Broadcast printing system and method
AssigneeHitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Melo, Ladon Harrison, Maxim Sorkin, Tiberiu Dumitrescu, Alistair Egan
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Abstract
A broadcast printing system includes a first data communication network including a client device and one or more local imaging devices. A remote imaging device is coupled to the first data communication network through a second data communication network. In response to a single print request generated by an application process hosted on the client device, a print job is transmitted to the local imaging device according to a local print protocol and a print job is transmitted to the remote imaging device according to a protocol suitable for transmitting print jobs in a public data communication network such as the Internet Printing Protocol.
Claims23
A network printing system comprising:
- a public data communication network;
- a private data communication network coupled to the public data communication network at a gateway, the private data communication network including at least one local imaging device for transferring images to media and a client device for hosting processes for requesting the printing of a document;
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- at least one remote imaging device for transferring images to media coupled to the private data communication network through the public data communication network,
- logic for transmitting a print job to at least one local imaging device and a print job to the remote imaging device in response to a single print request at the client device.
A method of printing documents, the method comprising:
- receiving a single print request at a client device in a private data communication network for printing a document;
- in response to receipt of the single print request, transmitting a print job to at least one local imaging device for transferring images to media in the private data communication network and transmitting a print job to a remote imaging device for transferring images to media coupled to the private data communication network through a public data communication network, the public data communication network being coupled to the private communication network at a gateway.
A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions encoded thereon for:
- receiving a single print request for printing a document from an application process hosted on a client device in a private data communication network;
- in response to receipt of the single print request, transmitting a print job to at least one local imaging device for transferring images to media in the private data communication network and transmitting a print job to a remote imaging device for transferring images to media coupled to the private data communication network through a public data communication network.
A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions encoded thereon for:
- receiving a single print job from a process hosted on a client device in a private data communication network;
- in response to receipt of the single print job, transmitting a print job to at least one local imaging device for transferring images to media on the private data communication network and transmitting a print job to a remote imaging device for transferring images to media coupled to the private data communication network through a public data communication network.
A network printing system comprising:
- a first data communication network for transmitting data among a client device for hosting processes for requesting the printing of a document and at least one local imaging device for transferring images to media according to a first media access control (MAC) protocol;
- a second data communication network, the second data communication network including at least one remote imaging device for transferring images to media, for transmitting data among devices which are not directly addressable from devices on the first network according to the first MAC protocol,
- wherein the first network includes logic for transmitting a print job to at least one local imaging device and a print job to the remote imaging device in response to a single print request at the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.