Pull Printing Control Without Login Dependency
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional printing apparatuses require a login function to enable hold printing, limiting its execution unless the login function is enabled.
Innovation Solution
A printing system comprising a printing server and apparatus with a holding unit, cancellation unit, transmission unit, login unit, setting unit, notification unit, and obtainment unit, allowing hold printing to be executed regardless of the login function's status, through a combination of badge and mobile releases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the login function is required to enable hold printing, then security and user authentication are improved, but the ease of operation and system accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the hold printing function from the login function dependency. The printing server determines whether the printing apparatus has pull printing capability and holds print jobs in pending state based on this capability alone, without requiring the login function to be enabled. This separates the hold printing functionality from the authentication requirement, allowing users to execute hold printing even when login is disabled.
Solution Approach 2:
The printing server implements a universal hold printing mechanism that works across different authentication scenarios. By using the pull printing capability as the sole criterion for holding print jobs, the system achieves multi-functionality where hold printing can be executed regardless of whether login is enabled, making the system more versatile and accessible to different user needs.
2Reliability
If the login function is enabled for pull printing, then job security and user control are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication requirement from the pull printing process. The printing server determines pull printing capability and holds jobs based on this capability alone, removing the need for login function configuration. This simplifies the system by eliminating the dependency between login and hold printing while maintaining job security through the server-side capability determination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If hold printing is restricted to logged-in users, then user-specific job control is improved, but adaptability and system versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal hold printing system that adapts to different user scenarios. The printing server uses pull printing capability as a universal criterion for holding jobs, enabling the system to serve both authenticated and non-authenticated users equally. This increases adaptability by allowing hold printing in various configurations without requiring login, while the printing apparatus maintains control through its pull printing functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A printing apparatus provides a login function for allowing a user to log into the printing apparatus, configures a setting for enabling the login function, provides, based on the login function being set to be enabled, a printing server with a notification indicating that the printing apparatus is capable of making a cancellation request that requests the printing server to cancel a pending state of a print job held by the printing server, obtains the print job from the printing server after the pending state of the print job is cancelled, and executes printing in accordance with the obtained print job