Methods and systems for the provision of printing services

    公开(公告)号:US20030182438A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-25

    申请号:US10376141

    申请日:2003-02-28

    Inventor: Ofer Tenenbaum

    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for providing printing services over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at an unspecified location which may be remote from the source of the print job. A spooling server is used to store a print job received via the network from a print job source. A printer polling device is capable of polling the spooling server via the network to identify whether any print jobs associated with the printer polling device are available for printing at an associated printing device. The printing device may be assigned a unique identification number enabling a print job to be forwarded directly from a facsimile machine to a printing device, without a computer in between the printing device and facsimile machine.

    Methods and apparatus for providing printing services by assigning a telephone number to a printer
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    发明申请
    Methods and apparatus for providing printing services by assigning a telephone number to a printer 审中-公开
    通过向打印机分配电话号码来提供打印服务的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20040169882A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-02

    申请号:US10785315

    申请日:2004-02-23

    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing printing services. In particular, the present invention enables a print job source, for example a facsimile machine, to print directly to a printer over a network, without an intervening personal computer. In an example embodiment of the invention, a telephone number is assigned to a printer. A print job is associated with the telephone number. The print job is then forwarded from a print job source to a spooling server over a network. The print job is associated with the printer at the spooling server based on the telephone number. The print job is then forwarded from the spooling server to the printer and printed.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供了用于提供打印服务的方法和系统。 特别地,本发明使打印作业源(例如传真机)能够通过网络直接打印到打印机,而无需中介的个人计算机。 在本发明的示例性实施例中,将电话号码分配给打印机。 打印作业与电话号码相关联。 然后打印作业通过网络从打印作业源转发到假脱机服务器。 打印作业根据电话号码与假脱机服务器上的打印机相关联。 然后打印作业从假脱机服务器转发到打印机并打印。

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