Remote Printing Across Private Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods of document delivery, such as mail, facsimile, and email, are slow and costly, especially for large documents, and often require significant time and effort from the recipient to access and print documents.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for remotely printing documents across private networks, allowing senders to print documents directly on the recipient's printer, utilizing network exchange modules to convert formats and manage permissions, enabling quick and inexpensive delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If email is used to deliver documents, then delivery speed and cost are improved, but document size is limited by email memory space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a printer as an intermediary device between the sender and recipient. Instead of delivering the document through email memory constraints, the system uses a networked printer that receives the document data and outputs it physically. This mediator bypasses the memory limitation of email while maintaining fast digital transmission speeds.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the document that is transmitted through the network to the printer. Rather than relying on email's limited attachment capacity, the document is copied as print data that can be streamed or buffered locally at the printer, enabling large document sizes to be handled effectively.
2Loss of energy
If email is used to deliver documents, then delivery cost is reduced, but recipient time and effort to access and print is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The printer system performs self-service by automatically receiving, processing, and outputting the document without requiring recipient intervention. The printer manages its own queue, formats the document, and produces the physical copy autonomously, eliminating the need for the recipient to manually access emails, open attachments, and initiate printing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the printer with the document data before physical output is needed. The document is received, processed, and ready for printing in advance, so when the recipient needs it, the printer can immediately output the pre-prepared document without requiring the recipient to perform any setup or access operations.
3Reliability
If traditional mail or facsimile is used to deliver documents, then document delivery is reliable, but delivery speed and cost are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical delivery systems (physical mail and facsimile) with a digital network-based system. Instead of using postal services or telephone lines for document transmission, the system uses electronic networks to transmit document data directly to the printer, achieving both high speed and reliability through digital communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the fundamental parameter of document delivery from physical transmission to digital transmission. By converting the document into digital data that can be transmitted over networks, the system achieves dramatically improved speed while maintaining reliability through electronic communication protocols that are faster and more efficient than traditional mechanical delivery methods.
Data Source
AI summary
A remote printing system and method is provided. A server on a first private network may receive a request from a user that has performed a login procedure of the first private network, the request requesting the printing of a document to a specified printer. The first private network may determine that the printer is located on a second private network that has a login procedure that is separate from the login procedure of the first private network. The first private network may then reformat the print request and the document from a format native to the first private network to a format that is recognized by a module at the second private network, and may send the reformatted document and the reformatted print request to the second private network.