry on the print server. The port monitor also wakes the print driver on the print server and informs the print driver of the configuration changes. Depending on the client operating system used, a client device connected to the servers shared print queue may either directly read or request the configuration data from the print server. In some client operating systems, the client device may also update a local registry on the client device to reflect the changes in configuration of the printer. The described system allows print drivers to have a consistent interface to printer configuration and status data regardless of which version of the Microsoft Windows Operating System is used by the each.