System and method for remote printer emulation in a network

摘要

An interactive computer system having one or more user terminals connected to at least one host server via a network system and having a printer connected to one of the host servers includes a print manager interface in each user terminal that detects output generated by an application, prepares the output for transmission to a host server, and initiates transmission of the prepared output in accordance with the network protocol, and also includes a host printer interface in each host server that receives prepared output from a user terminal and creates a host print process that initiates printing of the prepared output at a printer designated by the application process.