Method and arrangement for detecting printers, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium

摘要

The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for detecting printers that can be used by means of a wireless connection, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium that can be used in particular for printing in WLAN or Bluetooth environments.;For this purpose, in order to detect printers that can be used from a data processing device by means of a wireless communication connection, it is proposed that the following steps be performed: performing a search for a printer (200) that provides an interface to a wireless network (1100), associating found printers (200) with registered printers and/or printer drivers, detecting installed printer drivers for associated printers, generating a list (800) of printers (210) that can be used by the terminal, wherein a found printer (200) for which an installed printer driver was detected is considered to be a usable printer (210).

主权项

1. A method for detecting printers which can be used from a mobile terminal via a wireless communication link, the method comprising the steps of:
performing, with the mobile terminal, a search for available printers which provide an interface to a wireless network and generating a list of available printers, matching, with the mobile terminal, the list of available printers to a list of at least one selected from registered printers and printer drivers, thereby generating a list of associated printers, matching the list of associated printers with a list of installed printer drivers obtained from a print server, thereby generating a list of usable printers that are usable by the mobile terminal, and making the list of usable printers available on the mobile terminal.