SECURE DELIVERY AND PRINTING OF DOCUMENTS VIA A NETWORK DEVICE

摘要

A system and method for providing secure, on-demand printing of documents delivered to a networked printing device is disclosed. A user logs onto a networked document delivery system using a mobile device (20) and selects a document (14) to be printed along with a networked destination printing device (22). The document server encrypts and stores the selected document (14) and creates a key. The key is sent to the mobile device (20). The document server sends a pointer, indicating the location of the document (14), to the destination printing device (22). When the user is physically at the printing device (22), a connection (26) is established between the mobile device (20) and the printing device (22). The mobile device (20) identifies to the printing device (22) the document (14) to be printed and sends the key to the printing device (22). The printing device (22), using the pointer, retrieves the document (20) from the network, uses the key to decrypt the document (14), and then prints the document (14).