Abstract: A computer device including: a loading unit configured to load an updatable stored print option from a predetermined storage unit; a display unit configured to display a user interface based on the loaded print option; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an operator via the user interface, wherein the instruction includes a selected print option; and an executing unit configured to execute the instruction.

Abstract: A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. Print data is received from a printer driver. The print data reflects an incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated print data is generated that corrects the incompatibility between an application program and the printer driver. Thereafter, the updated print data is sent to the printer. The electronic document is printable by the printer such that the printed copy does not reflect the incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver.

Abstract: A computer device including: a loading unit configured to load an updatable stored print option from a predetermined storage unit; a display unit configured to display a user interface based on the loaded print option; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an operator via the user interface, wherein the instruction includes a selected print option; and an executing unit configured to execute the instruction.

Abstract: A printer filter including a companion script file and which filters a standard printer data stream to perform a user-specified print job. In particular, the filter is a computer program which may access other programs or data files, and which reads a standard printer data stream, transforms the input in accordance with instructions contained within the computer program, and then outputs the filtered or transformed information to the printer. The present invention also provides a graphical user interface to assist a user in operating the computer program. In particular, the graphical user interface includes a parent window having a display control which list a possible filters to be selected, along with a plurality of other display controls to assist the user in operating the computer program product.

Abstract: A novel method of printing including receiving printer setting information indicative of printer driver settings corresponding to a print request, and printing the printer driver settings along with a print job corresponding to the print request. Further, the printer driver settings may be printed only on a first page of the print request, on all pages of the print request, on a separate front sheet of the print request, and/or on a separate rear sheet of the print request. The printer setting information is further indicative of computer system information including, for example, a computer user name, a name of computer software used to make a file corresponding to the print request, a name of the file, a name of a printer printing the print request, and a printing time stamp. This computer system information may also be printed together with the printer driving settings.

Abstract: A manner of specifying a document to be printed to multiple output mechanisms, including multiple printers and multiple output bins of each printer. Print specification data is received for an electronic document that is desired to be printed. The print specification data specifies two or more output mechanisms. An output mechanism is any potential entity that may be identified to receive one or more printed copies of electronic documents. Non-limiting, illustrative examples of output mechanisms includes the output bin of a single bin printer, a particular output bin of a multiple bin printer, or the output bin of a fax machine. Each of the two or more output mechanisms receives at least one printed copy of the electronic document. Thereafter, the print specification data is processed to initiate printing of the electronic document to the two or more output mechanisms.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for printing an electronic document by automatically printing more than two pages from the electronic document on each side of a sheet of output. The pages that are printed on each sheet of output are automatically arranged in such a manner that when the sheets of output are folded, the pages appear in the correct numerical order. The sheets of output are automatically folded. The edges of the folded sheets of output are automatically trimmed, and the sheets of output are automatically bound together along one edge to form a book.

Abstract: A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. Print data is received from a printer driver. The print data reflects an incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated print data is generated that corrects the incompatibility between an application program and the printer driver. Thereafter, the updated print data is sent to the printer. The electronic document is printable by the printer such that the printed copy does not reflect the incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver.

Abstract: A system and method which allows a software engineer to easily modify a resource file for a graphical user interface (GUI). A conventional hard-coded resource file is converted into a parameterized resource file with a header file. The parameterized resource file includes parameters for certain properties which were previously hard-coded in the hard-coded resource file. Further, the header file provides values for the parameters. With such a structure and operation, by changing the parameter values in the header file the parameterized resource file can be changed, thereby making it significantly easier to modify resource files, and accordingly to modify the display on graphical user interfaces. More particularly, a data structure is achieved which defines a graphical user interface. The data structure includes a first file which defines a display of a plurality of controls of the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. If configuration data indicates that an incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver is to be corrected, then print data is received from a printer driver, wherein the print data reflects the incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated print data is generated that corrects the incompatibility between an application program and the printer driver. Thereafter, the updated print data is sent to the printer. The electronic document is printable by the print such that the printed copy does not reflect the incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver.

Abstract: A method and system for printing an electronic document is disclosed. In one aspect, a first media type for printing a first page range of one or more pages of an electronic document is selected. A second media type for printing a second page range of one or more pages of the electronic document is also selected. Information that identifies the first and second media types for printing the first and second page ranges of one or more pages of the electronic document are transmitted to a printing device. In response to receiving the information, the printing device generates a printed copy of the electronic document that includes the first and second page ranges; the first page range being printed using the first media type and the second page range being printed using the second media type.

Abstract: A novel method of printing including receiving printer setting information indicative of printer driver settings corresponding to a print request, and printing the printer driver settings along with a print job corresponding to the print request. Further, the printer driver settings may be printed only on a first page of the print request, on all pages of the print request, on a separate front sheet of the print request, and/or on a separate rear sheet of the print request. The printer setting information is further indicative of computer system information including, for example, a computer user name, a name of computer software used to make a file corresponding to the print request, a name of the file, a name of a printer printing the print request, and a printing time stamp. This computer system information may also be printed together with the printer driving settings.

Abstract: A printer filter including a companion script file and which filters a standard printer data stream to perform a user-specified print job. In particular, the filter is a computer program which may access other programs or data files, and which reads a standard printer data stream, transforms the input in accordance with instructions contained within the computer program, and then outputs the filtered or transformed information to the printer. The present invention also provides a graphical user interface to assist a user in operating the computer program. In particular, the graphical user interface includes a parent window having a display control which list a possible filters to be selected, along with a plurality of other display controls to assist the user in operating the computer program product.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for outputting an electronic document, in which separation pages are automatically interleaved between successively printed pages of the electronic document. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of printing an electronic document on transparency film using a computer printer having at least two (2) paper source trays. The method may involving modifying an existing printer driver associated with the printer to cause the printer to print pages of the document on sheets of transparency film obtained from a first paper source tray, and to automatically interleave blank sheets obtained from a second paper source tray between successively printed pages. For example, an existing printer driver is modified by automatically generating a new computer printer driver based on an existing printer description file that is associated with the existing printer driver, to redefine pagination and paper source tray attributes of the description file.

Abstract: A printer filter including a companion script file and which filters a standard printer data stream to perform a user-specified print job. In particular, the filter is a computer program which may access other programs or data files, and which reads a standard printer data stream, transforms the input in accordance with instructions contained within the computer program, and then outputs the filtered or transformed information to the printer. The present invention also provides a graphical user interface to assist a user in operating the computer program. In particular, the graphical user interface includes a parent window having a display control which list a possible filters to be selected, along with a plurality of other display controls to assist the user in operating the computer program product.

Abstract: A system and method which allows a software engineer to easily modify a resource file for a graphical user interface (GUI). A conventional hard-coded resource file is converted into a parameterized resource file with a header file. The parameterized resource file includes parameters for certain properties which were previously hard-coded in the hard-coded resource file. Further, the header file provides values for the parameters. With such a structure and operation, by changing the parameter values in the header file the parameterized resource file can be changed, thereby making it significantly easier to modify resource files, and accordingly to modify the display on graphical user interfaces. More particularly, a data structure is achieved which defines a graphical user interface. The data structure includes a first file which defines a display of a plurality of controls of the graphical user interface.