Automatic secure print notification
OwnerRamesh Nagarajan, James Russellinventors
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Abstract
A method of managing secure print jobs in a distributed computer system includes storing secure print jobs and user ID data associated with the user in the printer system memory. A printer controller periodically transmits reminder messages to the user identified by the user ID data. The reminder messages inform the user that the secure print job is stored in a queue in the printer system and would be printed only on manual entry of an appropriate command at the printer system.
Claims18
A method of managing secure print jobs in a distributed computer system including a remote printer system having a printer controller, the method comprising:
- a user commanding a user computer system to submit a secure print job to be printed;
- the user computer system transmitting the secure print job and user ID data associated with the user to the printer system through a network;
- the printer system controller creating a record in a secure print job database and storing the print job file and user ID data in a print job field and an ID field of the record, respectively, the record also including a print status field that is annotated by the printer controller when the print job is printed;
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- the printer controller periodically transmitting reminder messages to the user identified by the user ID data, the reminder messages informing the user that the secure print job is stored in a queue in the printer system and would be printed only on manual entry of an appropriate command at the printer system.
A method of managing secure print jobs in a distributed computer system including a remote printer system having a printer controller, the method comprising:
- a user commanding a user computer system to submit a secure print job to be printed;
- the user computer system transmitting the secure print job and user ID data associated with the user to the printer system through a network;
- the printer system controller creating a record in a secure print job database and storing the print job file and user ID data in a print job field and an ID field of the record, respectively;
- the printer controller periodically transmitting reminder messages to the user identified by the user ID data, the reminder messages informing the user that the secure print job is stored in a queue in the printer system and would be printed only on manual entry of an appropriate command at the printer system;
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- the printer controller deleting the print job file and user ID data if the print job is not printed within a predetermined period of time.
A distributed computer system comprising:
- a network;
- at least one local user computer system that submits a secure print job and user ID data associated with a user to the network;
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- a remote printer system including
- a memory that stores the secure print job and user ID data received from the network, and
- a printer controller that periodically transmits reminder messages to the user identified by the user ID data, the reminder messages informing the user that the secure print job is stored in a queue in the printer system and would be printed only on manual entry of an appropriate command at the printer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.