Patent ID: 8149431

Claim:
A method for managing printer settings in a networked computing environment, the method comprising: executing, by a first machine in a networked computing environment, an application; intercepting, by a virtual printer queue managed by a virtual printer driver, a first print request generated via the application by a second machine in the networked computing environment; retrieving, by the virtual printer driver and in response to the interception of the first print request, setting information associated with a first remote printer, the first remote printer in communication with the second machine; displaying, by the virtual printer driver, a first graphical interface associated with the first remote printer, the first graphical interface dynamically generated by the virtual printer driver in response to retrieving the setting information; intercepting, by the virtual printer queue, a second print request generated via the application by a third machine in the networked computing environment; retrieving, by the virtual printer driver and in response to the interception of the second print request, setting information associated with a second remote printer, the second remote printer in communication with the third machine; and displaying, by the virtual printer driver, a second graphical interface associated with the second remote printer, the second graphical interface dynamically generated by the virtual printer driver in response to retrieving the setting information associated with the second remote printer.