Patent ID: 7146413
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for updating a printer setting on a client device in a network, in which the client device is configured to interface with a first printer via a first print server That operates as an interface between the client device and at least the first printer, the method comprising: a migration server receiving a request to send a printer settings update tool to the client device, the printer settings update tool including a map file that at least indirectly identifies the first printer as having been migrated from the first print server to the second print server, the printer settings update tool being operable to automatically update printer settings for the client device according to the map file; the migration server providing the printer settings update tool to the client device resulting in the client device utilizing the printer settings update tool to automatically updates the printer settings according to the map file so that the client device is reconfigured to interface with the first printer via the second print server.