Printing method using a portable device
OwnerJohn Isaac Chandan Gomes, Ngee Chuan Taninventors
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Abstract
A method which allows a user through a portable device to print documents which are remotely stored is disclosed. The user designates a first document among the documents to be printed as an instruction in a portable device. Such an instruction is sent from the portable device to a local printer via a portable device communication port in the local printer, where it is further passed to a host computer connected to the local printer and capable of accessing the documents. According to the instruction, the host computer retrieves the first document and subsequently prints out the retrieved first document on the local printer.
Claims11
A method for printing one of a plurality of documents which are remotely stored and which are accessible by a host computer connected to a printer, comprising:
- designating a first document to be printed among the plurality of documents as an instruction in a portable device;
- sending the instruction from the portable device to the printer via a portable device communication port of the printer;
- passing the instruction from the printer to the host computer;
- retrieving the first document by the host computer according to the instruction;
- and
- printing the retrieved first document on the printer.
A system for printing one of a plurality of remotely-stored documents, comprising:
- a host computer including,
- a first interface for receiving an instruction which is composed through a portable device and which designates a first document to be printed among the plurality of remotely-stored documents, and
- means for retrieving the first document according to the instruction;
- and
- a printer connected to the host computer, including
- a portable device communication port for receiving the instruction from the portable device, and
- a second interface for communicating with the host computer and for passing the instruction to the first interface,
- wherein the host computer prints the retrieved first document on the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.