Using a document identifier for document retrieval and printing

One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the one or more processors to:

• receive, from a client device, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
• retrieve, from a network server identified by the URL, a document identified by the URL;
• and
• transfer the document to a printer for printing the document.

One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the one or more processors to:

• receive, from a portable device, a document identifier;
• have the document identified by the document identifier retrieved;
• and
• have the document communicated to a printer to generate a hard copy of the document.

A system comprising:

• a computing device configured to,
• receive, from a portable device, a document identifier,
• retrieve the document identified by the document identifier from one or more network servers, and
• transfer the document to a printer for printing the document;
• and
• wherein the printer is coupled to receive the document from the computing device and configured to print the document without knowledge that the document identifier was received by the computing device from the portable device.

One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the one or more processors to:

• communicate, via a wireless connection, with a client device;
• receive, via the wireless connection, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
• have a document retrieved from a network server over the Internet, wherein both the document and the network server are identified by the URL;
• and
• have the document communicated to a printer coupled to the computer to generate a hard copy of the document.