Granted Patent B2

US 7,280,241 · App. 09/944,581 · Granted Oct 9, 2007

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A print driver user interface method for printing a document, comprising at said print driver:

receiving a number corresponding to a plural number of copies of the document to be printed from a software application;

receiving at least one command relating to an operation to be performed on each of the plural number of copies of the document to be printed;

displaying a first feature to a user in response to receiving a plural number of copies of the document to be printed;

offering the user a choice to select to transfer control of printing the copies from the software application to the print driver;

transferring control of printing the number of copies from the software application to the print driver;

reporting to the software application that one copy will be printed, while proceeding to print the plural number of copies received from the software application.

2. A print driver UI method for printing multiple copies of a document, comprising at the print driver:

offering the user one or more choices relating to printing multiple copies of the document;

transferring control of printing the multiple copies from a software application to the print driver; and

reporting to the software application that one copy of the document will be printed while printing multiple copies of the document.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said offering includes offering the user the opportunity to reselect a number of copies to be printed.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said offering includes offering the user the opportunity to select to transfer control of printing the copies from the software application to the print driver when multiple copies has been selected.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein offering the user the opportunity to select to transfer control includes offering the user to select there is a problem printing multiple copies.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying a feature to the user that explains the purpose and function of transferring control of printing the copies from the application to the print driver.

7. A print driver UI method for printing copies of a document, comprising at the print driver:

receiving a number corresponding to a plural number of copies of the document to be printed from a software application;

receiving at least one command relating to one of stapling or duplexing being performed on each of the plural number of copies to be printed;

displaying a first feature to a user that informs the user that the software application may have a problem printing multiple copies and instructs the user on how to access the print driver UI;

offering the user an opportunity to reselect the number of copies to be printed;

offering the user an opportunity to select there is a problem printing multiple copies transferring control of printing the copies from the software application to the print driver in response to a user selection;

displaying a second feature to the user that explains the purpose and function of transferring control of printing the copies from the software application to the print driver; and reporting to the software application that one copy will be printed.

Assignments (11)