Appeal No. 1999-0006
Application No. 08/470,970
without a transmission of print job data which remains at a
host computer, are submitted by the host computer and stored
as print job information in the centralized print queue. When
the printer becomes available, the print job information in
the print queue permits the host computer with the actual
print job data to be accessed for transmission of the print
data to the printer, thereby reducing the amount of network
traffic.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A network printing system comprising:
(a) a plurality of host computers connected to a
network; and
(b) a printer connected to the network for receiving
and printing print jobs in response to print requests
from said host computers, wherein said printer includes a
localized print queue for storing print job information
for each of said host computers attempting to gain print
access to said printer, and wherein each of said host
computers communicates with said printer using an
application-layer uniform interface protocol.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
DeHart et al. (DeHart) 5,517,636 May 14, 1996
(filed Oct. 13,
1994)
Davidson, Jr. et al. (Davidson) 5,550,957 Aug. 27, 1996
(filed Dec. 07,
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