E-mail to job retention
US7321437B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1268
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting and storing print jobs sent via e-mail. A first embodiment entails sending a document to be printed as an e-mail attachment to an e-mail enabled printer. The printer extracts the document from the e-mail attachment and performs any necessary decompression, decoding, and translation. The document may be placed in a print queue for printing and/or the document may be stored in a job retention area of printer memory. Preferably, the e-mail, which delivers the print job to the document to the printer, may specify various print settings for printing the document, as well as storage options and access rights if the document data is stored in job retention.In a second embodiment, an e-mail enabled print server is configured to extract documents sent as attachments to an e-mail and to distribute the print jobs to a network printer.
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