Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a download service for device drivers include a client and a driver download service. The client requests from the driver download service a location from which a driver for a device may be fetched. The driver download service responds with the location from which the device driver may be fetched. The client then requests the device driver from each of the locations.

Abstract: Translation web services for localizing resources include a server receiving language-independent messages containing localizable resource elements. A client receives the messages from the server, and requests a localized version of the resource element in a specified human-understandable language. A translation web service receives the request, and provides a localized version of the localizable resource element in the specified language.

Abstract: Various embodiments utilize information contained in a message, such as addressing and other information, to derive a unique identifier. The unique identifier is then used as a means to route an associated message to an appropriate component for processing. In at least some embodiments, the unique identifier is derived using hash-based techniques which are applied to various portions of the message header. Once the hash-based techniques have been used to produce the unique identifier, the unique identifier can be used in a look up process to look for the appropriate component to which the message is to be routed.

Abstract: A system and process for controlling printing of a print job by a printer. A print request is sent from a client to the printer. The request includes a unique source identifier for the print job; a type of the document or documents that make up the print job; an source address where a plurality of document resources can be retrieved; and printer settings to apply to the document or documents. and a printer timeout interval relating to an expected printing time. The printer can be informed of the size of the job or alternatively can operate in a streaming mode where data is sent to the printer as it becomes available. The printer responds to this initial request with an initial response that indicates if the print job request can be accepted and if it is accepted, supplying a printer identifier for the job on the printer for use by the client to subsequently identify the job on the printer. The printer submits a data request for the document data at the source address.