Client side rendering of printable documents in a network

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In a network facilitating print functions a means for rendering a print job intended for a remote printer on a client computer using stored administrative settings is provided. Transparently to the client's applications the client computer keeps the stored remote printer's administrative settings synchronized with those stored on the print server. Using the stored administrative settings the client renders the print job to a native printer language directly cognizable by the printer before sending this rendered file to the print server for forwarding to the printer. By queuing these remote print jobs the online status of the respective print server is also transparent to the client's …