A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSFER OF PRINT DATA, A CLIENT CONTROLLER ARRANGEMENT, A PRINT ARRANGEMENT AND A NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for controlling transfer of print data from clients connected in a network to shared printing devices connected in the network. The method comprises the steps of:
providing (S1) print data upon reception of a request to send to a printing device connected in the network,forming (S2) header information for the print data based on information provided by a configurable logic means, wherein said header information comprises information related to at least one designated printing device controller (140) identified based on the request to print to a printing device,processing (S3) the print data so as to provide processed print data comprising the formed header information,sending (S4) the processed print data to the at least one designated printing device controller (140),receiving (S5) the processed print data at the designated printing device controller,reading (S6) at the destination printing device controller the header information of the received processed print data andcontrolling (S7) the processed print data in accordance with the header information. The controlling comprises forming (S8) reconstructed print data from the processed print data at a destination printing device controller based on the header information, and providing (S9) the reconstructed print data to the printing device.;The invention also relates to a client controller arrangement, a printer arrangement and a network.

主权项

1. A method for controlling transfer of print data from clients connected in a network to shared printing devices connected in the network, the method comprises the steps of:
providing print data upon reception of a request to print to a printing device connected in the network, forming header information for the print data based on information provided by a configurable logic means, wherein said header information comprises information related to at least one designated printing device controller identified based on the request to print to a printing device, processing the print data so as to provide processed print data comprising the formed header information, sending the processed print data to the at least one designated printing device controller, receiving the processed print data at the designated printing device controller, reading at the designated printing device controller the header information of the received processed print data and controlling the processed print data in accordance with the header information, said controlling comprises
forming reconstructed print data from the processed print data at a destination printing device controller based on the header information, andproviding the reconstructed print data to the printing device.