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Wireless printing from a device outside the network

US8493579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC. · US

Inventors

Kirk Steven Tecu · Greeley, US
Mabry Frazier Dozier, III · Lafayette, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Grant date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/1292
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for printing an electronic document (ED) using a multifunction printer (MFP), including: obtaining, by the MFP, an image by scanning a screen of a mobile device displaying a graphical code having a unique identifier (UID) of a print job associated with the ED; extracting, by the MFP, the UID of the print job from the image; sending, by the MFP, the UID of the print job to a print server over a first network operatively connecting the MFP and the print server; receiving, by the MFP and in response to sending the UID, the print job associated with the ED over the first network; and printing, by the MFP, a hardcopy of the ED after receiving the print job.

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