Patent ID: 8537392
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for follow-me printing, said method comprising: initiating a print job; a data-processing device connected to a network connected to a plurality of rendering devices; holding said print job in a pre-rip state on said data-processing device; creating an XPIF job ticket for said print job; distributing said XPIF job ticket to said plurality of rendering devices connected to said network; retrieving and accessing said XPIF job ticket at a destination rendering device among said plurality of rendering devices, upon an authentication of a user and selection of said print request performed at a destination rendering device; releasing said job-ticket for rendering via said destination rendering device through the selection of said print request at the destination rendering device; transmitting the XPIF job ticket and information associated with the destination rendering device to the data-processing device; locating said pre-rip print job associated with the XPIF job ticket and a driver for said destination rendering device on said data-processing device after said data-processing device receives the XPIF job ticket and information associated with the destination rendering device; and ripping the pre-rip print job associated with the XPIF job ticket by utilizing the located driver for said destination rendering device to create a ripped job file; transmitting the ripped job file to the destination rendering device for rendering; deleting the XPIF job ticket, information associated with the destination rendering device, pre-rip job and ripped pre-rip print job from the data-processing device once rendering is complete.