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US 2012/0084365 A1Published application
Delivering resource files to printers using email
AssigneeKonica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.
InventorTimothy Louis McCann, JR.
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Abstract
A method for managing printers, including retrieving, by a printer, an email sent to an email address of the printer and including a resource file, identifying, by the printer, a field within the email including a type of the resource file, and installing, by the printer, the resource file on the printer based on the type.
Claims21
A method for managing printers, comprising:
- retrieving, by a printer, an email sent to an email address of the printer and comprising a resource file;
- identifying, by the printer, a field within the email comprising a type of the resource file;
- and
- installing, by the printer, the resource file on the printer based on the type.
1 more element
A printer comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- a memory operatively connected to the hardware processor;
- and
- a plurality of instructions stored in the memory and comprising functionality to:
- retrieve an email sent to an email address of the printer and comprising a resource file;
- identify a field within the email comprising a type of the resource file;
- and
- install the resource file on the printer based on the type.
5 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for managing printers, the instructions comprising functionality to:
- retrieve an email sent to an email address of a printer and comprising a resource file;
- identify a field within the email comprising a type of the resource file;
- install the resource file on the printer based and the type.
A system for managing printers, comprising:
- a client computer configured to generate an email addressed to a group email address and comprising a resource file;
- a mail server operatively connected to the client computer and configured to send the email to a plurality of email addresses corresponding to the group email address;
- and
- a plurality of printers comprising the plurality of email addresses and configured to identify a field within the email comprising a type of the resource file and install the resource file on the plurality of printers based on the type.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.