Elliot Lee Klosterman

US Patent:

6574001, Jun 3, 2003

Filed:

May 4, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/304816

Inventors:

Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID
Shane Konsella - Boise ID
Chris R. Gunning - Boise ID
Nolan Glen Rosenbaum - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 111, 358 118

Abstract:

A method and a system are used to manage fonts in print jobs with more than one context where at least some of the contexts include text strings. Print jobs may be divided into portions, called contexts, so that they are easier for a print manager to manage. These larger contexts are called graphic sets. Each of these graphic sets is sent to the printer driver consecutively. Each text string has a font associated with it. The font data for each text string is read from the operating system and cached into memory at the time each string is received by the printer driver. After all individual text strings elements of a given graphic set have been received by the printer driver, the context is stored and the cached fonts are stored with the context. After all of the contexts of the print job have been received by the printer and stored, each context is restored and rendered. The graphics sets may be restored in any order.

US Patent:

6661526, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

May 4, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/305241

Inventors:

John P. Daly - Eagle ID
James S. Boyce - Meridian ID
Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 312

US Classification:

358 113, 358 19

Abstract:

A printer driver uses filters that are operating system-independent and printer-independent. Print requests and corresponding print data are received by the printer driver and converted into an internal representation that is both operating system-independent and printer-independent. The data to be printed is then passed through a print pipeline where one or more of a plurality of print filters are applied to the data. As a final stage in the print pipeline, the data is converted to a printer-dependent representation. In one embodiment, one or more of the plurality of filters used in the print pipeline are stored in a dynamic link library (DLL).

US Patent:

6801330, Oct 5, 2004

Filed:

Aug 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/652610

Inventors:

Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID
Dennis W. Howard - Eagle ID
James A. Hill - Garden City ID
Brian D. Griebe - Star ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 113, 358 115

Abstract:

A page description language (PDL) is selected for use by a device driver. A PDL is assigned to an application. The assignment of the PDL to the application may then be stored to an index such as a registry or to a file. The device driver is loaded from within the application. The application, from within which the device driver was loaded, is discovered. The application from within which the device driver was loaded may be discovered by examining the host operating environment upon which the application is operating. The PDL assigned to the application is selected for use by the device driver. The PDL assigned to the application may be selected by searching the index to find the PDL assignment for the application and extracting from the assignment the PDL assigned to the application.

US Patent:

7075665, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

May 4, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/304968

Inventors:

Charles J. Gazdik - Boise ID, US
Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID, US
Shane Konsella - Boise ID, US
Kwesi E. Abraham - Boise ID, US
Michael S. De Laurentis - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
G06F 13/00

US Classification:

358 111, 358 19

Abstract:

An operating system font is created from a printer metrics file. The printer metrics file includes at least one set of font metrics. Each set of font metrics represents one font. The printer metrics file is opened and the font metrics are read. A system font is created from each set of font metrics. The system font is created by applying the font metrics to a font template. The font template with the applied font metrics is saved as a system font. The system font is then installed and registered with the operating system. A name of the operating system font is recorded with a printer driver associated with the printer metrics file.

US Patent:

7102768, Sep 5, 2006

Filed:

Aug 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/638572

Inventors:

John P. Daly - Eagle ID, US
James S. Boyce - Meridian ID, US
Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
G06K 15/00
G06K 1/00

US Classification:

358 113, 358 114

Abstract:

A printer driver uses filters that are operating system-independent and printer-independent. Print requests and corresponding print data are received by the printer driver and converted into an internal representation that is both operating system-independent and printer-independent. The data to be printed is then passed through a print pipeline where one or more of a plurality of print filters are applied to the data. As a final stage in the print pipeline, the data is converted to a printer-dependent representation. In one embodiment, one or more of the plurality of filters used in the print pipeline are stored in a dynamic link library (DLL).

US Patent:

7202961, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Jun 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/871751

Inventors:

Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
G06F 3/14

US Classification:

358 115, 358 116, 710 10, 719321, 719327

Abstract:

A method and system for dynamically creating a driver on a host computer for a peripheral device. The dynamically created driver is compatible with any selected peripheral device on a network.

US Patent:

7249166, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

Sep 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/967052

Inventors:

Kenneth L. Oakeson - Boise ID, US
Shell S. Simpson - Boise ID, US
Patrick O. Sandfort - Meridian ID, US
Elliot Lee Klosterman - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
H04M 3/42

US Classification:

709217, 4554141, 701207

Abstract:

Methods and systems enable devices to discover each other when the devices are in a common location. Unique identifiers (UIDs) are associated with one or more location and each UID uniquely identifies a location. Devices that are located in a particular location that has a UID can register to create an association between the device and the UID. In turn, this creates an association between the device and a location. Subsequently, when another device (e. g. a laptop computer or PDA) enters the location, the device can discover the UID of the location and then ascertain which other devices are associated with that location.

US Patent:

20030043396, Mar 6, 2003

Filed:

Aug 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/943239

Inventors:

Elliot Klosterman - Boise ID, US
James DuBois - Star ID, US
James Hewitt - Meridian ID, US
Dennis Howard - Eagle ID, US

International Classification:

B41B001/00
G06F015/00

US Classification:

358/001130, 358/001150

Abstract:

An interface module mediates between a printer driver and at least one add-on module, allowing the printer driver to call at least one add-on module via the interface module. One or more add-on modules are registered with the interface module, independent from the printer driver. One or more add-on modules may modify the user interface presented by the printer driver. As a print stream passes through the printer driver, one or more add-on modules may add data to the print stream at one or more access points. In this way, the interface module allows for greater control over the print stream and the user interface.