Method to associate mobile device with printer

A method comprising:

• registering a printing device with a service provider;
• in response to registering the printing device with the service provider, receiving, by the printing device, a first print job from the service provider, wherein the first print job includes a document that is to be printed by the printing device, and wherein the document to be printed includes a two-dimensional bar code that is generated by the service provider;
• and
• providing, to a mobile device, the two-dimensional bar code generated by the service provider, wherein providing, to the mobile device, the two-dimensional bar code comprises
• in response to receiving the first print job from the service provider, printing, by the printing device, the document including the two-dimensional bar code generated by the service provider,
• wherein based upon the two-dimensional bar code, the mobile device facilitates operations of the printing device by transmitting a second print job to the printing device,
• wherein the two-dimensional bar code (i) identifies the printing device, (ii) identifies access privileges of the mobile device with respect to the printing device, (iii) identifies a unique identifier assigned by the service provider to the printing device, and (iv) provides information to the mobile device to facilitate operations of the printing device by the mobile device.