Patent ID: 7350214
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for printer driver initialization, the method comprising: copying a selected printer driver from a remote system to a local system wherein the remote system comprises a first type of operating system and wherein the local system comprises a second type of operating system, and installing the printer driver on the local system; prior to initializing the printer driver on the local system, creating a local printer object in the local system; initializing the printer driver on the local system and generating initialization information for the initialized printer driver, wherein the initialization information is associated with a first printer device; prior to cloning the initialization information, creating a temporary remote printer object on the remote system; cloning the initialization information on the local system in order to generate a cloned initialization information, and storing the cloned initialization information on the remote system; and binding the cloned initialization information to the selected printer driver in the remote system, wherein the cloned initialization information in the remote system is used by a second printer device that uses the selected printer driver in the remote system.