Apparatus and method for determining printer option availability

Details Apparatus and method for determining printer option availability Apparatus and method for determining printer option availability

1992-08-28

1995-11-14

Bayerl, Raymond J.

395112, G06F 1500

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054674344

ABSTRACT:
A printing arrangement of the type having a printer bank with a plurality of printers which are respectively associated with printer profiles and each of the printer profiles has a list of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated. The printing arrangement includes: an input section, located remotely from the printer bank, with a user interface for programming a combination of print job selections and a memory section for storing a selected one of the printer profiles; and a combination examiner for comparing the programmed combination of print job selections from the user interface with a combination of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles from the memory section. The combination of print job selections is transmitted to one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles when the combination of print job selections corresponds with the combination of printer properties available at the selected printer.

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Panl Hammond, "Workstation Power Speeds Up Printing", Computer Technology Review, vol. 12, No. 8, Jul. 1992, Los Angeles US, p. 12.

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