Methods and structure for simplified enterprise printing from mobile devices

A system comprising a printing enterprise and a mobile device adapted for printing a document in the printing enterprise, the mobile device comprising:

• a private network interface adapted for coupling the mobile device with a printer selected in the printing enterprise over a private network;
• a public network interface adapted for coupling the mobile device with a remote print server over a public network;
• and a print job processor coupled with the private network through the private network interface and coupled with the public network through the public network interface, wherein the processor is adapted to obtain document information identifying a document to be printed, wherein the processor is further adapted to obtain print capabilities of a printer selected in the printing enterprise over the private network, the printer being adapted to authenticate the mobile device with an authentication database of the printing enterprise, to establish addressing information for the mobile device in the private network based on an entry in the authentication database, and to transmit, to the mobile device, print capabilities of the printer selected in the printing enterprise based on the addressing information;
• wherein the processor is further adapted to transmit the document information and the printer information to the remote print server over the public network, wherein the processor is further adapted to receive a rendered document from the remote print server over the public network wherein the rendered document is generated by the remote print server based on the document information and the print capabilities of the printer selected in the printing enterprise, and wherein the processor is further adapted to transmit the rendered document to the printer over the private network to cause the printer to print the rendered document.

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying programmed instructions that, when executed by processors, cause a method for printing a document with a mobile device in a printing enterprise, the method comprising:

• obtaining, within the mobile device, document information identifying a document to be printed;
• authenticating the mobile device with a printer selected in the printing enterprise and coupled with the mobile device over a private network, wherein the authenticating includes:
• validating the mobile device with an authentication database of the printing enterprise;
• establishing addressing information for the mobile device in the private network based on an entry in the authentication database;
• and transmitting, to the mobile device, print capabilities from the printer selected in the printing enterprise based on the addressing information;
• transmitting the document information and the print capabilities from the mobile device to a remote print server coupled with the mobile device over a public network;
• receiving within the mobile device from the remote print server over the public network a rendered document generated by the remote print server based on the document information and the print capabilities of the printer selected in the printing enterprise;
• and transmitting the rendered document from the mobile device to the printer over the private network to cause the printer to print the rendered document wherein the private network is separate from the public network.