Print technology without client-side download

A system for passive print security, comprising:

• one or more computers configured with the following components:
• a communications component configured to receive, by the one or more computers via one or more networks, access data from a device;
• the communications component configured to receive request data from the device, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, requesting a given item that may be printed and validated;
• the communications component configured to access, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, a device identity computer that determines a device identity based at least in part on X parameters, where X is more than 10 parameters;
• the communications component configured to receive, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, an ID that was created by the device identity computer based at least in part on the X parameters;
• the communications component configured to receive or obtain, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, risk data associated with that ID;
• the communications component configured to access, by the one or more computers, a database to obtain print number data based on one or more selected from a group of a number of copies of the given item that are associated with the ID and a total number of copies made of the given item;
• a processor configured, by the one or more computers, to determine based at least in part on one or more selected from the group of the risk data, the print number data based on the number of copies of the given item associated with ID, and the total number of copies made of the given item, whether or not to transmit or make accessible basic print image data for a basic print image of the given item;
• the processor configured to obtain and transmit or make accessible, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, the basic print image data for the basic print image containing a print request element within the basic print image but missing an essential element for validation, when the determining step determines to transmit or make accessible the basic print image data for the given item;
• the communications component configured to receive, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, activation data indicating that the print request element within the basic print image has been activated;
• the processor configured to record or having recorded, by the one or more computers in the database, print number data based on a number of times the activation data has been received for the given item, with the print number data associated with the given item and the ID that had been created based at least in part on the X parameters;
• the processor configured to determine, by the one or more computers, whether or not the print number data exceeds a threshold value;
• the processor configured to obtain, by the one or more computers, the missing essential element for validation, when the determining operation for the print number data does not exceed the threshold value;
• and
• the processor configured to bypass or deactivate any dialog or print settings communication with the device on printing parameters and to transmit or make accessible to a print spooler associated with the device, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, the basic print image data and the missing essential element for validation.

A method for operating a server method on one or more computers, for passive print security, comprising:

• receiving, by one or more computers, access data from a device via one or more networks;
• receiving request data from the device, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, requesting a given item that may be printed and validated;
• accessing, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, a device identity computer that determines a device identity based at least in part on X parameters, where X is more than 10 parameters;
• receiving, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, an ID that was created by the device identity computer based at least in part on the X parameters;
• receiving or obtaining by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, risk data associated with that ID;
• accessing, by the one or more computers, a database to obtain print number data based on one or more selected from a group of a number of copies of the given item that are associated with the ID and a total number of copies made of the given item;
• determining, by the one or more computers, based at least in part on one or more selected from the group of the risk data, the print number data based on the number of copies of the given item associated with ID, and the total number of copies made of the given item, whether or not to transmit or make accessible basic print image data for a basic print image of the given item;
• obtaining and transmitting or making accessible, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, the basic print image data for the basic print image containing a print request element within the basic print image but missing an essential element for validation, when the determining step determines to transmit or make accessible the basic print image data for the given item;
• receiving, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, activation data indicating that the print request element within the basic print image has been activated;
• recording or having recorded, by the one or more computers in the database, print number data based on a number of times the activation data has been received for the given item, with the print number data associated with the given item and the ID that had been created based at least in part on the X parameters;
• determining, by the one or more computers, whether or not the print number data exceeds a threshold value;
• obtaining, by the one or more computers, the missing essential element for validation, when the determining step for the print number data does not exceed the threshold value;
• and
• bypassing or deactivating any dialog or print settings communication with the device on printing parameters and transmitting or making accessible to a print spooler associated with the device, by the one or more computers via the one or more networks, the basic print image data and the missing essential element for validation.