Printer with anonymous printer registration in a cloud-based print service

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a printer, an initiation request from a user to initiate a registration of the printer;
• sending, from the printer, a registration request to a cloud print service over a network;
• receiving, at the printer, a registration response from the cloud print service over the network, the registration response including a claim code;
• providing, using printer functionality, the claim code to the user;
• requesting an authentication credential issued by the cloud print service in response to a matching of the printer with a user account of the user within the cloud print service, the matching based on a receipt of the claim code from the user at the cloud print service;
• and
• receiving and storing the authentication credential at the printer.

A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer-readable storage medium and including executable code that, when executed, is configured to cause a printer to:

• receive, at a printer, an initiation request from a user to initiate a registration of the printer;
• send, from the printer, a registration request to a cloud print service over a network;
• receive, at the printer, a registration response from the cloud print service over the network, the registration response including a claim code;
• provide, using printer functionality, the claim code to the user;
• request an authentication credential issued by the cloud print service in response to a matching of the printer with a user account of the user within the cloud print service, the matching based on a receipt of the claim code from the user at the cloud print service;
• and
• receive and store the authentication credential at the printer.