Patent ID: 6112256
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L

Abstract:
A method for configuring the physical setup of a plurality of printers from a host computer by way of a network, said method comprising:(a) creating a data set at a host computer, said data set containing information to physically configure a printer;(b) transmitting, using a single command operation entered at said host computer by a user, said data set by way of a communications port on said host computer to a network; and(c) receiving said data set from said network by way of a communications port of each of a plurality of printers, then, without maintaining a dialog between any of said plurality of printers and said host computer which would otherwise allow the host computer to inspect the existing configuration of said plurality of printers, automatically physically configuring each of said plurality of printers with information contained in said data set, thereby physically configuring each of said plurality of printers to an identical operational setup.