Printing an electronic document using a printer and a mobile device

摘要

A method for printing an electronic document (ED) using a printer and a mobile device, including: receiving, by the printer, a request to print; generating, by the printer, a unique identifier (UID) in response to the request, where the mobile device sends a print job associated with the UID and the ED to a print server over a network; sending, by the printer, the UID to the print server; receiving, by the printer, the print job from the print server in response to sending the UID; and printing, by the printer, a hardcopy of the ED based on the print job.

主权项

1. A method for printing an electronic document (ED) using a printer and a mobile device, comprising:
receiving, by the printer, a request to print from a user of the mobile device; dynamically generating, by the printer, a unique identifier (UID) in response to the request, wherein different UIDs are generated by the printer in response to different requests to print; providing, by the printer, the UID to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device sends a print job associated with the ED and comprising the UID to a print server over a first network, and wherein the UID comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a MAC address of the print server and an IP address of the print server; sending, by the printer, the UID to the print server, wherein the print server matches the UID received from the printer with the UID in the print job received from the mobile device, wherein the UID expires after a predetermined amount of time, and wherein the print server ignores any print jobs corresponding to the UID after the UID expires; receiving, by the printer, the print job from the print server in response to sending the UID, wherein the UID is dynamically generated by the printer before the printer receives the print job from the print server; and printing, by the printer, a hardcopy of the ED based on the print job.