Image forming apparatus for transmitting a job to a destination by matching the job with a delivery agent that supports a destination communication protocol

摘要

In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a selected destination to which to send a job of a particular type, and pass the job, including the selected destination as a job parameter, to a job engine whose function matches the particular job type. The processor further matches the selected destination with a delivery agent that supports destination data associated with the selected destination and that is registered to receive a notification of the selected destination. The processor passes to the delivery agent, the destination data and a document reference to identify a document generated by the job engine from the job, and uses the document reference and the destination data to direct the delivery agent to retrieve the document and transmit it to the selected destination.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for managing associated services on a multi-function device, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor of the multi-function device, cause the processor to:
receive a user input selecting a destination to send a job, the job being a particular one of a plurality of job types executable by the multi-function device, wherein the multi-function device comprises a plurality of job engines, wherein each of the plurality of job engines has a unique function matching one of the plurality of job types; pass the job, including the selected destination as a job parameter, to a matching job engine of the plurality of job engines whose function matches the particular job type; process, by the matching job engine, the job to generate a document identified by a document reference; match the selected destination with a delivery agent that supports a destination transmission protocol associated with the selected destination; notify the delivery agent of the selected destination; pass to the delivery agent, the destination data and the document reference to identify the document generated by the matching job engine from processing the job; and use the document reference and the destination data to direct the delivery agent to retrieve the document and transmit the document to the selected destination.