Patents by Inventor Michael W. Bringmann

Michael W. Bringmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for selecting interpreter for printer command language based upon sample of print job transmitted to printer
    Patent number: 5293466
    Abstract: A printer and method of operating same which receives print jobs from a host computer encoded in any one of several printer control languages. The printer has the capability of interpreting print jobs in each printer control language. The printer samples a portion of each print job and, using a resident algorithm and data sets obtained by statistical techniques, analyzes the sampled portion of the print job to identify the printer control language in which the print job is encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: QMS, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. Bringmann