Patent ID: 7474423
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A remote printing system comprising: a job sending component arranged to transmit a print job comprising at least one print file and an indicator of at least one job receiver to a remote printing server, the indicator comprising an e-mail address corresponding to the job receiver, the job receiver being an entity to accept the print job for printing; the remote printing server arranged to receive a plurality of print jobs from at least one job sending component and to store the print jobs, the remote printing server being responsive to receipt of said indicator for sending an e-mail message addressed to the e-mail address corresponding to the job receiver for determining whether the job receiver will accept the print job for printing and the remote printing server being arranged to receive a notification of acceptance of a portion of the print job from the job receiver; and a job receiving component associated with the job receiver, the job receiving component being arranged to receive the portion of the print job accepted by the associated job receiver and to transmit the accepted portion to a printer for printing, wherein the job receiving component notifies the remote printing server when the portion of the print job is printed.