Method and device for printing confidential document on a network
OwnerWilson Chen, Ben Lininventors
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Abstract
A method for printing a confidential document in a network system having a printer connected to a printer server is provided. The method includes steps of setting a first password for a print job of said confidential document; sending data of the print job to the printer server and holding down the print job; inputting a second password into the printer server; and printing the document by the printer when the first password and the second password are identical.
Claims16
A method for printing a confidential document in a network system having a printer connected to a printer server, comprising steps of:
- setting a first password for a print job of said confidential document;
- sending data of said print job to said printer server and holding down said print job;
- inputting a second password into said printer server;
- and
- printing said document by said printer when said first password and said second password are identical.
A secure printing device adapted to be used with a network having a plurality of computers and a printer, comprising:
- a data receiving device for receiving a printing data from one of said plurality of computers;
- a password input device for inputting therefrom a password;
- and
- a print job control device electrically connected between said data receiving device and said password input device for holding said printing data down and allowing said printing data to be printed by said printer only when a legal password is inputted from said password input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.