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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7969610 | Notification methods and systems for print-related systems Notification mechanisms for use in connection with print systems are described. In one embodiment, a notification mechanism extends from a printing application to the spooler, from the spooler to a hosting process, and back to the spooler. The notification mechanism... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7926068 | Printing interface for a computer platform A printing interface provides facilities for handling print server properties, print queues, print commands, printing-related operations, and the like. These facilities allow developers to access and utilize various printing-related information and functions. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7580948 | Spooling strategies using structured job information Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job informat... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7554682 | Printer filter configuration A flexible printing subsystem is enabled with a printer filter pipeline. A configurable and arbitrary number of printer filters forming a printer filter pipeline are applied to files that are to be printed. In a described implementation, the printer filter pipeline ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7529823 | Notifications for shared resources Notifications from shared resources can be directed to appropriate clients. Listener registrations for clients can be matched to sender registrations for shared resources to forward notifications from the shared resources to the appropriate clients. In a terminal se... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526504 | Spooling strategies using structured job information Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job informat... | 04/28/2009 |
