GB2331387B - Method and apparatus for controlling printers - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for controlling printers

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GB2331387B
GB2331387B GB9724076A GB9724076A GB2331387B GB 2331387 B GB2331387 B GB 2331387B GB 9724076 A GB9724076 A GB 9724076A GB 9724076 A GB9724076 A GB 9724076A GB 2331387 B GB2331387 B GB 2331387B
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print
printer
jobs
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user terminal
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Alexander John Wilson
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IBM United Kingdom Ltd
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Abstract

A printer controller for a server computer system 90 of a data processing system comprising a user terminal, a printer, and a network 10 interconnecting the server, the user terminal and the printer, receives print jobs from the user terminal via the network, stores the print jobs in a print queue, sequentially sends the print jobs from the print queue to the printer via the network, and automatically deletes from the print queue print jobs stored in the print queue for a period in excess of a predetermined threshold. The jobs are accompanied by print drivers, and the server detects when the driver does not match the printer and sends an alert or replaces the driver.
GB9724076A 1997-11-15 1997-11-15 Method and apparatus for controlling printers Expired - Fee Related GB2331387B (en)

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US6757741B1 (en) * 2000-08-17 2004-06-29 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. System and method for network printing using a peer hybrid printing protocol
US6874034B1 (en) 2000-08-17 2005-03-29 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Intelligent peer hybrid printing protocol
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EP1519262A1 (en) * 2001-12-18 2005-03-30 Océ Printing Systems GmbH Method, apparatus system and computer program for saving and retrieving print data in a network
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