Techniques For Printing To Hotspot Printers

A computer-implemented method for printing an electronic document, comprising:

• at a printing device:
• receiving, from a user, a first user input that includes user authentication data;
• authenticating the user to a document server by sending the user authentication data to the document server;
• receiving, from the document server, document identification data that identifies one or more documents that are accessible by the user;
• displaying, to the user, the document identification data;
• receiving, from the user, a second user input that indicates a selection of a particular document from the list of one or more documents as the electronic document to be printed;
• and
• printing the electronic document.

A computer-readable medium storing instructions for printing an electronic document, the instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• at a client device, sending a request to a server,
• wherein the request includes user address data that indicates a physical location;
• at the client device, receiving, from the server, printing device identification data that identify one or more printing devices that are located within a proximity of the physical location;
• at the client device, displaying the printing device identification data;
• at the client device, receiving user input that indicates a selection of a particular printing device from the one or more printing devices;
• at the client device, generating a print job for the electronic document;
• and
• at the client device, sending the print job to the particular printing device.

An apparatus for printing an electronic document, the apparatus comprising:

• a user interface;
• and
• a print driver configured to:
• send a request to a server, wherein the request includes user address data that indicates a physical location,
• receive, from the server, printing device identification data that identifies one or more printing devices that are located within a proximity of the physical location,
• cause the printing device identification data to be displayed on the user interface,
• detect, via the user interface, user input that indicates a selection of a particular printing device from the one or more printing devices,
• generate a print job for the electronic document, and
• cause the print job to be sent to the particular printing device.