System and method for secure printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTravis J. Parry, Jose L. Cervantes
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for secure printing. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving a document to be printed, determining that the document cannot be printed in its present form, transmitting the document to a computing device, and receiving a print ready version of the document from the computing device. In another arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving a protected document from a printing device, unprotecting the document, and transmitting the unprotected document back to the printing device so that the printing device can generate a hard copy of the document.
Claims37
A method for facilitating secure printing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a document to be printed;
- determining that the document cannot be printed in its present form;
- transmitting the document to a computing device;
- and
- receiving a print ready version of the document from the computing device.
A method for facilitating secure printing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a protected document from a printing device;
- unprotecting the document;
- and
- transmitting the unprotected document back to the printing device so that the printing device can generate a hard copy of the document.
A method for facilitating secure printing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an untranslated document from a printing device;
- translating the document into a print ready format;
- and
- transmitting the translated document back to the printing device so that the printing device can generate a hard copy of the document.
The method of claim 16, further comprising unprotecting the document prior to translating it.
A method for facilitating secure printing, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a document to be printed;
- determining that the document cannot be printed in its present form;
- and
- receiving a communication from a computing device that contains information that would facilitate printing of the document.
A printing device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- memory including a security manager that is configured to facilitate transmission of a document that cannot be printed in is present form to a computing device and further configured to receive a print ready version of the document from the computing device.
A computing device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- memory including a security application that is configured to receive a protected document transmitted from a printing device, unprotect the document, and facilitate transmission of the unprotected document back to the printing device.
A computing device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- memory including a document translator that is configured to receive an untranslated document transmitted from a printing device, translate the document into a print ready format, and facilitate transmission of the print ready document back to the printing device.
A program stored on a computer-readable medium that facilitates secure printing, comprising:
- logic configured to receive a document to be printed;
- logic configured to determine that the document cannot be printed in its present form;
- logic configured to facilitate transmission of the document to a computing device;
- and
- logic configured to receive a print ready version of the document from the computing device.
A program stored on a computer-readable medium that facilitates secure printing, comprising:
- logic configured to receive a protected document from a printing device;
- logic configured to unprotect the document;
- and
- logic configured to facilitate transmission of the unprotected document back to the printing device so that the printing device can generate a hard copy of the document.
A program stored on a computer-readable medium that facilitates secure printing, comprising:
- logic configured to receive an untranslated document from a printing device;
- logic configured to translate the document into a print ready format;
- and
- logic configured to facilitate transmission of the translated document back to the printing device so that the printing device can generate a hard copy of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.