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 for printing a document using a mobile communication device associated with a user, the method comprising:
receiving a print job sent from the mobile communication device; 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 printer job on the identified printer when the mobile communication device is within the print activation distance of the identified printer; and when the mobile communication device is within the print activation distance, initiating execution of the print job at the identified printer, wherein the identifying of the printer proximate the mobile communication device comprises identifying a set of printers capable of performing the print job based on a set of print job parameters associated with the print job, wherein the printer proximate the mobile communication device is a closest distance printer to the mobile communication device.