Patent ID: 6421748
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for a universal output driver for transferring a document output over a computer network, said computer network comprising a local host computer having a user application program, a remote host computer, and at least one output means coupled to said remote host computer, the system compromising:means for listing and selecting an output means; means for searching said selected output means in said local host computer in response to a select operation of said means for listing and selecting; means for storing information about said selected output means; means for searching said selected output means in said remote host computer and returning said search result to said means for listing and selecting; means for analyzing and recording said document output provided in operative relation to said means for listing and selecting and said user application program; means for optimizing said document output provided in operative relation to the means for analyzing and recording; means for transferring the optimized document output to said remote host computer from said local host computer, irrespective of whether said output means is active; and means for restoring said optimized document output provided in operative relation to said selected output means. 2.The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:means for providing settings and properties of said document output to said means for analyzing and recording.