Automatic generation of print data for print jobs based on available media attributes

摘要

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains one or more available media attributes, including a media size, a border size, and/or a media type, from a printer associated with the print job. Next, the system provides the available media attributes to an application and uses the application to automatically generate and format print data for the print job based on the available media attributes. Finally, the system sends the print job to the printer, where the print job is executed using the printer.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for performing a print job, comprising:
obtaining, by an application executing on a processor, one or more available media attributes for a printer associated with the print job, wherein the available media attributes comprise at least one of a media size, a border size, and a media type; selecting, by the application, a media selection based on information provided by a positioning system coupled to the processor, the media selection comprising a subset of the available media attributes; receiving, by the application, print data for the print job, the print data having one or more properties that cause the print data to be printed differently for two or more different print jobs; and changing, by the application, the print data by changing the one or more properties of the print data based on the available media attributes for the media selection, wherein the print job is executed using the printer to print the changed print data, and wherein the print job is executed on media corresponding to the media selection.