| US 7,496,702 B2 | ||
| Hard image forming systems and hard imaging device configuration methods | ||
| Robert E. Haines, Boise, Id. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/249,902. | ||
| Application 11/249902 is a division of application No. 09/976631, filed on Oct. 11, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0028682 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—62 [710/8; 709/217; 358/1.1] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A hard image forming system comprising:
a hard imaging device comprising:
an image engine configured to access image data and to provide a marking agent upon media to form a hard image corresponding
to the image data; and
a communications interface configured to implement communications externally of the hard imaging device via a communications
system; and
a configuration device comprising:
a communications interface configured to couple with the hard imaging device using the communications system;
a display device configured to depict visual images including a hot link, and wherein a communications address of the hard
imaging device is associated with the hot link;
an input device configured to receive input of a user to activate the hot link; and
processing circuitry configured to establish a connection with the hard imaging device via the communications system using
the communications address responsive to activation of the hot link by the user and to configure the hard imaging device using
the connection.
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