Patent ID: 6829707
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for transmitting encrypted double-byte font scripts from a data processing system to a print server, said method comprising:connecting a communication element between a data processing system and a print server that does not support a bi-directional communication protocol utilized by said data processing system, wherein said communication element is capable of communicating with said data processing system and with said print server; in response to a request for an identifier from said print server by said data processing system, transmitting said request by said communication element to said print server; in response to said identifier request from said communication element, transmitting an identifier by said print server through said communication element to said data processing system; utilizing said identifier by said data processing system to generate a decryption key for an encrypted double-byte font script at said data processing system; and transmitting said encrypted double-byte font script and said decryption key from said data processing system through said communication element to said print server in which said encrypted double-byte font script is encrypted with said decryption key for printing documents at said print server.