Pull printing method, apparatus and system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeong-ho KIM, Seung-soo OAK
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Abstract
A pull printing method, apparatus and system are provided. The pull printing system includes a mobile terminal, a client that discovers the mobile terminal by using a phone number according to a print command of a user and transmits rendered print job data to the mobile terminal, and an image forming apparatus that, when connected to the mobile terminal, receives the print job data from the mobile terminal and performs printing.
Claims22
A method of transmitting print job data of a client for pull printing, the method comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for print setup in response to a print command;
- enabling a mobile terminal to be selected from among at least one output device that may be selected on the GUI;
- discovering the mobile terminal by using identification information of the mobile terminal;
- and
- transmitting the print job data based on a discovery result,
- wherein the method is performed by the client.
A pull printing method using a mobile terminal, the pull printing method comprising:
- receiving print job data of a client through a mobile server embedded in the mobile terminal;
- storing the print job data in a data area of the mobile server;
- and
- when connection between the mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus is established, selecting the print job data stored in the data area and transmitting the print job data to the image forming apparatus.
A pull printing method using a mobile terminal, the pull printing method comprising:
- discovering the mobile terminal corresponding to a phone number, wherein the discovering is performed by a client;
- when the discovering of the mobile terminal corresponding to the phone number fails, transmitting print job data to a relay server, wherein the transmitting is performed by the client;
- and
- providing the print job data to the mobile terminal by using a mobile communication network, an e-mail server, or a messenger server, wherein the providing is performed by the relay server,
- wherein when the mobile terminal is connected to an image forming apparatus, the mobile terminal prints the print job data obtained from the relay server by using the image forming apparatus.
A client of transmitting print job data for pull printing, the client comprising:
- a communication unit that transmits/receives data in a wired or wireless manner;
- a user interface that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for print setup in response to a print command, and enables a mobile terminal to be selected from among at least one output device that may be selected on the GUI;
- and
- a control unit that discovers the mobile terminal by using identification information of the mobile terminal, and controls the communication unit to transmit print job data based on a result of the discovery.
A pull printing system comprising:
- a mobile terminal;
- a client that discovers the mobile terminal by using a phone number according to a print command of a user, and transmits rendered print job data to the mobile terminal;
- and
- an image forming apparatus that when connected to the mobile terminal, receives the print job data from the mobile terminal and performs printing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.