Patent ID: 7426549

Claim:
A method for accessing data comprising: prior to printing of data being initiated, configuring the data at least partially obtained from a mainframe system; after said data is configured, storing said data; after said data is configured and stored, sending at least one generic access instruction from a first server to said mainframe system; after the at least one generic access instruction has been sent, identifying said data to be accessed in response to the at least one generic access instruction; after said data to be accessed has been identified, supplying from a printing apparatus having an embedded web server, a different at least one generic access instruction operable for providing a print dialog box with selectable options for printing said data with the printing apparatus, such that said data is printed with the printing apparatus after said data has been configured and stored, after the at least one generic access instruction has been sent and the different at least one generic accessed instruction has been supplied, and after said data to be access has been identified; wherein said configuring is at least partially accomplished by an uploader; and wherein said configuring includes said uploader interacting with said mainframe system.