US Patent 7636757 Printing over the internet

Printing over the Internet by a print driver, accessible by at least one application program, so as to output print data for transmission over the Internet, by receiving a print request from an application program to print over the Internet, rendering print data to be transmitted over the Internet into a printing definition language, and packaging the rendered print data with a protocol for transmission over the Internet. The print driver further obtains service provider information, the service provider information representing at least one destination for which the print data can be transmitted to over the Internet. A graphical user interface may provide an interface for obtaining user information and service provider information.