Print device and program product for supporting print by reference methods
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1. A print device for obtaining print content for a client device, the print device comprising:
- a wireless communications port for receiving a reference from the client, said reference comprising at least a location corresponding to the print content;
a network communications port for communicating with the location;
a memory storing executable program instructions; and
, a processor for executing said stored program instructions, said instructions when executed by said processor for causing said wireless communications port to accept a communications link from a client and accept said reference communicated from said client over said link, for causing said network communications port to obtain the print content from said location.
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Abstract
A print device for printing data for a client comprises a wireless communications port for receiving a reference communicated from the client, with the reference comprising at least a location for print content. The print device further comprises a network communications port for communicating with the location to obtain the print content. The invention further comprises a program product embodiment for causing a print device to receive a reference from a client and to obtain print content from a location indicated by the reference.
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40 Claims
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1. A print device for obtaining print content for a client device, the print device comprising:
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a wireless communications port for receiving a reference from the client, said reference comprising at least a location corresponding to the print content;
a network communications port for communicating with the location;
a memory storing executable program instructions; and
,a processor for executing said stored program instructions, said instructions when executed by said processor for causing said wireless communications port to accept a communications link from a client and accept said reference communicated from said client over said link, for causing said network communications port to obtain the print content from said location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A print device for printing content at the request of a portable device, the print device comprising:
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a wireless communications port for supporting radio frequency communications;
a network communications port for communicating with a network;
a memory storing executable program instructions and printer capabilities;
a processor for executing said stored program instructions, said instructions when executed by said processor for causing the print device to;
accept a reference communicated from the portable device over said wireless link, said reference comprising print server and print content network addresses;
communicate said reference to said print server using said network communications port;
retrieve said printer capabilities from said memory and to communicate said capabilities over said network communications port to said print server; and
transmit instructions to said print server to communicate the print content to the print device using said network communications port.
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20. A print device for printing content from a network location, the print device comprising:
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a network communications port for communicating with a network;
a memory storing executable program instructions; and
,a processor for executing said program instructions, said instructions when executed causing said print device to communicate with the network location having the print content over said network communications port and pull the print content from the location.
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21. A program product for causing a print device to print content at the request of a client, the program product comprising executable instructions embedded in a computer readable medium that when executed cause the print device to:
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accept a wireless communications link from the client;
accept a reference input over said wireless communications link from the client, said reference comprising at least a location corresponding to the print content;
communicate with said location;
obtain the print content from said location; and
,print the print content. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A program product for causing a print device to output print content at the request of a portable device, the printer of the type that has a wireless communications port, a network communications port, a memory, and a processor, the program product comprising executable instructions embedded in a computer readable medium that when executed cause the print device to:
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accept a wireless communications link from the portable device via a radio frequency signal over the wireless communications port;
accept a reference input over said wireless communications link from the portable device, said reference comprising at least a network address corresponding to the print content and a print server network address;
communicate an acknowledgement to the portable device over said wireless communications link;
establish a server communications link with said print server at said print server network address over the network communications port, communicate said reference to said print server over said server communications link;
retrieve stored printer capabilities from the print device memory and communicate said printer capabilities to said print server over said server communications link;
communicate instructions to said print server for communicating the print content to the print device;
accept an interrupt signal from the portable device over said wireless communications link and to communicate data responsive to said interrupt signal to the portable device over said wireless communications link; and
,print the print content.
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