Printing to a cloud printer via NFC

A device for sending a print request from a device to a cloud printer within a cloud, the device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
• establishing a network connection with a cloud server;
• transmitting print data, created on the device, from the device to the cloud server via the network connection;
• receiving from the cloud server via the network connection, in response to the transmitted print data created on the device, print data location information generated by the cloud server in response to storing the received print data in the cloud, the print data location information specifying an address of the received print data in the cloud;
• establishing an NFC connection with the cloud printer;
• and
• sending a print request to the cloud printer via the NFC connection, the print request comprising print data location information and being configured to be used by the cloud printer to obtain the print data from the cloud.

A machine-implemented method for printing from a cloud printer within a cloud, the cloud comprising the cloud printer and a cloud server, the method comprising:

• establishing an NFC connection with a device;
• receiving a print request from the device via the NFC connection, the print request comprising print data location information generated by the cloud server in response to storing print data created on the device in the cloud, the print data location information specifying an address of the print data stored in the cloud;
• establishing a network connection with the cloud server;
• sending a request for the print data created on the device to the cloud server via the network connection, the request comprising the print data location information generated by the cloud server and received from the device, and the request being configured to be used by the cloud server to obtain the print data from the cloud;
• receiving, in response to the sent request, the print data from the cloud server via the network connection;
• and
• printing the received print data.

A machine-implemented method for processing print data at a cloud server within a cloud, the cloud comprising the cloud server and a cloud printer, the method comprising:

• establishing a first network connection with a device;
• receiving print data, created on the device, from the device via the first network connection;
• storing the print data created on the device and received from the device in the cloud;
• generating, in response to storing the received print data in the cloud, print data location information which specifies an address of the received print data in the cloud;
• transmitting the print data location information to the device via the first network connection;
• establishing a second network connection with the cloud printer;
• receiving a request for the print data from the cloud printer via the second network connection, the request for print data comprising the print data location information;
• retrieving the print data from the cloud using the print data location information;
• and
• sending the print data to the cloud printer via the second network connection.