Abstract: The device determines conditions for a processing liable to be carried out on data in a file, by at least one input/output device or unit. To this end the semantics of the processing of the data are determined, and a configuration determination is performed, without modifying the data, to take into account the semantics of the processing of the data in order to determine the configuration of the pilot of the input/output device or unit intended to implement this processing.

Abstract: This method of managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by the communication means to at least one processing device includes a step of selecting at least one processing device of the communication means as a function of a first group of criteria relating to the functioning of this device, and a second group of criteria relating to its geographical situation.

Abstract: A method for the automatic configuration of a computer peripheral for processing a computer document segmented into a plurality of unitary subparts for processing by the peripheral, which includes the steps of acquiring data relating to the processing context; of testing the context data in order to determine the validity of at least one predetermined condition relating to the context data; of modifying the preconfigured order of processing of the subparts of the computer document by means of the computer peripheral, the modification step being implemented if at least one predetermined condition is determined as being valid, in order thus to adapt, in a manner appropriate to the processing context, the order of processing of the subparts of the computer document by the computer peripheral.

Abstract: A method for the automatic configuration of a computer peripheral for processing a computer document, the processing including a step (E10) of translation of the instructions by a driver of the computer peripheral associated with means of storing the configuration of the computer peripheral, includes the steps of temporary storing (E1) of the instructions; analysing (E3) the content of the computer document from the stored instructions; choosing (E8) a correct configuration of the computer peripheral according to the content of the document; and entering (E9) this chosen configuration in the configuration storage means associated with the driver.

Abstract: This method of managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by the communication means to at least one processing device includes a step of selecting at least one processing device of the communication means as a function of a first group of criteria relating to the functioning of this device, and a second group of criteria relating to its geographical situation.

Abstract: The method of the invention determines conditions for a processing able to be carried out on data of a document, by at least one input/output means. It includes: an operation of determining at least one symbol scatter quantity related to the said document, an operation of comparing each said scatter quantity with predetermined values, and a configuration determination operation during which the result of each said comparison is taken into account in order to determine the configuration of the input/output means intended to implement this processing.

Abstract: The method of printing an electronic document comprises a step (E1) of constructing groups of recordings of graphical instructions forming an information block of the document, a step (E6, E30-E33) of dividing these groups into a minimum number of sub-groups adapted to be printed respectively on single sheets after enlargement; and a step (E9, E36) of printing the document after enlargement from the main print file (EM F) and related print files.

Abstract: Processing of digital data representing a document in order to represent parts of this document according to one or other of two possible resolutions.