| 摘要 |
A method is described for automatically predicting user-preferred printer settings based on past user behavior. A driver service module maintains an application/driver/user (ADU) settings database that stores printer settings associated with the application that initiated the print job, the printer driver and versions thereof, and (in a multiple user environment) the user's identity. Each time a print job is initiated, the driver service module analyzes the ADU database to determine a predicted user-preferred setting. The user may manually change the setting and confirm it, and the driver service module stores the user confirmed setting in the ADU database for future use. The method can transfer user-preferred settings associated with one application or one printer driver (or a version thereof) to another application or another printer driver (or another version thereof). It further allows user preference information to be accessed or transferred over a network. |
