Using a generic email address of a server and a sender email address to determine a destination printer for print data

摘要

An electronic message is received from a sender having a destination address indicative of a request to print data included in the message. A printer is determined to fulfill the request based at least in part on the sender address and a printer characteristic. The data to be printed is sent to the printer for fulfillment of the request.

主权项

1. A method for printing, comprising:
receiving an electronic message from a sender device, the electronic message (i) being addressed to a generic destination address indicative of a print request, and (ii) including print data corresponding to content to be printed; determining a printer to fulfill the print request based, at least in part, on (i) sender address corresponding to a user operating the sender device, and (ii) the generic destination address, the printer having a destination address that is different than the generic destination address; and sending the print data to the printer for fulfillment of the print request.