UPDATING PRINT SERVER SOFTWARE BASED ON UPDATE EMAIL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print server system which updates print server software based on update emails.

SOLUTION: A print server system (126) includes an email onramp (302) configured to receive emails via a network (124). The email onramp (302) is configured to distinguish between received print emails that specify print operations and received update emails that include software updates. The server system includes print job controllers (202, 208H) that are configured to orchestrate the printing of documents based on print emails received via the onramp. The server system includes software update controllers (202, 208E) configured to automatically update software (208) within the server system based on software updates (138) in update emails received via the onramp.

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