Printing and scanning with cloud storage
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsJayasimha Nuggehalli, Jiang Hong, Zhenyu Lu
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Abstract
Methods and system for printing a print job with cloud storage are disclosed. A web print server is provided for accessing a cloud storage server. The web print server is operable to download a print job from the cloud storage server to the web print server. The web print server downloads the print job based on an identification (of the print job) that is received from a web client remotely over a network. Subsequently, the print web server sends the print job to a printer for the print job to be printed from the printer. In one embodiment, the printer may comprise the web client.
Claims20
A method for printing a print job, the method comprising:
- receiving an identification of the print job at a print web server from a web client, wherein the web client accesses the print web server remotely over a network;
- downloading the print job from a cloud storage server to the print web server based on the identification of the print job, wherein the cloud storage server does not automatically delete the print job after the print job is downloaded to the print web server;
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- sending the print job from the print web server to a printer for the print job to be printed on the printer.
A system for printing a print job, the system comprising:
- a print web server operable to receive an identification of the print job from a web client, wherein the web client accesses the print web server remotely over a network, and wherein the print web server is further operable to download the print job from a cloud storage server based on the identification of the print job;
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- a printer operable to receive the print job from the print web server for the print job to be printed.
A computer readable medium tangibly embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a computer system, are operable to execute a method of uploading a print job to a cloud storage server, the method comprising:
- listening on a print port;
- receiving the print job through the print port from a client computer;
- identifying print job information;
- identifying the cloud storage server;
- uploading the print job to the cloud storage server;
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- storing the print job information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.