Printer identification and mobile printing
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsJiang Hong, Jayasimha Nuggehalli
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service; and processing print data and causing a printed version of an electronic document reflected in the print data to be printed by the printing device.
Claims20
A printing device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a print process configured to process print data and cause a printed version of an electronic document represented by the print data to be printed by the printing device;
- a display for displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by the printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
- displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service;
- processing print data and causing a printed version of an electronic document represented by the print data to be printed by the printing device;
- wherein the steps are performed by one or more computing devices that are different than the mobile device and the network service.
A mobile device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- an encoded data receiver configured to receive encoded data;
- an encoded data processor configured to process the received encoded data to obtain data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow the mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.