Systems and methods for printing a document from a mobile communication device

摘要

The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for printing a document from a mobile communication device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a print job sent from the mobile communication device and determining a location of the mobile communication device. The method also includes identifying a printer proximate the mobile communication device and initiating execution of the print job at the identified printer.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a print job sent from a mobile communication device associated with a user; determining a location of the mobile communication device; identifying a printer proximate the mobile communication device; determining whether the mobile communication device is within a print activation distance of the identified printer, wherein the print activation distance is a predetermined distance between the identified printer and the mobile communication device, the predetermined distance based on a maximum distance between the identified printer and the mobile communication device; when the mobile communication device is not within the print activation distance, waiting to execute the print job based on an expected pickup time; when the expected pickup time arrives:
locating the mobile communication device;identifying the printer proximate the mobile communication device; andinitiating execution of the print job on the identified printer when the mobile communication device is within the print activation distance of the identified printer; andwhen the mobile communication device is within the print activation distance, initiating execution of the print job at the identified printer, wherein the printer proximate the mobile communication device is a closest distance printer to the mobile communication device.