Abstract: A system for installing a printer driver for a printer connected on a network includes a printer driver for the printer; an installer, located on a host device connected on the network, responsive to activation, for listening for the printer's identification, and responsive to receipt of the printer's identification, for installing the printer driver on the host device; and a beacon, located at the printer, responsive to an input, for broadcasting the printer's identification on the network.

Abstract: A USB printer driver includes a generic driver for generating a print job in a page description language for each of a plurality of different printer types; a detector for detecting any USB enabled printers connected to a USB port on a host device; means, responsive to detection of a USB enabled printer connected to the USB port on the host device, for retrieving the detected USB enabled printer's device name; means, responsive to the printer's device name, for generating a print path between the host device and the detected USB enabled printer; and a spooler for sending the print job to the detected USB enabled printer using the print path.

Abstract: A system for installing a printer driver for a printer connected on a network includes a printer driver for the printer; an installer, located on a host device connected on the network, responsive to activation, for listening for the printer's identification, and responsive to receipt of the printer's identification, for installing the printer driver on the host device; and a beacon, located at the printer, responsive to an input, for broadcasting the printer's identification on the network.

Abstract: A system for installing a printer driver for a printer connected on a network, includes a link for accessing an installer, wherein the link is displayed in a host device connected on the network in a web page generated by a web server resident on the printer; a printer driver for the printer, an identifier for uniquely identifying the printer on the network, wherein, responsive to activating the link, the identifier stores the printer's unique identification on the host device; and an installer, responsive to activating the link and to receipt of the printer's unique identification, for installing the printer driver on the host device.