DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIG.
1 illustrates a network environment in which multiple servers, workstations, and printers are coupled to one another via a data communication network 100.
The network 100 couples together servers 102, 104, computer workstations 106, 108, and printers 110, 112.
The network 100 can be any type of network, such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), using any type of network topology and any network communication protocol.
The network may include wired, wireless or a combination of wired and wireless links.
In a particular embodiment, the network 100 is the Internet.
Although only a few devices are shown coupled to the network 100, a typical network may include tens or hundreds of devices coupled to one another.
Furthermore, the network 100 may be coupled to one or more other networks, thereby providing coupling between a greater number of devices.
The servers 102, 104 may be file servers, email servers, database servers, print servers, or any other type of network server.
The workstations 106, 108 can be any type of computing device, such as, but not limited to, a personal computer.
Particular exemplary methods and/or systems include printers (e.
g.
, such as the printers 110, 112) that are laser printers.
Alternative exemplary methods and/or systems include, for example, ink-jet, bubble-jet or, in general, any type of printer.
Furthermore, teachings presented herein optionally apply to any type of printing device, such as scanners, copiers and fax machines.
Details of multifunctional devices and/or multifunctional printers appear below; some details of such devices and/or printers are known in the art.
Although not shown in FIG.
1, one or more workstations and/or servers may contain a print rendering engine capable of converting raw print job information into a particular format (e.
g.
, language) understood by certain types of printers.
Where a system includes a printer menu, a printer menu editor application is optionally executed on a workstation 106, 108, or on a server 102, 104, to create or modify a printer menu structure
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