Secure Document Printing Segmentation and Rearrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current secure printing systems require users to wait for entire documents to be printed before releasing secure pages, which is time-consuming, especially for lengthy documents, and involve manual rearrangement of pages from separate print jobs.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow users to tag specific pages as secure or normal, print normal pages without authentication, and rearrange them upon receiving authentication, enabling efficient and ordered printing of combined secure and normal pages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the entire multi-page document is processed as a single secure print job, then all confidential pages are secured, but the user has to wait for the entire document to be printed which is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The document is divided into secure pages and normal pages as separate print jobs. The system segments the printing process so that normal pages can be printed immediately while secure pages are held for later release with authentication, resolving the contradiction between securing all pages and reducing wait time.
2Loss of time
If the user manually submits two different print jobs for secure and normal pages, then only necessary pages are secured, but the user has to manually rearrange the pages which is time-consuming and frustrating
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an automated intermediary process that receives both secure and normal print jobs, prints normal pages immediately, holds secure pages for authentication, and then automatically combines them in the correct order. This eliminates the need for manual page rearrangement while maintaining the benefit of selective securing.
3Reliability
If the user waits at the multi-function device for the entire document to be printed, then all pages are printed securely, but the user experiences exhaustion and frustration
Solution Approach 1:
The print job is segmented into secure and normal portions. Normal pages are printed automatically without requiring user presence, while only secure pages require authentication. This allows the user to leave the device after submitting the job, improving convenience while maintaining security for sensitive pages.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for handling a document including a combination of normal pages and secure pages. The method includes receiving a print job from a user including one or more pages tagged as secure pages and the remaining pages tagged as normal pages. Based on the tagging, the normal pages are printed automatically without requiring any authentication information from the user and the secure pages are printed upon receiving an authentication information from the user. Finally, based on user's input, the printed secure pages and the printed normal pages are rearranged to have a complete ordered printed document.