Patent ID: 8208152

Claim:
A method, comprising: storing a driver within a rendering device at compile time wherein said driver includes a driver default configuration comprising an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file containing pre-selected features and options related said rendering device; setting said driver feature default configuration associated with said driver in said rendering device via an embedded network server, wherein said embedded network server is located within said rendering device; querying said rendering device for said driver feature default configuration stored in said rendering device upon initialization of installation of said driver onto a data-processing apparatus operably connected to said rendering device through a network; parsing said driver default configuration for features required by said driver for configuration, wherein said driver default configuration comprises PostScript Printer Description (PPD); automatically adjusting said driver based on said driver feature default configuration prior to completion of installation of said driver, in response to querying said rendering device; and thereafter rendering a document via said rendering device based on said automatically adjusted driver feature default configuration unless otherwise modified by a user thereof.