PRINTER DRIVER WITH PRINT SEARCH FUNCTION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method for enabling the user of an information terminal to select a printer for performing a print job. SOLUTION: This invention provides a printer driver equipped with a printer information obtaining part which searches for printers on a network, and com...

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Hauptverfasser: WEHNER ULRICH, HATTORI TOMOKI, MATSUSHITA MITSUGI
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method for enabling the user of an information terminal to select a printer for performing a print job. SOLUTION: This invention provides a printer driver equipped with a printer information obtaining part which searches for printers on a network, and communicates with the printers on the network to obtain printer properties information from the printers and a user interface which presents in a single view the printer properties information obtained from the printers for selection by the user of one of those printers. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT