Patent ID: 8169636

Claim:
A method to transfer print data in a server system having a first print data server, comprising the steps of: providing the first print data server with a supplying computer module as a computer-readable medium having a computer program and which supplies print data; providing a reading computer module as a computer readable medium having a computer program that reads the supplied print data; selecting one of the following transmission modes a complete storage of the print data in a file occurs before the reading computer module reads the print data, a segment-by-segment storage of the data in a file occurs such that the reading computer module already begins with the reading of a segment while the supplying computer module is still supplying print data, and a direct transmission of the print data between the supplying computer module and the reading computer module occurs without buffering; controlling the selecting of the transmission mode by at least one control parameter predetermined in a print job manager, the reading computer module and the supplying computer module cooperating via the at least one control parameter; and also controlling the selecting of the transmission mode dependent on the print job.