Appeal No. 2001-2106
Application No. 08/856,183
server which converts the received print request from a Java
request to a printer request for that specific printer
(specification, page 7). Thus, according to Appellant, Java as
an object oriented and architecture neutral language achieves
improved distribution, language interpretation, security and
compact image description in the claimed printer driver.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A computer program product, comprising:
a computer storage medium and a computer program code
mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for
causing a printer to control rasterization of an image, the
computer program code mechanism comprising:
a first computer code device configured to receive a
print request as a series of method invocations using
commands in a Java object oriented language syntax;
a second computer code device configured to rasterize
the print request into an image; and
a third computer code device configured to output the
image on a recording medium.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Tom Bertram et al. (Bertram), “Print Rasterization Moves
Hostward With Support From SCSI,” Computer Technology Review, No.
6, Los Angeles, CA (US), 12 (1992) May, pp. 104-107.
“Java Language Specification (JLS),” Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
1995.
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