Facilitating printing to a local printing device from a portable computing device
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1. A method for facilitating printing to a local printing device, comprising:
- directly communicating with the local printing device using a proximate portable computing device;
receiving with the portable computing device a network address of the printing device as a result of the communicating with the local printing device so that a print path can be established between the portable computing device and the printing device; and
sending a document to be printed from the portable computing device to the printing device along the established print path.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for facilitating printing to a local printing device. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to directly communicating with the local printing device, and obtaining identification information regarding the printing device including a network address of the printing device as a result of the communication with the local printing device so that a print path can be established with the printing device via a network.
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1. A method for facilitating printing to a local printing device, comprising:
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directly communicating with the local printing device using a proximate portable computing device; receiving with the portable computing device a network address of the printing device as a result of the communicating with the local printing device so that a print path can be established between the portable computing device and the printing device; and sending a document to be printed from the portable computing device to the printing device along the established print path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating printing to a local printing device, comprising:
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sending from the printing device to a proximate portable computing device a request for client identification information; receiving with the printing device client identification information sent from the portable computing device; sending from the printing device the received client identification information and a network address of the printing device to a remote printing service that is configured to provide the printing device network address to the portable computing device; and receiving with the printing device a document to be printed sent directly from the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for facilitating printing to a local printing device, comprising:
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directly receiving with the printing device a request from a proximate portable computing device for a network address of the printing device; directly transmitting the printing device network address from the printing device to the portable computing device to enable establishing of a print path from the portable computing device to the printing device; and receiving with the printing device a document to be printed sent directly from the portable computing device along the established print path. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system for facilitating printing to a printing device, comprising:
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a portable computing device that includes a communication device; a printing device that includes a communication device that is configured for direct communication with the portable computing device'"'"'s communication device so as to be capable of receiving client identification information sent from the portable computing device when it is near; and a print service that is configured to receive the client identification information and a network address of the printing device sent from the printing device and to send the network address to the portable computing device so as to enable the portable computing device to establish a print path between the portable computing device and the printing device such that a document to be printed can be directly sent from the portable computing device to the printing device along the established print path. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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