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Home printing from internet sources

  • US 7,084,994 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/1999
  • Issued: 08/01/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for providing for printout of an internet-based print job at a printer connected to an information processing device, a server connected to a plurality of information processing devices executes the steps of:

  • receiving from an internet-based source a push-print print job to be printed at a printer connected to an information processing device via a network, wherein the print job includes data associated with, and specific to, a user of the information processing device;

    determining whether to accept the print job received from the internet-based source based on profile information associated with the user, and performing the following steps based on the determination;

    obtaining a print driver for the printer connected to the information processing device;

    rendering the print job using the print driver; and

    transferring the rendered print job over the network to the information processing device.

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