Inventors:
Mark L. Hanson - Tigard OR, US
David M. Chapin - Gresham OR, US
Jonathan Edmonds - Silverton OR, US
Patrick Kevin Sheehan - Clackamas OR, US
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT
International Classification:
G06F 3/12, G06F 9/44
US Classification:
358 115, 358 113, 719321, 719327, 717174
Abstract:
Methods and systems for permitting a rendering device, such as a printer, to be automatically configured at the time of device driver installation, regardless of the means utilized to install the driver are disclosed. In general, a device driver (e. g. , a printer driver) is associated with the rendering device. The device driver includes a driver default configuration. The driver default configuration can be initially set in the rendering device via an embedded network server (e. g. , an embedded web server) in the rendering device. The driver installer can then query the driver default configuration as set on the rendering device. The driver can then be automatically adjusted prior to the installation of the driver, in response to querying the driver default configuration by the driver installer. The rendering device can be implemented as a printer, a scanner, a multi-function device, a photocopy machine, and the like.