Cloud printing services for printing to different types of printers
US12008278B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1292
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System, method, and software of providing a printing service. In one embodiment, a printing system comprises a cloud printing service that stores device capability information for different types of printers supervised by a print server. The cloud printing service receives a print job, identifies a plurality of the printers that are capable of printing the print job based on the device capability information, and transforms printable content and control data of the print job into a plurality of printer-specific print streams. Each of the printer-specific print streams is in a printable output format for one of the plurality of the printers. The cloud printing service provides one or more of the printer-specific print streams to the print server.
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