Approach for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents based on print driver and printing device support
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- at a client device determining whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document; and
if policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, thendetermining whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support policy-enabled printing,determining whether the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing, andallow the particular electronic document to be processed at the client device for printing only if both the print driver is configured to support policy-enabled printing and the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents. According to the approach, a determination is made at a client device whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document. If policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, then a determination is made whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support policy-enabled printing. Also, a determination is made whether the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing. The particular electronic document is allowed to be processed at the client device for printing only if both the print driver is configured to support policy-enabled printing and the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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at a client device determining whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document; and if policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, then determining whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support policy-enabled printing, determining whether the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing, and allow the particular electronic document to be processed at the client device for printing only if both the print driver is configured to support policy-enabled printing and the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents, the computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, causes:
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at a client device determining whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document; and if policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, then determining whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support policy-enabled printing, determining whether the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing, and allow the particular electronic document to be processed at the client device for printing only if both the print driver is configured to support policy-enabled printing and the particular printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A client device comprising:
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a user interface configured to display information to users and receive user input from the users; an application program configured to; determine whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document; if policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, then determine whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support policy-enabled printing, and allow the print driver to process the particular electronic document for printing only if the print driver is configured to support policy-enabled printing; and wherein the print driver is configured to determine whether the printing device is currently configured to support policy-enabled printing and process the particular electronic document for printing only if the printing device is configured to support policy-enabled printing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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