Patent ID: 8826004
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a printing system including a secure printer and a printer authority to control access to the secure printer, a method for printing a document, generated by a vendor, using the secure printer, the method comprising: receiving, at the vendor, a request via a network to print the document from a workstation associated with the secure printer, the request including an identification of the secure printer; obtaining, by the vendor, a certificate issued by the printer authority for the secure printer based on the identification of the secure printer included in the request to print the document; verifying, by the vendor, the certificate issued by the printer authority for the secure printer; if the certificate for the secure printer verifies, issuing a print request from the vendor to the secure printer via the network; obtaining, by the secure printer, a certificate issued by the printer authority for the vendor in response to the print request issued from the vendor; verifying, by the secure printer, the certificate issued by the printer authority for the vendor; if the certificate for the vendor verifies, creating a secure communication channel between the secure printer and the vendor; sending the document to the secure printer via the secure communication channel; and printing the document at the secure printer.