Methods for printing from mobile devices
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsXu Liu, Sergey Chemishkian, Jamey Graham, John Barrus, Bradley Rhodes, Kathrin Berkner, Mike Griffin, Jonathan J. Hull
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for printing from mobile devices are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises outputting a machine-readable code associated with the printer; receiving rendered print data specified by the mobile device that scanned and decoded the machine-readable code; and printing the rendered print data.
Claims20
A method for a mobile device to use a printer to print data, the method comprising:
- outputting a machine-readable code associated with the printer;
- receiving rendered print data specified by the mobile device that scanned and decoded the machine-readable code;
- and
- printing the rendered print data.
An article of manufacture having one or more storage media storing instructions thereon which when executed by a system cause the system to perform a method comprising:
- outputting a machine-readable code associated with a printer;
- receiving rendered print data associated with the machine-readable code;
- and
- printing the rendered print data.
A printing device comprising:
- a print engine;
- a screen;
- and
- a controller coupled to control the print engine and the screen, the controller being operable to cause the screen to display a machine-readable code.
A printing device comprising:
- a print engine;
- and
- a controller coupled to control the print engine, the controller being operable to cause the print engine to print a machine-readable code to enable a device scanning the machine-readable code to specify data to be printed by the print engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.