Data capture during print process

Details Data capture during print process Data capture during print process

2008-05-27

2008-05-27

Lee, Thomas D. (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Detail of image placement or content

C358S001130, C358S001150

Reexamination Certificate

active

10272161

ABSTRACT:
A system, method and computer readable medium for capturing data during a print process. In an embodiment of the present invention, the method on a computer system includes observing a print command issued by an application. Next, a spool file in a condensed format, such as Extended Metafile Format (EMF), is written to a disk in response to the print command. This spool file read, and subsequently an output file is generated based on information in the spool file. The output file is written in EMF format if the output file contains image information. If the output file does not contain image information, the output file is written in text format. Then, the output file is modified to conform to a template. Lastly, the output file that was modified is sent to an output destination, such as a printer.

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