Dynamic printer operating system
View Patent ↗A method of printing on a print medium with a printer which is in communication with a host computer includes the steps of providing the host computer with a print job to be printed by the printer, identifying a data format associated with the print job, determining an operating system stored in the printer, comparing the data format with the printer operating system, downloading an operating system which corresponds to the data format from the host computer to the printer if the printer operating system does not correspond to the data format, transmitting print data associated with the print job from the host computer to the printer, and printing on the print medium with the printer using the print data.
1. A method of printing on a print medium with a printer which is in communication with a host computer, said method comprising the steps of providing the host computer with a print job to be printed by the printer; identifying a data format associated with said print job; determining an operating system stored in the printer; comparing said data format with said printer operating system; downloading an operating system which corresponds to said data format from the host computer to the printer if said printer operating system does not correspond to said data format; transmitting print data associated with said print job from the host computer to the printer; printing on the print medium with the printer; and further comprising the step of overwriting said printer operating system with said operating system from the host computer.
2. A method of printing on a print medium with a printer which is in communication with a host computer, said method comprising the steps of: providing the host computer with a print job to be printed by the printer; identifying a data format associated with said print job; determining an operating system stored in the printer; comparing said data format with said printer operating system; downloading an operating system which corresponds to said data format from the host computer to the printer if said printer operating system does not correspond to said data format; transmitting print data associated with said print job from the host computer to the printer; printing on the print medium with the printer; and further comprising the step of overwriting said printer operating system with said operating system from the host computer; and further comprising the step of erasing all operating systems stored in the printer that are different from said operating system downloaded from the host computer.
3. A method of printing on a print medium with a printer which is in communication with a host computer, said method comprising the steps of: providing the host computer with a print job to be printed by the printer; identifying a data format associated with said print job; determining an operating system stored in the printer; comparing said data format with said printer operating system; downloading an operating system which corresponds to said data format from the host computer to the printer if said printer operating system does not correspond to said data format; transmitting print data associated with said print job from the host computer to the printer; printing on the print medium with the printer; and further comprising the step of erasing all operating systems stored in the printer that are different from said operating system downloaded from the host computer, wherein said downloading step includes the step of using the printer to request from the host computer said operating system which corresponds to said data format.