Printing
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1. A method of printing in a network comprising:
- establishing a connection from a user equipment to a printing system;
establishing a secure connection between the user equipment and a server;
from the user equipment, selecting a file on the server;
from the user equipment, passing information to the printing system, the information indicating the file and a path from the printing system via the user equipment to the server for acquiring the file;
causing the printing system to retrieve the file from the server via the path; and
causing the printing system to print from the file.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of a method of printing in a network, a connection is established from a user equipment to a printing system. A secure connection is established between the user equipment and a server. From the user equipment, a file on the server is selected. From the user equipment, information indicating the file and information indicating a path from the printing system to the server via the user equipment is passed to the printing system. The printing system is caused to retrieve the file from the server via the path. The printing system is caused to print information contained in the file.
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1. A method of printing in a network comprising:
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establishing a connection from a user equipment to a printing system;
establishing a secure connection between the user equipment and a server;
from the user equipment, selecting a file on the server;
from the user equipment, passing information to the printing system, the information indicating the file and a path from the printing system via the user equipment to the server for acquiring the file;
causing the printing system to retrieve the file from the server via the path; and
causing the printing system to print from the file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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9. A system for printing in a network comprising:
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a printer arranged to receive information indicating a file and a path to the file, to retrieve the file along the path, and to print from the file;
a server arranged to supply the file only over a secure connection; and
user equipment arranged to establish communication with the printer and a secure connection with the server, to permit a user to specify the printer and the file, to pass to the printer a message indicating the specified file and the path from the printer via the user equipment to the server, to relay a request from the printer for the file to the server, and to relay the file supplied by the server to the printer. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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- 15. A user equipment arranged to establish communication with a print server and to establish a secure connection with a data server, to permit a user of the user equipment to specify a printer associated with the print server and data on the data server, to pass to the print server a message indicating the specified data and a path from the print server via the user equipment to the data server for acquiring the file, to relay a request from the print server for the data to the data server over the secure connection, and to relay the data supplied over the secure connection by the data server to the print server.
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19. A system for printing in a network comprising:
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printing means for receiving information indicating a data file and a communication path to the data file, for retrieving the indicated file over the indicated path, and for printing information from the data file;
data serving means for supplying the data file only in response to an appropriate request; and
user equipping means for establishing communication with the printing means and the data serving means, for permitting a user to specify the printing means and the data file, for passing to the printing means a message indicating the specified file and a path from the printing means to the data serving means via the user equipment, for relaying a request from the printing means for the file to the data serving means in a form appropriate for the data serving means to supply the data file, and for relaying the file supplied by the data serving means to the printing means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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