Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a technique to automatically notify a recipient upon occurrence of an event. A connection is made to a file transfer protocol (FTP) site provided by a user. A user name and a password are sent to the FTP site. A file name in a directory at the FTP site is retrieved. The directory is provided by the user. The file name is compared with a string supplied by the user. The string corresponds to a monitor event. A recipient is notified of the monitor event if the file name matches the string according to notification information.

Abstract: A method is provided for optimizing a printer for driver settings and color profile in order to optimally print an image on a selected media. Data is stored in an index file for various combinations of printers, printer drivers, printer media and color profiles. The printer driver that is currently used on the user's machine for the selected printer is determined and the printer media selected for the printer is identified, e.g., by a simple query of the user. One set of steps involves choosing an appropriate stored color profile for the selected printer-media combination, and applying the chosen color profile to the image data, thereby generating transformed image data. Another set of steps involves retrieving printer settings for the selected printer-media combination and modifying the settings of the driver in use for the selected media.