Patent ID: 6781710
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for capturing a print job in a print job editing and delivery system, the print job containing pass-through data, the pass-through data comprising data in any one of a plurality of different printer technology types, and the method comprising the steps of:(a) maintaining driver type response elements from which any one of a plurality of driver type responses can be formed, each driver type response being specific to one of the plurality of printer technology types; (b) receiving print job communications in response to a print job request, the print job communications being specific to the printer technology type of the pass-through data; (c) responding to the print job communications with an appropriate driver type response, the appropriate driver type response comprising a particular one of the plurality of driver type responses which is specific to the printer technology type of the pass-through data; and (d) translating the data representing the print job into an intermediate representation of the print job, the intermediate representation comprising translated data representing the portions of the print job other than the pass-through data, and one or more buffers of untranslated data representing the pass-through data.