Patent ID: 8705056
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a hardcopy document, comprising: receiving, by a printer, a direct print request for an Office Open XML (OOXML) document comprising a plurality of pages, wherein the direct print request is issued without using a printer driver; parsing, by the printer, the OOXML document to identify a tag specifying a multiple page printing feature (MPPF) for the plurality of pages, wherein the tag is located within a settings.xml file of the OOXML document; identifying, by the printer, a first printer setting required to implement the MPPF by accessing a look-up table associating the tag specifying the MPPF with the first printer setting; invoking, by the printer, the first printer setting on the printer; and generating, by the printer and from the OOXML document, the hardcopy document with the MPPF feature after invoking the first printer setting.